An ex-Kansas men’s basketball player is facing an attempted first-degree murder charge related to an alleged incident earlier this month.
Lagerald Vick, who played for the Jayhawks from 2015-19, is also facing a charge of using a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony, The Kansas City Star reported Sunday.
Vick was arrested by Memphis police on Saturday and booked into Shelby County Jail and had bond set at $1.5 million.
The former college basketball player’s charges are related to a July 5 incident that required a police response to a shooting, which saw the victim taken to Regional One Hospital.
The victim told police that he was at a party on July 4 when he got into a verbal confrontation with a man around 11 p.m. The man allegedly had a handgun under his armpit, and when he turned to run away, the man fired a shot at him and hit him in the back.
The victim was transported to the hospital by a private vehicle.
The shooting victim gave investigators the alleged shooter’s first name, which led them to Vick, and he was later identified in a photo lineup as the suspected gunman.
Vick is due in court on Monday for arraignment and will be back in court Tuesday for a bail review hearing, according to the Kansas City Star.
The former hooper had a previous run-in with the law following an incident earlier this year that resulted in two felony charges and a misdemeanor, including aggravated burglary, theft of property, and a misdemeanor vandalism charge.
He is said to have broken into an ex-girlfriend’s house and allegedly stolen several electronic devices and unscrewed a camera that was on the porch. Vick is due back in court on July 30 related to that case.
