Jovan Belcher, the troubled Kansas City Chiefs linebacker who shot his girlfriend Kasandra Perkins before taking his own life Dec. 1, apparently told his secret girlfriend that he would shoot Perkins “if she didn’t leave him alone”.
The police report, obtained by the Kansas City Star, said Belcher, 25, sent a text message about two months ago to the woman, who dismissed it as a joke. The file also said that Belcher told the secret girlfriend that Perkins “knew exactly how to press his buttons and make him angry,” and that she had “threatened to take all his money and his child if they split up.”
Belcher and Perkins were dealing with difficulties in their relationship, and many other people, including his mother and the Chiefs’ organization tried to help the couple. But new details from the almost 60 pages of evidence and interviews described exactly how the scene unfolded.
Belcher arrived at his home early on the morning of Dec. 1. After arguing with Perkins, 22, he shot her and said he was sorry. He then kissed her, their infant daughter Zoey and his mother before leaving for Arrowhead Stadium where he met with Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli. He told Pioli that he had “done a bad thing to my girlfriend. I want to talk with [linebackers coach Gary] Gibbs and [head coach] Romeo [Crennel].” The two coaches tried to meet with Belcher, and when they saw he had a weapon, Crennel screamed, “You’re taking the easy way out!”
As a police officer was approaching, Belcher made the sign of the cross and then shot himself in the head.
The report also stated that police found multiple rounds which were fired in the home and that Perkins’ body had 15 gunshot wounds, including four bullets still in her body upon examination.