A situation involving Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray getting slapped by a fan following Arizona’s win over the Raiders on Sunday has been under investigation by police in Las Vegas.
A spokesman for the LVPD told the Associated Press on Monday that a battery complaint was made following the Cardinals’ stunning 29-23 victory. According to the spokesman, the complaint was made because “a spectator at the stadium struck a professional football player.”
The original video shows a bunch of fans with their hands going toward Murray, but TMZ has since found another angle that likely shows the guy who may have hit him.
“You can see in the clip, Murray was trying to celebrate the win with someone who appeared to be his friend and others — before a man in a grey T-shirt reached over fans and bopped Murray’s head.
It’s unclear from the video if the act was intentional or not. Seems the man could have just been attempting to slap Murray’s shoulder pad in celebration — but missed badly.”
After Byron Murphy returned a fumble 59 yards for the game-winning touchdown in overtime, Murray went straight to celebrating and shortly into that celebration is when the fan appeared to slap him in the face.
While it’s possible that the fan was just trying to slap Murray on his shoulder pads and missed, the slowed-down version of the video shows that Murray definitely believes that the slap came with ill-intent.
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