Terrelle Pryor Charged With Simple Assault After Getting Stabbed as Disturbing Details Emerge
By Karl Rasmussen
Some more details have emerged after it was reported that former NFL wide receiver Terrelle Pryor had been stabbed Friday night in Pittsburgh.
Pryor, who is now in stable condition and expected to recover, has apparently been charged with simple assault in the incident. Meanwhile, Shalaya Briston, the 24-year-old who stabbed Pryor, has been charged with attempted homicide and criminal aggravated assault.
Terrelle Pryor charged with assault, woman charged with attempted homicide https://t.co/e3X2z0SPCW
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) November 30, 2019
Some rather disturbing details of the dispute have been reported by WPXI's Amy Hudak. Hudak reports that Pittsburgh police have described the pair as "mutual combatants."
Pittsburgh Police say the two, Briston and Pryor were “mutual combatants.” @WPXI
— Amy Hudak (@amy_hudak) November 30, 2019
Hudak also reports detectives found blood in Pryor's Mercedes, and multiple guns in the vehicle, including a Glock with a flashlight attachment.
Detectives say they found blood all over Terrelle Pryor‘s Mercedes and throughout Heinz Lofts. In Pryor’s car was a black semi automatic pistol on the front passenger seat. There was also a Glock with a flashlight. @WPXI
— Amy Hudak (@amy_hudak) November 30, 2019
Pryor and Briston were described to have a "volatile relationship," with Hudak reporting one witness claiming that Pryor "always had his hands all over her."
According to complaint, witness was overhead at the hospital saying “we should have just let him die“. They describe a very volatile relationship between Pryor and Briston. Witnesses said to police he “always had his hands all over her“ @WPXI
— Amy Hudak (@amy_hudak) November 30, 2019
The incident occurred at the Heinz Lofts in Pittsburgh, roughly 30 miles from where Pryor grew up.