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Pierce could also face jail time in Burress shooting
Laura Italiano of the New York Post reports Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce is still on the hook for allegedly possessing his then-teammate's gun after the shooting -- and could face a jail term of his own.
Burress and Pierce were side by side in the VIP vestibule at the Midtown club Latin Quarter last November when the star receiver accidentally shot himself clear through the thigh with his own gun -- a .40-caliber Glock for which the player had an expired Florida permit.
According to law-enforcement sources, as Pierce tended to his trembling, bleeding teammate, a security worker at the club placed the blood-splattered gun in the glove compartment of Pierce's Cadillac Escalade.
Prosecutors have considered flipping the unidentified Latin Quarter security worker in hopes of nailing Pierce for allegedly bringing the Glock to Burress' Totowa, NJ, home after first driving Burress to New York-Cornell Hospital, sources said.
"To charge Antonio and immunize other individuals engaged in the same alleged conduct -- I would hope any grand jury would reject that outrageous proposition," Pierce lawyer Michael Bachner said when asked about the potential flip.
Laura Italiano of the New York Post reports Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce is still on the hook for allegedly possessing his then-teammate's gun after the shooting -- and could face a jail term of his own.
Burress and Pierce were side by side in the VIP vestibule at the Midtown club Latin Quarter last November when the star receiver accidentally shot himself clear through the thigh with his own gun -- a .40-caliber Glock for which the player had an expired Florida permit.
According to law-enforcement sources, as Pierce tended to his trembling, bleeding teammate, a security worker at the club placed the blood-splattered gun in the glove compartment of Pierce's Cadillac Escalade.
Prosecutors have considered flipping the unidentified Latin Quarter security worker in hopes of nailing Pierce for allegedly bringing the Glock to Burress' Totowa, NJ, home after first driving Burress to New York-Cornell Hospital, sources said.
"To charge Antonio and immunize other individuals engaged in the same alleged conduct -- I would hope any grand jury would reject that outrageous proposition," Pierce lawyer Michael Bachner said when asked about the potential flip.
