Ex-Lakers Star Michael Cooper’s Brother Mickey, 64, Shot Dead At L.A. Park

Retired Los Angeles Lakers star Michael Cooper‘s brother, Mickey Cooper, was tragically shot and killed this weekend at a neighborhood L.A. park.

Police in Pasadena responded to the realm on Washington Boulevard round 4 AM early Saturday morning, the place they discovered 64-year-old Mickey unresponsive with gunshot wounds.

Regulation enforcement has not commented on motive … as they proceed to research the capturing. No arrests have been made.

Including to the tragic nature of the incident, Michael says he and Mickey grew up hooping on the court docket the place he was finally killed.

67-year-old Cooper was a mainstay for the Showtime Lakers within the Nineteen Eighties, successful 5 championships alongside teammates like Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Along with the handful of championship rings, Michael was one of the completed defensive gamers within the NBA, making 8 All-NBA Defensive groups, and successful the league’s Defensive Participant of the 12 months award in ’87.