Re: TNB starts 2007 off with a bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang...

Byker wrote:
> Three hours into the new year and da niggaz can't help but spray lead. One
> of the news channels said at least fifty shots were fired, yet "(t)here were
> at least eight bullet holes in the limo." Face it, Dashawn, you couldn't
> hit the broad side of a pimpmobile...
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> Bronco Cornerback Dies in Drive-By Shooting
>
> January 1, 2007
>
> DENVER -- Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was killed in a
> drive-by shooting early Monday morning in downtown Denver.
>
> Denver Broncos spokesman Jim Saccomano confirmed the fatal shooting and said
> that police called the Broncos organization at 3 a.m. and told them that
> Williams had died.
>
> Saccomano said there was "incredible shock and sadness at a senseless
> tragedy." He said that coach Mike Shanahan had been informed.
>
> Williams, 24, was riding in a stretch Hummer limousine on Speer Boulevard
> near 11th Avenue just after 2 a.m., when the shooting occurred. The shots
> came from another vehicle and two other people in the limo -- a man and a
> woman -- were also hit. Their conditions were not known.
>
> Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said the two people were rushed to
> Denver Health Medical Center. He said the person who was most seriously
> wounded was pronounced dead at the shooting scene. He would not say the
> person who was killed was Williams.
>
> It was not immediately known what prompted the shooting or where Williams
> was coming from at the time.
>
> The limo ran off the road near the intersection and had police tape around
> it shortly after the shooting. Bullet holes could plainly be seen in several
> of the limo doors.
>
> Jelniker said the intersection would be closed "for quite some time" while
> police investigate the shooting.
>
> <snip>
>
> http://www.wjactv.com/sports/1064540...ohn&psp=sports
>
>
>
> Williams dies in drive-by shooting
>
> January 1, 2007
>
> WASHINGTON -- Denver Broncos player Darrent Williams was killed in a
> drive-by shooting early on Monday and two people with him were injured, ABC
> television has reported.
>
> Williams, 24, was riding in a limousine in downtown Denver after 2 a.m. (4
> a.m. EST/0900 GMT) when shots fired from another vehicle hit him and a man
> and woman also riding in his car, the report said.
>
> "It is a terrible tragedy," National Football League spokesman Greg Aiello
> said. "We don't know all the details yet, but we are reaching out to the
> Broncos to offer our support."
>
> Denver Broncos spokesman Jim Saccomano told the station that police had
> telephoned the Broncos and told them that Williams had died. It was not
> known how badly the other two people were injured.
>
> The shooting occurred just hours after the Broncos were eliminated from the
> playoffs with a 26-23 overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers.
>
> Police spokesman Sonny Jackson said that at a little after 2 am a white
> Hummer limousine was fired on from a vehicle that pulled up alongside.
>
> There were at least eight bullet holes in the limo.
>
> Three people in the limo were hit and were taken to hospital, where one man
> was pronounced dead, Jackson said. The other man and woman who were shot
> were not identified.
>
> Jackson said police were searching for suspects and interviewing witnesses.
>
> "We have no motive yet," Jackson said. "We're hoping to talk with witnesses
> to find out where they were coming from, and that might give us some clues."
>
> Williams was in his second season with the Broncos coming out of Oklahoma
> State University as a second round draft choice.
>
> The 5-foot-8 (1.7 meters), 188-pound (85.4-kg) cornerback started nine games
> in 2005, the most by a Denver rookie at that position since 1975. He had two
> interceptions in 2005 and four this season.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/01/01/...ion=cnn_latest

Ho hum, if the stiff was not a football player it would have just been
another jigaboo killing.

ted