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Bryce Dejean-Jones shot after breaking into apartment

Bryce DeJean Jones

Bryce Dejean-Jones was shot and killed after breaking into an apartment in Dallas early Saturday morning.

The former New Orleans Pelicans guard died at a hospital on Saturday, and the Dallas Morning News provides more information about the matter.

According to a police report, Dejean-Jones kicked open the door to an apartment. The apartment resident was asleep and woke up. The person got a gun, called out and heard no answer. Dejean-Jones apparently kicked open the bedroom door, and that’s when the resident shot him.

Dejean-Jones left the apartment, collapsed, and was taken to the hospital where he died.

An email from the building manager says Dejean-Jones was trying to break into the apartment of an estranged person he knew but went into the wrong one.

Dejean-Jones was from Los Angeles and played college ball at USC, UNLV and Iowa State. At USC, he nearly got kicked off the team after a few incidents which included punching a teammate and get into it with a resident adviser. He was suspended at UNLV for shoving a teammate, and he was arrested at Iowa State once.

The Pelicans issued the following statement about the 23-year-old guard:

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