Former Saints DE Will Smith Shot and Killed

[AzorAhai]

Staff photographer Michael DeMocker of the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports via Twitter that former Saints defensive end Will Smith wasshot and killed in New Orleans late Saturday night.

DeMocker attributes to unidentified witnesses the news that Smith has died and his wife was wounded. One photo posted by DeMocker shows former Saints running back Pierre Thomas at the scene, “distraught” at the news that Smith was murdered.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.co...nts-defensive-end-will-smith-shot-and-killed/

 

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[hornitosmonster]

RIP, crazy news out of New Orleans

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Nothing good happens after midnight....
RIP

 

[hsfolk]

Nothing good happens after midnight....
RIP

it didn't happen after midnight

 

[JustDezIt]

rip. senseless.

 

[StylisticS]

Shot over a fender bender. Do people really need to take guns out over that?

 

[AzorAhai]

Don't know if it's true, but I saw a couple of tweets saying it started with a fender bender.

 

[NIBGoldenchild]

There is absolutely no reason to lose a life over something so trivial.

 

[speedkilz88]

 

[muck4doo]

Horrible news. Hope his wife recovers quickly.

 

[Sarge]

Unreal. He is from my hometown. Shocking.

 

[Idgit]

Don't know if it's true, but I saw a couple of tweets saying it started with a fender bender.

By a guy with prior guns and weapons charges. Sigh.

 

[LocimusPrime]

I see it all the time. It's tragic. There are crazy people out there, and they are armed. That's why you gotta pack some heat too.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Stupid.

 

[muck4doo]

He did a lot of charity work
http://thewillsmith.com/charitieshistory.html

 

[revospeed]

So sad. RIP

Didn't he come to camp with us one year?

 

[muck4doo]

Apparently Tyrann Mathieu of the Cardinals knows the shooter.

http://nor.247sports.com/Bolt/Tyrann-Mathieu-tweets-about-man-who-killed-Will-Smith-44733887

 

[JohnsKey19]

Sad. Hopefully his wife recovers.

 

[DallasEast]

http://www.canalstreetchronicles.co...opd-officer-billy-ceravolo-hours-before-fatal

Will Smith Dined with Former Police Officer Billy Ceravolo Hours Before Fatal Shooting

By Jacob Griffith
@nottherealjgrif
Apr 10, 2016, 2:04p

WWL-TV out of New Orleans has released a photo of fomer-Saints' DE Will Smith and RB Pierre Thomas out to dinner in the Lower Garden District with former-New Orleans Police officer Billy Ceravolo just an hour before Smith's life was claimed in a fatal shooting.

Earlier today, Sporting News reported that Hayes' father, Arthur, was shot and killed by police in 2005 outside of a downtown pharmacy after he wielded a knife during an argument with an employee of the pharmacy. The Hayes family sued the precinct in 2011, stating that Arthur was "mentally unstable" and police should have used non-lethal force to subdue him. Just before the case went to court, the two parties settled outside of court for an undisclosed amount of money.

The aforementioned Ceravolo was one of the parties named in the federal suit against NOPD. Ceravolo was apparently not aware of this fact, The Advocate reported. Ceravolo, a captain during his time with the New Orleans Police Department, was named by Hayes as one of the officers who shot his father. Ceravolo told various outlets that Thomas and Smith were personal friends. Ceravolo was not at the scene of the crime when the shooting took place.

The shooting that took the life of Smith occured in an area familiar to Hayes. His father was shot and killed by police just mere blocks from where he claimed the life of Smith in what police have initially referred to as "a road rage incident".

Hayes has been charged with second-degree murder.

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