LSU men's basketball player Wayde Sims, 20, was killed in a shooting early Friday morning near the Southern University Campus, according to the Baton Rouge Police Department.
Sims was shot at 12:25 a.m. and transported to a local hospital with a gunshot wound. He died from the injury.
The 6'6" forward was entering his junior season at LSU. Sims averaged 5.6 points and 2.6 rebounds per game this past season with 10 starts in 32 games for the Tigers. He started five games as a freshman.
The Baton Rouge native was the 2014-15 Louisiana Gatorade Player of the Year.