NFL draft prospect Kyren Lacy, a wide receiver who played at LSU, was found dead in his vehicle Saturday night in Houston from what authorities called an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Homicide detectives and crime scene investigators for the Harris County (Texas) Sheriff’s Office concluded based on “preliminary information” that Lacy shot himself during a vehicle pursuit by deputies that ended with Lacy’s vehicle crashing,

The sheriff's office in Harrison County, Texas, says former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a vehicle pursuit.

HOUSTON — Former LSU receiver Kyren Lacy, who was facing criminal charges stemming from a fatal car accident in December, died at age 24, a university athletics spokesman said Sunday. He died in the Houston area after suffering what officials said was a self-inflicted gunshot wound late Saturday night.