Young St. Louis Ram receiver Stedman Bailey has been involved in a shooting incident. The third year wideout out of West Virginia hasn’t been with the team since week 9 and on the week of Thanksgiving, horrible news has come across.
Following from Tyler Dragon of NFL.com.
St. Louis wide receiver Stedman Bailey was involved in a shooting incident on Tuesday, a Rams source confirmed to NFL Media’s Michael Silver.
Bailey was shot in Miami while sitting in a car with family. According to NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport, someone pulled up and started shooting, per a source informed of the incident. Bailey was hit twice in the head. The driver — his cousin — was hit several times and has life-threatening injuries, per Rapoport.
Bailey is in stable condition and cooperating with police.
Bailey is currently serving a four-game suspension for violating the NFL’s substance abuse policy. The Rams drafted him in the third round of the 2013 draft and he has 59 career catches and two touchdowns.
We’ll be sure to update you with more information as it comes across.
