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NFL Player Shot

Another NFL player -- the third in 18 months -- has been shot.

Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier was shot and critically wounded outside an apartment building early Tuesday as he and a former Jacksonville teammate waited for two women they had met at a nightclub, police said.

Collier was waiting in a Cadillac Escalade with former Jaguars defensive end Kenneth Pettway when someone fired shots through the window for reasons that are as yet unknown. At last report, Collier was in critical condition.

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    "reasons that are as yet unknown" (none / 0) (#1)
    by MileHi Hawkeye on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 02:41:18 PM EST
    My guess would be someone got "disrespected" and had to prove their manhood with a gun.  

    You'd think at some point the players would figure out that "the clubs" and the people in them aren't the safest thing to be hanging around.  They're big enough targets as it is.

    Sean Taylor was shot in his home. (none / 0) (#2)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Sep 02, 2008 at 03:00:45 PM EST