Man Charged in LSU Player's Shooting Death

Sep 29, 2018

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An arrest was made in the shooting death of LSU basketball player Wayde Sims.

Baton Rouge police said Saturday that Dyteon Simpson, 20, was charged with second-degree murder and is at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

Sims was shot early Friday in a street fight caught on video near the Southern University campus.

Baton Police Chief Murphy Paul said at a media conference Saturday that investigators concluded from the video and DNA evidence collected at the scene that a man who could be seen punching a friend of Sims shortly before the shooting was Simpson.

"Wayde stepped in to defend his friend and was shot by Simpson," Paul said.

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