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Police Make Arrest in Death of Wayde Sims After Suspect Confesses to Killing Him

Dyteon Simpson, a 20-year-old Louisiana resident, reportedly admitted to killing former LSU basketball player Wayde Sims on Saturday.

According to CNN's Kaylee Hartung, Simpson confessed to the Baton Rouge Police Department and was subsequently arrested.

Sims was shot and killed near the Southern University campus in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, early Friday morning.

This article will be updated to provide more information on this story as it becomes available.