Our thoughts & prayers go out to Shawne “Lights Out” Merriman. Details are sketchy, but he was rushed to the hospital last night from a club in Hollywood.
Report after the jump & we will keep you updated with more details as we get them…
*TWEETS ABOVE IN GALLERY*
Via PFT:
Former Chargers and Bills linebacker Shawne Merriman is apparently OK after being rushed from a Hollywood club to a hospital with what authorities described as a “medical emergency.”
Andrew Blankstein of the Los Angeles Times reports that Merriman was taken from The Colony to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center around 9:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Although Blankstein initially reported that authorities would not say what prompted the medical call, he later wrote on Twitter that, “Merriman overdosed, ingested unspecified combo of alcohol-drug.”
Merriman, however, seems to be OK this morning. He’s been active on Twitter, and the only indication that anything might have gone wrong for him last night is that he mentioned that the shirt he was wearing was ruined.
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Via TMZ:
For a guy who was allegedly hospitalized at 9:30 pm Sunday night, retired NFL star Shawne Merriman appeared incredibly SOBER when TMZ shot him out just 3 hours later.
The whole situation is bizarre … considering law enforcement has confirmed with NFL.com that the former NFL All-Pro was transported to an L.A. hospital for an undisclosed “medical emergency” around 9:30pm Sunday night.
In fact, law enforcement sources tell TMZ … officials responded to a “possible overdose” at Colony nightclub with a caller reporting a man who was “barely conscious.”
Sources tell us … the 29-year-old former NFL All-Pro had been inside the club — but was “escorted out” after people inside believed he appeared like he was going to pass out.
Which brings us to the video …
Our TMZ photog noticed Merriman leaving Greystone Manor (a short cab ride from Colony) around 12:26am on Monday morning … and struck up a normal TMZ conversation with the guy.
In the footage, Merriman appears lucid, conversational … and in no way like a person who was “barely conscious” just 3 hours before the video was shot.
At one point in the video, Merriman asks us “So, what’s up?” Our guy responds, “Just livin’.”
Merriman quickly jokes back, “Yeah, me too.”
Plus, Merriman was tweeting around 2:40 am … telling people he was partying with rapper The Game.
So, what REALLY happened Sunday night? Seems the jury is still out.
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UPDATE:
Shawne tweeted about what happened:
