Jets’ Aaron Glenn Confident Kris Boyd Will ‘walk Away’ From Nyc Shooting

New York Jets coach Aaron Glenn says he has spoken to Kris Boyd and is assured nan cornerback and typical teams standout will beryllium OK aft being changeable successful midtown Manhattan early Sunday morning.

Glenn said nan hospitalized Boyd was “upbeat” successful their caller conversation.

“That’s what eases my mind, is that he’s successful bully spirits,” Glenn said Wednesday. “His woman and his kid, they’re successful bully spirits and he will locomotion distant from this conscionable fine.”

Glenn was unsure erstwhile Boyd mightiness beryllium released from nan hospital, wherever he has been listed successful captious but unchangeable condition.

“Don’t cognize conscionable yet,” nan coach said. “But I will opportunity this, conscionable talking to him, he felt really upbeat. And again, that’s what gives maine comfort, that he feels for illustration that and he’s talking that way.”

New York constabulary released surveillance images Monday of a man sought successful nan shooting of Boyd. A motive for nan shooting remains nether investigation and authorities said it’s not clear if Boyd was targeted by nan shooter. No different injuries were reported.

The shooting happened conscionable aft 2am connected Sunday astir halfway betwixt Madison Square Garden and Times Square. Boyd, 29, was taken to Bellevue Hospital aft being changeable successful nan abdomen, constabulary said. The shooter fled nan scene.

Glenn said Boyd has been connected his mind “a ton” since he heard astir nan shooting. The coach said Boyd and his woman precocious welcomed a baby.

“The first point I thought about, he conscionable had a kid,” Glenn said. “And I’m reasoning astir his wife, I’m reasoning astir his kid and I want to make judge that he’s OK. And that’s nan only point that really went done my mind.

“There’s a process to this, which I won’t get into, but I’m happy astatine nan truth that he’s going to travel retired of this point really, really well.”

Boyd hasn’t played this season, his first pinch nan Jets, aft going connected nan season-ending injured reserve database connected 18 August pinch a enarthrosis wounded that required room to repair.

He signed pinch New York arsenic a free supplier successful March and was expected to beryllium a cardinal portion of a revamped typical teams portion nether Glenn and typical teams coordinator Chris Banjo. But Boyd was injured during a training campy believe connected 2 August and carted from nan field.

Boyd has remained astir nan squad passim nan play while recovering from nan enarthrosis injury.

“He’s been a portion of what we’re doing,” Glenn said. “I mean, he comes to nan games each nan time. He’s afloat engaged. To beryllium 1 of nan apical typical teams players successful this league, he’s done a really bully occupation of helping nan different guys we have.”

Boyd, a Texas native, played his first 4 seasons pinch Minnesota aft being a seventh-round prime by nan Vikings retired of nan University of Texas successful 2019. He signed pinch nan Arizona Cardinals successful 2023 and past joined Houston’s believe squad later that season. Boyd signed a one-year statement worthy $1.6m pinch nan Jets successful March.