UPDATED: 11:45 a.m.

Brant Daniels, 19, a former Fresno State student who loved basketball was killed at the University Village apartment complex when a confrontation over a video game ended in gunfire.

Narvin Barring, a sophomore health science major said he was a friend of the victim. Barring said the two had met at a basketball tournament and then again at the Student Recreation Center where they frequently played basketball. Barring also said they went to parties together.

“We weren’t sure it was him at first,� Barring said. He said a friend had contacted him around 8 a.m. and that he and his brother then called another friend to confirm the news. Barring said he has been trying to contact friends of Daniels’ family.

According to Barring, Daniels was, “just the kind of guy who would make you laugh all the time.�

Police were still searching for the suspect late Tuesday morning.