Star HS RB in Mississippi shot, possible suicide

Running Back Billey Joe Johnson died of a (possibly self-inflicted) gun wound early Monday after being pulled by a sheriff's deputy.
It's not clear why 17-year-old Billey Joe Johnson was stopped in Lucedale, but authorities say the junior tailback shot himself with a shotgun after the deputy walked back to the patrol car to run a license check.
"The deputy was sitting in his patrol vehicle ... when he heard a gunshot and saw the victim laying on the ground by the driver's side door of the vehicle that Johnson was driving. A shotgun was lying on the victim," according to a statement from the George County Sheriff's Department.

Authorities would not immediately say whether they believed the shooting was a suicide or an accident.

There will be more to this story. The NAACP has already said it has met with the family and has determined through an independent investigation that the shooting wasn't a suicide. They aren't releasing a cause of death but do plan to a second autopsy on Johnson's body and will release the results later in the week.