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

[memyselfI]

Jack Harry was intimating that Pioli was trying to help Belcher. Knowing how much Harry hates Pioli I don't think that he'd be spinning for him at all.

I think this is going to big a huge wake up call to the local media haters and many fans.

[RealSNR]

Belcher was a fourth-year reserve linebacker who went undrafted out of the University of Maine in 2009. He signed with Kansas City as a collegiate free agent after the draft. As details of the shootings continue to come in, a Chiefs team source said Kansas City officials are still in the early stages of dealing with the tragedy.

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From the Don Banks SI Article



JFC. The man is dead, Don. The least you could do is get your information straight, you ****ing idiot

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

I think the fact that this happened at Arrowhead is more than symbolic.

[Chiefnj2]

The league should really reschedule the game.

[HMc]

Originally Posted by Canofbier

Please explain to me how an empty stadium and constant ridicule of the job that you spend several dozen hours a week trying to perfect is not even a little bit of a stressor. I'd be interested to hear your rationale.

I don't know since I'm not in their shoes. The dancing boys didn't appear too stressed the other day, at least not too me. You're the one claiming certainty. I have no idea as to whether the individual players' stress levels increased as a result of the fan movement, and neither do you.

For all you know Belcher had much bigger problems and didn't pay the SOC stuff even a single thought. How could you possibly know? Shit, maybe some of them liked it?

[Raiderhater]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

I think the fact that this happened at Arrowhead is more than symbolic.

Go find the nearest tall bridge and throw yourself off of it. JFC

[ragedogg69]

The Hunts could adopt the child.

[Pilsner]

This is awful. Wow.

[Canofbier]

I am not blaming the movement for this incident. I am not blaming Pioli for this incident. The only person actually at fault for this horrible tragedy is Belcher. He had issues FAR deeper than a stressful work environment, and something bad was bound to happen eventually.

I'm just saying that the huge combination of negative things happening around Arrowhead may have contributed in some small fashion to this happening when and how it did, and it makes my previous outrage and the team and its leadership seem shallow in hindsight. Those are my personal feelings on the matter, and if you disagree, that's entirely understandable. What I don't understand is the anger directed towards me.

[Dave Lane]

I can't even describe how stunned and horrified I am at the news.

[Scalper]

Human nature says cancel the game

[Chiefnj2]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

Jack Harry was intimating that Pioli was trying to help Belcher. Knowing how much Harry hates Pioli I don't think that he'd be spinning for him at all.

I think this is going to big a huge wake up call to the local media haters and many fans.

Of course he was trying to help the kid. Are people this stupid? What do you think he was doing, giving him keys to the roof access so he could jump off Arrowhead??

[RealSNR]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

Jack Harry was intimating that Pioli was trying to help Belcher. Knowing how much Harry hates Pioli I don't think that he'd be spinning for him at all.

I think this is going to big a huge wake up call to the local media haters and many fans.

Go **** yourself

[notorious]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

I think this is going to big a huge wake up call to the local media haters and many fans.

In what way?

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by Cephalic Trauma

Prayers for the family, especially the child. Nobody knows what the context of the situation, or this man's life, so it's not right to be so quick to pass judgement. The guy clearly had some demons, but he made a very rash decision on impulse that will continue to effect the lives of many.

Just knowing that its a murder-suicide without any other details, we know enough to condemn him. If people want to pray on it, they should pray for those he hurt. Jovan Belcher should not be memorialized tomorrow.