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Former NBA Player Adreian Payne’s Cause of Death Has Been Revealed

Minnesota Timberwolves' Adreian Payne sets a pose during the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball team media day Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

New details have emerged about the passing of former NBA Player Adreian Payne.

According to an autopsy report obtained by E! News, the former NBA star’s manner of death was formally ruled a homicide, listing his cause of death “gunshot wound of the arm and chest.”

The report comes nearly three months after the basketball player’s death on May 9th. Payne was shot and killed in Orange County, Fla.  At the time, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office told E! News, “A male in his 30s who had been shot, later identified as Adreian Payne, was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.”

Payne was shot and killed in Orange County, Florida.

At the time, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office told E! News, “A male in his 30s who had been shot, later identified as Adreian Payne, was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.”

RIP.


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