Les New Orleans Pelicans ont annoncé ce samedi dans un communiqué que leur jeune arrière Bryce Dejean-Jones avait perdu la vie dans une fusillade survenue à Dallas.
Après des débuts prometteurs en NBA, il semblait promis à un bel avenir dans la meilleure ligue de basket du monde. Mais sa trajectoire fulgurante s'est interrompue tragiquement ce samedi. Recruté par les New Orleans Pelicans en janvier dernier, l'arrière Bryce Dejean-Jones avait réussi à séduire la franchise, et venait de signer son premier véritable contrat en NBA. Il est décédé dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi, à l'âge de 23 ans, à la suite d'une fusillade survenue dans la ville de Dallas.
Une erreur à l'origine du drame ?
Ce sont les New Orleans Pelicans qui ont annoncé la nouvelle dans un communiqué. "C’est avec une immense tristesse que l’organisation des Pelicans apprend le décès soudain de Bryce Dejean-Jones. Nous sommes dévastés suite à la perte de ce jeune homme qui avait un brillant futur devant lui. Nos pensées et nos prières vont à la famille de Bryce dans ces temps difficiles."
D'après les premiers éléments de l'enquête, rapportées par la police locale et par l'agent du joueur, Bryce Dejean-Jones avait l'intention de se rendre chez sa petite amie, mais se serait trompé d'appartement. Après avoir frappé à la porte de l'appartement en question, et ne pas avoir obtenu de réponse, il se serait introduit dans le logement. C'est la personne résidant dans cet appartement qui aurait ouvert le feu sur le basketteur, dans des circonstances encore floues.
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En Mai, 2016 (04:22 AM)A Dallas resident told police he heard someone enter his apartment by kicking open the front door, police spokesman DeMarquis Black said in a statement. The resident said "he called out to the individual, but was not answered," and when the resident's bedroom door was kicked open, the resident fired his gun, police said.
Dejean-Jones collapsed in the breezeway, police said. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries, Black said.
The basketball player's agent, Scott Nichols, said Dejean-Jones was in Dallas to visit his girlfriend for his daughter's first birthday.
This was the first time Dejean-Jones visited her new apartment, Nichols said. Later that night Dejean-Jones came back to the apartment complex but went to the wrong unit on the third floor, just below his girlfriend's fourth-floor apartment, Nichols said.
Police had no immediate response to Nichols' comments.
"There is no information that suggests the deceased Bryce Dejean-Jones knew the apartment resident, or was armed as he entered the apartment," Black said.
Dejean-Jones, 23, was a rookie guard with the Pelicans this past season, having played in college for Iowa State, the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and the University of Southern California.
Pelicans players and coaches mourn Dejean-Jones
"It is with deep sadness that the Pelicans organization acknowledges the sudden passing of Bryce Dejean-Jones," the Pelicans said in a statement. "We are devastated at the loss of this young man's life who had such a promising future ahead of him. Our thoughts and prayers are with Bryce's family during this difficult time."
Dejean-Jones was not drafted by the NBA but was signed by the Pelicans in February and played in 14 games for the team before a broken wrist ended his season. He averaged 5.6 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.1 assists in 19.9 minutes per game.
Prior to joining New Orleans, Dejean-Jones played for the Idaho Stampede in the NBA Development League.
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