Draft Prospect Teshaun Hightower Charged With Murder

Tulane guard and once-NBA draft hopeful Teshaun Hightower has been arrested and charged with murder, as Mark Schlabach of ESPN.com reports.

The charge is related to a homicide that occurred on April 8 in Stockbridge, Georgia. Hightower was taken into custody on Saturday night, and Tulane announced earlier today that it has dismissed him from its program.

Hightower was charged with felony murder, aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and battery, per Schlabach. The Georgia native is just one of six men being investigated in the homicide of 24-year-old Devante Anthony Long — five of the six are in custody.

The 6’5″ guard had declared his intentions to test the draft waters earlier this offseason. Before coming to Tulane, Hightower played two seasons at the University of Georgia.

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