The AP reports:
A coroner’s report says former Kentucky basketball star Melvin Turpin died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
The report Friday gave no other information about the investigation, including whether Turpin left a suicide note. Fayette County Coroner Gary Ginn had said Thursday that Turpin took his own life in his Lexington house, but didn’t say how.
The AP reports:
Mel Turpin, former NBA player and All-American Kentucky center, committed suicide Thursday, authorities said. He was 49.
Police and the coroner were called to his North Lexington house Thursday afternoon on a personal injury call. They found Turpin dead…
Margaret Burrus, his sister, tearfully told reporters outside her home that her brother was diabetic and trying to keep it under control.
“I didn’t know he was depressed or anything,” she said. “I would have never said that he would have done this.”
