Reports: Giants' Burress shot in leg

[Wretched Excess]

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Associated Press / Tom Canavan
New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress has been accidentally shot in the leg at a nightclub, it was reported Saturday.

ESPN.com and Fox Sports.com said the wound was not life threatening. It was not clear at what club the shooting took place. The Fox Web site said Burress spent the night in the hospital.

"I don't have anything for you at this stage," Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon told The Associated Press from Giants Stadium.

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He's screwed.


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[Odin's Hand]

Yeah, I BET his hamstring isn't ready for tommorrow. 

I have had this retard on my FF roster.

[Chris_]

I have been to nightclubs as have many of my friends -- I have never heard of any of us being "accidentally" shot.

This leaves us with: W T F?

[terry]

Yeah, I BET his hamstring isn't ready for tommorrow. 

I have had this retard on my FF roster.

So does my 14 yo son.  He will be bummed.   He had Tom Brady, when Brady got hurt he had McNabb.   He's not having much luck with his FF.

[terry]

I have been to nightclubs as have many of my friends -- I have never heard of any of us being "accidentally" shot.

This leaves us with: W T F?

I do have a friend that was accidentally shot through the hand, during a night out.  The story I heard was that the gun was in someone's jacket pocket.  My friend took the jacket, put it over a chair and the gun went off shooting him through the hand.  I was never quite sure whether I believed the story or not.   I do know he got a sizable settlement from the gun owner's insurance company.   So I guess anything's possible when you mix drunks and guns.

[docstew]

ESPN is reporting that he shot himself accidentally.  now the questions become 1) why did he have a gun?  he makes enough to hire one or two bodyguards... 2) why did he have it off safe or attempt to draw it when he shot himself?  3) was the gun registered legally, if not when are the charges going to be filed? 4) why was he healthy enough to go to a nightclub when he was out for the game on sunday? was he gold-bricking?

[Tucker]

Yeah, I BET his hamstring isn't ready for tommorrow. 

I have had this retard on my FF roster.

I play you this week. After three players, I lead 72 to zip. Nada. Obama. Zilch. Nothing. 

[Lacarnut]

If he did not have a permit, will he get jail time like Bernard Goetz? 

[PatriotGame]

ESPN is reporting that he shot himself accidentally.  now the questions become 1) why did he have a gun?  he makes enough to hire one or two bodyguards... 2) why did he have it off safe or attempt to draw it when he shot himself?  3) was the gun registered legally, if not when are the charges going to be filed? 4) why was he healthy enough to go to a nightclub when he was out for the game on sunday? was he gold-bricking?

Check me if wrong but I am pretty sure one cannot buy brains or common sense.

[formerlurker]

Burress, 31, was allegedly inside the hot spot with teammate Antonio Pierce when they were confronted by security guards looking for weapons.

The Super Bowl hero, who nabbed the game-winning catch in the Giants' monumental win over the Patriots in February, admitted to the guards that he was packing heat, sources said.

After moving to a secluded area with a guard, he allegedly took the gun out and started to unload the bullets while drinking a glass of wine. But the sure-handed wideout began to bobble the firearm, accidentally firing a shot that ripped through his leg but missed the bone.

A source said a guard came over in the aftermath, emptied the gun's chamber and then gave it back to Burress.

Security personnel tried to call an ambulance, but the grid great stopped them.

Sources said Pierce drove Burress to Cornell Medical Center at 2 a.m. and then left immediately. It's not clear where Burress was in the time between the shooting and his arrival at the hospital.

Burress, who was already scratched from today's game against the Redskins because of a hamstring injury, was treated and released 12 hours later.

Sources said that neither the club nor the hospital made a report of the incident, but NYPD detectives were investigating yesterday.

It was not clear what kind of pistol Burress shot himself with or where he got it, but cops recovered a .40 caliber slug from the club last night.

Burress has an expired license to carry a gun in Florida, which would not have allowed him to have one in New York.

The NYPD, along with local police, arrived at Burress' sprawling Totowa, NJ, home at around 4:30 p.m. yesterday.

But wife Tiffany responded through the intercom that "we've been through a lot," and said "you can't talk to my husband."

She then told the officers she needed to get dressed and asked them to wait. After more than 30 minutes, the cops left. They returned shortly before 8 p.m. but there was no answer.

Police sources said a team representative volunteered to take detectives to the weapon, which is believed to be in New Jersey.

Sources said Pierce was the person last seen with the gun and police were seen arriving at his house last night.

Giants brass was left scrambling for answers.

"Obviously, our primary concern is for Plaxico's health and well-being and, given the circumstances, we are relieved to say he was released from a New York City hospital," team officials said in a statement.

Burress, who signed a $35 million contract with the team in September, has been a magnet for trouble this season.

He was suspended one game for failing to show up for practice and was also fined $45,000 for verbally abusing an official.

More seriously, cops were twice called to his home on reports of domestic disturbances.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11302008/news/regionalnews/giant_jerk_shoots_himself_141565.htm


Pierce is involved also.   

That subway series dream getting fainter by the minute.  So sad.

[AllosaursRus]

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11302008/news/regionalnews/giant_jerk_shoots_himself_141565.htm


Pierce is involved also.   

That subway series dream getting fainter by the minute.  So sad.

Last I heard he is being charged for an illegal weapon. He is excpected to turn himself in tomorrow. He intends to plead "not guilty", which could be a stretch since he was not licensed for a CCW in NY!

[Lacarnut]

3 1/2 years in prison is the sentencing guidelines for carrying a weapon without a permit in NYC. Charges should be filed against the nightclub and hospital for covering up a shooting. I smell a rat here cause this dude has a history of beating up people.