New Orleans Pelicans guard Bryce Dejean-Jones died early Saturday morning in Dallas, the Dallas Police Department and Dallas County Medical Examiner's office told USA TODAY Sports.
Police said Dejean-Jones was shot and that the homicide unit is conducting an investigation. While not naming Dejean-Jones, an email notification was sent to residents of the apartment complex Saturday about the incident.
"An individual who believed to be breaking into the apartment of an estranged acquaintance inadvertently broke into the wrong apartment," Joshua Pool, a manager at the Camden Belmont located northeast of downtown Dallas, wrote in an email obtained by USA TODAY Sports. "After breaking in, the intruder was shot and later taken via ambulance to a local hospital. Fortunately, no residents were injured."
Officers arrived at the scene of the shooting at about 3:20 a.m. and were told by a resident that Dejean-Jones had kicked open the front door and entered his apartment, according to a statement released on the Dallas police website. The resident said he heard Dejean-Jones enter and retrieved a handgun and shot Dejean-Jones.
"He stated he called out to the individual, but was not answered," police said. "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.”
Police said Dejean-Jones was shot and that the homicide unit is conducting an investigation. While not naming Dejean-Jones, an email notification was sent to residents of the apartment complex Saturday about the incident.
"An individual who believed to be breaking into the apartment of an estranged acquaintance inadvertently broke into the wrong apartment," Joshua Pool, a manager at the Camden Belmont located northeast of downtown Dallas, wrote in an email obtained by USA TODAY Sports. "After breaking in, the intruder was shot and later taken via ambulance to a local hospital. Fortunately, no residents were injured."
Officers arrived at the scene of the shooting at about 3:20 a.m. and were told by a resident that Dejean-Jones had kicked open the front door and entered his apartment, according to a statement released on the Dallas police website. The resident said he heard Dejean-Jones enter and retrieved a handgun and shot Dejean-Jones.
"He stated he called out to the individual, but was not answered," police said. "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.”
