KC Chiefs player kills girlfriend, then commits suicide at team facility

[bigmike23]

Wow...my guess is...something went down, he didn't mean to kill her...knew he was done once the police found out...and ended his life where his dream started.
Crazy man. RIP

he shot her 9 ******g times. the **** out of here that he didnt mean to kill her

 

[shatterkneesinc]

I mean I guess the euro Americans had brain injuries for enslaving blacks all those years and trying to justify it....yea I went there

it was very profitable. is that what you want to hear?

 

[mmg]

 

[mr marcus]

Just saying some people are pure savages...

 

[coolnclutch]

Romeo Crennel is awesome...I don't think this situation could have been handled any better than the way he's doing it for his team and in front of the media

 

[Johnny_Cakes]

Some of you are going too far trying to justify particular agendas with what's happened.

 

[powerballin]

He didn't deserve a shrine
His only legacy is that he's a murdering coward
It could have been handled differently

thats not a "shrine".  Sound like you never been on a team before. 

If you fam did some dirt you would still have respect for them because you remembered all the good things they did. 

 

[jjs07]

I know the team has to grieve but I don't think they should have done this
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Tough situation...got to be hard as hell for Jamaal Charles to look at that.

What the team wanted to do in the privacy of their locker room was their decision. I think the dude was a monster and scum, but I didn't have a relationship with him like his teammates did. I have my opinion of him and I'm sticking with it. However, I'm not going to throw stones at members of the chiefs wanting to remember the man for who he was before he murdered his GF and took his own life. This was a friend/co-worker of 52 other men on that team...we have to remember that.

I would have had issue if there was some sort of tribute to the man forced down the throats of fans at Arrowhead yesterday. But there wasn't. No decals or patches honoring Belcher. That was the right thing to do. From what I heard, there was a moment of silence for domestic abuse victims. The Chiefs organization handled this delicate situation with 100% class and did things the right way.

*Brady Quinn's comments really put things in proper perspective

 

[got2havemykicks]

that girl proably stressed him out...........

 

[Kimchi Papi]

^ Love what Quinn had to say...Sad that Quinn was in Denver when WR Kenny McKinley committed suicide back in '11...

 

[jking0821]

Brady Quinn
Very well said

I feel really bad for the 3 month old child as well as the females family. I hope the NFL doesn't try to sweep this under the rug and more details about Belcher's life come to light

 

[airjordan jb23]

A lot of great points by Quinn in that interview |I

 

[Nike Still Sux]

thats not a "shrine".  Sound like you never been on a team before. 

If you fam did some dirt you would still have respect for them because you remembered all the good things they did. 

It really doesn't matter if I played ball or not. It is 100% irrelevant. I could see if he was murdered or passed any other way. He was a murderer and this shrine should have stayed out of the public eye. Other than that they have handled the situation as well as they could.

 

[mmg]

thats not a "shrine". Sound like you never been on a team before.

If you fam did some dirt you would still have respect for them because you remembered all the good things they did.

It really doesn't matter if I played ball or not. It is 100% irrelevant. I could see if he was murdered or passed any other way. He was a murderer and this shrine should have stayed out of the public eye. Other than that they have handled the situation as well as they could.

A sports team is like a family, it's a brotherhood.

He made a huge mistake, everyone knows that, but do you turn your back on family because of an incident ?

What happened off the field was terrible, but on the field he was there with them, ups and downs, practices. Wins loses and who knows what else.

They went to battle with that man every Sunday.

They didn't honor him in anyway.

They remembered the football player and the man they shared their locker room with everyday.

There's a difference.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Ok, but is ANYONE that would kill their wife/gf and then themselves thinking with a sound mind? I'm not saying there aren't situations where somebody's mental issues would preclude them from being looked at differently in light of doing something like this, but at some point you could just write everything off as the person not being in the right mental state.
I'm not completely passing judgment on him without all the facts, but even if his girlfriend was a bad person or provoked him I wouldn't condone killing her or himself and leaving their kid behind. If dude really had a heavy drinking problem as his friend said and was abusing drugs like that I find it hard to have much sympathy for him at all. Sorry.

Who said it should be condoned? I simply said, if he had head trauma that plays into why it happened. Nothing further.

 

[lace fiend]

it may not have just been head trauma steroid use causes depression and could have been and underlying factor here too

 

[Deleted member 38182]

it may not have just been head trauma steroid use causes depression and could have been and underlying factor here too

Y'all have no idea the toll of coming off a cycle does to yourself...... Every single string is tugged in your head, your emotions are flipping out every minute... Granted its different for every user, but it can get bad... Especially when you have home drama or something real going on in your life

 

[Nike Still Sux]

Bottom line, it was a smack in the face of the victim's family for them to have a shrine in the locker room to be displayed. In hindsight I think they will regret it. I compare it to the WWE tribute to Chris Benoit that they eventually had to apologize for doing

 

[powerballin]

Bottom line, it was a smack in the face of the victim's family for them to have a shrine in the locker room to be displayed. In hindsight I think they will regret it. I compare it to the WWE tribute to Chris Benoit that they eventually had to apologize for doing

It was in the locker room...thats a team area.  Pics got out but the "shrine" as you call it wasn't for the public.

 

[Nike Still Sux]

I understand your side of it with the team grieving. But we have to understand who the real victims were in this tragedy. My whole point is that image shouldn't have gone public.

 

[MON5T3R]

^You really think thats a "shrine" though? I am in no way for his actions but that just looks like his usual gear for a game in his usual locker. What is the team supposed to do just throw all of his stuff in the trash and leave it empty the rest of the year? Its not like that "shrine" is going to be there for years to come. His teammates are still grieving regardless of the situation.

 

[mmg]

I understand your side of it with the team grieving. But we have to understand who the real victims were in this tragedy. My whole point is that image shouldn't have gone public.

and this is what Quinn meant by social media and the disconnect.

 

[tengoeljugode]

For the record, the Kansas City Chiefs may just be my new favorite team. Brady Quinn has always been my dude because he's Notre Dame, but what he said in that video was realer than real.

As much as I think Belcher is/was a coward for what he did, I don't see anything wrong with the jersey hung in the locker room. One week to remember the person that didnt commit those crimes and move on.

That being said, I hope he rots in every corner of hell and if his girl contributed to that through manipulation and p on the pedestal, using the daughter as money bait, I hope she's right there with him.

 

[pmatic]

Exclusive: As troubles at home simmered, Chiefs tried to help Jovan Belcher

Seconds after fatally shooting his longtime girlfriend, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher leaned over her in their master bathroom, said he was sorry and kissed her on the forehead.

His mother, who heard gunfire as she stood in the kitchen, rushed to her son’s bedroom and watched his remorseful goodbye.

Belcher apologized to his mother, kissed his 3-month-old daughter and fled his rented home in the 5400 block of Crysler Avenue in his Bentley.

The Star learned those details and others from multiple police sources Monday as officers continued their investigation into why Belcher, 25, killed his live-in girlfriend, Kasandra Perkins, 22, on Saturday morning. Arguments over relationship and financial issues had simmered for months between them, according to the sources.

Belcher’s mother, who came from New York to live with her son so the couple could work through their issues, didn’t hear much of the argument. But just before 8 a.m., she heard her son say something to the effect of: “You can’t talk to me like that!”

Then she heard gunfire.

Afterward, Belcher drove to the only place he felt safe — to his other family at Arrowhead Stadium, police said.

As he covered the five miles from his home to the stadium, his violent act weighed on him, police believe.

“He probably realized he had done something and he couldn’t go back,” said Police Sgt. Richard Sharp.

In the parking lot of the practice facility at 1 Arrowhead Drive, Belcher encountered Chiefs General Manager Scott Pioli. Belcher stepped out of his Bentley with a gun pointed at his own head, police said.

“I did it,” he said, according to police. “I killed her.”

Club officials knew about the couple’s problems. The Chiefs had provided counseling and “were bending over backward” to help, Sharp said.

But Belcher told Pioli that the assistance wasn’t enough to fix their problems and now, “It was too late.”

When another Chiefs employee arrived, Pioli told him to stay back. Meanwhile Pioli tried to persuade Belcher to lay down the weapon, Sharp said.

Belcher thanked Pioli for everything he had done for him. He asked if he and Clark Hunt would take care of his daughter.

Chiefs Head Coach Romeo Crennel and linebackers coach Gary Gibbs arrived in the parking lot and Belcher reportedly announced, “Guys, I have to do this.”

Crennel tried to dissuade him.

“I was trying to get him to understand that life is not over,” Crennel told The Star. “He still has a chance and let’s get this worked out.’’

As Pioli and Crennel tried to reason with Belcher, the men heard police sirens closing in. Belcher then walked a few steps away with the gun still pointed at his head.

“I got to go,” Belcher reportedly said. “I can’t be here.”

Belcher knelt behind a vehicle and made the sign of the cross across his chest before firing a single bullet into his head.

Kansas City police believe Belcher killed himself because he was distraught over what he had done to Perkins.

“He cared about her,” Sharp said. “I don’t think he could live with himself.”

The night before the killings, Perkins had attended a concert downtown with friends, and Belcher had “partied” at the Power and Light District, police said. It was unclear when they arrived home, where Belcher’s mother was watching their baby. A woman who answered Belcher’s mother’s cell phone Monday declined to comment.

Detectives don’t know what specifically sparked the argument between the couple at home, but a friend of Perkins told The Star that the couple argued around 1 a.m. Saturday when Perkins returned home from the Trey Songz concert and drinks with friends afterward. Belcher was mad she had stayed out so late, the friend said.

Sometime later, Kansas City police talked with Belcher after finding him asleep in his Bentley on Armour Boulevard. Officers determined he was able to drive himself home. Police believe he arrived home about 7 a.m., well before a 9:30 team meeting. That’s when the yelling began.

Police said youth, immaturity and financial pressures served as a backdrop. During his college years, Belcher allegedly punched a dormitory window because he was upset over a woman.

Autopsies with toxicology tests were performed on both bodies, but results will take weeks, police said. Investigators believe alcohol may have played a role in the argument’s escalation.

Police recovered several legally owned guns from Belcher’s home. Investigators were testing each one, and the gun found with Belcher’s body, against shell casings and bullets they recovered.

Police spokesman Darin Snapp said Monday that Belcher’s mother, who had been staying with the couple, was given temporary custody of the couple’s daughter. But he said it was unclear if the grandmother and baby were still in the Kansas City area.

Perkins, who grew up in Texas, met Belcher, who grew up in New York, through a cousin, Whitney Golden Charles, the wife of Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles. Perkins moved to Kansas City in 2010 to be with Belcher. Her relatives learned of her death from the news, police said. A woman who answered the phone at a relative’s home Monday declined to comment.

Monday afternoon, the family issued a statement that spelled Perkins’ first name with a double s, though she spelled it with one on her Facebook page:

“On behalf of the Perkins Family, we appreciate the outpouring of love and concern for our Kassandra ‘Kasi’ Perkins. Our hearts are truly broken for Kasi was a beloved daughter, granddaughter, sister, mother, cousin and friend.…

“Please keep us in your hearts and prayers as well as the Belcher family for two lives were loss. Again we thank you for your support, our wish is for Kasi to be remembered for the love she shared with us all. Kasi will be truly missed!”

Jamaal Charles also released a statement: “Our family has suffered a personal tragic loss.… As this is a very tough time for our family, I ask that we are respected as we grieve. Kassandra was not only family, but a friend and a loving mother. As my actual family and my Kansas City Chiefs family have been altered forever, we ask that you keep us and most importantly their child in prayer. Thank you all for your continued support.”

Later Monday, Belcher’s somber relatives provided statements outside of Belcher’s boyhood home in New York. Yamiesse Lawrence, a cousin of Belcher’s, said the weekend’s events were an “inconceivable tragedy.”

“As a family, no words can express the sorrow we feel over the loss of Jovan and Kasandra,” Lawrence read aloud.

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[Johnny_Cakes]

What is there left to say? I feel terrible after reading that.