Superbowl Champion, Aqib Taleb, Shot in Dallas Nightclub

05 Jun, 2016

Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib was reportedly shot during a fight early Sunday at a Stemmons Corridor strip club.

A customer pulled a gun and shot one person about 2:45 a.m. inside the V Live club on Empire Central Drive near Interstate 35E, Dallas police said. Another person was wounded outside the club as the fight continued.

Those two victims were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The Police Department said in a written statement that detectives also had interviewed a gunshot victim at Medical City Dallas and were investigating to determine whether that person was involved in the incident at the club.

WFAA-TV (Channel 8) first reported that Talib was among the wounded and that he was driven to the hospital in his Rolls-Royce.

The Denver Broncos confirmed that Talib, 30, had suffered a gunshot wound to the lower right leg and that he was expected to make a full recovery.

Talib reportedly was undergoing treatment at Medical City, where he had been in the emergency room.

Talib, who graduated from Richardson ISD’s Berkner High School in 2005, was treated at Medical City Dallas Hospital, WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported.

Talib made headlines last year at a downtown Dallas nightclub when he and his brother were alleged to have been involved in an altercation. An employee of the LUXX club told police that someone fired a shot in the air as he tried to break up a fight among three men.

In 2014, Dallas police apologized to Talib after they incorrectly reported that he was arrested for public intoxication at the Synn club in downtown Dallas. It was his older brother, Yaqub Talib, who was arrested.

Talib was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in 2011 after he and his mother were accused of shooting at his sister’s boyfriend during a domestic dispute in Garland. The charge was later dropped.

In 2009, Talib was jailed on charges of simple battery and resisting arrest without violence after he was accused of punching a taxi driver in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Talib’s team is scheduled to meet President Barack Obama during a ceremony Monday in Washington to celebrate the Denver Broncos’ Super Bowl 50 victory.

Last season, the NFL suspended Talib for one game after he forcefully poked an Indianapolis opponent in the eye after a play, a violation of safety rules.

In 2012, the league forced him to sit out four games for using Adderall without a prescription, a violation of the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances.

Before joining the Broncos in 2014, Talib played for the New England Patriots. From 2008 to 2012, he played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which drafted him out of the University of Kansas. He was a first-round draft pick and has been a three-time Pro Bowl pick.

Dallas Morning News

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