Head Coach Tom Izzo talks to then-senior guard Keith Appling during the game against Connecticut on March 30, 2014, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Spartans lost in the Elite Eight, 60-54. Julia Nagy/The State News
Ex-MSU basketball player Keith Appling is wanted in connection to the death of a 66-year-old man after a verbal altercation turned physical, according to a release from the Detroit Police Department.
The release said the altercation happened around 7:10 p.m. Saturday, and that the suspect, identified as Appling, "fired multiple gunshots at the victim fatally wounding him." The release said he fled the scene in a tan Buick Regal.
He is considered to be armed and dangerous.
In February 2020, Appling was arrested in Warren, Michigan for having 19 grams of heroin in his car. Prior, he spent a year in jail after facing multiple charges after discarding a gun while fleeing from officers.
The Detroit Police Department is asking the public to keep a lookout for this individual and speak up if aware of his whereabouts. The Detroit PD can be reached at 313-596-2260 or contact Crimes Stoppers at 1-800-SpeakUp.
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