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Police Arrest 2 Men In Connection With Ex-NBA Player Andre Emmett's Murder

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - Detectives with the Dallas Police Department have identified two men in connection to the shooting death of ex-NBA player Andre Emmett, 37.

His body was found by a passerby at 2:30 a.m. Sept. 23 on the side of the street at 1800 N. Prairie Avenue, near Munger Avenue. First responders transported the father of two to a nearby hospital where he died.

Through the course of the investigation they determined that Michael Lucky, 29, and Keith Johnson, 32, were responsible for Emmett's death.

Keith Johnson (left), Michael Lucky (right)
Keith Johnson (left), Michael Lucky (right) (photo credit: Dallas Police Department)

On October 19, 2019, Dallas homicide detectives obtained capital murder warrants for their arrests.

Johnson, who is currently in jail on unrelated charges, was also charged with capital murder.

He is currently being held in the Dallas County Jail in lieu of a $501,087 bond.

Lucky turned himself in at Jack Evans Headquarters Monday afternoon.

 

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