Agents arrest former NBA player Baxter

WASHINGTON – Former NBA player Lonny Baxter was arrested by uniformed Secret Service agents on Wednesday after shots were fired from a vehicle about two blocks from the White House.

Baxter, who helped Maryland win a national championship and played with the Charlotte Bobcats last season, was ordered held without bail.

“Nobody feels worse about this whole scenario than Mr. Baxter himself,” Baxter’s lawyer, Harold Martin, said after a brief court appearance. “Hopefully, this doesn’t become a life-altering event.”

Baxter, 27, was taken into custody around 2:30 a.m. after a witness flagged down a Secret Service agent and reported shots fired from a white sport utility vehicle, said Secret Service spokesman Eric Zahren. Officers stopped the vehicle, which Baxter was driving, in northwest Washington, he said.

“There were spent shell casings in plain view inside the vehicle,” Zahren said. Officers also recovered a handgun.