KC Chiefs' Player Commits Murder-Suicide

That's absolutely horrible. Two people's lives gone for no reason. My heart goes out to their families and to Crennel and Pioli (if they indeed witnessed this).

So it is being confirmed that Scott Pioli and Romeo Crennel witnessed the suicide.

According to this, not only did Crennel and Pioli witness the suicide, but the girl's mother witness the murder.

Kansas City Star : Chiefs player kills girlfriend, then himself (http://m.kansascity.com/kcstar/db_41535/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=aahCf9F8&full=true#display)


Police Capt. David Lindaman said Belcher, 25, and his girlfriend, 22, got into an argument around 7 a.m. at their home in the 5400 block of Crysler Avenue in Kansas City. Around 7:50 a.m., Lindaman said, Belcher shot his girlfriend multiple times. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Lindaman said Belcher’s mother, who was visiting the couple and their 3-month-old daughter, witnessed the shooting and was being interviewed by police.

Belcher left the scene on Crysler and went to the Chiefs practice facility at Arrowhead, police said.

Police were called to the stadium around 8:10 a.m. When Belcher arrived there he encountered General Manager Scott Pioli, Coach Romeo Crennel and other team personnel. Police said Chiefs staff attempted to keep Belcher from committing additional acts of violence. When police arrived, they heard a gunshot and found that Belcher had shot himself in the head.

Wow. I cannot believe what I'm hearing. Just plan shock. There must be something wrong with that franchise if a player wants to kill himself in front of his HC and GM. Didn't someones obituary a few weeks ago read "died because of watching the chiefs play"?

this is just crazy and very very saddening to hear..

@JasonLaCanfora: KCPD say the player thanked both men before taking his life, and that Pioli and Crennel did not feel threatened

Horrible news, why? Over a female? Just sad.

Yes, this is very sad. I hope it wasn't no classical stuff where he caught her cheating and then he decided to knock her off and thought his career and life was over so he went ahead and took his own life. If it is, I'm just at a lost. If she was creepin' a man is supposed to let her go. Period.

Just tragic.

NFL Network has some incredible programming, but major fail on their part not going with live coverage right now.

A little more about Belcher

Jovan Belcher was a star wrestler before reaching the NFL - KansasCity.com (http://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/01/3943358/jovan-belcher-was-a-star-wrestler.html)