NFL looking into shooting at Vick’s birthday party
Roddy White attended Michael Vick's football camp, but had left the party before an early a.m. shooting occurred.
Roddy White attended Michael Vick's football camp, but had left the party before an early a.m. shooting occurred.
Updated, Mon. 7:36 a.m.
The National Football League and the Philadelphia Eagles are gathering information on the shooting that occurred after Michael Vick’s birthday party last Thursday outside of Virginia Beach.
The league is checking to see if the player conduct policy was violated or if Vick violated his federal probation order. He’s under probation for three years as part of his federal dogfighting conviction.
Vick’s attorney stated that he was not involved in the shooting.
Falcons wide receiver Roddy White, who went to help at Vick’s youth football game and was at the party, said they both had left long before the shooting occurred.
“We have been looking into it to determine the facts,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an e-mail Sunday sent to USA Today.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell addressed Vick’s plight at the rookie symposium to reporters last night.
“Obviously, we’ve got to look and see whether there was any violation of policy,” Goodell said.
Vick could be facing another suspension from the league.
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Updated, SAT 9:24 A.M.
Falcons Pro Bowl wide receiver Roddy White was at Michael Vick’s 30th birthday party, but left before the shooting of one of Vick’s co-defendants in the federal dog fighting case occurred.
“We were already gone by the time that stuff started happening, so I don’t know what’s going to go on with that or whatever, but we didn’t have anything to do with it,” White told the Newport News Daily Press during a break in the youth football camp.
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Falcons Pro Bowl wide receiver Roddy White attended Michael Vick’s football camp at Hampton University on Thursday but was not at a party later that night when a shooting took place.
“Just got off the plane. Goin(g) to Mike Vick’s football camp in VA. Should be good,” White tweeted at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday off his Twitter.com account.
Later, at 11: 05 he tweeted, “Camp was nice. It was hot, but fun.”
Jonathan Feinsod spoke to White’s mother and she said Roddy was fine. He wasn’t sure if White was in Virginia or back in Atlanta, but he was not present at the time of the shooting.
“Roddy is pretty loyal to his friends,” Feinsod said on Friday. “I’m sure he wasn’t involved in anything.”
Several Virginia media outlets have reported that Quanis Phillips, one of Vick’s co-defendants in the federal dogfighting trial, was shot after a birthday party for Vick after 2 a.m. Friday morning.
Lawrence Woodward, Vick’s attorney, said his client was not involved or present during the shooting.
Former Falcon DeAngelo Hall, who currently plays for the Washington Redskins, was listed as one o f the “invited” guests on the flyer for the party. But Friday evening he tweeted that he wasn’t there.
“I understand I was mentioned as a special ‘invited’ guest to attend, but as most of you know I’ve been on vacation with my family,” Hall sent in a tweet at 3:49 on Friday.
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FALCON SORRY
June 25th, 2010
11:47 pm
roddy white know what he would do with eagles.mr. blank will see what mistake ryan was when he see what vick do. yall makin sumthin out nuthin. go philly
florida falcon
June 25th, 2010
11:59 pm
Hey Falcon Sorry, i see they let you out for a weekend furlough. How nice.
terrance X
June 26th, 2010
12:03 am
the 70’s Raiders and the 70’s Oakland A’s had all sorts of characters and things going on – but never anything like this !
Falcon 34
June 26th, 2010
12:10 am
Yowsa — From ESPN…………
“Michael Vick’s ALL WHITE 30th Birthday Bash.”
Tickets cost $50, and the party was advertised as beginning at 9 p.m and ending at 2 a.m while promising a guest list that included NBA star Allen Iverson and Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall, both natives of the area, and a host of B-list celebrities.
Falcon 34
June 26th, 2010
12:17 am
Whose? — Fault is it this time……BP? State of Virginia? Santa Claus? Jesus? God? US Soccer Team? North Pole? George Washington? We know its gotta be somebody else’s fault instead of his own, because responsibility is a “BAD” word that he shy’s away from. Doesn’t he have a wife and kid he can hang with on his 30th bday at home? Again………what is responsibility.
Save the race thing. Never heard Jason Campbell, Donovan McNabb, or Doug Williams have those same problems.
Vick = Loser
June 26th, 2010
12:19 am
At the football camp, Vick was asked by a reporter Friday afternoon whether he had any comment on the incident.
“Watch what you do. Pick and choose your friends carefully. You just can’t put yourself in vulnerable situations,” Vick said.
florida falcon
June 26th, 2010
12:22 am
@Falcon34-You missed a few, Is it Obamas fault, maybe it was Bush’s fault. cause it sure as hell is never Vicks fault.
FALCON SORRY
June 26th, 2010
12:26 am
VICK BEAT YALL LAST YEAR AND YALL PISSD. GIT OVERIT……
Vick = Loser
June 26th, 2010
12:28 am
Good point. Being a mastermind of a federal, crime-ridden, renegade, mulit-state, illegal, dog-fighting enterprise was the makeup of “me being a follower and not a leader”? What a F’n Loser!
Vick = Loser
June 26th, 2010
12:29 am
How’d Vick do in that Dallas game? one TD……one fumble that lost the game. One hell of a 3rd string QB you got there. Sorry, I mean 2nd string to one…………Kevin Kolb. Ouch!
FALCON SORRY
June 26th, 2010
12:35 am
KOLB WHO? MV7 WILL START – BELEE IT!
Vick + Reform = Hilarious!
June 26th, 2010
12:36 am
From ESPN……..
“Michael Vick’s ALL WHITE 30th Birthday Bash.”
Tickets cost $50, and the party was advertised as beginning at 9 p.m and ending at 2 a.m while promising a guest list that included NBA star Allen Iverson and Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall, both natives of the area, and a host of B-list celebrities.
At the football camp, Vick was asked by a reporter Friday afternoon whether he had any comment on the incident.
“Watch what you do. Pick and choose your friends carefully. You just can’t put yourself in vulnerable situations,” Vick said
Tony Hayward, Kim Jong-Il, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were tied up…….They sent their regrets.
Jason
June 26th, 2010
1:07 am
“Bad news seems to follow Vick”
How stupid can you be to say this? He CREATES the bad news, it doesn’t “follow him or seek him out.
Mr Charlei
June 26th, 2010
1:54 am
I think VIck is done in the NFL. What a waste. He was given a second chance, but apparently, he just has terrible judgement. Where was Tony Dungy? I admire him for putting on the camp, and I am glad Roddy attended, but why have a party in your name, especially if you did not attend? what good could possibly come from it? No upside, all downside, kinda like dogfighting. The man just don’t get it.
Peaches
June 26th, 2010
2:01 am
Q got shot! Dont nobody care bout dat? I heer P-Funk did it! Somebody azz gwine back to da slamma!
Terrell
June 26th, 2010
2:02 am
The espn article says that the cops aren’t interested in Vick as a suspect and it also said that Roddy White said both he and Vick left the party way before the incident happened.
Terrell
June 26th, 2010
2:12 am
“WTF?”
Does that comment apply to Big Ben in Pittsburg as well. A lot of young African American males want to be athletes because that’s all they see. A lot of the successful doctors people see on TV or hear about are either white or some other minority but there aren’t many black doctors or lawyers or anybody outside of the entertainment sector that they see and can relate to. It’s easier to do something when you see somebody from your neighborhood, your background, have your experiences make something of themselves. Sadly, though, the only “Successful” men that are seen are in the sports and music and the others,they aren’t know by young African American Males because that’s not what’s portrayed to them.
mo
June 26th, 2010
2:45 am
man has any one has a bit of forgivesness what is so bad putting on a party after somthing like that name one person does not do that
Football Bat
June 26th, 2010
7:42 am
ANYTHING FOR A VICK HEADLINE – EVEN WHAT DOESN’T HAPPEN IS “NEWS” ON THIS RAG. MAYBE SOME ANALYSIS OF THE NFC SOUTH INSTEAD WOULD HAVE SOME CLASS OR AT LEAST SOME VALUE.
X
June 26th, 2010
7:43 am
After reading the espn article it’s apparent that the media is turning a non story about a guy being shot at a Va. nightclub where Vick had long since left the club hours earlier, to get a reaction and the good ole ajc beat writer follows suit!
D Hall
June 26th, 2010
8:11 am
The last time I checked there was nothing in Vick’s release saying he couldn’t have a Birthday Party and he was not there when the shooting happened. He can’t control other people and the guy that got shot maybe he wasn’t even invited and came and started trouble after Vick left. Leave Vick alone.
John
June 26th, 2010
8:38 am
With due respect DOL, trouble ain’t following Vick around. It’s the company he chooses to keep. So he’s still hangin’ with one of his Bad Newz Kennelz Boyz, huh? It seems he hasn’t learned much from his experiences.
I like Mike Vick the football player. I think Mike Vick the dog-fighter/killer has paid his debt for his crimes. I think Mike Vick the product endorser died about three years ago. I’d like to think Mike the human being could put this s–t behind him and build a productive life for himself and his family.
It’s beginning to look like that’s not gonna happen. He’s either too damned stubborn or too damned dumb.
That’s a shame.
Beast
June 26th, 2010
8:50 am
Some of you people is absolutely amazing! I think i remember something that goes like , “he who has not sinned, let him cast the first stone.” Jeff buddy, if you are not careful, stress is going to kill you!
Ted Striker
June 26th, 2010
9:25 am
This is a non-story in my eyes. White wasn’t at the club and had zero, zilch, nada, nothing to do with the guy who got shot. It’s like reporting that Bubba was at the Dairy Queen on a Tuesday and then Leroy robbing it on a Wednesday.
No connection.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
June 26th, 2010
9:28 am
Ted Striker — Roddy was at the party. He left before the shooting.
NFL News and Notes – June 26, 2010 | The Other 31
June 26th, 2010
9:28 am
[...] Falcons wide receiver Roddy White was not at Vick’s party when the shooting occurred, reports D. Orlando Ledbetter of the Atlanta [...]
D. Orlando Ledbetter
June 26th, 2010
9:44 am
Tyger — I was not there for the Great Greek Battle at St. Augustine’s Church back in 1985. I had graduated and was working at the Charlotte Observer. Just a beat down, no guns were pulled. Good old days?
track dawg
June 26th, 2010
9:46 am
VICK IS GOING NO WHERE. HE WILL BE THROWING TOUCHDOWNS MAKING MILLIONS WHILE YOU DUMMIES STILL WASTE YOUR TIME HATING HIM. MILLIONS HOW MUCH YOU MAKE.
GOOD LUCK VICK
LETS BALL THIS YEAR
VICK STILL NEEDS HELP
June 26th, 2010
9:49 am
NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER 12:00 AM WHERE IS HIS JUDGEMENT
j
June 26th, 2010
9:49 am
D led looks like you are officially a tabloid journalist. How much r they paying you over there?
posting salacious headlines to rile up hate and venom just to collect a paycheck. Wow just amazing.
track dawg
June 26th, 2010
9:50 am
DAMN A DOG. A DRUNK DRIVER KILLED A PERSON THE OTHER DAY. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE? WHERE ARE THE DON’T DRIVE DRUNK SIGNS? YOU ALL ARE A BUNCH HYPOCRITICAL JUDGEMENTAL PEACE OF S***.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
June 26th, 2010
9:51 am
track dawg — You’re entitled to support Vick, but the reality is that he could be back in jail for a federal probation violation. Or suspended by commissioner Goodell or the Eagles.
j
June 26th, 2010
9:52 am
Ted Striker
June 26th, 2010
9:25 am
This is a non-story in my eyes. White wasn’t at the club and had zero, zilch, nada, nothing to do with the guy who got shot. It’s like reporting that Bubba was at the Dairy Queen on a Tuesday and then Leroy robbing it on a Wednesday.
No connection.
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FYI this was not a club, it was a restaurant. It has to be reported as a club to provide enough red meat for the base that hates vick and young, rich athletes.
j
June 26th, 2010
9:53 am
what probation violation? keep it up.
track dawg
June 26th, 2010
9:55 am
That is not what the article is about. If I didn’t know better I by reading that article I would believe Vick got in the car and drove by and shot him hisself. Never mind that Roddy said that WE WERE GONE BY THEN. WE WE WERE GONE. Sounds like he was saying that they were together.
track dawg
June 26th, 2010
10:00 am
ORLANDO
In Vick’s probation does it say he cannot have a birthday party. Phillips shows up when it is over and vick is gone and gets shot. Where in this is a probation violation. May be a probation violation for who ever shot him.
RGO67
June 26th, 2010
10:13 am
The news stated that Roddy White was there to attend a Football Camp for the kids and the news stated that he was not involved with the incident.
The last time that I checked the FALCON’S ROSTER I believed that MIKE VICK was not listed. I think the PHILADELPHIA EAGLES had him listed as the SECOND STRING QB so what’s the newz out of PHILLY?
VICK IS NO LONGER A FALCON LET’S CONCENTRATE ON WINNING A SUPER BOWL!!!!!
TEE
June 26th, 2010
10:20 am
After reading most of the comments from the Vick critics, I see that most dislike Vick so much , they never even read the facts in this story, just the rumor. The police have said, they have no interest in Vick, HE WAS NOT AT THE CLUB AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING. THIS A NON STORY INVOLVING VICK. By the way Orlando, did you graduate the 6th grade, lol
D. Orlando Ledbetter
June 26th, 2010
10:24 am
TEE — Yes, 6th grade.
Mr Charlie
June 26th, 2010
10:26 am
Track Dawg. Don’t know the terms of his felony. Is he allowed to be around Q? If an investigation turns up evidence that he was, or that he was around firearms, he very well might end up back in prison.
The Eagles also might very well dump him just because they do not want to be associated with him anymore. A big birthday bash is not exactly humble, and add to it where somebody gets shot. I think it is 50/50 he ever takes a snap.
I don’t take glee in this, disgust is a better word, and I very well doubt I am alone.
D. Orlando Ledbetter
June 26th, 2010
10:27 am
I don’t have the federal probation order in front of me, but one of them was to not associate with felons or any of the co-defendants. THAT’S HOW PROBATION is an issue here or could be an issue.
tripledart
June 26th, 2010
10:30 am
Trade his sorry ass.He should have better judgment.Maybe the Eagles will take him they already have his mentor.
Mr Charlie
June 26th, 2010
10:31 am
Vick got back in the NFL because he “Changed”, he was “humbled”. Holding a big birthday bash, where one of his old dog fighting buddies shows up is not exactly “Humble” now is it? He has not changed one iota, sould be interesting to see if Goodall agrees.
abc
June 26th, 2010
10:32 am
i was at the vick camp and he seemed to really want to change and better himself
Good Lesson
June 26th, 2010
10:34 am
To ALL of My Young African-American Brothers:
Let this be a lesson to you. Do not commit these petty crimes. You will be caught and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law (guilty or not). It has nothing to do with morals. You must understand that morals have nothing to do with the law.
I understand that the way that society is set up, many of you will be forced to break the law just to have a chance in this world. So if you are going to break it….break it big. Study Enron and WorldCom and Maddof and Bush (both)and BP and Oxendine and the careers and activities of hundreds of other successful criminal enterprises. If you can buy or spin enough credibility, or have good enough connections, you can commit any crime you want to. Punishment will be minimal because the unwashed masses will be busy looking at whatever sensationalist headline grabbing blurb that any hack with a computer keyboard can get on the web.
Mr Tibbs
June 26th, 2010
10:35 am
Here is the problem. The black community has a huge problem with black on black murder. Every day the AJC headlines somebody in the black community a “brother”.
Now here is Vick, supposedly showing that he has changed, that he has learned, and throws a party where a black guy gets show by another black guy.
Not good for his image, or the image of the NFL, African American community, and his credibility talking ot youth groups is shot.
Mr Tibbs
June 26th, 2010
10:38 am
Good Lesson, um, shooting someone is not exaclty “petty”.
track dawg
June 26th, 2010
10:45 am
MR CHARLIE
Roger Goodell will have nothing to say to vick.
track dawg
June 26th, 2010
10:48 am
MR CHARLIE
Having a birthday party means that you are not humble? Get out of here. I guess you mad cause know one ever threw you a birthday party. QUIT being a hypocrite like the rest of these dummies on here.
track dawg
June 26th, 2010
10:51 am
OH YEA HOW BOUT THEM DAWGS