According to previous reports, orange county police issued an announcement confirming that former CBA Jiangsu Tongxi foreign aid Adrian Payne was shot and killed. Police then arrested the suspect, known as Lawrence Dority, and charged him with first-degree murder.
The official blog post of the Tongxi Men's Basketball Club wrote: "Thank you for coming, Adrian Payne, all the way. R.I.P ”
Payne's former teammate, shenzhen player Ma'erdan Tursun, commented: "The phone still has a video of my lover taking pictures of me training with him, and my lover cried when he learned about it! It's so uncomfortable!!! ”
Adrian Payne was selected by the Hawks with the 15th pick in the first round of the 2014 Draft to enter the NBA and played for the Hawks, Timberwolves and Magic in his career.
On July 31, 2018, Payne joined the CBA Tongxi men's basketball team, and in the six games played for Tongxi, Payne averaged 16.9 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.