Former New York Jets linebacker Darron Lee has been charged with homicide on Thursday after the dying of his girlfriend.
Lee was arrested and brought into custody in Hamilton County, Tennessee, after deputies have been known as to a medical emergency the place first responders have been giving a lady CPR at a residence in Ooltewah. The medics have been unable to avoid wasting her, and WTVC NewsChannel 9 reported she had suffered a suspected stab wound in addition to different accidents.
The title of the girl, who was Lee’s girlfriend, has not been launched and native police stated her dying was being handled as a murder. Lee was additionally charged with tampering with proof. WTVC reported that an affidavit stated there was proof that blood had been cleaned from a number of areas across the dwelling.
“Because of the situation of the sufferer and the residence, HCSO Prison Investigative Providers Detectives responded. Preliminary findings point out the sufferer’s dying was the results of a murder,” the Hamilton County sheriff’s workplace stated in a press release.
Lee was some of the greatest faculty gamers within the nation throughout his time at Ohio State, and the Jets chosen him with the twentieth total choose within the 2016 draft. The Jets signed him to a four-year contract that features $7.9m assured however after disciplinary issues and poor play he left the Jets in 2019.
Lee was part of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs roster that gained the Tremendous Bowl in February 2020, though he didn’t play within the recreation itself. His ultimate NFL look got here in November 2020 for the Buffalo Payments.
Lee is because of seem in court docket on 11 February.
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