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

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by feldspar

DJ's idea was about as stupid as was his decision to refer to himself as DJ's Left Nut.

To me, we are talking about cold-blooded murder regardless of circumstance...sure wasn't defending himself.

He's a guy I've rooted for for a long time. And yeah, I recognize that it's macabre as hell. But we watched this kid come into the league as a raw ball of fire and nerves that had been legally able to drink for mere months. By yesterday, he was a 3rd year starting linebacker with a new baby and his big FA break on the way. As a guy that sits in those stands every weekend, there is a feeling of 'growing' with these guys.

But if you can't understand the cognitive dissonance here and how someone would want to mitigate or undercut that, well so be it.

There's nothing that makes anything about this good. But if the guy flat freaked the !@#$ out in a manner that hundreds of years of recorded history has suggested is simply not that uncommon...well it makes it suck just a little bit less.

PS - Screen name smack is about the dumbest thing in the history of the internet, but hey, you really burned me on that one...

[MagicHef]

Originally Posted by feldspar

Why would you think of Darrent Williams as a hero? He was shot in the neck in a drive-by shooting and was killed almost instantly. Where is the heroics in that? Didn't even see it coming, probably.

Now THAT was a tragedy. Darrent Williams was an innocent victim.

Not hero as in his last acts were heroic.

Hero as in someone admirable.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by Brock

Well, I'm glad we've settled what the definition of cold blooded murder is AS FAR AS YOU'RE CONCERNED. However, the rest of the world has a slightly different interpretation of it. Cold blooded murder is exactly what it sounds like. It's planned, it's prepared, it's committed in a fashion designed to evade being caught. this wasn't that.

Oh. So THAT'S why the legal system has different degrees of murder and those manslaughter things.

Always wondered about that.

[scott free]

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

Absolutely. I can't even imagine...

Its easy to wonder what the dynamic was there, did he really just 100% snap out of the clear blue over her getting home late from a concert?

That makes no sense at all, its all just sooo crazy... i hope the Chiefs are doing all they can for mom.

[Branden Albert's Huge Balls]

Jesus Christ

[mdchiefsfan]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

Jesus Christ

Not funny

[whaler53]

Hey guys,

Pats fan here...


I just wanted to pop in to give my heart felt condolences to the Chiefs fans on this site. It is an absolute tragedy that happened, I my heart breaks for all of you, but most importantly to the victim's family as well as the family of the shooter.

Again, I'm so very sorry to hear about this senseless tragedy.

[John_Wayne]

Originally Posted by GoShox

Johnny Kane ‏@johnnykane9
Two fans just put this sign up outside the Chiefs training facility. pic.twitter.com/DgD9k5LY

Ehhh I don't like this, at all. Like I've said, he was one of my favorite players.. but he shouldn't be honored for what he did.

He's a murderer. He should not be honored. His victim should be remembered.

[KcMizzou]

Originally Posted by whaler53

Hey guys,

Pats fan here...


I just wanted to pop in to give my heart felt condolences to the Chiefs fans on this site. It is an absolute tragedy that happened, I my heart breaks for all of you, but most importantly to the victim's family as well as the family of the shooter.

Again, I'm so very sorry to hear about this senseless tragedy.

Thanks. It's been a weird, sad day.

[wazu]

Originally Posted by Noss

This has me reliving when I heard the news of the death of another Chiefs line backer.
And like that day this is another sad, sad day.

To be honest, the death of the linebacker is not the sad part, here. If Belcher had turned himself into the police, does that make any of this better?

I actually think the fact that he killed himself somehow has him being seen in a sympathetic light by some. Definitely by his teammates if you read their twitter accounts.

[BourbonMan]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

For the family.
Posted via Mobile Device

If they do...It better be JUST FOR THE FAMILY...NOT FOR HIM.

[Mother****erJones]

Originally Posted by Cassel's Reckoning

Jesus Christ

Omg! I had madden that's crazy and why does belcher have #58?

[CaliforniaChief]

Just a quick note to thank all the people who registered from other fan bases today to express their sympathy to the Chiefs' organization/community. Tough day.

[Mother****erJones]

25 year old linebacker with an 80 year old brain? Hard to believe

[CanadaKC]

Just wanted to give my condolences from Canada...my God..what a tragedy. I'm still in a state of shock. To all my fellow Chief fans...and to the victims... my haevy heart is with you.