The father of Jeremy Fears Jr. announced on social media Sunday that the Michigan State basketball player was discharged from the hospital after being shot on Saturday.
Jeremy Fears @Jfears5Jr is doing really good . Discharged and headed home. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/blessed?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#blessed</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xp9vVIbZka">pic.twitter.com/Xp9vVIbZka</a>
According to ESPN's Myron Medcalf, police said an 18-year-old man—who a source indicated was likely Fears—and a 19-year-old woman were at a residence in Joliet, Illinois with friends when a gunman entered and opened fire. A suspect has not been identified and the investigation is ongoing.
Fears Sr. told Michael O'Brien of the Chicago Sun-Times that his son had been back in Joliet on Friday night, hanging out with a former teammate after he had invited several of his friends to watch a Michigan State game on Thursday night in East Lansing.