A former NBA player, reportedly Tyler Honeycutt, was found dead after shooting at police and barricading himself in a Los Angeles home.
A former NBA player, reportedly Tyler Honeycutt, barrides himself in a California apartment after shootout with the cops. I'll details throughout the morning on @1010WINS. #1010WINS.
— Mitch Lebe (@TheMitcher) July 7, 2018
There’s been an Officer-Involved Shooting in the area of Riverside Drive & Tyrone Avenue in LAPD Van Nuys Division. It’s an active incident involving a barricaded suspect. A Public Information Officer is responding and we will provide details as available. Please avoid the area
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 7, 2018
UPDATE: At approx 5pm Officers assigned to Van Nuys Division responded to a radio call of a Man with a Gun in the area of Riverside Drive & Tyrone Avenue. They made contact with the suspect, a male in his 20’s, and as they were communicating with the suspect an OIS occurred.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 7, 2018
No officers were injured & all indications are that the suspect is still alive. He’s believe to be armed & barricaded inside of a residence. SWAT and our Crisis Negotiation Team is on scene. Evacuations have taken place & we expect street closures for several hours
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 7, 2018
UPDATE: We can confirm that during the initial encounter the suspect fired a shot out of the residence and officers returned fire. No officers were injured and it’s unknown if the suspect was struck. This is still an ongoing barricaded situation with SWAT officers on scene.
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 7, 2018
Then hours later…
A former NBA player, reported to be Tyler Honeycutt, was killed in a shootout with cops in Sherman Oaks, California after barricading himself in an apartment. I'll have the story throughout the morning on @1010WINS. #1010WINS,
— Mitch Lebe (@TheMitcher) July 7, 2018
There’s been an Officer-Involved Shooting in the area of Riverside Drive & Tyrone Avenue in LAPD Van Nuys Division. It’s an active incident involving a barricaded suspect. A Public Information Officer is responding and we will provide details as available. Please avoid the area
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) July 7, 2018
The latest update from LAPD HQ states that the SWAT team entered the residence and found an unresponsive male which was later pronounced dead at the scene by LAFD.
“SWAT entered the residence & located an unresponsive male. LAFD responded & pronounced the male dead at scene. Investigators from our Force Investigation Division are at scene conducting a thorough investigation and we will provide more details as they become available.”
While there’s no official confirmation for the identity, there are many news reports about Tyler Honeycutt being the deceased.
Pretty awful. I’m sure there’s more to this story and we’ll update if more comes out.
UPDATE:
Tyler Honeycutt, who played basketball at UCLA and for parts of two seasons with the Sacramento Kings, was found dead at the age of 27 after firing a gun at police officers Friday night.
Per KABC-TV in Los Angeles, Honeycutt’s mother called authorities to let them know her son was “acting erratically.” He then opened fire at a Sherman Oaks residence when officers arrived to check on him, barricading himself inside the property.
Per James H. Williams of the So Cal News Group, Honeycutt was found dead at the scene after a SWAT team entered the residence.
And it sounds like a suicide:
The LAPD added Honeycutt appeared to suffer “injures consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.”
Very sad.