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NFL: Authorities Say Chiefs Linebacker Killed Girlfriend, Himself Saturday

By on December 1, 2012
NFL

AUTHORITIES SAY THAT 25-YEAR-OLD KANSAS CITY CHIEFS LINEBACKER JOVAN BELCHER SHOT AND KILLED HIS GIRLFRIEND SATURDAY MORNING, THEN WENT TO THE CHIEFS’ TEAM FACILITY AND COMMITTED SUICIDE…

 

AUTHORITIES SAY THAT BELCHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, 22-YEAR-OLD KASANDRA PERKINS, HAD BEEN ARGUING RECENTLY. THE TWO OF THEM HAD A THREE-MONTH-OLD CHILD, WHO REPORTEDLY WAS UNHARMED DURING SATURDAY’S INCIDENT.

 

BELCHER REPORTEDLY SHOT HIS GIRLFRIEND AT A RESIDENCE IN A KANSAS CITY NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN WENT TO THE TEAM’S PRACTICE FACILITY. WHEN HE ARRIVED, HE MET WITH GENERAL MANAGER SCOTT PIOLI AND HEAD COACH ROMEO CRENNEL AND REPORTEDLY THANKED THEM FOR HELPING HIS CAREER BEFORE TURNING A HANDGUN TO HIS HEAD AND SHOOTING HIMSELF.

 

THE TEAMS SAYS IT WILL PLAY SUNDAY AGAINST THE CAROLINA PANTHERS AS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED.

 

BELCHER PLAYED COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT MAINE. HE WENT UNDRAFTED, BUT SIGNED WITH THE CHIEFS AS A FREE AGENT AND MADE THE TEAM. HE STAYED WITH KANSAS CITY FOR FOUR YEARS, AND PLAYED IN ALL 11 GAMES THIS SEASON…