Former Michigan State Star Pleads Guilty in 2021 Murder Case

Former Michigan State basketball player Keith Appling (C) is flanked by his attorneys Cyril Hall (L) and Amir Makled (R) as he is arraigned in Dearborn, Mich., on May 4, 2016. Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP

DETROIT—A former Michigan State University basketball star pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder and a firearm charge in the fatal 2021 shooting of a Detroit man.

Keith Damon Appling, 31, pleaded guilty in Wayne County Circuit Court to one count each of second-degree murder and felony firearm in the killing of Clyde Edmonds, 66, county Prosecutor Kym Worthy said.