Former NBA player Tyler Honeycutt kills himself after shootout with police

[pwaldo]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-bas...xchange-police

Former UCLA and Sacramento Kings basketball player Tyler Honeycutt has died following an exchange of gunfire with Los Angeles police Friday night.

A family member on Saturday confirmed to KABC that Honeycutt had died.

The Los Angeles Police Department says it responded Friday afternoon to a report of a man with a gun, and during the initial encounter, the suspect fired a shot out of a residence and officers returned fire.

Crisis negotiators were called, and a SWAT team found an unresponsive man who was pronounced dead by paramedics.

The department, which did not identify the man, said he appeared to have died of a self-inflicted gunshot.

He was a second-round pick by the Kings in the 2011 NBA draft and played in 24 games over two seasons before continuing his professional career overseas.

[WilyWestbrook0]

I do not remember this player. It is always weird to read about adults dying who were younger than you.