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Adreian Payne, former Michigan State basketball star, shot and killed Monday at age 31

Former Michigan State basketball star Adreian Payne was shot and killed early Monday morning in Orlando, Florida.

A source confirmed Payne’s death to the Free Press on Monday morning.

Around noon, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office in Florida announced it responded to a call at 1:37 a.m. of a man who had been shot. Payne was transported to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Deputies arrested a suspect in the shooting, 29-year-old Lawrence Dority, at the scene on a warrant for first-degree murder.

Payne, a 31-year-old native of Dayton, Ohio, played for the Spartans from 2010-14 and earned second-team All-Big Ten honors his junior and senior seasons.