November 29th, 2008
WR Plaxico Burress
Giants WR Burress suffers accidental gunshot wound
New York Giants star wide receiver Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg Friday, according to multiple media reports.
Burress was hospitalized with gunshot injuries Friday night that were not believed to be life-threatening, FOX Sports.com reported Saturday.
A spokesman for the Giants on Saturday told PA SportsTicker that the team had no comment, although they acknowledged they are aware there was an incident.
Details are few. Gun cleaning accident? Hunting accident? Something more serious, possibly not an accident?
The sketchy information makes one wonder, but I’ll buy the accident story unless something more convincing surfaces.
UPDATE: Apparently happened in a nightclub. So was Burress carrying a concealed weapon? With a permit? In an establishment that serves alcohol? Was he drinking?
UPDATE 2: More info here.
Tags: NY
November 29th, 2008 at 3:46 pm
Money does NOT but smarts and if the NFL and the NBA are ANY indication, it doesn’t buy a lot of CLASS either…
November 29th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
My sister is optimistic, sayig the Redskins may have a chance now. Seeing I don’t really care for football (some guy is sharpening his pitchfork and getting a new torch right now), I just laguh at the plain stupidity of it.
I blame it on him trying to look cool and show some girl he was trying to hit on that he can do some rap music hand gestures with an actual gun instead of his hands.
November 29th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
I’m a Skins fan, myself. Big time.
Burress was already going to miss tomorrow’s game, though. He tore up the Skins in week 1, but he’s fallen off quite a bit since the first few weeks.
November 29th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Ah, I see.
You don’t happen to be sharpening your pitchfork right now…eh?
Cos…um…I’ll sic the rabid American anime fandom on you >.>;;
I kid, I’m just not big on sports.
November 29th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
LOL.
December 1st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
[...] posted a bit on this incident last Saturday over at GunPundit and have an update on it [...]
December 1st, 2008 at 12:33 pm
[...] surrendered to New York City police this morning, and more details about this incident are emerging: [His lawyer, Benjamin] Brafman said Burress held a gun permit in Florida. Online [...]
December 1st, 2008 at 10:34 pm
[...] New York Giants wide receiver’s arraignment yesterday afternoon. For earlier GP coverage, see this and [...]