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

[KCrockaholic]

I understand losing a teammate sucks, and although the majority of the team probably thought very highly of him, it doesn't mean what he did deserves any kind of recognition. Some of these guys like Bowe need to use some common sense and understand what he did was the worst thing a person could do in life.

Despite the fact that he and DJ, or he and Jackson were friends, they all need to realize Belcher was scum for what he did. And any condolences should be going towards Perkins' family, and the baby.

[GoShox]

Come on Bowe..

[HMc]

Originally Posted by banyon

That shirt has photoshop blur around the edges.

It's from his own twitter...

[HMc]

It's possible that Bowe isn't that smart. Football players (of any variety) are probably not the people I would choose to best deal with complicated emotional situations in public.

[okoye35chiefs]

yahoo reporting:

And yet the portrait of him emerging in the aftermath of his inexplicable behavior is one of a 25-year-old man who had a history of making mature choices. That included joining a campus group called Male Athletes Against Violence. As part of the organization, according to USA Today, Belcher would have had to sign a pledge promising to "look honestly at my actions in regards to violence and make changes, if necessary." Even beyond that, Belcher majored in child development and family relations at the University of Maine, where he starred on the football field before jumping to the NFL.

[banyon]

Originally Posted by HMc

It's from his own twitter...

I know. But it's there. So did he photoshop himself?

[ShowtimeSBMVP]

Bob Fescoe ‏@bobfescoe

Major #fail on the part of Dwayne Bowe. Just a major fail

[ChiefFanInOk]

I have read so many different points of view on this, but so many of them just piss me off. Read a great article on Rant Sports today about this that refused to even acknowledge the suicide part of the story. Thought that was appropriate.

[chiefzilla1501]

Originally Posted by KCrockaholic

I understand losing a teammate sucks, and although the majority of the team probably thought very highly of him, it doesn't mean what he did deserves any kind of recognition. Some of these guys like Bowe need to use some common sense and understand what he did was the worst thing a person could do in life.

Despite the fact that he and DJ, or he and Jackson were friends, they all need to realize Belcher was scum for what he did. And any condolences should be going towards Perkins' family, and the baby.

I think we've all lost friends that are less than perfect, some did some pretty dick things in their life. It's unreasonable to judge somebody for how they choose to grieve for their friends. If that's what he needs to do to move on, then so be it.

[Crush]

This shit is getting out of hand. Belcher's locker needs to be dismantled and Bowe needs to apologize to the victim's family. **** Duhnise and anyone else that defends this shit.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by banyon

Ugh, and Denise was asking me for examples?

Not what I would wear. But again, Bowe is wearing a shirt in what looks to be his own home not in the locker room and then put it on his personal Twitter. Stupid perhaps but in no way do I see this as sanctioned by the team.

Is it appropriate? I don't think so but then it's his expression on his own time. Nothing the team or the league can or should do about it, IMO.

[notorious]

[okoye35chiefs]

Originally Posted by KCrockaholic

Wow. Now Yahoo's front page is trying to say his girlfriend was pregnant. Real professional.

i saw that:

"Jovan Belcher, who killed himself and his pregnant girlfriend"

[go bo]

Originally Posted by Ultra Peanut

tl;dr: Life is really ****ing complicated, you guys. Don't let your shock turn into anger at people who are dealing with a tremendous mind**** at the moment.

this...

[KCrockaholic]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

I think we've all lost friends that are less than perfect, some did some pretty dick things in their life. It's unreasonable to judge somebody for how they choose to grieve for their friends. If that's what he needs to do to move on, then so be it.

If your friend turned out to be a murderer would you go around wearing his T-shirt and supporting him?

Killing someone isn't a "dick" thing. It's the worst thing a person can do in humanity. Especially when you had a 3 month old baby.