Report: Arrest made in shooting of Jaguars OT Collier
Sports Network | October 19, 2008
Jacksonville, FL (Sports Network) - Police reportedly made an arrest Saturday night in the case of Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier, who was shot in September and had to have his left leg amputated.
According to a story in the Florida Times-Union, Tyrone Romaro Hartsfield, 32, was arrested on a charge of attempted murder and was held without bail in the Duval County jail.
The report stated cell phone information and witness interviews led to the arrest of Hartsfield, who police believe was seeking revenge. It continued the police thought Hartsfield saw Collier at a nightclub on September 1, followed the player to an apartment complex in Jacksonville, walked up to the Cadillac Escalade in which Collier and a teammate were in and shot him early in the morning on September 2.
The teammate, Kenneth Pettway, was not injured. The men had been out at clubs and were following two women they had met back to an apartment complex to continue their evening together.
Collier, who has since been released from the hospital, was shot 14 times and is now paralyzed from the waist down. He will continue his rehabilitation from an undisclosed location.
Collier is the third NFL player to be shot in less than two years. Washington safety Sean Taylor was fatally shot in his Miami home last November and Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was killed after leaving a nightclub in January, 2007.
