Former NBA player Tyler Honeycutt found dead after police shootings | sport

Former coach and family friend Tyler Honeycutt, former Sacramento Kings and UCLA basketball player, found dead after clash with Los Angeles police

Bort Escoto, Honeycutt coach at Sylmar High School. The player's mother called him early Saturday and said his son had committed suicide.

The Los Angeles Police Department responded Friday afternoon to the report of an armed man and at the first encounter, the suspect fired a shot.

Crisis negotiators were called and a team of Swat finally found a man who did not answer and who was declared dead by paramedics

The department, which did not identify the man, man, says that he seems to be dead from a self-inflicted shot.

Honeycutt was 27 years old.

• In the United States, the national lifeline for suicide prevention is 1-800-273-8255. In the United Kingdom, Samaritans can be contacted at 116 123. In Australia, the Lifeline crisis support service is 13 11 14. Other international lines of help to suicide can be found on www.befrienders.org.