College basketball player shot, killed
MARKSVILLE, La. -- McCook Community College men's basketball player Myron Mingo was shot and killed in a bar incident in Marksville, La., early Sunday morning.
The time of the shooting was listed as 1:11 a.m.
Mingo, a 6-foot-2, 180-pound guard who started some games for the MCC Indians, was an innocent bystander, according to Garland Foreman, a reporter for the Bunkie (La.) Record.
According to the police report, two men in a Marksville bar started a fight over a 9 milimeter pistol. One man pointed the gun in the face of another amn. A struggle ensued and the pistol went off once. The bullet struck the floor of the lounge, ricocheted upward and struck Mingo, who was several feet away, in the right upper chest and neck.
Police arrived 1-2 minutes later and rushed Mingo to the hospital before the ambulance arrived. Mingo died in the emergency room and few minutes after the police got him to the hospital.
Gavin McGhee, 24, Marksville, was identified as the shooter. McGhee fled the scene. He turned himself into the police at 3:20 p.m. Sunday.
McGhee was charged with second degree murder, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm on the premises where alcoholic beverages were served.
McGhee is being held under $50,000 bond and probation in the Avoyelles Parish Jail.
The shooter's girlfriend was charged with obstruction of justice.
"After hearing the news, I was deeply saddened in learning of the loss of Myron," said Dr. Michael Chipps, president of the Mid Nebraska Community College Our entire college family will be keeping the Mingo family in their thoughts and prayers during this difficult time."