NFL Star RB Chris Johnson Shot During Drive-By In Orlando, Friend Killed

RadioOnFire.com - NFL running back Chris Johnson is currently hospitalized in stable condition after being shot while sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle in Orlando, Florida on Sunday morning, March 8.


According to ESPN, the jeep Johnson was riding in was at a red light around 4:00 this morning when another vehicle pulled alongside it and started firing. Johnson was hit in the arm. The driver of the vehicle, Dreekius Oricko Johnson, 28, was killed. A second passenger, Reggie Johnson, 29, was shot in the hand, leg and shoulder. He is listed in stable condition.

Chris, 29, spent his first 6 years in the NFL playing for the Tennessee Titans after they drafted him with the 24th pick in the first round of the 2008 draft. In 2014 he played for the New York Jets, who let him go after one season.

"When the driver got shot, Chris was leaning back in his seat texting like he always does. If he wasn't leaning back that shot would have killed him," a source close to Chris told TMZ Sports. "It wasn't his time."

"Our thoughts and prayers are with Chris and everyone impacted by this tragic event," the Jets said in a statement.

The Orange County sheriff's department has opened a homicide investigation into the incident.