At around 10 p.m., officers were summoned to an apartment in the 500 block of South Ervay Street, near Marilla Street, where they discovered a guy with a single gunshot wound.
Devante Lampkin, according to the Dallas County medical examiner’s office, died at the scene. He was lying on his back, seemingly wounded by a single gunshot.
His friends had rented the apartment out for him while he moved into a new apartment, according to police. Lampkin was meant to leave the Airbnb on Friday, according to authorities.
After failing to reach Lampkin by phone, friends rushed to his flat to check on him, according to police. According to authorities, his backpack, telephone, and wallet were all vanished.
According to sources, Lampkin attended the University of Oklahoma from 2015 to 2018 and was a defensive tackle for the football team.
In 2018, Devante declared for the NFL Draft. He went undrafted but eventually signed a short-term deal with the Tennessee Titans.
Devante Lampkin was an American football defensive tackle for the National Arena League’s Massachusetts Pirates. He went to Oklahoma for college football.
He was killed at his apartment, according to police, and when a witness went to check on him since he wasn’t answering his phone calls, he discovered him shot before ringing for help.