Hampton captain Theo Smalling dies from accidental shooting
Updated 10/28/2009 5:01 PM ET
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — A Hampton University basketball player has died from what police call an accidental shooting outside a nightclub.
Theo Smalling of Tampa, died Monday night, according to a university statement Tuesday.
Police said the 22-year-old team captain was shot in the abdomen early Saturday in the parking lot of a nightclub after another man mishandled a firearm.
Police have charged 21-year-old Dominique Devon Smith with reckless handling of a firearm. They could not say if he has an attorney. Police are awaiting autopsy results.
HU basketball coach Ed Joyner called Smalling's death a "devastating loss." Hampton President William R. Harvey described him as a "model" student-athlete.
A campus memorial in Smalling's memory was planned Thursday night.
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