A man already serving in prison is charged with the murder of a football player he shot nearly three decades ago and who died recently.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — A man in Ohio has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder 27 years after he fired a gunshot that investigators say caused a former NFL player’s kidney-infection death this year.
Forty-four-year-old Victor Gomez was arraigned July 10 in Cleveland in the death of 54-year-old Michael Woods. The Cleveland-born Woods went to college at Cincinnati and played for the Baltimore’s Colts from 1978 to 1981.
Woods lost use of his arms and legs when he was shot in 1982. He died about six weeks ago.
Gomez was previously convicted of attempted aggravated murder.
He currently is serving a lengthy prison term in a separate case.
Last Writes is the sometimes serious, sometimes irreverent extension of reporter Kimberly Matas' Life Stories series, which chronicles the lives of recently deceased Tucsonans.
About Kim Matas
Kim has been getting paid to write since she was 16 and a freelance high school correspondent for the Phoenix Gazette. More than 25 years later, she's still at it. No one knows why.
Email: kmatas@azstarnet.com
