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According to the Los Angeles County Department, Richard Jefferson, father of long-time NBA veteran Richard Jefferson, was shot dead in California.
Jefferson Sr., 65, was shot dead Wednesday night in Compton and pronounced dead at a hospital in the area later that night.
Investigators are not aware of the motive at this time, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement to ESPN on Thursday, and homicide investigators continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the shootings.
Richard Jefferson played 17 seasons in the NBA, winning a championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 as a key bench player. The 37-year-old is currently a free agent after averaging 8.2 minutes per game in 20 appearances with the Denver Nuggets last season and has begun pursuing a career in broadcast journalism on ESPN and other networks.
Jefferson's parents split when he was young and the basketball star grew up in Glendale, Arizona, with his mother. His father lived in California.
Jefferson and his father have come together in recent years, sources told ESPN, Jefferson, his wife and two children spending their summers in South Bay, Los Angeles, not far from Jefferson Sr.'s home in Inglewood.
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