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Rumor: Brandon Meriweather accused of double shooting (1 Viewer)

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Brandon Meriweather accused of shooting two people

Posted by Mike Florio on March 10, 2011, 5:26 AM EST

The rumors first surfaced Wednesday on the Twitter page of Florida radio personality Dan Sileo. Next, we received text messages regarding the scuttlebutt from Jorge Sedano of 790 the Ticket in Miami. We fired off an e-mail to Patriots spokesman Stacey James, who had not yet heard anything about it.

Early this morning, Deadspin reported based on a conversation with the alleged victims' lawyer that Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather is accused of shooting two people during a fight that broke out at a house party in Apopka, Florida on February 27.

John Morgan claims that Meriweather fired at his clients, with the bullet grazing one of them and hitting the other in the head.

"He's extremely lucky to be alive," Morgan said.

As Deadspin points out, these are only allegations at this point.

Stay tuned.

http://profootballta...ing-two-people/

 
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Patriots Safety Brandon Meriweather Allegedly Shoots Two Men During Brawl

Luke O'Brien

— New England Patriots safety Brandon Meriweather allegedly shot two men, one of them in the head, during a fight on February 27 outside a house party in Apopka, Florida, according to John Morgan, attorney for the victims.

The trouble started at the Blue Jeans Lounge in Apokpa when a friend of Meriweather's allegedly beat up a woman, according to Morgan. The woman's brother arrived later with his own friend, and the conflagration shifted to a nearby party, where the brother soon got the better of Meriweather's friend in a fight. That's when Meriweather allegedly pulled out his gun and fired at the brother, grazing the man's face and hitting the other victim in the head, according to Morgan.

"He's extremely lucky to be alive," Morgan said.

Both victims attended Apopka High School with Meriweather, who later played football at the University of Miami. Detectives from the Orange County Sheriff's Office are investigating the case but have made no arrests, Morgan said. The public information officer at the sheriff's office did not return phone calls yesterday.

Former Hurricane and current sports talk radio host Dan Sileo appears to be the first to mention the shooting. Until we hear back from the cops, however, these are all just allegations. But we'll keep you posted.

Thanks to reader CT for pointing us in the right direction.

http://deadspin.com/#!5780444

 
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"Thu Mar 10, 2011 1:22 am

A story surfaced on Deadspin.com early Thursday claiming that a Florida lawyer for two gunshot victims is accusing Patriots S Brandon Meriweather of shooting the men outside a house party on February 27.

Fantasy Source Spin: We're packing it in for the night, and must be clear: This story is totally unconfirmed. Whether or not it's true, it's probably going to be big news on Thursday. According to attorney John Morgan, Meriweather's friend beat up a woman, and things escalated into a brawl when the woman's brother arrived at the party. Meriweather is accused of pulling a gun, and shooting the brother and another man. The brother was "grazed," and the other man was hit in the head. No arrests have been made. We'll have more around 8:30AM ET."

from sportingnews.com

 
Sileo is re-breaking his story and is being a pompous ### about it. Said nobody believed him a couple of days ago and now everyone is calling him. Latest is there is an official "investigation" underway.

 
The attorney was just on WEEI radio. The guy has a 600-person law practice and is basically a bull dog ambulance chaser. It sounds like the incident has been under investigation for the past two weeks by the police, so it doesn't seem so cut and dry or they already would have arrested Meriweather. It sounds like a situation Meriweather could have gotten himself into, but at this point it does not appear that this has escalated to him being charged with anything as of yet.

 
If someone were to ask me last week "which Pats player is most likely to shoot someone in the head this offseason?" it would have been Meriweather. Hopefully not true, but not hard at all to imagine it is.

 
Suprised at how little discussion there's been on this topic.

Imagine the media storm it would have been if it were a big name like Brady rumored to be the shooter.

 
Suprised at how little discussion there's been on this topic.Imagine the media storm it would have been if it were a big name like Brady rumored to be the shooter.
The accusers apparently went to high school with Meriweather. The police apparently have come out and have not named Meriweather as a supect. That's why this has not been getting a lot of consideration.The lawyer has been on a number of radio stations around here today and reporters have been trying to research the claims and allegations against Meriweather. It doesn't sound like he was even brought up initially when the police took a statement from the guys that got shot. It doesn't look at the moment that the police even have a police report that has Meriweather listed on it at all. It sounds like there is a loose police investigation underway, but I have not seen anything that links Meriweather to this at all (as of yet) other than the story of the attorney and his clients.
 
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The latest I read sounds like the victims have completely changed their story and said it was some other guy that did the shooting. Some guy not even connected to Merriweather.

Smells fishy to me. Either they wanted to just smear Merriweather, or they wanted money and got it.

 
Relative says Brandon Meriweather was trying to break up fight

By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff, and Steve Silva, Boston.com Staff

One of Brandon Meriweather's relatives who witnessed the incident at which the Patriots safety is accused of shooting two men said Meriweather was trying to break up a fight between two of his cousins when a gunman opened fire. The gunshots narrowly missed Meriweather, one bullet striking his cousin, Quentin Taylor, near his mouth and another grazing the head of Taylor's friend, Nico Stanley.

The witness, who requested anonymity for fear of retribution, said the incident began at the Blue Jeans Lounge in Meriweather's hometown of Apopka, Fla. As a melee erupted around closing time, Stanley's sister became involved in a physical confrontation with another of Meriweather's cousins, Cedric Payne, their relative said.

After the melee, a number of patrons, including Meriweather, rode to Payne's residence in Orlando to continue the party. In the meantime, Nico Stanley went elsewhere to pick up Taylor, then rode to Payne's house to confront him over the incident with Stanley's sister, according to the witness.

"When Quentin came full force at Cedric, Brandon jumped in the middle to try to break up the fight," their relative said. "Brandon had no influence on the fight and didn't have a gun on him."

As Meriweather jostled between his two cousins, one of Taylor's friends, whom the witness identified at Anton Massey, drew a handgun and fired at Payne, mistakenly striking Taylor and Stanley. The witness said Meriweather played no other role in the incident but peacemaker.

"It was very scary," Meriweather's relative said. "Once the gunshots went off, everybody took off running. I was the only person still there because Quentin fell directly at my feet."

The witness recalled screaming, "Help him, help him, pick him up."

"That's when another guy came over and threw Quentin in the car and rushed him to the hospital," the witness said.

By then, Meriweather was gone, having headed for home, his relative said. The alleged gunman was not a friend of Meriweather, according to the witness.

A Florida lawyer was the source of a story this morning that accused Meriweather of being involved in a shooting in Florida, but despite initial reports to the contrary, the lawyer said he did not know if Meriweather was the shooter.

The Orange County sheriff's department this afternoon confirmed that Meriweather was present during the shooting.

"William Brandon Meriweather, among others, has been identified as being present during a shooting... being investigated by this office," Capt. Angelo Nieves said in part of a written statement.

The sheriff's department has stated it is not ready to "characterize" Meriweather's status in the case, but would like to interview him. According to the sheriff's department, a lawyer claiming to represent Meriweather called the department on Wednesday to facilitate an interview.

According to the Sentinel, Meriweather has retained south Florida lawyer Adam Swickle, who told the Orlando newspaper this afternoon that he is aware of the circumstances involving his client.

"I am aware of the investigation," Swickle said. "We are doing our own investigation."

Swickle said would have no other comment because a criminal investigation is ongoing.

John Morgan, who claims he represents the two victims, was asked by sports radio WEEI this morning if he had any doubt that Meriweather was the shooter of his clients.

“I have a lot of doubt about that,” Morgan said. “That’s what these fellas told me, but I don’t assume that to be true at all. I assume nothing to be true until we get an investigation completed. Their allegation to me is … one of the fellas was in a fight with someone else out there and their allegation is that Meriweather shot him. That bullet grazed that fellas head and hit the second client, went through the cheek and head… the cops have had this case for two weeks.”

The Globe's Greg A. Bedard reported via Twitter that a source close to Meriweather said it "wasn't him."

The Patriots released a statement on the matter: “We are aware of the reported allegation, but do not have any additional information." NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league is aware of the report and "looking into it to determine the facts."

According to the Sentinel report, Orange County Sheriff's Office records list Nico Stanley, 23, and Quentin Taylor, 24, as victims in the Feb. 28 shooting on W. 17th Street and S. Central Avenue in Apopka. WESH TV in Orlando reported on Feb. 28 that two men showed up at an Apopka Hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds but that they did not want to press charges and would not cooperate with a police investigation.

The story began to spread when reports on the shooting surfaced Wednesday on the Twitter page of Florida radio personality Dan Sileo, who, like Meriweather, is a former University of Miami football player.

A report on the website Deadspin this morning attributed the details of the case, including naming Meriweather as the shooter, to Morgan.

“I became involved when two clients came to our firm, referred to me, who had been shot at a party two Sundays ago outside a home in Apopka,” Morgan said on WEEI this morning. “There’s an ongoing investigation. The only thing that I can tell you today that’s indisputable is that our clients were shot.”

Morgan was asked if his clients knew Meriweather.

“Yes, they went to high school together,” Morgan said. “One played football there, and one knew him there. I spent a lot of time speaking to them about that, they said, ‘Yeah, that’s who pulled the gun. That’s who shot us.' ”

Morgan was asked about the progress of his firm’s internal investigation in terms of confirming Meriweather’s whereabouts on the night of the shooting.

“We have a lot of things that we believe happened, about where he [Meriweather] was then, and when he left, and when maybe he even came back,” Morgan said. “So, I don’t want to comment on that, but we’re working on that.”

Morgan was asked if he would back out if he found out his clients were lying to him.

"Hell yes. If my clients are lying? Hell yes," he responded. "That's why if I was representing Meriweather, I would get out in front of this and if I'm innocent I'd get out in front of this [Thursday] morning."

In 2006, the summer before his senior year at Miami, Meriweather was involved in a gun controversy when he and teammate Willie Cooper went to check out a suspicious car parked outside their residence when a man next to the house shot at them, hitting Cooper. Meriweather returned the gun fire and the shooter ran away. No one was seriously injured in the exchange.

Meriweather, who had a permit for the gun, was not charged as it was determined he was acting in self defense.

As a senior at Miami, Meriweather was part of a group of Hurricane players who were seen stomping on several Florida International players that were on the ground during an on-field fight. Meriweather was suspended by Miami and the ACC for his participation in the melee.

Meriweather was the Patriots' first-round draft choice in 2007. He is currently the team leader with 12 career interceptions and is a two-time Pro Bowl selection.

 
Suprised at how little discussion there's been on this topic.Imagine the media storm it would have been if it were a big name like Brady rumored to be the shooter.
How much (useful) discussion can there be when so few facts are known? Would anyone think it probable that a Manning, Brady, Rogers or Brees would actually shoot someone? Probably not... But, you know - based on his on the field demeanor, I never would have expected something like this from Marvin Harrison, yet we have an alleged murder tied to his name.
 
'DropKick said:
Suprised at how little discussion there's been on this topic.Imagine the media storm it would have been if it were a big name like Brady rumored to be the shooter.
How much (useful) discussion can there be when so few facts are known? Would anyone think it probable that a Manning, Brady, Rogers or Brees would actually shoot someone? Probably not... But, you know - based on his on the field demeanor, I never would have expected something like this from Marvin Harrison, yet we have an alleged murder tied to his name.
Shoot someone? Hell would anyone think they could be around people / situation where someone could get shot. As for Harrison...heh. Surprised he kept his off field life away from the media all those years.
 
I guess we need Kramer and Newman in here to explain the magic bullet that deflected off of one man's face and hit the next in the head.

 
'dickey moe said:
We do not need any gun control laws.....
THUG CONTROL
And what good do you think gun control laws will do as far as keeping the guns out of the hands of criminals? All those laws do is keep the guns out of the hands of LAW-ABIDING citizens, who will most likely NOT be the ones shooting people in the head...Just saying...

 
I always carry a gun when I go out.

... never know when you're gonna hafta bust-a-cap in a fool.

what the heck are these guys thinking???

Are professional athletes being shot at such an alarming rate that they need to carry guns?

... or have body guards, friends, cousins carrying guns?

:confused:

 

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