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Police Conduct Welfare Check On Ja Morant After Latest Cryptic Instagram Story: ‘Bye’

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><strong>Ja Morant<&sol;strong> is reportedly okay after police in Tennessee conducted a welfare check on his home following a cryptic Instagram Story that left fans and family concerned for his well-being&comma; <em>TMZ<&sol;em> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;24&sol;cops-do-welfare-check-on-ja-morant-after-cryptic-posts-he-is-fine&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">reports<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;ja-morant-statement-second-nba-suspension-flashing-gun&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Ja Morant Releases Statement Following His Second NBA Suspension For Flashing A Gun On Instagram Live<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Ja Morant Is Okay After Police Conduct Welfare Check Following Concerning IG Story<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Early Wednesday&comma; Morant posted and deleted messages from his account that prompted the concern&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The embattled Grizzlies point guard shared photos of his family members and let them know that he loves them&period; Among his posts&comma; he congratulated his younger sister&comma; Teniya&comma; for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;ja-morant-sister-teniya-college-commitment-angel-reese&sol;&quest;&lowbar;gl&equals;1&ast;1yf7flv&ast;&lowbar;up&ast;MQ&period;&period;&ast;&lowbar;ga&ast;MTM5NDc5NDIxMS4xNjg0OTQ2OTM4&ast;&lowbar;ga&lowbar;V2HX8YP3XL&ast;MTY4NDk0NjkzNy4xLjAuMTY4NDk0NjkzNy4wLjAuMA&period;&period;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">committing to play basketball<&sol;a> at Mississippi Valley State&comma; <strong><em>The Shade Room<&sol;em> <&sol;strong>previously reported&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Congrats babygirl <img class&equals;"emoji" role&equals;"img" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;s&period;w&period;org&sol;images&sol;core&sol;emoji&sol;14&period;0&period;0&sol;svg&sol;1f499&period;svg" alt&equals;"💙" &sol;> live yours&comma;” Morant wrote above a picture of his sister&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He chillingly ended his series of posts with a photo of himself with the word &&num;8220&semi;bye&&num;8221&semi; written across it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1661356004536197125" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A spokesperson for the Shelby County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Office confirmed to <em>TMZ<&sol;em> that officers went to Ja&&num;8217&semi;s home in Tennessee shortly after his post-and-delete on Instagram and revealed that the baller is &&num;8220&semi;taking a break from social media&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The spokesperson added that &&num;8220&semi;he is fine&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CsoiOpmue-2" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Cryptic Instagram Story Comes Amidst Second Suspension From NBA For Twice Waving Gun On Social Media<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Morant&&num;8217&semi;s cryptic messages arrive amid his second suspension from the Memphis Grizzlies&period; Earlier this month&comma; the 23-year-old was seen on social media brandishing a gun for a second time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He has remained primarily tight-lipped since the second gun video was posted mid-May&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He released a single statement following that incident that read&comma; in part&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;My words may not mean much right now&comma; but I take full accountability for my actions&period; I’m committed to continuing to work on myself&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CsVBwXpM0ZJ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">NBA Investigation Into Morant&&num;8217&semi;s Conduct Remains Ongoing&comma; Dancers From Club Speak Out<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>An NBA investigation into Ja Morant&&num;8217&semi;s second gun brandishing remains ongoing&comma; according to <em>TMZ<&sol;em>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; strippers from the club of Morant&&num;8217&semi;s first gun scandal say the baller has yet to apologize for the incident&period; However&comma; they aren’t holding their breath to receive one&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I don’t foresee an apology soon — he’s a boy&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the dancer told the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nypost&period;com&sol;2023&sol;05&sol;20&sol;strippers-say-ja-morant-didnt-apologize-for-march-gun-show&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">New York Post<&sol;a> of Morant&period; &&num;8220&semi;I just wonder about how he’s still on the team&comma;&&num;8221&semi; another added&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; another dancer told the Post that Morant needs to be banned &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;from all clubs and &lpar;have&rpar; his NBA career taken away&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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