Bad weekend in the NFL.

This was a sad horrible weekend in the National Football League.  Two young people are now dead and an infant baby girl is left without any parents.

 

Saturday morning, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot the mother of his three month old baby girl killing her, before taking his own life.  Belcher went through the 2009 NFL draft undrafted, was signed by the Kansas Chiefs in March of 2009.  Belcher was born and raised on Long Island and went to college at the University of Maine.   Teachers and coaches from West Babylon High School said that Belcher was an outstanding student and always talked about reaching the NFL.

During the news conference that was held at Arrowhead Stadium, police spokesman Darrin Snapp said that Belcher's mother witnessed the killing of Kasandra Perkins and called the police right away. As the older Belcher called the police, Jovan fled the scene of the crime.  He then went to the Chiefs' practice facility five miles away, parked his Bentley and talked to three team officials: head coach Romeo Crennel, a coach on defense and general manager Scott Pioli.  Here, Belcher thanked both Crennel and Pioli for giving him a chance to play and then shot himself in the head killing him.

It is not clear what the motive was to killing the mother of his daughter and himself.  All anyone knows is that a baby girl is now an orphan with an uncertain future.  Reports say that the little baby named Zoey will be living with Belcher's mother in Long Island in the home where Belcher grew up as a child.

There was controversy whether or not the Chiefs would play their game the next day against the Carolina Panthers.  The game did go on as planned and there was a moment of silence before the start of the game.  The talk before the game was that the announcers would not mention Belcher or Perkins, and that the moment of silence was to recognize domestic violence.  The Chiefs won the emotion filled game, 27-21.

It is sad to think that players are killing both themselves and other people who are innocent.  One theory of why Belcher killed his girlfriend was that he was upset that she came home late from a concert.  It is reported that the couple had been fighting since as early as one a.m., when Perkins arrived at the couple's residence.  There must have been something that was more major for someone to kill a person they supposedly loved and had a baby with.  Now a little baby girl is left with no parents and time will only tell, how she will deal with such a tragedy as it happened when she was an infant.