New Orleans Pelicans' Bryce Dejean-Jones, a promising rookie guard, has died at 23, a representative with the Dallas County (Texas) medical examiner office confirmed on Saturday afternoon.
Dejean-Jones died from a gun shot wound in his abdomen late Friday after breaking into an apartment. According to the Dallas Police Department, Dejean-Jones was killed after kicking open the front door of an apartment and the man sleeping inside woke up and shot him.
New Orleans signed Dejean-Jones to a three-year contract in February after he was extended two 10-day contracts.