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Lagerald Vick, a erstwhile University of Kansas hoops subordinate and a starter connected their 2018 Final Four team, has been charged pinch attempted first-degree execution successful Tennessee.
Vick, 29, was a defender for nan Jayhawks from 2015 to 2019.
He was arrested successful Memphis connected Saturday successful relationship pinch a 4 July shooting successful nan metropolis and was besides charged pinch utilizing a firearm during the committee of a vulnerable felony.
According to apprehension documents obtained by ESPN, a man who was hospitalized for a gunshot coiled to nan backmost told constabulary he tried to tally distant aft a conflict erstwhile he saw nan different man was armed. The shooting unfortunate identified Vick arsenic nan alleged shooter successful a photograph lineup.
Bail was group astatine $1.5m for Vick, who was scheduled to beryllium arraigned connected Monday. He is already facing 2 felony charges in a abstracted incident, accused of theft and breaking into a erstwhile girlfriend’s location earlier this year.
Vick averaged 9.4 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.4 assists successful 117 games (61 starts) for the Jayhawks, including a career-high 14.1 points during his elder play in 2018-19.
Undrafted by the NBA successful 2019, Vick played professionally in Taiwan, Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay and New Zealand from 2019 to 2024.
Per ESPN, Vick was nan taxable of a Title IX investigation during his freshman run successful Lawrence, Kansas, aft he allegedly punched and kicked a female student. He was ne'er officially charged.
