This morning we got devastating news that 23 year old New Orleans Shooting Guard Bryce Dejean-Jones was shot in the abdomen and passed away after he allegedly broke into a Dallas apartment late last night.
Pelicans' Bryce Dejean-Jones, age 23, was shot and killed yesterday. Just awful. Prayers out to his family and loved ones. Rest in Peace.
— NBA Central (@TheNBACentral) May 28, 2016
When the Dallas PD Report came out that he had broke into someone’s home, terrible people were terrible and started condemning the young man who had just died:
@TheNBACentral Good riddance
— YourHuckleberry (@CTeamAg) May 28, 2016
@MySportsLegion THUG
— Interim KD stan (@KillaCommas) May 28, 2016
But most people began to wonder why Bryce would break into someones home. Bryce who was average 6 PPG and 3.5 RPG in the NBA had really impressed the Pelicans who signed him for 3 more years for over $3,000,000.
Later we finally got an update as to why and what happened and it was revealed that Bryce was trying to get into his ex-girlfriends home but accidentally broke into the wrong home and was fatally shot. It is truly a tragedy that a young man like Bryce who had a very promising future ended up dying over a mistake like this.
Update: Bryce thought he was breaking into his ex gfs house but entered the wrong home, got shot.. pic.twitter.com/Xf4JCO2lE2
— NBALEAD (@NBALEAD) May 28, 2016
The Pelicans offical statement:
Statement from the Pelicans: pic.twitter.com/cb2k6mORzy
— New Orleans Pelicans (@PelicansNBA) May 28, 2016
Our whole team at NBA LEAD offer our deepest condolences and prayers to the family and loved ones of Bryce Dejean-Jones. May he rest in peace.
