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Giants Sixth-Round Pick Corey Ballentine Injured in Shooting Incident

Giants sixth-round draft pick Corey Ballantine was injured in an off-campus shooting in Topeka, Kan., on Sunday morning.

Ballantine, a Division-II Washburn University defensive back, was reportedly taken to a local hospital "with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound" just hours after New York selected the 23-year-old with the 180th pick in the NFL draft.

Washburn junior defensive back Dwane Simmons was killed in the shooting, police confirmed to reporters. Simmons was 23.

The Giants released a statement on Sunday expressing their awareness of the situation.

"We are aware of the tragic situation and continue to gather information," the team said.