Broncos' Darrent Williams gunned down in limo

[HeeBGBz]

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Broncos right cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed this morning after leaving a nightclub near 11th and Grant in a limousine. The team confirmed the death of Williams.

A female passenger also was shot, according to a source familiar with Williams. Williams was 24.

"I learned from the Denver Police Deprtment that this incident has occured," Williams' agent, Jeff Griffin said early Monday morning. "No other details have been released. I sincerely offer my condolences and feelings to his family."

Williams was the Broncos' starting right cornerback and played his final game for the team in a 26-23 overtime loss to the San Francisco 49ers that eliminated Denver from the playoffs on New Year's Eve.

Sorry, forgot the link...

http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_4931937

[UpInArms]

1. link?

n/t

[undeterred]

2. link

http://www.9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJECTID=ddbae1db-0abe-421a-0000-ccc74fa58796&TEMPLATEID=af6b6b60-ac1f-02c5-0012-a9383dc2f691

[pretzel4gore]

3. oh great! now we need cops on every street corner

nt

[Warren Stupidity]

6. That's silly.

When was the last time you saw a cop walking a beat?

[pretzel4gore]

8. police statism....

all i was saying is the pigmedia gonna use this wonderful bite of news to win win win win win etcetera some more - 1/2 the national budget spent on police prisons judiciary military? NOT ENUFF! and the dems will accede, not wanting to look soft on crime..... (btw, we've seen this all before, going back to caveman days)

[Warren Stupidity]

9. Oh sure that's true.

FEAR is their favorite tool. Too bad we don't have cops walking a beat. The world would be a better place.

[pretzel4gore]

10. community activist have to agitate to get cops

walking or cycling beats, literally to protest! For awhile, a few years back, they had police operating neighborhood posts, little trailer like places where citizens could drop in and beat cops hung out etc, but quietly, as 'conservativism' pressed for increased budgets etc, those little police posts disappeared (i haven't seen one for 2 years now)...actually, it's a fact that the piggy wants police as remote from the people as possible. and the killing of the football player will givem ammo to press for more of it...

[aquart]

35. That's what I love, panicky New Year's hysteria.

What a useless plate of pasture pastry you're selling.

[BlueManDude]

4. Very sad - it's very hard for me to understand the "gansta" culture

Successful, talented young men pretending to be Scarfare or like they're in some video game.

[Selah]

5. Cowardly act - ps. dig the blue man group

[phusion]

40. Why do you assume that this was somehow

related to "gangsta" culture? Because he was black?

Would you say the same thing if it was a white player that was killed in a drive-by shooting in Denver?

[girl gone mad]

41. I think the fact that..

it was a drive by shooting indicates it was probably gang related. What does race have to do with it?

[proud2BlibKansan]

7. This is so sad

Here in KC we rejoiced when Denver lost yesterday because that gave the Chiefs a playoff spot. Now we are sending our sympathy to the Denver fans.

[cathandler]

11. Darrent Williams was liked by his teammates.

Not only did he play hard and well, but his smile could light an Xcel Energy grid. It is a shame when any young person dies so needlessly.

[Toots]

12. Just think if we had more guns this could never have happened

Why won't people wake up and realize we need every person to carry a gun so we can be safe...:crazy:

[undeterred]

13. Take a look at the kind of vehicle he was in: Hummer Limo

It has everything except armor. http://www.a1limobus.com/h2.htm

[MindPilot]

15. Evidently it's not just the Hummers in Iraq that need armor...n/t

[MindPilot]

14. I wonder if it was a disgruntled fan angry at the loss

or a random shooting by some drugged out idiot? Or something more sinister?

[tblue37]

16. I am thinking mob-connected gamblers. (eom)

[ecstatic]

46. With the increasing popularity of fantasy football gambling

I wouldn't be surprised at all.

[Pavulon]

17. Darrent Williams (Denver Broncos) killed In Drive by Shooting

DENVER (AP) -- Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting early Monday, his limousine sprayed with bullets in downtown Denver.

Team spokesman Jim Saccomano said police called him about 3 a.m. from the scene and told him three people had been shot, and the 24-year-old Williams had been killed. His death came hours after the Denver Broncos were eliminated from the playoff race.

A little after 2 a.m., a white Hummer limousine was fired on from a vehicle that pulled up along its side, police spokesman Sonny Jackson said. As many as a dozen bullet holes were visible on the driver's side of the vehicle. One window was blown out and four others had bullet holes.

Three people in the limo were hit and taken to hospitals, where one man was pronounced dead, Jackson said. The other man and woman who were shot were not identified.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/01/01/bc.fbn.broncos.williams.ap/index.html?cnn=yes

[lostnotforgotten]

18. Gangland Killings In Denver - What Will The Fundies Think

eom

[rockymountaindem]

19. Denver ain't fundie town n.t.

[lostnotforgotten]

23. Thought That Whole Part Of Colorado Was Fundie Infested

eom

[rockymountaindem]

24. No

Denver is in the clear. Once you get out of El Paso County, and southern Douglas County, you're mostly out of fundie country. Boulder is one of the most liberal cities in the US.

[tridim]

27. Just Colorado Springs..

Denver is quite Liberal.

[donheld]

44. That whole part of Colorado is NOT fundy infested

:banghead:

[tblue37]

20. Angry mob-connected gamblers? (eom)

[LeahD]

21. A little random, New Year's Eve, shoot at the limo kind of fun? n/t

[donco6]

22. I saw that this morning in the paper.

It sounded like there might have been some altercation in a nightclub. It happened near LoDo where there are numerous clubs.

[TayTay]

25. How awful. My condolences to his family

and to all who loved him. What a senseless and horrible death. May he rest in peace.

24 years old. Dear Lord, what a tragedy.

No man is an island, entire of itself
every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main
if a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were,
as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were
any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind
and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls
it tolls for thee.


-- John Donne

[Hawkeye-X]

29. William leaves behind 2 kids

in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.

That's what is sickening to me. I hope the murderer is caught, arrested, delivered appropriate justice. I'm not even sure if I want to see the DP implemented for the murderer, but I'd rather have the murderer sit in prison in a rathole and think about what he did.

[hlthe2b]

26. 9news says there were 16 in the limo....

and are assuming this was random? :shrug:

Frightening as it occurred at 11th and Speer--way too close for comfort..

He sounds like a good guy with two kids back in Oklahoma, I think. Very sad...

[paulk]

30. too close for comfort, for sure

this was right downtown

hard to think that something like this could happen in Denver...

[mountainvue]

31. It is shocking. He was attacked literally

three blocks from the best trauma hospital in the state. It sounds like the poor guy never stood a chance. I hope they find out who did this. This sort of thing really doesn't go on here.

[Hawkeye-X]

28. Wife woke me up this morning to deliver the news

I'm stunned. REALLY stunned. This is an senseless death. I live here in Denver, and shooting happened less than about 5 miles from my house. He and Champ Bailey were the top tandem cornerbacks for the Denver Broncos. I don't know how they are going to replace him, but it's a sad day today for me.

I guess it hits close that football players are seen as tough, but all are mortal.

Hawkeye-X

[ckramer]

32. Police: Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams dies in drive-by shooting

DENVER — Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting early Monday, his limousine sprayed with bullets in downtown Denver.

Team spokesman Jim Saccomano said police called him about 3 a.m. from the scene and told him three people had been shot, and the 24-year-old Williams had been killed. His death came hours after the Denver Broncos were eliminated from the playoff race.

A little after 2 a.m., a white Hummer limousine was fired on from a vehicle that pulled up along its side, police spokesman Sonny Jackson said. As many as a dozen bullet holes were visible on the driver's side of the vehicle. One window was blown out and four others had bullet holes.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/broncos/2007-01-01-broncos-williams_x.htm

[XOKCowboy]

33. This is sooo unlike Denver...

What a tragedy but one wonders if it was random. What a way to start the New Year.

[Mz Pip]

34. Makes me wonder

if it was some disgruntled fan who was pissed that Denver lost. :shrug:

Very sad for the family and for the fans. What a waste.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Democrats_win]

36. In April, Denver Nugget player shot while driving home from nightclub.

These two incidents led sports radio hosts today, on the station where Darrent Williams had a sports show, to ask about the gangsta phenomena. The station was a little slow since the regular morning talk shows were replaced by syndicated sports shows due to the holiday. Many callers expressed their sadness and good wishes to his family.

The Denver Nugget, Julius Hodge, has recovered from being shot in the leg. "Eyewitnesses saw someone flashing a gang sign at Hodge in the parking lot. The manager says Hodge was wearing a bandana over his head." http://julius-hodge-news.newslib.com/story/4059-2800990/

[RamboLiberal]

42. 3 Years Ago Steeler LB Joey Porter was shot in buttocks

outside a Denver Sports Bar. Another person died in the shooting.

Sorry, but I do think in the young black culture there is too much of this gangsta crap.

[AngryAmish]

37. Way to go, Bush!

[MindPilot]

38. AS much as I'm convinced that Bush and his minions are America's worst nightmare

even I don't think we can pin this on the BFEE.

[Mike Daniels]

45. You tell them....

Because we all know that no-one ever got shot and killed in a drive-by situation during Clinton's term (sarcasm).

[sweetheart]

39. what does this have to do with tupac?

Gangsta my hoof.... he's a footballer.

[RamboLiberal]

43. Many of the young black men in sports also get in to this culture

I'm sorry, but this crap and macho attitude with guns are costing too many young men in the black community their lives. It's only when the figure has a name in rap or sports does it get front page coverage. That is what it has to do with Tupac!

[brentspeak]

47. What is it about nightclubs and "gangsta" killings?

Going to urban nightclubs = putting your life in jeopardy.