Mercer guard Jibri Bryan shot and killed while sitting in car
Jibri Bryan, a senior guard on the Mercer basketball team, was killed Tuesday when he was shot in the head while sitting in his car at a convenience store in Macon, Ga.
The shooting occurred at 4 p.m. in a busy area of downtown Macon. Bryan was found in the driver’s seat of a Monte Carlo that was backed in to a parking space next to the store, Bibb County Sheriff David Davis told the Telegraph newspaper. Bryan was 23.
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Police said another man who arrived with the gunman was also shot in the chest or neck and was taken to a local hospital. It’s unclear what might have motivated the killing.
Bryan was a graduate student at Mercer, who had earned a degree in accounting and was pursuing his master’s degree, according to the Mercer athletic department website. He had played sparingly this season and just recently returned to action after not playing in 10 consecutive games. He played one minute and didn’t record any statistics in a victory at Samford on Monday night.
Bryan was a member of the Mercer team that knocked Duke out of the NCAA Tournament two years ago. He played four minutes in that game and grabbed three rebounds. 
Some of his teammates shared thoughts about his passing on social media on Tuesday as police continued to search for his killer. Police told the Macon Telegraph they had good leads in the case.
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Bryan grew up in Savannah, Ga., the son of Tyrone and Karen Bryan. He had one older brother He was nominated to the 2016 NCAA Good Works team in December by the National Association of Basketball Coaches for his work in the community.
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