The Associated Press
Plaxico Burress alleges in a television interview that security staff knew he was carrying a gun upon entering a Manhattan nightclub where he later accidentally shot himself in the thigh.
In an excerpt of an ESPN interview broadcast Monday night, Burress says the gun fired after he missed a step walking up stairs. The gun began to slide down his pant leg and Burress says he reached to stop it from hitting the ground when he accidentally pulled the trigger through his pants.
“My finger hit, like, right on the trigger,” he said. “What are the odds on that happening?”
The full interview will be broadcast Tuesday night. The former Giants receiver pleaded guilty last week to a weapons charge stemming from the November incident and accepted a two-year prison term. He is to be sentenced Sept. 22.
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