by: Nick Geddes 5 hours ago NickGeddesNews
New York Jets head coach Aaron Glenn said that cornerback Kris Boyd is in “good spirits” after being shot early Sunday morning in the Midtown area of New York City. Boyd remains hospitalized.
“He’s going to come out of this thing really, really well,” Glenn said. “That’s what eases my mind, is that he’s in good spirits, his wife and his kid, they’re in good spirits, and he’ll walk away from this just fine.”
The shooting took place around 2 a.m. ET, New York City Police told the New York Post . Police did not identify Boyd as the victim to the Post . WABC-7 reported officers found Boyd with a gunshot wound to his abdomen, and he was immediately transported to Bellevue Hospital. Boyd was listed in critical but stable condition.
Police are still working to identify the suspect who shot Boyd, who told NYPD detectives that him and his friends got into a scuffle outside a restaurant Saturday night. That confrontation led to the shooting, per ABC News . Boyd was shot in the abdomen, the outlet noted. Police on Monday released multiple images of a person of interest in the shooting.
Glenn is not thinking about Boyd the football player. He is thinking about Boyd the man, as well as his family.