Rockets' Landry shot (in the lower leg)

[cordobes]

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Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry suffered a gunshot wound to his lower leg early this morning in a possible drive-by shooting or failed robbery near downtown, police said.

Landry, 25, was released after treatment at Memorial Hermann Hospital. A team spokesman said he suffered a flesh wound and is expected to be out of the lineup for one to two weeks.

The incident happened in the 3100 block of Leeland, a short distance southeast of downtown, about 4:20 a.m., Houston police said in a preliminary report.

Landry and the rest of the Rockets had just returned from New Orleans after their 95-84 victory over the Hornets. The team's charter flight landed at Hobby Airport shortly after midnight, according to a team spokesman.

According to police, Landry was driving when another vehicle bumped his car. He got out to inspect the damage and two shots were fired from the other vehicle as it slowly passed him, team officials said.

The second shot struck Landry.

Descriptions of the vehicle and its occupants were not yet available this morning. Police have not determined whether the vehicle may have bumped Landry's car in an effort to rob him.

Fortunately, it's nothing too serious and he should be back in 1 or 2 weeks.

[BballTim]

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Default Re: Carl Landry was shot.
The details are even worse


Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry suffered a gunshot wound to his lower leg early this morning in a possible drive-by shooting or failed robbery near downtown, police said.

Landry, 25, was released after treatment at Memorial Hermann Hospital. A team spokesman said he suffered a flesh wound and is expected to be out of the lineup for one to two weeks.

The incident happened in the 3100 block of Leeland, a short distance southeast of downtown, about 4:20 a.m., Houston police said in a preliminary report.

Landry and the rest of the Rockets had just returned from New Orleans after their 95-84 victory over the Hornets. The team's charter flight landed at Hobby Airport shortly after midnight, according to a team spokesman.

According to police, Landry was driving when another vehicle bumped his car. He got out to inspect the damage and two shots were fired from the other vehicle as it slowly passed him, team officials said.

The second shot struck Landry.

Descriptions of the vehicle and its occupants were not yet available this morning. Police have not determined whether the vehicle may have bumped Landry's car in an effort to rob him.

Fortunately, it's nothing too serious and he should be back in 1 or 2 weeks.

  As Doc says, nothing good happens to these guys after midnight...

[crownsy]

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Default Re: Carl Landry was shot.
The details are even worse


Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry suffered a gunshot wound to his lower leg early this morning in a possible drive-by shooting or failed robbery near downtown, police said.

Landry, 25, was released after treatment at Memorial Hermann Hospital. A team spokesman said he suffered a flesh wound and is expected to be out of the lineup for one to two weeks.

The incident happened in the 3100 block of Leeland, a short distance southeast of downtown, about 4:20 a.m., Houston police said in a preliminary report.

Landry and the rest of the Rockets had just returned from New Orleans after their 95-84 victory over the Hornets. The team's charter flight landed at Hobby Airport shortly after midnight, according to a team spokesman.

According to police, Landry was driving when another vehicle bumped his car. He got out to inspect the damage and two shots were fired from the other vehicle as it slowly passed him, team officials said.

The second shot struck Landry.

Descriptions of the vehicle and its occupants were not yet available this morning. Police have not determined whether the vehicle may have bumped Landry's car in an effort to rob him.

Fortunately, it's nothing too serious and he should be back in 1 or 2 weeks.

  As Doc says, nothing good happens to these guys after midnight...

agreed, but the article makes it sound more like thier plane was just getting back rather than he was out partying. although it does say the plane landed shortly after midnight, so he probley cleared the airport at what, 1-1:30 AM i bet?

Be intersting to see a timeline. Just glad he's alright.

[Steve Weinman]

Get well soon, Carl - and like crownsy said, glad it wasn't worse.

Hate to see that stuff happen to anyone.

-sw

[twinbree]

That's crazy. Glad to hear he'll be fine.

[ACF]

Get well soon, Carl - and like crownsy said, glad it wasn't worse.

[bdm860]

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Default Re: Carl Landry was shot.
The details are even worse


Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry suffered a gunshot wound to his lower leg early this morning in a possible drive-by shooting or failed robbery near downtown, police said.

Landry, 25, was released after treatment at Memorial Hermann Hospital. A team spokesman said he suffered a flesh wound and is expected to be out of the lineup for one to two weeks.

The incident happened in the 3100 block of Leeland, a short distance southeast of downtown, about 4:20 a.m., Houston police said in a preliminary report.

Landry and the rest of the Rockets had just returned from New Orleans after their 95-84 victory over the Hornets. The team's charter flight landed at Hobby Airport shortly after midnight, according to a team spokesman.

According to police, Landry was driving when another vehicle bumped his car. He got out to inspect the damage and two shots were fired from the other vehicle as it slowly passed him, team officials said.

The second shot struck Landry.

Descriptions of the vehicle and its occupants were not yet available this morning. Police have not determined whether the vehicle may have bumped Landry's car in an effort to rob him.

Fortunately, it's nothing too serious and he should be back in 1 or 2 weeks.

  As Doc says, nothing good happens to these guys after midnight...

agreed, but the article makes it sound more like thier plane was just getting back rather than he was out partying. although it does say the plane landed shortly after midnight, so he probley cleared the airport at what, 1-1:30 AM i bet?

Be intersting to see a timeline. Just glad he's alright.

I know you questioned what Landry was doing out at 4:30am, but the AP is reporting differently now, so maybe that clears the timeline up a little.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BKN_ROCKETS_LANDRY_SHOT?SITE=AZTUS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m., a few hours after the Rockets returned from a game at New Orleans. Landry drove home after the team arrived about 12:30 a.m.

Smith originally said the incident occurred about 4 a.m., but said later that was the time authorities were notified. Smith did not know if Landry was the person who called police.

And this is what they're reporting now about how it all went down:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/bk/bkn/6316071.html

Landry and the rest of the Rockets had just returned from New Orleans after their 95-84 victory over the Hornets. The team’s charter flight landed at Hobby Airport shortly after midnight, according to a team spokesman. The incident happened in the 2900 block of Leeland, a short distance southeast of downtown, at about 2:30 a.m., Houston police said.

According to senior officers D.W. Arnold and R.A. Moreno of the Houston police homicide division, Landry was driving southbound on Leeland with a female passenger when a gray Honda Civic, traveling northbound, swerved into Landry’s lane and sideswiped his sport utility vehicle.

Landry made a partial U-turn near Palmer Street, and the Honda also turned around and again struck Landry’s SUV, causing it to hit a wooden utility pole and stop, the officers said.

After Landry got out, two men got out of the Honda, and one of them pulled a pistol from his back pocket and fired twice, police said. After being hit, Landry ran for help, they said. The two men ran after Landry for a short distance before giving up and running away, police said. The woman in Landry’s SUV was not injured, they said.

Landry described the attackers as Hispanic men in their early- to mid-20s, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 150 to 160 pounds. They had short black hair and wore all-black clothing, he said.

Feel free to question who that women was though. 

[Steve Weinman]

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Default Re: Carl Landry was shot.
The details are even worse


Houston Rockets forward Carl Landry suffered a gunshot wound to his lower leg early this morning in a possible drive-by shooting or failed robbery near downtown, police said.

Landry, 25, was released after treatment at Memorial Hermann Hospital. A team spokesman said he suffered a flesh wound and is expected to be out of the lineup for one to two weeks.

The incident happened in the 3100 block of Leeland, a short distance southeast of downtown, about 4:20 a.m., Houston police said in a preliminary report.

Landry and the rest of the Rockets had just returned from New Orleans after their 95-84 victory over the Hornets. The team's charter flight landed at Hobby Airport shortly after midnight, according to a team spokesman.

According to police, Landry was driving when another vehicle bumped his car. He got out to inspect the damage and two shots were fired from the other vehicle as it slowly passed him, team officials said.

The second shot struck Landry.

Descriptions of the vehicle and its occupants were not yet available this morning. Police have not determined whether the vehicle may have bumped Landry's car in an effort to rob him.

Fortunately, it's nothing too serious and he should be back in 1 or 2 weeks.

  As Doc says, nothing good happens to these guys after midnight...

agreed, but the article makes it sound more like thier plane was just getting back rather than he was out partying. although it does say the plane landed shortly after midnight, so he probley cleared the airport at what, 1-1:30 AM i bet?

Be intersting to see a timeline. Just glad he's alright.

I know you questioned what Landry was doing out at 4:30am, but the AP is reporting differently now, so maybe that clears the timeline up a little.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BKN_ROCKETS_LANDRY_SHOT?SITE=AZTUS&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

The shooting occurred about 2:30 a.m., a few hours after the Rockets returned from a game at New Orleans. Landry drove home after the team arrived about 12:30 a.m.

Smith originally said the incident occurred about 4 a.m., but said later that was the time authorities were notified. Smith did not know if Landry was the person who called police.

Thanks for following up on that, bdm - hadn't seen that previously.

-sw

[Reggie's Ghost]

Anyone else confused how this might have been a robbery attempt?