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

[Prince22]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

Bullshit. If you are in a car with keys you get a dui
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Not if they don't want to do the paper work or they don't fell you are a threat. It happens every night. The only person that could have prevented this put a bullet in his own head.

[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

Why ? He wasn't driving and the girl let him into the apartment.

Unless martians dropped him off he had to have driven there. Plus he was in the car with the enguine running.

[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by Prince22

Not if they don't want to do the paper work or they don't fell you are a threat. It happens every night. The only person that could have prevented this put a bullet in his own head.

Not saying it could have prevented it. Saying that he got off of a dui because of who he was.

That's bullshit
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[DeezNutz]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

But was that stone cold sober person repeatedly telling the police they weren't driving?
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Dude was driving. Cop followed us. I was drinking all night and he was the DD. Not a single drop.

Eventually, after much arguing to the contrary, he said "**** it, I'll just stay where I am." Officer left.

[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

When he got out of the car and talked to the cops he seemed just fine.

Why did they ask of he would be driving, we're going to cut you a break if he appeared fine to them?
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[ChiefsandO'sfan]

Originally Posted by memyselfI

Unless martians dropped him off he had to have driven there. Plus he was in the car with the enguine running.

Any lawyer would have a field day with this bud. It was a cold night plus the cops know that car was parked in same spot for 3 hours.

[stonedstooge]

Why would the cops tell him "you got a lot riding on this" "you got a lot to lose" if he wasn't drunk. Come on now

[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

Dude was driving. Cop followed us. I was drinking all night and he was the DD. Not a single drop.

Eventually, after much arguing to the contrary, he said "**** it, I'll just stay where I am." Officer left.

I can understand that.

Belcher was reminding then he wasn't driving. Why? A person that knew they were sober wouldn't need to say that because it wouldn't matter.
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[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

Any lawyer would have a field day with this bud. It was a cold night plus the cops know that car was parked in same spot for 3 hours.

No. It wasn't that cold. Plus the law says if you are drunk with keys in a car it's a dui.

Also it was only two hours
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[DoucheMcCloud]

Originally Posted by JASONSAUTO

Not saying it could have prevented it. Saying that he got off of a dui because of who he was.

That's bullshit
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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...-city/1755189/

9:19PM EST December 7. 2012 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police released videos Friday evening documenting the final hours of Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher's life.

Footage taken from a camera mounted on the dashboard of a police cruiser shows three officers speaking with Belcher after they responded to a 911 call of a suspicious person sleeping in a black Bentley outside an apartment building on East Armour Boulevard at 3:05 a.m. CT on Dec. 1, less than five hours before he would fatally shoot his girlfriend and then himself.

Belcher cooperated with officers and told them he was heading inside to see a woman who lived in an apartment on the corner of East Armour and Holmes St. When officers determined Belcher would not be driving, he was allowed to go inside.

Belcher was not arrested nor cited, though a police spokesman told USA TODAY Sports earlier this week that officers determined Belcher had been drinking.

"You know you've got a lot riding on this," an officer told Belcher. "You know you've got a lot to lose."

Belcher thanked the officers and said, "I really appreciate it," before he went inside the building.

[CoMoChief]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

Blame everyone but the Murderer. Belcher never missed a game for concussion.

What he did was his own damn fault, and the outcome is no different either way. These guys are bruised and broken and have to heal quickly during the season. He plays a very physical demanding position and his head gets knocked around a lot. It doesn't take 1 giant blow to cause a concussion..if your head knocks around hard enough and long enough...it's going to cause damage.

Why do you think all of these pro athletes/wrestlers commit suicide? They're always drugged up..boozed up...depressed out of their god damned minds with all of the downers and pill poppin they do, especially those who are out of the game. They all do it, and many of them become addicted.

[JASONSAUTO]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...-city/1755189/

9:19PM EST December 7. 2012 - KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City police released videos Friday evening documenting the final hours of Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher's life.

Footage taken from a camera mounted on the dashboard of a police cruiser shows three officers speaking with Belcher after they responded to a 911 call of a suspicious person sleeping in a black Bentley outside an apartment building on East Armour Boulevard at 3:05 a.m. CT on Dec. 1, less than five hours before he would fatally shoot his girlfriend and then himself.

Belcher cooperated with officers and told them he was heading inside to see a woman who lived in an apartment on the corner of East Armour and Holmes St. When officers determined Belcher would not be driving, he was allowed to go inside.

Belcher was not arrested nor cited, though a police spokesman told USA TODAY Sports earlier this week that officers determined Belcher had been drinking.

"You know you've got a lot riding on this," an officer told Belcher. "You know you've got a lot to lose."

Belcher thanked the officers and said, "I really appreciate it," before he went inside the building.

why no field sobriety test? Mobile breathalyzer?
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[memyselfI]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

Any lawyer would have a field day with this bud. It was a cold night plus the cops know that car was parked in same spot for 3 hours.

It has been unseasonably warm here lately. RECORD warm. Plus we are not arguing on Belchers actions as much as we are the police inaction. 99% of people in that situation would be taken into custody.

[DeezNutz]

Record temps. Yep. I typically keep my thermostat at 50.

[KcMizzou]

I once had the police pull up on me, a buddy and two girls as we sat in a running car outside a bar. (winter) None of us were in a position to drive. The cop told me that because the car was running, he could charge me with drunk driving.

Instead, they watched as we drove across the street and rented a motel room.