Aubrey McClendon, an Oklahoma City native and co-owner of the Thunder, has been confirmed dead.
For the second time in weeks, tragedy has struck the family of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Police confirmed that Aubrey McClendon, a part owner of the team, was killed in a car crash inside the city:
McClendon is the former CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., the company in which the Thunder’s home arena is named after. He was an Oklahoma City native who was part of the group that bought the Seattle Supersonics with the intent of moving the franchise to his hometown, which they did in 2008 and became the Thunder.
The accident comes just one day after McClendon was indicted by a federal grand jury:
Police would not confirm many details about the accident, however they would not rule out the accident being intentionally caused by McClendon:
McClendon, 56, leaves behind a wife and three children. He was being indicted for allegedly rigging bids on oil and natural gas leases, per Jeff Zillgitt. Oklahoma City has dealt with all kinds of tragedy this year, with assistant coach Monty Williams losing his wife in a fatal car crash back in February.
The Thunder are scheduled to play against the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night at ORACLE Arena.