<a href="https://salinapost.com/2019/04/29/washburn-football-player-killed-giants-draftee-wounded-in-kan-shooting/screen-shot-2019-04-28-at-1-22-33-pm/" target="_blank"><img src="https://salinapost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Screen-Shot-2019-04-28-at-1.22.33-PM.png" height="243" width="192"></a> Corey Ballentine photo Washburn Athletics TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — New York Giants cornerback Corey Ballentine has testified at a preliminary hearing about the fatal shooting of his best friend and former Washburn University teammate. Ballentine testified Monday, a day after making his NFL debut. He was&nbsp;<a href="http://apnews.com/9e0d684793564df9898fbac063185c02" target="_blank">wounded</a>&nbsp;April 27 in Topeka in the shooting that killed 23-year-old Dwane Simmons, just hours after the Giants drafted Ballentine. Ballentine testified in a preliminary hearing for 18-year-old Alejandro Mendez, of Topeka, who <a href="https://apnews.com/af0cc4b4864a49528e57392d302ddd54" target="_blank">is charged</a>&nbsp;with first-degree murder and 11 other counts. He recounted how he, Simmons and others were standing outside a house when a car stopped nearby and began firing at the group. Simmons, a defensive back who would have been a senior this fall, was killed. Ballentine was shot in the buttocks. After the hearing, Mendez was bound over for trial.

New York Giants player testifies at Kan. murder suspect's hearing