--- description: Wayne Ellington Jr. took an indefinite leave of absence from his team, the L.A. Lakers, after the incident title: Lakers Guard's Father Killed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94d5eceaa93fe39/698768512dce0175db9dbbbf/458448440.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [NBA](/tag/nba/) ## NBA Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NBA Guard Wayne Ellington's Father Killed in Philadelphia Shooting by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2014 10:04 AM CUT  Wayne Ellington #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on October 29, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona. Wayne Ellington #2 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the NBA game against the Phoenix Suns at US Airways Center on October 29, 2014 in Phoenix, Arizona.Christian Petersen—Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 12, 2014 10:04 AM CUT The father of Los Angeles Lakers guard Wayne Ellington Jr. [was shot dead](http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/dncrime/Fatal-shooting-of-man-57-in-Germantown-remains-a-mystery-.html?c=r "undefined") in Philadelphia on Sunday. Police received a call about an traffic collision in nearby Germantown and found 57-year-old Wayne Ellington Sr. in the front seat of his Oldsmobile with a bullet in his head, the Philadelphia _Inquirer_ reported. Ellington was immediately taken to the nearby Albert Einstein Medical Center for surgery, but was pronounced dead about three hours later. A motive for his murder is not yet clear, and the city has offered a $20,000 reward for any further information. Ellington Jr., who grew up in Philadelphia and joined the Lakers as a free agent in September, took an indefinite leave of absence from the team before traveling home earlier this week. “I encourage anyone with any information to come forward to help authorities solve this case,” he said in a [statement](http://www.nba.com/lakers/releases/141111%5FellingtonFather "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3580470/nba-guard-wayne-ellington-father-killed-philadelphia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3580470/nba-guard-wayne-ellington-father-killed-philadelphia/"},"headline":"NBA Guard Wayne Ellington's Father Killed in Philadelphia Shooting","datePublished":"2014-11-12T10:04:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:22:47.509Z","description":"Wayne Ellington Jr. has taken an indefinite leave of absence from his team","url":"https://time.com/3580470/nba-guard-wayne-ellington-father-killed-philadelphia/","keywords":["NBA","Murder","Crime","shooting","Philadelphia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94d5eceaa93fe39/698768512dce0175db9dbbbf/458448440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta94d5eceaa93fe39/698768512dce0175db9dbbbf/458448440.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Los Angeles Lakers v Phoenix Suns","caption":"Los Angeles Lakers v Phoenix Suns","creditText":"Christian Petersen—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/nba/","name":"NBA"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3580470/nba-guard-wayne-ellington-father-killed-philadelphia/","name":"NBA Guard Wayne Ellington's Father Killed in Philadelphia Shooting"}}]}] ```