Patrick James Dennehy was a 21-year-old forward on Baylor University’s basketball team. Born January 28, 1982, in Santa Clara, California, he had transferred to Baylor from the University of New Mexico and was preparing for the 2003–2004 season.

On June 12, 2003, Dennehy was shot by teammate and roommate Carlton Dotson at a firing range north of Waco, Texas. Dennehy was last seen June 12 and was reported missing by his family on June 19; his car was found abandoned in Virginia Beach on June 25 with its license plates removed. Dotson contacted the FBI from a hospital in Chestertown, Maryland, later confessed, and was arrested and charged on July 21, 2003. Dennehy’s body was found in a field in Waco; an autopsy confirmed two gunshot wounds to the head and the death was ruled a homicide.

The killing triggered a wider scandal in Baylor’s basketball program and led to NCAA investigation and penalties.