Carl Landry was at shoot around this morning and he spoke about the events from yesterday. My first thoughts, SCARY and incredible something more serious did not happen. Carl does a great job of describing what happened. I put spaces in between soundbytes. <div> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0" width="210" height="25" id="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thegame.podbean.com/medias/play/aHR0cDovL21lZGlhMi5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS81ODk4Mi91L2xhbmRyeXdob2xlcG9kY2FzdC5tcDM/landrywholepodcast.mp3&autoStart=no" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> <embed src="http://www.podbean.com/podcast-audio-video-blog-player/mp3playerdarksmallv3.swf?audioPath=http://thegame.podbean.com/medias/play/aHR0cDovL21lZGlhMi5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS81ODk4Mi91L2xhbmRyeXdob2xlcG9kY2FzdC5tcDM/landrywholepodcast.mp3&autoStart=no" quality="high" width="210" height="25" name="mp3playerdarksmallv3" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed> </object> <br /><a style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; font-weight: normal; padding-left: 41px; color: #2DA274; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: none;" href="http://www.podbean.com">Powered by Podbean.com</a> </div>
I almost cried when I heard the sound of Carl's voice. You dont reliase how emotionally connected you are to players still someting crazy happens. He seems to be takeing this as good as any one could take it.
Thanks for posting, still sounds pretty shaken up and I don't blame him. Happy he's ok but you know it's not something he'll be able to forget anytime soon.
To summarize: He's lucky to be alive. The car side swiped him twice and totaled the car against a light pole. He could tell that they were looking for someone. He tried to convince them that they had the wrong guy but they shot at him first. They were less than ten yards away from him and he's 6'9" so he's lucky they missed and just hit his leg. The shooter chased him for about a block. He ran 6 blocks and hid between a house and a fence He rang doorbells and only one guy came down and called 911 but did not open the door. The cops came about 20 minutes later and helped him. He was glad he didn't bleed to death or pass out. It the most blood he ever lost. It happened at about 2:30 and he doubts he will ever be out that late again.
Yep, me too. Recap: Talked about the incident, basically side swiped twice and he knew something was up thought they were looking for someone Said that he told them he wasn't who they were looking for - that's when the shots were fired Thankful that they hit him somewhere that he could still run away Took off and the one guy with the gun chased him about a block. Knocked on doors and finally someone said they would call 911 for him. Hid between a house and a fence and saw a cop about 20 minutes later and went up to the cop and the cop helped him. Kept saying he was scared and that he was lucky to be alive. Edit: darn too slow...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6319001.html Basically everything from the audio for the people who can't listen. Landry appears at Rockets practice, happy to be alive With the Rockets’ morning walk-through nearly complete, forward Carl Landry emerged from the courtside weight room walking with crutches and wearing his familiar enormous smile. Teammates stopped to applaud. Some shouted. His mother, Anita, watched and gave thanks. "I’m blessed," Anita Landry said. It’s a blessing because it could have been a total opposite. I could have come … to see them pull a sheet from over his head to show me that’s my child. I’m grateful that he’s alive. It’s a blessing." Landry, 25, was shot in the lower left calf early Tuesday morning near downtown. He was treated and released at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and is expected to be out for one to three weeks, but said that so far he has been sweating and thinking about the incident constantly, while struggling to sleep since. "I could have been dead," Landry said. "The shooter was 10 yards or less away. I’m 6-9 and I had a bright shirt on. I don’t know how he missed, but thank God he did and he hit the lower part of my leg. Yeah, definitely, I could have been dead. And you guys … would be talking about the funeral that you were probably going to go to in a couple of days. I’m blessed and lucky to be alive." While police continue to investigate the incident, Landry had been asked not to discuss all of the details. He said he went out to eat at about 2:30 a.m., a few hours after the Rockets returned from Monday’s game in New Orleans. "I was side-swiped once and turned around," he said. "Hit me again on the other side. I ran into a big street light. The car was totaled at the time and I knew something was going on, like they were looking for somebody. Both of the guys got out of the car. I tried to plead my case, saying I’m not the guy they were looking for. But immediately they start shooting. The second shot hit me in the left calf." Landry said he does not know what was said, but thought the shooting might have been a case of mistaken identity. "One of the guys, the shooter, mumbled something. I’m not quite sure what they said," Landry said. "I ran about six blocks. After they fired two shots, one of the guys chased me for about a block. I was able to outrun the shooter and I hid in between a house and a fence. I was so frightened so I started to knock, I was ringing doorbells like crazy. One person came down and said he was going to call the police. He said he was going to call 911. I saw a cop car drive by about 20 minutes after he said that. I went up to the cop car and they helped me. "I feel good just to be alive, blessed at the same time. The situation that happened was really scary. It could have happened to anybody. I’m just happy to be here. "You always see that type of stuff on TV and you hear about it on the newspaper or watch the news, but you never think it can happen to you. It was really scary when the bullets were flying. I’m just glad that it hit me in a place where I could continue to run and get away." Landry’s agent, Buddy Baker, said in the coming days he would try to determine whether Landry might been counseling. He said he already knew that the incident would change him. "Going out at 2:30 in the morning is probably not something I’m going to do any more, not only myself but my teammates," Landry said. "Everybody in the NBA, coaches the players, I’m sure it will have an effect on a lot of people." For now, however, Landry said he thought of himself as fortunate. "I was out there in between the fence and the house bleeding to death," Landry said. "My blood was coming. I never bled that much in my life. Blood was coming out of my leg so fast. I was hoping and thanking God that I didn’t pass out. Hey, I’m here and I have a smile on my face. "I’m always sweating and thinking about it all day, everyday. It’s all right. I’m blessed to be here. Things like that, people don’t survive getting shot at sometimes. I’m blessed to be here. Life has to go on."
Man, that's scary. You know he is in a bad neighborhood when nobody is willing to open the door and cops came 20 minutes later when you are shot. Carl, spend some money and move to a nice area now!
True, just ask the Mexicans. Gang wars down there are 90% fought with guns imported from the US, all types of guns, pistols, shot guns, automatics. Never going to change though, its a constitutional guarantee and we have the NRA.
