LAS VEGAS –- It was around 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 1 when Stephen Zimmerman received a concerned text from his sister.
Zimmerman was in Los Angeles as he continues to try to impress the Lakers during training camp. But his sister was in Las Vegas, where Zimmerman played his high school and college basketball.
She texted to let him know that something terrible had happened in his hometown.
“She said there were gunshots and stuff downtown,” Zimmerman said. “She was making sure me and my girlfriend were all right.