Authorities have charged a 20-year-old Bronx man in connection with last month’s shooting of New York Jets cornerback Kris Boyd, the NYPD confirmed Tuesday.
Boyd was wounded outside a popular restaurant in midtown Manhattan on Nov. 16. Investigators say he and Frederick Green allegedly got into an argument inside the establishment, and it spilled outside, eventually turning into a large brawl involving dozens of people. The nature of the argument wasn’t clear.
Boyd was shot in the abdomen. He was critically injured but survived. A bullet ended up in one of his lungs.
Green was taken into custody in Buffalo, New York, on Monday following a joint investigation by the NYPD and U.S. Marshals Service. He is charged with attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon.
No attorney information for him was immediately provided.
Police have released surveillance video of the alleged gunman in the Kris Boyd shooting. Tracie Strahan reports.
Boyd hasn’t played this season, his first with the Jets, after going on the season-ending injured reserve list on Aug. 18 with a shoulder injury that required surgery to repair.
Boyd, a Texas native, played his first four seasons with Minnesota after being a seventh-round pick by the Vikings out of the University of Texas in 2019. He signed with the Arizona Cardinals in 2023 and then joined Houston’s practice squad later that season. Boyd signed a one-year contract worth $1.6 million with the Jets in March.
