Sean Payton breaks silence on Josh Reynolds after Broncos star was shot in the head leaving Denver strip club

Denver Broncos caput manager Sean Payton spoke retired connected 'shaken' Josh Reynolds' information Friday aft the wide receiver was changeable past week. 

The Broncos subordinate took a slug to the caput after leaving a section portion nine successful the aboriginal hours of October 18, constabulary confirmed Thursday. 

Reynolds, who is presently connected injured reserve aft undergoing digit country earlier this month, was 1 of 2 men injured successful the shooting, which took spot extracurricular of Shotgun Willie's, a portion nine successful Glendale, Colorado. 

Payton provided a little update connected the 29-year-old, admitting that Reynolds was near distressed by the ordeal. 

'Josh Reynolds past week was progressive successful a precise superior incident. ... I'm benignant of similar you wherever I've got the archetypal details, [but] he's fortunate,' Payton said aft Friday's practice, via ESPN. 'I've had a accidental to speech with him, helium was beauteous shaken up.'

The manager insisted that the franchise would marque arsenic galore resources arsenic needed disposable to Reynolds successful the coming weeks, including counseling. 

'They spell into play, each of it,' Payton said arsenic helium besides revealed that helium had addressed the remainder of the squad astir the incident. 

Reynolds and 2 antheral acquaintances were astatine Shotgun Willie's successful Glendale, Colorado until astir 3 americium the greeting of October 18.

Shortly aft they left, constabulary were called to a reported shooting successful the country and yet recovered Reynolds, who was deed successful the backmost of his caput and his near arm, according to Denver's NBC affiliate .

Nobody was earnestly wounded successful the shooting and Reynolds and different antheral were treated for insignificant injuries astatine a section infirmary earlier being released.

Two men person been arrested successful the case, Burr Charlesworth and Luis Mendoza, some of whom are being held 'for probe of' attempted first-degree execution and first-degree assault, according to a constabulary statement.

Police received an exigency telephone adjacent East Hampden Avenue and South Dahlia Street successful Denver's Southmoor Park vicinity astatine astir 3am connected October 18.

The caller, who said helium was driving a bluish Ford Bronco, claimed to person been shot.

The 911 relation reported that the caller stopped responding astatine 1 constituent and sounded arsenic if they were running.

Another 911 caller said helium was being followed and a 3rd claimed they, too, had been shot, according to 9NEWS.

Responding officers recovered 3 victims: Reynolds, a antheral who was changeable successful his back, and different antheral who was wounded by shattered glass.

Police discovered the victims' abandoned Ford Bronco, which was near riddled with slug holes on a Denver Interstate. It's unclear if the conveyance belonged to Reynolds and if helium was driving astatine the clip of the shooting. Police accidental the circumstances of the shooting stay unclear. 

The victims had reportedly been astatine Shotgun Willies, a portion nine successful Glendale, Colorado.

NBA fans volition retrieve that nine from a 2023 incidental involving Memphis Grizzlies prima Ja Morant, who was recorded flashing connected the premises. Morant would yet service a lengthy suspension implicit that incidental and others.

Reynolds signed a two-year, $9 cardinal woody with the Broncos successful escaped bureau this past April. 

He has not played since helium fractured a digit connected a nine-yard touchdown drawback successful the Broncos' Week 5 nonaccomplishment to the Las Vegas Raiders.

A San Antonio autochthonal who played assemblage shot astatine Texas A&M, Reynolds was picked by the Los Angeles Rams successful the 4th circular of the 2017 NFL Draft.

He has 232 catches for 3,116 yards and 20 touchdowns implicit stints with the Rams, Tennessee Titans, Detroit Lions and Broncos.

Reynolds is not the archetypal Broncos subordinate to beryllium changeable successful Denver.

Cornerback Darrent Williams was tragically killed successful a drive-by shooting successful January of 2007 arsenic helium was leaving a New Year's Eve enactment hosted by then-Denver Nuggets prima Kenyon Martin.