LSU Wayde Sims basketball player was shot in the head during the fight, officials say | Crime / police

The Baton Rouge police released one of the videos that captured the fight that led to the shooting – hoping that someone could identify the people involved in his death.

The video shows about eight men in street fighting at one point, where three or four of them punched each other, until two men separated from the group. Then a shot is fired. McKneely said that the investigators were specifically trying to identify and locate the individual who is seen near the end of the video by wearing red pants with a white stripe on the leg and a gray shirt – the only one that is visible. one of the two men separated from the group just before the shot. McKneely identified the other man separated from the group as Sims.

Although McKneely stated that the police still did not consider the man with white striped red pants as a suspect in the murder, he is considered a person of interest.

"At the time (Sims) fell, he was fighting against this guy," said McKneely. "We do not want to speculate, but this guy was close to him.Everyone ran, except – from what we see – him.Everyone was surprised, took off, but he did not. did not do it. " I am so surprised that we are particularly interested in him. "

McKneely said that they also want to identify other men in the fight for interrogation. He said that the shooting investigation is continuing.

Two days earlier, Sims had joked with a Lawyer sports reporter about his new haircut – softening his appearance from last year – and shared his enthusiasm for the upcoming season. Wade had recently called him on "Off the Bench" from ESPN's 104.5 FM, one of the most successful players of the summer, and Sims was ready to face a new goalkeeper instead of moving on to through the games as a small striker.

"I like to play where the team needs me," Sims said. "I try to do my best to help the team win."

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A former standout at University High, Sims was entering his third season at LSU. A 6-foot-6 striker averaging 5.6 points and 2.6 rebounds per game last season with 10 starts in 32 games. Sims specialized in sports administration.

Sims was the 2014-2015 player of the Louisiana Gatorade at U-High, where he led the Cubs to three consecutive state titles from 2014 to 2016.

Wayde Sims' father, Wayne, also played in the LSU basketball team from 1987 to 1991 under coach Dale Brown.

"It's an absolute tragedy when a young life is cut so senseless," said LSU Sports Director Joe Alleva. "I have been in athletics for more than 40 years, and this may be the saddest day of my career."

LSU President F. King Alexander said that he knew Wayde Sims personally and that he was stunned by the news.

"To say that we are afflicted is a euphemism," Alexander wrote in a statement Friday morning. "Wayde was a beloved member of the LSU community whose leadership was appreciated by his coach and teammates, the void left by his passing will be immense, and we ask you to keep his family in your prayers."

In the morning of Friday morning, there was little shooting time earlier. A police band hung on a nearby tree, local media dragged into the parking lot. Milton Talbert, a friend and former colleague of Sims' father, stopped after hearing the tragic news.

"I just had to come and see that," said Talbert. "It's so sad that all of our kids are destroying themselves for no reason – I feel right for Wayne and his wife this morning."

He said he plans to contact Wayne Sims later today, offer his condolences and express his empathy for his friend's pain.

"We lost our son in 2004," said Talbert. "He was murdered, I know the feeling, when you lose a child like that, it is devastating … I hope that he will always be able to look at the celestial hills because that is. that's where all our strengths come from. "