The former teammate and roommate, Carlton Dotson, told a cousin that he got in an argument with Dennehy while they were shooting guns in the Waco area and that Dennehy pointed a gun at Dotson as if to shoot him, the informant said.
But Dotson instead shot Dennehy in the head with the pistol, the informant said. Dotson said he then drove home to Hurlock, Md., and got rid of the guns along the way, according to the informant.
The search warrant affidavit released Monday was filed June 23 in McLennan County by Waco police detective Bob Fuller.
District Attorney John Segrest declined to comment Monday, referring questions to Waco police. Fuller did not return a phone call Monday. A message left on an answering machine at a number listed for Dotson’s guardians in Maryland was not immediately returned.
Waco Police Chief Alberto Melis said no body had been found and no arrests had been made, and he would not elaborate on any evidence. Waco police spokesman Steven Anderson has said authorities believe “potential suspects” include fellow Baylor basketball players.
Dennehy was reported missing by his family on June 19, and his sport utility vehicle, its license plates missing, was found last week in a mall parking lot in Virginia Beach, Va.
Melis said officers were treating the disappearance like a homicide because his department got a call “from an outside source” that said a homicide had occurred in the Waco area and the victim could be associated with a local university.
Dotson, a 6-7 forward, averaged 4.6 points and 2.5 rebounds in a reserve role with Baylor last season, after playing two years at Paris Junior College He was not expected to return to Baylor next season.
Dennehy transferred to Baylor in hopes of making what he called a fresh start after getting kicked off the team at New Mexico because of his temper.
The 6-10, 230-pound center accepted a scholarship from the Baptist school and told friends he had become a born-again Christian. He was a B student and rarely missed a class.
Baylor athletic director Tom Stanton said Monday he couldn’t discuss the case. He also added that he wanted to stop some of the “negative suggestions about his (Dennehy’s) temperament.”
“We saw a young man who got along well with his teammates and was extremely anxious to compete this year,” Stanton said. “Patrick has been a model student-athlete since coming to Baylor. That’s why these incredible events have stunned and upset us all.”
