Photo Shows NBA’s James Bouknight Passed Out In Car W/ Handgun In Lap

Charlotte Hornets hooper James Bouknight lay lost consciousness in his Mercedes-Benz AMG GT with a bag of Doritos and a Glock pistol in his lap prior to he was apprehended for DWI … a picture gotten by TMZ Sports appears to reveal.

The 22-year-old previous 11th total choice (2021) was apprehended around 2 AM early Sunday early morning in a parking deck in Mecklenburg County, NC for driving while intoxicated.

It’s a bit deceptive, ’cause Bouknight wasn’t in fact moving at the time of the arrest … he was presumably conked out in the chauffeur’s seat of his $100K Benz, obstructing access to the garage.

Witnesses inform us security tried to get up James, however regardless of consistently pounding on the window, they could not get his attention.

When they browsed the automobile’s windscreen (the tint made it hard to translucent the other windows), security saw a weapon on James’ lap — a .40 quality Glock 23.

That’s when security called the police officers … who reacted and were eventually able to get up the 6’4″ guard and location him under arrest.

Bouknight was reserved, prior to being launched on $2,500 bond.

He was NOT charged with any criminal activity associating with the weapon … North Carolina does not need a license to open bring a weapon.