Jets cornerback Kris Boyd critically wounded in Manhattan shooting
Nov. 16 (UPI) — New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd is in critical condition with a bullet lodged in his lung after being shot early Sunday in midtown Manhattan, NYPD said.
Police responded to the Sei Less restaurant at on W. 38th St. near 7th Ave. at 2:09 a.m. EST to find Boyd, 29, with a gunshot to his abdomen. He was taken to a local hospital where he remains in critical condition.
Boyd was engaged in a fight when the shooting happened, police said.
A spokesperson for the Jets said in a statement that the team is aware of the shooting but “and will have no further comment at this time.”
The gunman fled the scene in a BMW X8 SUV, the New York Post reported.
A Mercedes-Benz Maybach also left the scene of the shooting, the paper said.
No arrests have been made in connection with the shooting and police continue to investigate, the said.
Boyd was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft and, a native Texan, played his college football at the University of Texas in Austin.
He spent four seasons with the Vikings before being signed by the Arizona Cardinals in 2023, but was released later that season. He then spent two seasons with the Houston Texans practice squad after that.
In March, he signed a one-year deal with the Jets, but has been inactive since the summer due to an injury.