Former NBA player and UCLA star, 27, 'shot at police and then killed himself during a standoff after cops responded to his mother's 911 call that he was acting erratically'

  • Basketball player Tyler Honeycutt, 27, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Los Angeles apartment early Saturday morning
  • The former UCLA star's mom had called police because he was acting erratically
  • When officers arrived Honeycutt shot at them and they returned fire
  • He barricaded himself in the residence for hours until a SWAT broke in at 3.30am and found him dead
  • Honeycutt played for the Sacremento Kings from 2011 to 2013
  • In 2013 he moved overseas to play with BC Khimki in Russia

Former UCLA basketball star Tyler Honeycutt fatally shot himself early Saturday morning at age 27, police reports say.

The former college standout and ex-NBA player was reportedly acting erratically when his mother called the police on Friday night. 

He allegedly began shooting at responding officers, who returned fire. 

Honeycutt then barricaded himself inside the residence in Sherman Oaks.

A SWAT team entered the residence at around 3.30am and found him dead. 

Honeycutt had played with the UCLA Bruins from 2009 to 2011 before being drafted by the Sacramento Kings
Honeycutt's mother had called police Friday night because he was reportedly acting erratically

Former UCLA basketball star and ex-NBA player Tyler Honeycutt, 27, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after a police shootout in a Los Angeles residence on Friday night

The Los Angeles Police Department tweeted a statement about the incident WHEN saying Honeycutt 'appears to have sustained injuries consistent with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.'

The 27-year-old from Sylmar, California, played for the UCLA Bruins from 2009 to 2011, when he was drafted in the second round by the Sacramento Kings. 

He played for the Kings for two seasons before being traded to the Houston Rockets in February 2013.  

After being waived by the Rockets, Honeycutt went to play in the Euroleagues with BC Khimki in Russia and Anadolu Efes in Turkey.

In 2018 he helped take BC Khimki to the Eurloleague Final Four. 

Tyler Honeycutt was a standout played in college who moved to the NBA for two seasons with the Sacramento Kings before going to Europe to play with BC Khimki in Russia in 2013

Honeycutt was a standout played in college who moved to the NBA for two seasons with the Sacramento Kings before going to Europe to play with BC Khimki in Russia in 2013

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Former UCLA basketball star Tyler Honeycutt shot himself in police shootout

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