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New Orleans Pelicans rookie shooting guard Bryce Dejean-Jones has been pronounced this afternoon after being shot yesterday. Â The saddest part of the story is that it likely all could have been avoided. Â The full details are still unclear of what happened, but the team confirmed the passing of Dejean-Jones in a statement.
Statement from the Pelicans: pic.twitter.com/cb2k6mORzy
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) May 28, 2016
Allegedly, the 23-year-old kicked in the door into an apartment that he believed to be that of an ex-girlfriend. Â It was not her apartment and the startled owner of the apartment shot Dejean-Jones. Â The owner was located in the bedroom of the apartment when Dejean-Jones broke down the bedroom door as well at which the owner shot at the intruder. Dallas Police found Dejean-Jones and immediately rushed him to a local hospital.
Shooting 2500 Bennett Avenue https://t.co/wgbDUtCPyQ
— Dallas Police Dept (@DallasPD) May 28, 2016
He played fourteen games for the Pelicans before undergoing season-ending wrist surgery. Â He averaged almost 20 minutes a game with 5.6 points and 3.4 rebounds per game.
