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

[KC_Lee]

Also, wouldn't the practice field be considered an active crime scene? If your the police would you really want a bunch of fans coming over to where this occured?

[Scorp]

Originally Posted by Thunder1boss

Rumor has it as Javon Belcher. Got that second hand from a blog reader.

WE LANDED ON THE MOON!

[CaliforniaChief]

The live stream just showed them towing a car out of there.

[REDHOTGTO]

terrible day for the chiefs, so sad he thought that was the only way out, no woman is worth this, terrible.

[jAZ]

Just saw a black luxury sports card being towed away on the CBS Live feed.

[CaliforniaChief]

Looked like a players' car, but that's just speculation.

[stonedstooge]

Clark going to stay in hiding through this too?

[CaliforniaChief]

White van going in...players inside?

[JohnnyHammersticks]

Originally Posted by ChiefsandO'sfan

Joe Person ‏@josephperson

Panthers interim GM Brandon Beane says league has advised team to travel as planned. Team charter leaves at 1:15 pm.

"League" probably thought, **** it, it's just the freaking Chiefs. Play the game...

[notorious]

Originally Posted by DeezNutz

The more I think about it, the more pissed off I am at what an epic bag of shit this guy is. Destroys countless lives, literally and figuratively, including that of a baby, while forever tarnishing the legacy of a franchise.

We'll have to see this shit on a 30 and 30 in a few years.

My thoughts, too.

When one of my best friends committed suicide almost to this day last year I was angry at him. If he would have taken his wife I would spit on his grave.

[DTLB58]

Pro Football Writers ‏@PFWAwriters

RT @ESPNRadio980: Word out of Kansas City is that Javon Belcher killed his girlfriend then committed suicide in front of head coach and GM.
Retweeted by Michele Tafoya

[TheGuardian]

I know Jovan. ****. I mean personally.

[stevenidol]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

Looked like a players' car, but that's just speculation.

Didn't have plates either.

[Simplicity]

As if this season couldn't get any worse.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by CaliforniaChief

I don't know how you can possibly expect those coaches who witnessed that and those players who knew him to take the field and play a game tomorrow.

He was a selfish POS murderer. To let him alter or ruin peoples lives just increases his selfishness act and makes it worse for those who were directly affected.

The advise to the families and those who witness a suicide is that you should just continue on with their lives as normally as possible.