Alabama football player Brandon Deaderick shot twice
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but this just happened across the street. Of course, our thoughts and prayers go out to Brandon and his family. By all accounts, this was a random act of violence that occurred when he resisted an armed robbery.
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Witnesses say he was shot in the arm and the hip, and supposedly should be okay.
My brother lives at Ridgecrest
and just texted me that. Hope he is ok; glad to hear it shouldn’t be too serious.
I’m as excited about watching this offense as I am about the impending decapitations our D is going to lay on people - Stuck in the Plains
Supposedly hit in the arm and the leg...
… but not life threatening.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:21 PM CDT reply actions
Helicopter overhead...
… and neighborhood is blocked off. I think the assailant arrived in a vehicle but ran away. Not exactly sure. It appears that the manhunt is going on now.
If that's true...
… he won’t get far.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Scratch that...
…can’t be sure on the escape method. Apparently he arrived in the vehicle with two accomplices. All of their whereabouts, including the vehicle, are currently unknown.
Prayers for him and his family
Hopefully the injuries are not serious, really puts things into perspective whenever something like this happens.
Ugh.
I wish someone couldve given the assailants a taste of their own medicine
he was injured. injured bad.
According to a poster on 'BamaMag...
… he and his girlfriend were broken in on, and he was shot trying to resist / protect his girlfriend. Sounds plausible, anyway.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:31 PM CDT reply actions
According to witnesses at the complex...
… the assailant was cruising the parking lot, presumably looking for a mark. He happened upon Deaderick and his girlfriend as they were arriving in their car. He demanded money, and Deaderick exited (or attempted to exit) the car, and then he was shot. Then the assailant fled with the gun and Deaderick ran into an apartment.
Every report I see out there...
… has him being shot in the arm and in the leg. One said forearm and another said hip.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:33 PM CDT reply actions
Witness said...
… “arm and hip.” But another person in the complex said wrist and leg.
I hope not hip...
… that could be very bad news for his long-term football career.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Thankfully, though...
I’ve seen nothing yet to indicate it might be life threatening, and that’s the best news we can hope for.
He’ll miss some football time for sure, but that’s not important right now. Just as long as he’s okay.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:39 PM CDT reply actions
very classy. cheers
"There's a lot of blood, sweat, and guts between dreams and success" - Coach Bryant
by TopDaddy on Sep 1, 2009 11:19 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
You're justa cross the street?
I am in Rivermont, building 8! Who knew FSU and Bama’s SBN’ers were that close.
apparently, there is a very high concentration of SBNers in the Tuscaloosa area.
I live in the Target/Home Depot area. Not actually in that Target, but near it.
Father. Husband. Lawyer. Nerd.
by Richard Pittman on Aug 31, 2009 11:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Damn...
… I was going to say, I bet you get cheap rent living in the Target.
At any rate, you two get off your asses and go find this bastard for us.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I can't even go outside...
…to have a smoke and calm down. But I don’t hear the helicopter anymore…
I bet...
… he doesn’t run long.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Strangely enough..
apparently right around the time this happened, my 2-year old had night terrors. Hence, I am still up. Then my dog started barking at the door. I’m several miles from the scene of the crime, but who can say?
Father. Husband. Lawyer. Nerd.
by Richard Pittman on Aug 31, 2009 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Hard to believe...
… I actually had a friend when I was at ’Bama that lived in those apartments, and they were nice.
Either way, hell of a coincidence.
by outsidethesidelines on Aug 31, 2009 11:55 PM CDT up reply actions
eh.. there aren't THAT many apartments in tuscaloosa
chances are if you spent a few years hanging around students, many of whom live in apartments, you probably had a friend at most of the ones anywhere near campus at one time or another.
Father. Husband. Lawyer. Nerd.
by Richard Pittman on Aug 31, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh I know...
… I mean about your two year old, though.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:00 AM CDT up reply actions
man
sorry to hear about the night terrors. Prayers with your little girl, those are something else.
he was injured. injured bad.
She doesn't have them regularly..
I think it was just an isolated thing. It kept me up until midnight though, when I hoped to be in bed around 10pm. Up at 5:30 as usual, though.
thanks though. Appreciate it.
And also, sorry for thread hijacking what is a pretty serious topic.
Father. Husband. Lawyer. Nerd.
by Richard Pittman on Sep 1, 2009 7:06 AM CDT up reply actions
No worries, Richard...
… nice to have have you drop by. Thanks for the kind words.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 2, 2009 1:22 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm just...
A couple blocks from BDS. Great location to chill before and after home games.
by CaliforniaTide on Sep 1, 2009 10:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Village at Brook Meadows
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People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do.
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by crimsonpride19 on Sep 1, 2009 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions
#20
parties all the time, feel free to check it out sometime
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People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do.
Will do
Open door policy over here as well.
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by crimsonpride19 on Sep 1, 2009 12:48 AM CDT up reply actions
I've got the torches....
who has the pitchforks!!!
Offense sells tickets. Defense wins games. - Paul W. "Bear" Bryant
by TheRedTideConsumes on Aug 31, 2009 11:56 PM CDT reply actions
don't need a concealed carry permit for long arms and shotguns
Offense sells tickets. Defense wins games. - Paul W. "Bear" Bryant
by TheRedTideConsumes on Sep 1, 2009 12:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Question
Oh, hey, hey, hey, I got another question. Hey, uh, if one part of the mob gets separated from another part of the mob, shouldn’t there be a place that we can get together? Maybe a secret place the two mobs could reunite, and we’d be a big mob again. lol
This upcoming season I'm gonna refer to Julio Jones as "The Magic Man" and Trent Richardson as "El Diablo"
by AlabamaTitans2009 on Sep 1, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Per the T-news update, at the above link...
“The player suffered one gunshot wound to the forearm, which Anderson said was not life-threatening. The chief was at DCH Regional Medical Center at about 11:30 p.m. Monday night and had spoken with the victim.”
If that's true...
Then that is absolutely great news. Not only is it not life threatening, but an injury like that probably shouldn’t affect his long-term football career, which a shot to the hip could have easily ruined entirely.
Get well soon, Brandon.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
The only scary part of that
is that he’s at DCH. Now that’ll give you nightmares.
"The first person I would like to thank is the good Lord, for giving me the ability to play the game of football. Because without the ability to play the game I would have been at Auburn." - Marty Lyons
by crimsonpride19 on Sep 1, 2009 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions
This is terrible
news I hope he is ok.
This upcoming season I'm gonna refer to Julio Jones as "The Magic Man" and Trent Richardson as "El Diablo"
by AlabamaTitans2009 on Sep 1, 2009 12:12 AM CDT reply actions
Hopefully...
… this didn’t hit the bone. I’m hoping that this is solely a flesh wound.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:13 AM CDT reply actions
Witnesses are still saying...
…. arm and hip. And this is coming from people who helped him before the ambulance got there.
poster on BOL saying
single bullet hit him in the arm ricocheted into hip area
Offense sells tickets. Defense wins games. - Paul W. "Bear" Bryant
by TheRedTideConsumes on Sep 1, 2009 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions
That’s quite possible, but my buddy who was the one to call the cops said Deaderick’s friends definitely reported holding towels over 2 wounds, arm and hip.
Well, fuck...
… hopefully it didn’t penetrate the hip area very deep. Again, hopefully it’s mainly just flesh wounds.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:18 AM CDT up reply actions
But that would make sense...
… the cop said one gunshot, but a ricochet could create two wounds.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
of course with the ricochet thing his radius or ulna could be shattered
Offense sells tickets. Defense wins games. - Paul W. "Bear" Bryant
by TheRedTideConsumes on Sep 1, 2009 12:23 AM CDT up reply actions
Exactly...
I’m thinking if it ricocheted, it had to bounce off of something hard (i.e. bone). If it were just a flesh wound in the arm, it would have just came out clean on the other side.
It’s possible that Deaderick was holding himself in a way where the forearm was near the hip and it could have gone straight through both, but I’m afraid that didn’t happen.
At the very least, though, if they are saying it’s not life-threatening, it didn’t hit one of the major blood carriers.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Could it be...
…that the bullet ricocheted off the car after going through the arm? Reports seem to indicate he was exiting (or attempting to exit) the vehicle when it happened. I don’t know enough about ballistics to make that kind of call. But, if so, I would imagine that the hip injury was far less severe.
I wouldn't think so...
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t know jack about ballistics, but I would think not.
Going through the arm is one thing, but if it comes out clean there, I would imagine it would penetrate the vehicle instead of ricocheting off it. And, honestly, I’m not sure it could go through the leg, bounce off the vehicle, and still have the momentum needed to penetrate the leg at any real depth.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Handgun...
… of some type I’m sure, but of course that doesn’t really narrow it down.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions
I imagine a pretty high caliber...
… obviously it’s all speculation, but if you’re already going to go rob someone and are willing to shoot them, I’m betting you aren’t messing around with a little ol’ glorified cap pistol. I would think you would be packing some pretty serious heat with that mindset.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions
That's true
I used to rob fools in Compton with a compass I jacked from math class.
MATRIX: Bennett, I thought you were--
BENNETT: Dead? You thought wrong. Ever since you had me thrown out of the unit, I've been waiting to pay you back. Do you know what today is, Matrix? Payday.
I use...
…the quart-of-blood technique. You do that, a quart of blood falls out the man’s body.
by NiceLittleSaturday on Sep 2, 2009 2:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Point taken.
I was really just trying to hold out hope that it didn’t hit the bones in his arm. I’ll just hold onto the through-and-through possibility, which should still make the hip injury less severe.
Oh me too...
… hopefully that is the case, and in any event admittedly I don’t know anything about ballistics, so don’t put much weight on my opinion.
I’m just afraid that the bullet had to hit a bone to ricochet.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions
A BOL poster says...
… he is in stable condition and will be okay. No shock there, but still reassuring to hear.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:38 AM CDT reply actions
Per Gentry, on the twitter:
BamaBeat: Great news. Hospital spokesman Brad Fisher says Deaderick in “good” condition. Being admitted to normal room, not ICU.
Great news...
Hopefully that means flesh wound only…
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm glad to hear he's o.k.
I’ll do a round on the rosary and just be thankful.
If it were up to me, I'd blitz on offense too.
Will Oakley
is posting on his facebook that everything is pretty much ok and that he’s already doing better…
"What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference." -Nick Saban
People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do.
You can forget that...
… as I wrote on Twitter, Luther Davis is your starting DE for VT.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:50 AM CDT up reply actions
Isn’t there always two DE on the field. Wouldn’t it be the third string that gets the new playing time? Or am I an idiot?
"The first person I would like to thank is the good Lord, for giving me the ability to play the game of football. Because without the ability to play the game I would have been at Auburn." - Marty Lyons
by crimsonpride19 on Sep 1, 2009 12:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Two DE's...
… on the first team, and two more on the second team. First team was Deaderick and Washington, second team was Davis and Dareus. With Deaderick out, Davis steps up into his starting role, and the extra playing time is absorbed by Sentimore and Square.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 1:04 AM CDT up reply actions
Sentimore...
… will almost certainly play as a true freshman now, but he’s behind Luther Davis in the rotation.
And, again, Davis was going to play a hell of a lot this year regardless.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Marcell Dareus
I’m thinking he’ll be the one to step in a play now…
"What happened yesterday is history. What happens tomorrow is a mystery. What we do today makes a difference." -Nick Saban
People may doubt what you say, but they will always believe what you do.
Not exactly...
… he plays more of the end-tackle combo position manned by Washington, and then moves inside to the nose on passing downs. He rarely plays the true defensive end position manned by Deaderick. That’s not to say that Dareus is not going to play more because of this, but it won’t be a major increase.
And again, keep in mind that both Luther Davis and Marcel Dareus were going to play a hell of a lot even with a healthy Deaderick.
As I hinted at on Twitter, the three big effects from this on the personnel will be:
(1) Luther Davis will smart, and thus his playing time goes up a fair little bit
(2) Darrington Sentimore now almost certainly plays some as a true freshman
(3) Damien Square moves back to DE from Jack linebacker where he spent the last couple of days.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:58 AM CDT up reply actions
A 'Bama fan on TigerDroppings claiming...
… ""Coach Cochran just told the players that the bullet ricocheted through his arm and entered his hip area."
Take it FWIW, especially considering the source.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 1:00 AM CDT reply actions
The culprit should skip litigation and trial...
and go straight to public execution by stoning. But seriously…robbing students at gunpoint? What the hell is going on in that town? Is there any way we can get Mayor Giuliani to do his “magically clean out the homeless of NYC” to our “gangster” crowd in Tuscaloosa?
Gentry Estes...
… says he will have a full story up soon. Hopefully he’ll have some more facts and hard info for us.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 1:08 AM CDT reply actions
Unreal!
I am glad to hear that he will be ok, but I can’t get over this. What is going on in T-Town? Robbing college kids? College kids don’t have anything to take….crazy….
T'town is generally a safe town...
… but anything can happen at any given time, and that is what happened here. Crime happens everywhere at one point or another, and Tuscaloosa is no different. And if this didn’t involve a high profile football player, no one would ever know it. If the back-up setter on the volleyball team would have been the one to have gotten shot tonight, none of us would be here.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 1:16 AM CDT up reply actions
the only
reason he tried robbing him was because he was in a car…no way if Deaderick was just walking down the street that this happens…the shooter probably saw how huge he was when he tried to get out of his car and freaked….
Scoring against Alabama will be like birthing a child: rare, painful, and messy. - The Ghost of Jay Cutler
Updates...
Per BOL… an arrest has been made in front of Cypress Inn restaurant around midnight, cop cars were covering the place.
Deaderick was shot once in the arm. After being shot once and the shooter fled, he walked upstairs to the second floor apartment, waited for the ambulance to arrive, and walked back downstairs. No mention of a hip wound.
A witness is saying it sounded like a 22, for the gun guys out there, what does that mean in terms of power?
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 1:49 AM CDT reply actions
A .22 caliber pistol is about as small as it gets.....
.22 caliber is used for killing small vermin. However, a well placed shot could still cause serious injury, particularly if the shooter used hollow point bullets which mushroom on impact rather than passing through.
Sounds like he will be ok based on that report. I sure hope so.
So...
… here’s my question. You shoot a muscular, 300 pound guy from close range in the forearm, what happens? Does it actually get deep enough to the bone, and if so what kind of damage are we talking about once it gets there?
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 1:58 AM CDT up reply actions
And...
… could a shot like that ricochet off a bone, and be powerful enough to re-enter in the hip?
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 2:00 AM CDT up reply actions
Keep in mind that BD has a pretty big arm, but the bone inside of it isn’t exceptionally large — it’s just covered in muscle, so depending on where on the forearm he was hit there could be a pretty substantial amount of arm to hit that isn’t anywhere near the bone.
I'm wrong all the time.
Think so?
Don’t get me wrong, I’m far from a doctor, but I would imagine that BD would at least have slightly bigger and stronger bones than the typical person would. It might not be enough to make a difference, but I would imagine a 6’4 and 300 pound athlete would have a big, stronger bone than your typical student walking around campus.
In any event, though, hopefully it’s a moot point. The more we hear, the more it sounds like a flesh wound only. If he’s going home today, basically 12 hours after it happening, without ever being put in an ICU room, I think that probably means it didn’t hit bone, arteries, nerves, etc. All of that, I would imagine, would require surgery and a much longer hospital stay.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions
I would be pretty surprised if BD’s bones were significantly larger than any other 6’4, 300lb male. It’s not like his bones get bigger as he puts on muscle.
I'm wrong all the time.
True...
The bones shouldn’t get bigger putting on muscle, but I imagine the structure of a 6’4 frame should yield a tad bit bigger bone than that of the typical person. Again, though, I’m not sure it would make any difference anyway when a bullet came running in.
Either way, I’m hoping it’s a flesh wound and nothing more, and that the bones never become an issue.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Word around town this morning...
… was that the bullet ricocheted off of his arm (as in his bulging, rippling muscles) and hit the hip. Like you said, being released this early indicates neither injury was severe. So, sounds like at least some of our assumptions were correct: .22, hit the arm, bounced into the hip, no severe injuries, should be fine.
But I hadn’t heard anything about catching the guy. Do we know that?
Hmm...
… that would be great. I never really considered the possibility of it ricocheting off the arm without actually passing throw and / or hitting the bone. Hopefully that’s it.
As for catching the guy, they made a pretty big arrest last night at Cypress Inn — cops were apparently crawling all over the place — but the cops wouldn’t confirm it was related to the Deaderick shooting, and as of this morning a couple of stories made it sound like they were still chasing him.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Saw a black heliocopter...
Flying around the Rice Mine Road area while I was on my way to the Northport side of the river. The side doors were wide open (I could see through heliocopter). I have no idea what it was flying around for, but I suspected it had something to do with last night.
by CaliforniaTide on Sep 1, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
No expert here but a .22 is a smaller caliber.
I am glad to hear he is ok. This really puts things in perspective. I am glad an arrest has been made as well.
That's what I thought...
… again, I don’t know much about guns, but my understanding was that a .22 is generally a pretty light weapon. Now that might not make much of a difference from close range, but still nice to know.
Hopefully they throw the book at this asshole, attempted murder and everything else. I’ll say this… he’s going before a Tuscaloosa jury for shooting a starting Alabama football player five days before a huge game? They could charge that kid with any damn thing in the statute book and get a conviction in thirty seconds.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 1:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Yeah...
if someone told me i was going to be shot and i had to pick the weapon, i would chose the .22. If that is indeed the weapon that was used by the perp then my guess is that it was the everyday easy to get ammo as well, which wouldn’t cause much damage even at close range…unless as stated above it was “well placed”. Which appears to not have happened here.
ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!!!
Gentry Estes story up...
… nothing groundbreaking, but he continues to mention only being shot in the arm. He mentions nothing whatsoever about the hip injury, just like Walsh.
At this point, I don’t think the hip is a major concern. If it did ricochet off into the hip, it apparently didn’t do any real damage because it’s not being mentioned at all in these reports.
by outsidethesidelines on Sep 1, 2009 2:27 AM CDT reply actions
thank god he's going to eb okay. that the only thing that realy matters.
welcome to the SEC kiffykins...
man
this is something that you really hate to see happen. This is the reason that i moved from my home in Birmingham. I lived in a nice secluded area but nooooooo, that didn’t stop the crack heads. Brandon, my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours. If there was something that i could do, i would.
Wow
What a way to start the morning. I like everyone else hope those reports are true and Deaderick is okay.
my thoughts
exactly…
Scoring against Alabama will be like birthing a child: rare, painful, and messy. - The Ghost of Jay Cutler
Is it possible that blood from the forearm wound left a large stain on his hip area, giving the appearance of two wounds?
more than likely
he probably hunched over…of course like much of this thread….that is pure speculation…
Scoring against Alabama will be like birthing a child: rare, painful, and messy. - The Ghost of Jay Cutler
Prayers for the young man and his family
Hope he make a full recovery. It is a shame that someone who is making something out of his life has to come across a pathetic loser who is too big of a POS to get a job.
First time I shot her, shot her in the side.
Hard to watch her suffer, but with the second shot she died...
Ditto on Paranormal
about the cheap .22 ammo. It’s a very low-power round, and if the perp was going to rob somebody with a caliber that small, odds are he had the cheapest available ammo as well. As everyone else has said, hopefully it only grazed him or was a “flesh wound.” If it damaged muscle in his forearm, his mobility could be affected, which could be bad news not only for his football career but for his everyday life as well. Hopefully that is not the case.
OTS, if you ever want to go shooting, I’d love for you to come out to the range with me (and that goes for anybody else here who lives in the Tuscaloosa area and would like to try it out).
-D.
hats off...
…to the Tuscaloosa PD for quickly apprehending this thug. My youngest was attacked downtown on University Blvd during interim and the motherf*cker jerkoff was also taken into custody within the hour.
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Possible suspect
Are we sure we can presently account for the whereabouts of Jeremy Elder?
by Bama philosophe on Sep 1, 2009 12:04 PM CDT reply actions
Geez
why open an old wound?
"A demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots." -H. L. Mencken
Man, that's just like...
…school in summer…
by NiceLittleSaturday on Sep 1, 2009 2:51 PM CDT up reply actions
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