A retired Minneapolis firefighter was arrested for allegedly shooting and yelling racial slurs at a former University of Minnesota football player.
According to Fox 9 Minneapolis, Tellis Redmon told Minneapolis police officers he was driving through an alleyway of retired firefighter Eric Jagers’ neighborhood to pick up his 5-year-old son.
Redmon, 44, said he saw wooden boards strewn along with other debris in the alleyway. The former running back says he attempted to avoid hitting the objects, and Jagers suddenly appeared and threw a boot at his vehicle after a piece of debris landed on his property.
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Sports Illustrated reported that Redmon told police that he got out of his vehicle and Jagers demanded he pick up a piece of wood that landed on his property.
Redmon refused, and Jagers reportedly went to his garage to grab a shotgun. The 54-year-old then allegedly began to pick a fight with Redmon and allegedly attempted to shoot him. Jagers said that he grabbed him by his shirt and demanded that he gets on all fours after he refused to pick up the object, according to Sports Illustrated.
The two men reportedly wrestled as Redmon attempted to remove the gun from Jagers’ hand. Jagers was able to get the gun near Redmon’s head and pulled the trigger but didn’t hit Redmon, according to Sports Illustrated. He lost control of the gun and dropped it. Redmon left the scene and called police.
Jager’s neighbor witnessed the incident and said that he called Redmon the N-word. The neighbor also said he heard Jagers yell, “Say goodbye to your 5-year-old,” before he pulled the trigger.
He also allegedly told Redmon, “I am a firefighter, and I know the police. I won’t get in trouble.”
Redmon played for the University of Minnesota Gophers from 1999 to 2001. He went on to sign with the…
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