Former NFL wide receiver Braylon Edwards took a move that may have saved the life of an elderly man who was being beaten over a disagreement in the locker room of a Michigan YMCA.
Edwards said she was in a locker room at a YMCA in Farmington Hills, Michigan, when she heard a 25-year-old man and an 80-year-old man arguing, which quickly escalated.
“I walk into the locker room after work and basically I hear people about four rows behind me arguing about the music and how that music is being played too loud,” Edwards said. . Click on “Detroit”. “So, I wasn’t paying attention, I was just minding my own business.”
The former Cleveland Browns and New York Jets player added that once he heard the disturbing sounds, he decided to investigate.
“I know what a fight sounds like because the noise escalates and then I hear pushing and shoving, but when I hear the thud that’s when I get up and turn around,” Edwards said. continued. “I then saw the man, who I thought was reaching for his cell phone underneath the victim, grab the victim by the hair on the back of his head and attempt to slam him against the counter.”
according to reporta 25-year-old man was punching an elderly man, and law enforcement officials told Edwards that if he hadn’t intervened, the elderly man likely would have died.
“If you hadn’t intervened at that critical moment, this man could have been killed,” reporter Sean Lee told Edwards.
“I didn’t know it was that serious. I mean, I think the victim probably had a severe concussion in nature. But until I talked to Detective Jacobs in Farmington, I didn’t know. He told me that if I didn’t intervene…’ . . . But at the end of the day, that’s what humans do,” Edwards explained.
The unidentified 25-year-old boy initially fled on foot, prompting police to direct local schools to put them on lockdown as a precaution until the suspect is located. The suspect was arrested and remains in custody, but no further information was available from local media outlets.
The victim is recovering in the hospital, and Edwards said he hopes to see him when he is released.
“People go to exercise, have fun, and live to be 80 years old. They don’t expect something to potentially kill them,” Edwards commented, adding that the need to protect the elderly emphasized. “My mother, my grandmother, my father…the moment I get home, it’s them that I think about.”
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