Banged Up -- NY Giants Star Shoots Himself

Plaxico BurressHe's shot himself in the foot all season, and now it appears NY Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg last night -- with an actual firearm!

It all went down in a Manhattan nightclub called The Latin Quarter -- details of the incident are sketchy and so far a police report has not been filed.

Burress' leg injury is being reported as "non-life threatening" and he reportedly left the hospital some time this morning.

It's been a hell of a year for Plax, who was fined heavily earlier this season for ditching a team meeting.

UPDATE: We're told the police are currently at the nightclub investigating the incident.

The Giants have issued the following statement:

"We are aware of the fact that Plaxico was involved in an apparent accidental shooting last night. We have been in contact with Plaxico since shortly after the incident. Plaxico suffered a wound to his right thigh. Obviously, our primary concern is for Plaxico's health and well-being, and given the circumstances, we are relieved to say he was released from a New York City hospital at approximately 2 p.m. today. We have been in touch with NFL Security on this matter. At this point, we are attempting to gather all the facts surrounding this incident. This incident could become a matter for law enforcement officials, and because of that, we have no comment on any of the details."

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46. Wana bet it wasn't HIS gun! He didn't know it was loaded! He doesn't know how it got in his pants! He thought is was a lighter! He found it on the sidewalk! The guy is a moron! Black or white does not matter! He's just an idiot! I'm surprised it didn't fall out of his game pants in the huddle! But we sit here and Blame the NFL, the Giants......... for paying these idiots millions! The only reason they can do that is because of us idiot fans who keep buying tickets and buying NFL products and watching these idiots in all the major sports! No fans!!!! No PAY! They can go get a real job! Maybe they should get paid by the hours of actual work like the rest of us! Maybe we should go farther back to the colleges who gave these morons a free ride and and "edumication". Another reason why college tuition is not affordable, we have to pay for the freeloaders who will make millions later on. SO the $$$$ gets passed on and on up the hill to the biggest low-lifes there are!

Posted at 1:17PM on Dec 1st 2008 by sweve54

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