Being one of the nation's top boys high school basketball recruits would bring enough attention and scrutiny on its own in this day and age. However, Tyreke Evans, is drawing more notice than he bargained for.

Evans, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard who is averaging 34 points a game for American Christian in Aston, Pa., has been called the nation's top unsigned recruit, but much of the attention he is drawing stems from his status as a potential witness in a what police believe was a gang-related shooting last year.

Evans was reportedly sitting in the driver's seat of his SUV with a cousin and two friends when a man approached the vehicle in an area of Chester, Pa., police said. The two friends in the backseat yelled that the man was carrying a gun, and Evans sped off.

However, the approaching man was shot and killed by a single gunshot to the chest. Police believe Evans' cousin, who was sitting in the front seat, fired the shot that killed the man. Evans' family has arranged for security to follow him at certain events, because police believe that gangs may be responsible for the shooting.