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Former WKU Basketball Player Shot, Killed In Atlanta

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ATLANTA (TMZ) – A former Western Kentucky University basketball player has been killed.

TMZ reports that Cliff Dixon was shot outside a club in Atlanta while celebrating his birthday. Dixon was the ex-boyfriend of ‘Love & Hip-Hop” actress Erica Mena.

Dixon played for WKU but was dismissed from the team in 2011 for a violation of rules. He is survived by one son.

He was 32 years old.