Archives for March 10, 2011

So by now everyone has probably heard the news that some lawyer is alleging that Brandon Meriweather shot two people last week in Florida. Here’s how Deadspin described it:

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.

The man who raised Meriweather (yes, that’s how he was described) told the Boston Herald that it wasn’t true. There haven’t be charges filed either so right now it seems very much murky as to what happened.

It certainly doesn’t help that Meriweather had an incident where he shot at someone while in college:

Miami Hurricanes reserve safety Willie Cooper was shot in the buttocks when confronted in his yard Friday morning by an unknown person who fled after another player returned gunfire.

Police said Cooper was able to walk after being shot and the injury wasn’t believed to be serious, but he was taken to a hospital for treatment.

After Cooper was shot, teammate and roommate Brandon Meriweather pulled a pistol from his pants pocket and fired three times at the person, who jumped a fence and fled with another person in a car, police said. It was unclear if the assailant was hit.

So clearly at one point in his life Meriweather was carrying a gun with him, although legally. We’d hope that he’s now a professional athlete those days are behind him, but this story definitely won’t help him in the court of public opinion until the facts come to light.

Of course going for the kill shot then only grazing someone certainly does sound like Brandon as well…

Stay tuned…