WASHINGTON — A promising basketball player was killed Wednesday in Prince George’s County, Maryland.
Around 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Seat Pleasant police received a call regarding a shooting on the 6600 block of Greig Street. Officers found 23-year-old Lamont Adair Jr., of Capitol Heights, suffering from what appeared to be gunshot wounds.
He was pronounced dead on the scene, the police department said on Twitter.
Adair, a 6-foot-7-inch rising basketball player and father to an 11-month-old child, was set to leave for China next month to compete. He was on his way to training when the shooting occurred, .
UPDATE: At 3:53p Officers received a 911 call for a reported shooting. Upon arrival they located an adult male suffering what appeared to be gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased on scene. This is still an ongoing investigation conducted by Homicide Division.
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An investigation was ongoing as of Thursday morning. Police that they do not believe this was a random crime, and they asked those with information to contact the Prince George’s County tip hotline at 1-866-411-TIPS.
