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Rich Cimini
New York Jets player chris boyd He is back in hospital after being released for treatment of a gunshot wound and the search for his attacker continues.
Boyd, Admitted to hospital on November 16 after being shot in the stomach During an altercation outside a Manhattan restaurant just after 2 a.m. Wednesday, he posted on social media that he “had to return to the hospital due to his health issues.”
“The last we heard he had a problem and he had to go back to the hospital,” Jets coach Aaron Glenn told reporters Friday. “But besides that, I need to figure it out.”
A Jets spokesperson had no further update.
It’s unclear why Boyd, 29, was readmitted. He was shot in the stomach and the bullet reached his lung and got lodged in the pulmonary artery, police said. He had to undergo several medical procedures, Posted on November 19th That he was “starting to breathe on his own.”
Boyd’s latest update, posted last Wednesday night, reads: “Please bear with me, I haven’t been able to communicate much. I was released but had to return to the hospital due to health issues. I love and appreciate so much everyone who has prayed/reached out to you, even though I couldn’t contact you.
“Hold your heads up, God is not with me yet!”
He added a green heart emoji.
New York Police Department A possible shooter was identified last weekBut no arrests have been made, and the investigation is still ongoing, an NYPD spokesperson told ESPN Friday morning.
Boyd, who was placed on season-ending injured reserve in training camp, was accompanied by teammates jamien sherwood And irwin charles and another friend at the time of the shooting, police said. They left a trendy midtown restaurant shortly after 2 a.m.
Police said it appeared the shooting stemmed from an exchange of words between Boyd and another group “chirping” about his clothing. Boyd was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition for the first three days.
