Basketball player Tyler Honeycutt has died after a shoot-out with American police.
Honeycutt formerly played in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings, and was now signed to Moscow team BC Khimki.
The Los Angeles Police Department stated that an unnamed man died after an apparent “self-inflicted gunshot”, following a shoot-out with police.
Police were called on Friday evening by Honeycutt’s mother after he was behaving “erratically”. The suspect then barricaded himself in a house in the Sherman Oaks area of Los Angeles, according to US media.
After a stand-off SWAT teams entered the house on Sunday morning, to find the suspect “unresponsive”, with “sustained injuries consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound”.
UPDATE: Regarding last nights Officer-Involved Shooting in Van Nuys Division, it appears as if the suspect was not struck by any officer’s gunfire. The suspect appears to have sustained injuries consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 7, 2018
BC Khimki confirmed his death on Twitter.
Tyler Honeycutt passed away…
Player's agent, mr. Aaron Mintz, confirmed the death of Honeycutt@Khimkibasket expresses its deepest condolences to Tyler's family and friends
Rest in peace, Tyler… pic.twitter.com/y0SELMlgNN
— BC Khimki (@Khimkibasket) July 7, 2018
Honeycutt began his career at University of California, where he was named co-MVP for 2011. The same year he was drafted to the Sacramento Kings, and made his NBA debut on 31 December 2011. He was then traded to the Houston Rockets, before playing in Russia, Turkey, and Israel.
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