Wayde Sims, a junior forward and Baton Rouge native, was taken to a hospital with an apparent gunshot wound shortly after midnight and later died due to his injury, according to a news release from the Baton Rouge police department. He was 20 years old.

 

Police say the shooting occurred at approximately 12:25 a.m. on a street just south of Southern University, which is located north of downtown Baton Rouge near a turn in the Mississippi River.

 

LSU basketball player Wayde Sims, 2

Thanks for posting that JD and how sad.

Tragic.

Senseless... prayers definitely going out to the young man's loved ones.

Arrest was made today.

Arrest was made today.

20 year old arrested, two young lives destroyed.

How is it just 2nd degree?

How is it just 2nd degree?

 

Maybe if he wasn't the target (shots fired into a crowd and he was hit) or if it wasn't premeditated. Each state is a little different on how they charge murders.

How is it just 2nd degree?

 

Like JD said, probably not premeditated.

Any details