Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside issued a statement in the wake of a report that his assault rifle was stolen this past summer.
According to 640 AM radio host Andy Slater, Whiteside bought a $50,000 M16 assault rifle, ammunition, a rifle bag, and a silencer at Johnson Firearms in Miami on July 5. When the Heat center got home the next day, July 6, he noticed his rifle bag and gun were missing.
After calling police, the 29-year-old Whiteside remembered that he left the rifle unattended in his unlocked car when he went back inside the gun store.