Former Kansas guard Lagerald Vick was arrested Saturday afternoon in Memphis and is facing a charge of attempted first-degree murder in Tennessee.
Shelby County criminal court records also show Vick, 29, was charged with employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony. He is a Memphis native and currently lives there.
According to an arrest affidavit, Memphis police met with an alleged victim at Regional One Hospital in the early hours of July 5. The man told officers he had been shot in the back while at a party late on July 4.
The affidavit says the victim described the shooter as “a dark-complected male in his late 20s, tall and slim build, wearing dark-colored clothing,” and said the man had a handgun tucked under his arm. The victim told police the man started a “verbal confrontation” with him. When the victim turned away, the man kept berating him and then shot him.
The shooter fled, and the victim went to the hospital. He later gave police the suspect’s first name and, on Tuesday, identified Vick from a photo lineup of six people as the man who shot him, according to the affidavit. Allegations in affidavits have not been proved in court.
Jail records showed Vick was an inmate in Shelby County jail as of Sunday night. A video arraignment was scheduled for Monday morning, and his bond was set at $1.5 million.
This is not Vick’s only legal issue this year. He was arrested in April on separate charges of felony aggravated burglary, felony theft of property worth between $1,000 and 2,500, and misdemeanor vandalism of property worth $1,000 or less. That case is still pending, with a report to the court set for July 30.
Vick played at KU from 2015 to 2019. His college career ended late in his senior season after he took a leave of absence and never returned. In recent years, he has played professionally in Mexico and New Zealand and also appeared for the KU alumni team in The Basketball Tournament.
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