Things really can’t get much worse for the Dallas Cowboys right now. They’ve lost three straight games, many of their star players are sidelined with injuries, Greg Hardy’s return has been met with open hostility from the media, and on Sunday night, a tailgating party in the parking lot of AT&T Stadium got out of control, resulting in a man being flown to a nearby hospital after a head shot.
I wouldn’t even wish this landslide of bad press on my archenemy, Hugh Grant.
Arlington police spokesman Lt. Chris Cook stated the fighting broke out at 8:20 p.m. local time in Lot 10. Twenty-eight-year-old Marvin Rodriguez and a publicly unidentified 27-year-old man got into a fight when Rodriguez walked up and pulled a gun on him. The man walked away. Moments later, a 43-year-old man tried to break up a second fight involving Rodriguez, getting knocked to the ground in the process. Rodriguez approached the man while he was trying to stand up and shot him once.
The 43-year-old, also publicly unidentified, was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. His current condition is not publicly known at this time.
By 9:46 p.m., three police cars and an ambulance were still at the scene.
Lt. Cook stated that further details pertaining to the incident are unavailable, but Clarence Hill, Jr., a Fort Worth Star-Telegram beat writer for the Cowboys, tweeted Sunday night that eyewitnesses to the incident said the shooter was egged on by a crowd of people to shoot the victim.
Per eye witness, suspect was egged on by a crowd of people to kill the victim. #shooting #attstadium
— Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) October 12, 2015
AT&T Stadium allows fans to continue tailgating up to two hours following the completion of the game, and further, all vehicles “within the stadium’s secured parking perimeter are subject to a security inspection before being allowed to park.” However, according to Cowboys spokesman Joe Trahan, that doesn’t mean every vehicle is searched.
It is unclear whether the shooter’s vehicle was searched when he arrived at the stadium. Weapons are among the items prohibited from the grounds. The relationship between the shooter and the victim is also unclear.
Alcohol was likely a factor, because of course it was. Drunk Texans with guns tend to utilize them.
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