Media in New York are reporting that OU guard Isaiah Cousins was injured by gunfire on Tuesday night near Mount Vernon, New York.Mount Vernon Police Commissioner Terrance Raynore told the Journal News that Cousins is expected to survive the wounds.Police said he was shot when an errant bullet from warring gangs struck him in the back of the shoulder, according to the article.OU released a statement from head coach Lon Kruger on Wednesday afternoon."I've spoken to Isaiah and he is doing well," Kruger said in the statement. "It truly was a matter of him being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was simply talking to some friends when an outsider fired a shot. Everyone we've spoken to said they don't believe anyone in his group was a target. The bullet struck him in the back of the shoulder and doctors are not planning surgery. He should be healed in a few weeks and begin summer activities with the rest of the team in June. We're very thankful it wasn't worse than it was."Police told the newspaper that Cousins was an innocent bystander caught in the gunfire.

Media in New York are reporting that OU guard Isaiah Cousins was injured by gunfire on Tuesday night near Mount Vernon, New York.

Mount Vernon Police Commissioner Terrance Raynore told the Journal News that Cousins is expected to survive the wounds.


Police said he was shot when an errant bullet from warring gangs struck him in the back of the shoulder, according to the article.

OU released a statement from head coach Lon Kruger on Wednesday afternoon.

"I've spoken to Isaiah and he is doing well," Kruger said in the statement. "It truly was a matter of him being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was simply talking to some friends when an outsider fired a shot. Everyone we've spoken to said they don't believe anyone in his group was a target. The bullet struck him in the back of the shoulder and doctors are not planning surgery. He should be healed in a few weeks and begin summer activities with the rest of the team in June. We're very thankful it wasn't worse than it was."

Police told the newspaper that Cousins was an innocent bystander caught in the gunfire.