Washington Commanders working again Brian Robinson Jr. is in steady situation after he was shot in his decrease extremities throughout a attainable tried carjacking or armed theft in Washington, based on a D.C. police spokesman.
Washington, D.C
Commanders’ Brian Robinson Jr., shot twice in D.C., is in stable condition
Police are trying into the potential of the incident being an armed theft or an tried carjacking. They mentioned they recovered the firearm within the 700 block of tenth Avenue NE — a few block south of the scene of the taking pictures — and have been on the lookout for two juveniles with shoulder-length dreadlocks. One was carrying a black or brown shirt with yellow smiley faces on it. No additional particulars have been instantly out there.
“We have now been made conscious that Brian Robinson Jr. was the sufferer of an tried armed theft or carjacking in Washington, D.C.,” the Commanders mentioned in a press release Sunday night time. “He sustained non-life-threatening accidents and is at the moment being handled on the hospital, the place staff officers are on web site with him. We ask that you just please respect Brian’s privateness presently.”
Coach Ron Rivera was among the many Commanders’ contingent with Robinson on the hospital. Staff homeowners Daniel and Tanya Snyder, President Jason Wright, Normal Supervisor Martin Mayhew, chief medical officer Tony Casolaro and director of psychological wellness Barbara Roberts additionally have been with Robinson and his household.
“I simply bought accomplished visiting [with] Brian,” Rivera tweeted Sunday night time. “He’s in good spirits and wished me to thank everybody for his or her form phrases, prayers & help. He desires his teammates to know he appreciates all of them for reaching out and he loves all of them & might be again quickly doing what he does finest.”
I simply bought accomplished visiting w/Brian. He’s in good spirits and wished me to thank everybody for his or her form phrases, prayers & help. He desires his teammates to know he appreciates all of them for reaching out and he loves all of them & might be again quickly doing what he does finest.
— Ron Rivera (@RiverboatRonHC) August 29, 2022
Robinson, 23, was drafted by the Commanders within the third spherical this 12 months out of Alabama. He completed his faculty profession tied for tenth in Crimson Tide historical past with 29 dashing touchdowns and eleventh with 2,704 dashing yards. He impressed all through the offseason with the Commanders, a lot in order that he had been anticipated to tackle a big position within the offense when the common season begins Sept. 11.
The rookie traveled with the Commanders to their closing preseason recreation in Baltimore on Saturday however didn’t play, together with the staff’s starters. Throughout restricted taking part in time within the first two preseason video games, Robinson totaled 14 carries for 57 yards and one landing, plus two catches for 15 yards.
“Brian’s been nice,” offensive coordinator Scott Turner mentioned in the course of the preseason. “He’s an actual critical man. Soccer is extraordinarily necessary to him. He takes lots of satisfaction in being a bodily runner. … I feel he’ll proceed to get higher, too, because the reps enhance.”