http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/16/nba.arrest/index.html

Ex-NBA player arrested after gunfire heard near White House

Wednesday, August 16, 2006; Posted: 8:31 a.m. EDT (12:31 GMT)


Lonny Baxter

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A Secret Service officer arrested a former NBA player after gunshots were reported just blocks from the White House early Wednesday morning.

Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren said officers arrested the former Charlotte Bobcats player Lonny Baxter, 27, and his passenger Irvin Martin, 35, around 2:30 a.m. He said officers saw used shell casings in plain view and a handgun.

Zahren said it is unclear why the weapon was discharged and what the intended target was. The men were arrested for possession of a pistol without a license and for having unregistered ammunition and a firearm.

Zahren said a person flagged down the officer to report gunshots near the White House. The officer pulled Baxter and Irvin's SUV over on 17th and I streets and arrested the two men.

LOL! Wow. I remember Lonny when he was playing in Maryland, he looked like a pretty good prospect coming out of Maryland, I guess his career just kinda spiraled down. You gotta be pretty stupid to do something like this to begin with but to do it near the White House? Your going to be caught in .2 seconds.

Everyone here is saying we needed a shooter.

Posted by Andrew:

Everyone here is saying we needed a shooter.

Mmwaaaaaaahahaha!!!!

Lonnie Baxter was probably hanging in DC. Some of the baddest parts of DC are just a few blocks from the white house. Its kinda bugged out.

Baxter is not the only former NBA player to get arrested for something like this.

Stupid, stupid, stupid!