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Rookie Patrick Mahomes II, the Kansas City Chiefs' top pick in last month's NFL Draft, was uninjured after being robbed in Texas. Mahomes, the former Texas Tech quarterback selected 10th overall after the Chiefs traded up in the first round, was back in his hometown of Tyler, Texas, when he was robbed on Friday night, according to the Smith County Sheriff's office.
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Deputies were dispatched at about 9:15 p.m. to a residence when they found Mahomes and three others who said they had been robbed by a man pretending to have a gun.
"We believe this offense was a completely random act and the suspect had no idea who he was robbing," Sgt. Darrell Coslin said, per ESPN. "He wasn't being targeted or anything.
"(Mahomes) and some of his friends had been out to a baseball game earlier that evening here in Tyler. After the baseball game was over, he and his friends returned to one of the residences. They had pulled into the driveway and were exiting the vehicle when a suspect pulled in behind them and blocked them in. He exited his vehicle and approached them on foot, acting as if he was armed with a handgun.
"The suspect then demanded property from the four victims and after the robbery was complete he got in his vehicle and left the location. No one was injured. At that point in time we received a 911 call reporting the incident. We had a deputy respond to the location. After obtaining the suspect's vehicle information and the suspect's description, deputies were able to locate the suspect's vehicle a short distance away. The property from the victims was found in the suspect's vehicle so it was recovered."
Two suspects, Michael Pinkerton and Billy Johnson, were arrested.
The Chiefs said the team is "thankful that Patrick and everyone involved are safe because that's what's important."
Mahomes participated in the Chiefs' rookie camp in Kansas City last week and is scheduled to be with the team next week when it begins full-squad practice.
