The story just keeps on changing. Why would anyone give Vick the benefit of the doubt?
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More details on shooting after Vick's birthday bash
Today's Daily Press print story on the shooting that occurred after Michael Vick's birthday party in Virginia Beach last week did not include other details provided by Guadalajara restaurant spokesman Allen Fabijan.
Here they are:
Fabijan said time-stamped video shows the party crowd of approximately 300 exiting the restaurant as requested by security at 1:45 a.m., Friday. Vick and his entourage walked out the door between 1:55 and 2 a.m.
Vick, a Philadelphia Eagles quarterback from Newport News, stood outside the establishment until 2:07 shaking hands and signing autographs. He then got into the backseat of one of two cars parked in front of the restaurant.
At 2:10, shots rang out from the direction the two cars had traveled. Fabijan stressed that he is not saying Vick was involved in the shooting that wounded Quanis Phillips, a party attendee and a co-defendant of Vick's in the federal dogfighting case that sent both men to prison.
But Fabijan said he is disputing the account of Vick's lawyer, Larry Woodward, who claims that Vick "was long gone" when the shooting occurred.
Fabijan said that Vick's brother, Marcus, remained in the restaurant until about 2:23 a.m., settling with the entertainment company that rented Guadalajara for the party.
Fabijan added that Michael Vick has attended several functions at Guadalajara previously.
"He's come in unannounced," Fabijan said. "We've had absolutely no problems whatsoever with him or his entourage before."
Fabijan turned the video over to Virginia Beach police, who have said that Michael Vick is not a suspect in the case. Fabijan said he does not know what Phillips looks like and cannot say whether Phillips and Vick interacted.
Federal probation prohibits Vick and Phillips from associating with felons. Violation of probation could land both back in court and Vick in trouble with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.