Basketball star’s contract terminated by Scottish club as it’s revealed he’s a named suspect in US gun murder case
Basketball star’s contract terminated by Scottish club as it’s revealed he’s a named suspect in US gun murder case
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SHOCK gun murder links have emerged over a Scottish-based basketball player. But they only surfaced AFTER Caledonia Gladiators terminated his contract over a separate 'serious breach of club discipline'. The club, now based in East Kilbride after leaving the Emirates Arena in 2023, terminated the deals of both Malik Dunbar and Jared Wilson-Frame yesterday (Wednesday).
![[Malik Dunbar of the Santa Cruz Warriors holding a basketball.]](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-963982424.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
A statement confirmed their exits but also revealed officials have now learned of 'serious allegations' linked to Dunbar which have emerged since his release. The Daily Record reports the 28-year-old was named as a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man outside a Mexican restaurant in Georgia in October.
![[Malik Dunbar, Agua Caliente Clippers player #10, posing with a basketball.]](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-963982518.jpg?strip=all&w=639)
Dad of four Arthur Braxton, from South Carolina, was gunned down in a car park in Augusta - and US officials include the ex-Gladiators star as a suspect. He was previously on the roster for Golden State Warriors' Summer League team and pitched up in Scotland at the start of December having spent last season in Colombia and Mexico.
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But Gladiators say they released him - and former Maine Celtics guard Wilson-Frame - before the allegations came to light. They're now assessing how their recruitment was carried out and have DELETED the web-page announcing his arrival on December 5. The club said: "As of 14 January 2025, Caledonia Gladiators can confirm that the club has terminated the contracts of both Malik Dunbar and Jared Wilson-Frame, who joined the club last month, with immediate effect based on a serious breach of club discipline.
![[Malik Dunbar, #10, Agua Caliente Clippers, G League Media Day portrait.]](https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/01/user-expressly-acknowledges-agrees-downloading-963982494.jpg?strip=all&w=639)
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