GIANT JERK SHOOTS HIMSELF
BURRESS FUMBLES GUN AND NAILS LEG
Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress caught a bullet in his leg while fumbling with a gun in the vestibule of a Manhattan nightclub early yesterday, sources said.
The trouble-plagued NFL star blasted himself through his right thigh just after midnight near the VIP entrance to the LQ nightclub on Lexington Avenue and East 48th Street and had to be hospitalized, sources said.
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.
Facing charges.
Giants’ Burress faces 2 weapons charges
December 2, 2008
Taken to court in handcuffs, Plaxico Burress posted $100,000 bail on weapons possession charges Monday as the frenzy grew around the New York Giants receiver who accidentally shot himself in a nightclub. Authorities said teammate Antonio Pierce was being investigated over his role in the weekend shooting, while the Giants weren’t sure what action they would take, if any, against Burress. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it would be an outrage “if we didn’t prosecute to the fullest extent of the law.” Burress shot himself in the right thigh in the Latin Quarter nightclub in Manhattan about 1 a.m. Saturday, police said. He did not have a permit to carry a handgun in New York. Pierce was with him at the time of the incident. Burress was charged with two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, which could result in a prison sentence of 3 1/2 years to 15 years if he is convicted.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/football/orl-sportsnflbeat02120208dec02,0,6350252.story
Discuss.
NYC has some of the most strictest hand gun laws in the country, and even in normal town’s you’re not allowed to have a gun to a place when alcohol is involved. This guy not only does that without having any valid state permit, but also discharges it.
Money better not buy him out of this one.
Minimum of the three years is deserved just for the stupidity and irresponsibility.