Giants Star Honors Slain Hudson Valley Athlete

MIDDLETOWN, N.Y. -- Slain firefighter Justin Speights was honored Sunday before the Giants game when his photo on the locker of Odell Beckham Jr. was tweeted by a communications official.

The photo of Justin Speights displayed in Odell Beckham Jr.'s Giants' locker stall.
Photo Credit: *Twitter*

Donna Christopher

01/04/2016 8:30 a.m.

Afterwards, a photo of the wide receiver was tweeted of him holding the picture with the hashtag #GiantsForJustin," according to Time Warner Cable News, Hudson Valley.

The 20-year-old was the victim of a homicide at a New Year's house party on Paddock Drive in the town of Crawford in Orange County.

Justin Speights, a former scholar-athlete at Pine Bush High School, was stabbed to death after he tried to break up a fight at a party of between approximately 80 and 100 current Pine Bush students and graduates, according to police.

Speights, a Town of Wallkill resident, was a tight end/defensive end for Pine Bush HS who graduated in 2014.

See the Time Warner Cable News, Hudson Valley story here.

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