Pelicans guard Dejean-Jones shot and killed after accessing wrong Dallas apartment
(FOX)- New Orleans Pelicans guard Bryce Dejean-Jones was shot and killed early Saturday morning after breaking down a door to a Dallas apartment, police said.
Dallas Police Senior Cpl. DeMarquis Black said in a statement a man living inside the apartment was sleeping when he heard his front door getting kicked opened. As Dejean-Jones tried to break into the bedroom, the man retrieved a handgun and fired shots at Dejean-Jones.
Responding officers found Dejean-Jones, 23, collapsed in a breezeway, and he later died at a hospital.
“We are devastated at the loss of this young man’s life,” the Pelicans said in a statement.
It is legal in Texas for someone to use deadly force in order to protect themselves from intruders.
ESPN reported that the apartment complex sent an email to its residents Saturday morning, saying that Dejean-Jones was “believed to be breaking into the apartment of an estranged acquaintance (but) in advertently broke into the wrong apartment.”