{"id":43485,"date":"2025-11-18T11:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/43485\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T11:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:52:29","slug":"new-york-jets-cornerback-kris-boyd-shot-in-manhattan-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/43485\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd shot in Manhattan: Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK CITY (<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/ny-jets-player-shot-in-manhattan-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WPIX<\/a>) \u2014 New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd is in critical condition after being shot in Midtown, sources told Nexstar\u2019s WPIX.<\/p>\n<p>The shooting happened just after 2 a.m. on 38th Street, according to the NYPD. A 29-year-old man was shot in the abdomen and taken to the hospital in critical condition, police said. <\/p>\n<p>Police did not identify the man as Boyd, but a spokesperson for the Jets said the team is aware of the shooting. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25009233352290.jpg\"   alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-710869\"\/>Houston Texans cornerback Kris Boyd (17) enters the field prior to the game against the Miami Dolphins during an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec 15, 2024 in Houston. (AP Photo\/Maria Lysaker)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of the situation involving Kris Boyd and will have no further comment at this time,\u201d the spokesperson said. <\/p>\n<p>Boyd has been on injured reserve due to a shoulder injury he got in practice, according to the team. He has not played this season after signing with the Jets in March. <\/p>\n<p>Boyd\u2019s teammates took to social media, pulling for his recovery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody please send prayers to my brother and teammate Kris Boyd and his family,\u201d Jermaine Johnson said in a post to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ii_jermaine\/status\/1990113032911851922?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Mayor Eric Adams said Boyd\u2019s shooting is a reminder of the threat posed by gun violence in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough we\u2019ve gotten shootings to historic lows in our city, we must continue to work to end gun violence. Too many young lives have been tragically altered and cut short by this epidemic,\u201d he said in a post to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NYCMayor\/status\/1990139491554574730\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Drafted by the Minnesota Vikings out of Texas in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/player\/stats\/_\/id\/3929845\/kris-boyd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2019<\/a>, Boyd has played for the Vikings, the Arizona Cardinals, and the Houston Texans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK CITY (WPIX) \u2014 New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd is in critical condition after being shot&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43486,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,491,63],"class_list":["post-43485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nmw","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}