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Per Profootballtalk.com

POSTED 7:10 p.m. EST, January 1, 2007

WILLIAMS DIED IN JAVON WALKER'S LAP

A league source tells us that the current talk in team circles is that Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams expired in the lap of receiver Javon Walker after being shot early Monday morning in a limousine.

Williams, we're told, expired instantly. Also in the limousine were linebacker D.J. Williams and receiver Brandon Marshall. Two others who were riding in the vehicle with the Broncos players were shot, but Walker, D.J. Williams, and Marshall were not injured.

Initially, it was feared that Walker also had been shot, but it was determined that the blood on his clothing was from Williams. (We really couldn't think of a more delicate way to report that specific fact, and we continue to feel nauseous about the entire ordeal. We've heard good things about Darrent Williams from members of the media, and our thoughts are with his family.)

We're told that local police have strong leads as to the suspects, and that arrests are expected to come sooner rather than later. Apparently, the bullets were fired by a group of men with whom the Broncos players had squabbled at a New Year's Eve party hosted by one or more members of the Denver Nuggets.

[Tall_Texan]

Thanks. Profootballtalk.com is more of a gossip site but the detail about blood on Walker's clothes would tend to support such a story. So sad for all of them.

[CarolinaGOP]

That is interesting. The last I heard on TV this afternoon, was that there were no leads.

[Abelman]

Crosslink, what you said is pretty much what I was told by a buddy who is a LEO in Denver and was on duty last night.

Apparently, someone started giving the Bronco players a hard time at the Kenyon Martin/NBA/Nugget's party about loosing the game. It escalated. Derrant Williams really wasn't involved. In fact, he left the bar area when words started flying.

The party was in fact private as well so it wasn't some random club issue.

Lastly, the LEO's did in fact think they would get the shooter sooner rather than later as someone in the hummer knew who the shooter/s was/were.

Darrent Williams was a good guy to boot. The Broncos have never been a team that lets "trouble makers" hang around too long. Case in point, this is why I think Clinton Portis was traded. This is also the type of incident I would have expected to see him involved in somehow.

As for Javon Walker being in the car, he was but I never heard about Darrent dying in his arms. He was shot in the neck and it was explained to me that he did die instantly.

May he Rest In Peace.