Chiefs' Player Jevon Belcher involved in murder-suicide, shoots self at Arrowhead

[MoreLemonPledge]

No details yet. Just came across on the news.

edit: Sources say the player is Jovan Belcher. Police have yet to confirm.

An unnamed Kansas City Chiefs player has committed suicide at the team facility and authorities are on the scene, the police confirmed to ESPN on Saturday morning.

Local reports say police are operating with the belief the player fatally shot his girlfriend at a house before driving to Arrowhead Stadium and killing himself at around 8 a.m local time. The Associated Press reported the player's age to be 25.

"We can confirm that there was an incident at Arrowhead earlier this morning," the Chiefs said in a statement. "We are cooperating with authorities in their investigation."

There were no other injuries at the team facility, police said.

The Chiefs (1-10) were preparing to host the Carolina Panthers on Sunday.

The NFL has told the Panthers to travel as planned to Kansas City on Saturday, the Charlotte Observer has reported, citing interim general manager Brandon Beane.


http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/86...-team-facility

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Bart Hubbuch ‏@HubbuchNYP

More disturbing Jovan Belcher scuttlebutt: The gun he used to kill himself wasn't the same gun he used to murder his girlfriend.

[Priest31kc]

Bart Hubbuch ‏@HubbuchNYP
More disturbing Jovan Belcher scuttlebutt: The gun he used to kill himself wasn't the same gun he used to murder his girlfriend.

[DaFace]

Threads merged here.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by Munson

Nine times? You don't shoot someone nine times because they stayed out late for a concert. He had some serious animosity towards her for whatever reason.

And/or he was under some serious influence...

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

Bart Hubbuch ‏@HubbuchNYP

More disturbing Jovan Belcher scuttlebutt: The gun he used to kill himself wasn't the same gun he used to murder his girlfriend.

Why would that be disturbing?

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

I find it very difficult to believe that he was abusing drugs and alcohol to the degree stated in that article, yet was able to hide it from the Chiefs players, front office, coaching staff and play on Sundays.

I'm not stating that the source was wrong, it just seems like if someone was that jacked up all the time, someone would have taken note.

Oh I agree with you. I was just letting him know where those ideas were coming from.

[notorious]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Why would that be disturbing?

New York Post writer. Guns, etc.

[DaFace]

Originally Posted by alnorth

Why would that be disturbing?

Yeah, I don't get that either. All that means is that he owned two guns. Doesn't really make any difference.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by notorious

New York Post writer. Guns are disturbing.

ahh, right. Yeah, I didn't notice that on the twitter handle. He's probably disturbed that anyone in the US still has a handgun, having two or more is unthinkably strange.

[siberian khatru]

Originally Posted by notorious

New York Post writer. Guns, etc.

Hubbuch used to write for the Star. KU alum.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

I don't. Not if they were prescription drugs or if he was known to like to 'party.' He's 25 for God's sake. Most of us were able to drink a ton, sleep little, and then show up for work like nothing happened the night before.

These guys have physical demands on their body that most all of us don't.

Secondary signs of excessive alcohol consumption, like dehydration, would be READILY apparent in an NFL player.

[Marcellus]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Yeah, I don't get that either. All that means is that he owned two guns. Doesn't really make any difference.

Yea thats irrelevant. Odd, maybe interesting because of why, but not disturbing.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

I don't. Not if they were prescription drugs or if he was known to like to 'party.' He's 25 for God's sake. Most of us were able to drink a ton, sleep little, and then show up for work like nothing happened the night before.

Were you a professional athlete? Were you required to lift weights, run, meet conditioning specifications, practice and play at a starting NFL playing level?

I used to see and hang out with Chiefs players in the late 80's and early 90's at various bars all over Kansas City, including strip clubs (where many were regulars).

But I never met or saw the type of drugged out drunkeness described in that article. Guys would have a few beers at most, not stumble around incoherently and be a train wreck.

Now, all of us back in the day witnessed Tommy Morrison's drunken buffoonery but not the week of or days before a fight.

It's just difficult to comprehend that he could fool dozens of people every single day. But I suppose it's possible.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by DaFace

Yeah, I don't get that either. All that means is that he owned two guns. Doesn't really make any difference.

Two guns or one gun doesn't matter. But, maybe no guns available when his rage built up????? Maybe things turn out different??

[alnorth]

For anyone who might be confused why he switched, he shot her 9 times. 9 rounds is a standard capacity for some guns. He probably unloaded on her, and then didn't want to reload with his mom probably screaming.