DALLAS — Bryce Dejean-Jones, 23, was fatally shot during an apparent home invasion Friday night.
News release: “On May 28, 2016, at approximately 3:20 a.m., Dallas officers responded to the 2500 block of Bennett Avenue regarding a shooting. Upon arrival officers found one individual had been shot. The resident of the apartment reported that an individual had kicked open the front door and entered his apartment.
The resident, who was asleep in the bedroom, heard the individual enter and retrieved a handgun. He stated he called out to the individual, but was not answered. As the individual kicked the bedroom door, the resident fired his gun. The individual left the apartment and collapsed in the breezeway. The individual was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries.”
WFAA reported: “Dejean-Jones reportedly argued with his girlfriend, who lives in the Camden Belmont complex. He left following the argument, but returned and kicked down the door of the wrong apartment, the source said.”
He is the first active NBA player to die since 2007 when Eddie Griffin was killed in a vehicular accident.
Bryce Dejean-Jones played college basketball for Iowa State University after stints with USC and UNLV, and played professionally for the New Orleans Pelicans of the NBA.
On February 19, he signed a three-year deal with the Pelicans.
