Police: Basketball player Lavelle Felton dies after shooting near gas station in Milwaukee

Basketball player dies after shooting in Milwaukee

MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee police say European league basketball player Lavelle Felton has died from a gunshot wound he suffered earlier this week while leaving a gas station.

Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz said in an e-mailed statement Friday the 29-year-old Milwaukee native died at Froedtert (FRAY’-dirt) Memorial Lutheran Hospital near Milwaukee.

Felton was shot in the head while driving away from a gas station early Wednesday morning. Schwartz’s statement didn’t say whether any arrests had been made.

Felton played for Paderborn last season in Germany’s top league, Bundesliga. He was a guard and played in 34 games, averaging 10.4 points and 2.4 assists per game as he helped the club reach the Bundesliga playoffs.