Dexter Pittman, a senior at Texas and former Longhorns center, left the NBA draft combine Friday. Darius Johnson, Pittman's 15-year-old brother, was shot during a confrontation in Katy, Texas, and later died at a hospital. Harris County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Janie Wagner said a deputy was sent to the home just before 10 p.m. Thursday. The deputy found the victim "in the garage in his residence sitting in a chair with a gunshot wound to his head." Wagner said the case is being investigated as a homicide. She had no other details and said the department wasn't identifying the victim because he was a juvenile. An investigator with the Harris County medical examiner said an autopsy was planned Friday. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/draft2010/news/story?id=5207704
Sad story here. In the biggest time period of Pittman's life, it's tragic for such an event to come up.
