New Orleans native and Arizona Cardinals safety Tyrann Mathieu said on Twitter that he knows the man who shot and killed former NFL star Will Smith in his hometown Saturday night.
On Sunday morning, 28-year-old Cardell Hayes was arrested and booked for second-degree murder in the death of Smith, part of a road rage incident in which Smith's wife was also shot, at New Orleans' Lower Garden District.
Shortly after Hayes was booked, Mathieu, who played collegiately at Louisiana State, tweeted the following.
I know that dude, he been a hating ass coward.... Never knew he'd grow up to be a killer tho.... May you get what you deserve coward
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 10, 2016
To kill someone. I ain't a coward, and I can understand how precious life is.... It's the only one we got! Why would i steal that from a man
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 11, 2016
Also on Sunday, Mathieu delivered a passionate series of tweets about a number of things he believes need to change in order to break this cycle of violence.
Until y'all get them crooks out of office and until y'all give these kids something constructive to do, the violence will continue to grow!!
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 10, 2016
They can't go to parks like I was able to, because the grass ain't cut & the rims have no nets nor do they even have rims ..
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 10, 2016
The budgets cutting into "education" "recreation" and everything else that is VITAL to a kid having success..
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 10, 2016
The budgets cutting into "education" "recreation" and everything else that is VITAL to a kid having success..
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 10, 2016
Not too mention half of their fathers are in prison... So this isn't coming from an angry place but from a person who has made it out!
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 10, 2016
All they have is music to influence them, and if you listen closely to music now a days, it's brainwashing them to believe drugs and killing
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 10, 2016
Think about that https://t.co/aoPgT6O932
— Tyrann Mathieu (@Mathieu_Era) April 11, 2016
