Ja Morant is being accused of flashing a gun at a teenage boy during an alleged pickup basketball fight in July.
reported Wednesday that not only did the teen accuse Morant of punching him at least 12 times, resulting in a"large knot" on his head ... but the 23-year-old also went into his house and returned with a gun in his waistband -- with his hand on the weapon.When Morant was questioned about the incident, police mentioned the boy's claims of exposing a weapon, but did not explicitly ask if he had a gun. The outlet notes Morant and his attorneys did not deny the claim.
As for the altercation, Morant told detectives he did, in fact, hit the teen ... but claimed it was out of self-defense after he was hit with the ball. In his eyes,"The ball was the first swing to me."As we previously reported, Morant filed a police report of his own a few weeks later ... claiming the teen threatened to"come back and light this place up like fireworks" and he feared for his safety.
Police investigated the allegations for several weeks ... before they submitted the case to the district attorney's office on Oct. 4. Less than a month later, cops say the DA declined prosecution, citing a lack of evidence.
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