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Kevin Durant's 'Adopted Brother' Clifford Dixon Fatally Shot Outside Atlanta Bar

Clifford Dixon, who Warriors forward Kevin Durant called his "adopted brother", was fatally shot outside a metro Atlanta bar early Thursday, Chamblee police confirmed in a release.

According to the police report, Clifford Dixon arrived to the SL Lounge on Budford Highway for a his birthday celebration and was standing in the parking lot when he was shot multiple times just after 1 a.m. First responders arrived on the scene and transported Dixon to Grady Hospital where we was pronounced dead. The suspect fled the scene on foot.

Dixon was 32 years old.

A post shared by Cliff Dixon (@cldtoon) on Mar 20, 2019 at 4:21pm PDT

According to the Oklahoman, Dixon was taken in by Durant's mother, Wanda Pratt, when he was 16 years old.