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Former Arizona Wildcats football player DaVonté Neal charged with murder

DaVonté Neal

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Former Arizona Wildcats football player DaVonté Neal has been arrested and charged with felony first-degree murder by a Maricopa County grand jury, according to a report from the Idaho State Journal.

The arrest of Neal, a UA wide receiver and defensive back from 2013-16 who was in his first season as Idaho State's cornerbacks coach, stems from a Nov. 11, 2017 incident in Maricopa County, the Journal said, citing the indictment. Pocatello police told the Journal that Neal has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, one count of drive-by-shooting, and one count of discharging a firearm at a structure.