Giants’ Star in Self-Shooting

On Friday night, New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub. According to The New York Post, this was only the beginning of Burress’s strange evening. After the shooting, the paper says Burress made “frantic calls to figure out where his wound could be discretely treated.” He wound up checking into New York-Cornell Hospital as “Harris Smith,” and told the staff he’d been shot at Applebee’s. Police are investigating whether the hospital promptly reported the shooting injury, as required by law. The Post also says the nightclub, Latin Quarter, knew Burress had a gun and may have even cleaned up parts of the alleged crime scene. Burress will turn himself in today and plead not guilty to felony gun charges.