Tech's Rice charged in incident

In an incident stemming from a gunshot fired from a car, Georgia Tech basketball player Glen Rice Jr. was charged with allowing unlawful operation of a vehicle Wednesday. A Tech graduate assistant manager who played for coach Brian Gregory at Dayton, London Warren, was charged with DUI-less safe.

In a statement issued Monday, Gregory said Warren has been dismissed from the program. The status of Rice, who has been suspended from the team since Feb. 17 for an undisclosed matter, will be reviewed in the near future.

"I'm deeply disappointed in the actions of these two individuals associated with our basketball program," Gregory said in the statement.

According to an Atlanta Police Department incident report, Rice was a passenger in a Cadillac Escalade leaving Halo Lounge in Midtown near the Tech campus shortly after 2 a.m. Wednesday, one day before Tech played its opening-round game of the ACC tournament at Philips Arena. Police responded to a shots fired call and pulled over the Escalade at the intersection of West Peachtree and 10th streets. The incident report stated that Warren, the driver, was glossy-eyed with the odor of alcohol on his breath and was unable to stand, swaying back and forth.

Another passenger in the car, Steven Pryor, admitted to firing the gunshot from a 9-millimeter Ruger pistol, one of two handguns found in the car. Pryor, who had a firearms license in his wallet, told police it was an accident as he tried to remove the gun from between the seats. Pryor, who is not a part of the basketball team, was arrested and charged with discharge of a firearm while under the influence. In a check of the club, police did not find any victims or property damage.

The only mention of Rice in the incident report was his charge of permitting unlawful operation.

Regarding Rice's charge, the Georgia Code states that "it is unlawful for the owner or any other person employing or otherwise directing the driver of any vehicle to require or knowingly permit the operation of such vehicle upon a highway in any manner contrary to law."