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Ex-MSU star Keith Appling arrested in homicide investigation

He also played basketball overseas and had two brief contracts with the NBA's Orlando Magic.

Credit: AP

FILE - In this March 30, 2014, file photo, Michigan State's Keith Appling walks past head coach Tom Izzo in the closing minutes of their 60-54 loss to Connecticut in a regional final at the NCAA college basketball tournament in New York. Former Michigan State basketball player Appling faces drug charges after authorities say they found heroin in his vehicle that he planned to sell. Appling, on parole after serving jail time for gun and resisting-arrest charges, was arraigned Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in a Warren courtroom on charges of delivery or manufacture of less than 50 grams of a controlled substance. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

DETROIT — Police say a former Michigan State University basketball star has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 66-year-old man in Detroit. Keith Appling was arrested Monday in Chelsea, 60 miles west of Detroit.

A gun was recovered. Police say he's accused of shooting the man during an argument Saturday night. Appling, a prep star at Detroit Pershing, played for Michigan State from 2010 to 2014.

He also played basketball overseas and had two brief contracts with the NBA's Orlando Magic.

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