KINSTON, N.C.--The Kinston Police Department has confirmed former NC State star and Kinston native Charles Shackleford has been found dead.
Kinston police said Shackleford was found deceased in the 2100 block of Rouse Road in Kinston Friday morning.
Officers said the cause of death has not been determined, and the incident is still under investigation.
Shackleford graduated from Kinston High School and played basketball for North Carolina State from 1985 through 1988.
He was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in 1988 and played with the Nets for two seasons. He then played two seasons for the Philadelphia 76ers from 1991 to 1993.
He played 21 games with the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 1994-1995 NBA season and didn’t play in the NBA again until he played 32 games for the Hornets in the 1998–99 NBA season, the last he played.
Shackleford was arrested on drug charges in Kinston in 2010 after an undercover deputy said Shackleford sold him drugs.
WNCT will have the latest as details are released.
