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From Mile High to Six Feet Under...

Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting early Monday, his limousine sprayed with bullets in downtown Denver just hours after the team was elimated from the NFL playoffs.

Al Sharpton is trying to figure out how to blame NYPD for this.

Team spokesman Jim Saccomano said police called him about 3 a.m. from the scene and told him three people had been shot, and the 24-year-old Williams had been killed.

"Just in case you're wondering why he's not returning your phone calls at Spring Training."

A little after 2 a.m., a white Hummer limousine was fired on from a vehicle that pulled up along its side, police spokesman Sonny Jackson said.

What? This Hummer wasn't uparmored?

I blame the military for taking up all the armor kits for Hummer! I blame Bush and Rumsfeld and their illegal war!

Three people in the limo were hit and were taken to hospitals, where one man was pronounced dead, Jackson said. The other man and woman who were shot were not identified.

Obviously, they were two devout individuals that this player kindly offered to take to Early Mass.

Jackson said police were searching for suspects and interviewing witnesses.

Well ,they certainly aren't getting any autographs from his player, I'll tell you that.

"We have no motive yet," Jackson said. "We're hoping to talk with witnesses to find out where they were coming from, and that might give us some clues."

Maybe the driver blew through a school zone at 55 and Neighborhood Watch had been hitting the booze a bit hard?

Saccomano said he spoke with coach Mike Shanahan and others in the organization. Hours earlier, the Broncos lost to San Francisco 26-23 in overtime.

"Complete shock. We're speechless. It takes words away. A terrible tragedy," Saccomano said.

Nothing's more pathetic than a spokesman who has his words taken away. They should have a telethon for that.

Pro Bowl player Champ Bailey was among the players and team staff members who gathered at Denver Health Medical Center, where Williams' body was taken.

That's gotta suck, going to the ER to see your teammate's corpse.

Especially if you're losing your buzz.

"He had a big heart and a lot of courage," said Cedric Smith, assistant strength and conditioning coach. "It's a tragedy, a complete tragedy. It's sickening."

And we all know what a big heart means... a really big target.

Williams teamed with Bailey to give Denver one of the top cornerback tandems in the NFL. Williams finished the season with 88 tackles, 78 of them solo, and four interceptions.

Uh huh. More like they both finished the season unable to stop the Niners from marching down the field to get within field goal range.... NINERS!

Players and coaches are off Monday. They were scheduled to meet Tuesday before heading home for the offseason.

How many players do you think are secretly thinking "Whew... this is going to keep them from yelling at me for blowing that game... it's gonna be a short meeting, and then I can go deposit my gigantic check."

On Sunday against the 49ers, Williams had three tackles and returned two punts for 50 yards before leaving the game with a shoulder injury late in the second half. After the game he said he was planning to wait a few weeks before determining if he needed an operation.

I sure how he wasn't thinking that when they rolled him into the ER. You really don't want to wait a few weeks when you have large holes in you.

In December, Williams spoke of his desire to return to his hometown of Fort Worth, Texas, this offseason to talk to kids about staying out of gangs.

I guess he's going back there anyway.

Williams, a second-round draft pick out of Oklahoma State in 2005, made an immediate impact on the Broncos. He started nine times in his rookie season following a stellar college career.

If only Charley Casserly had picked him. Then he'd be on the crappiest team in the NFL, begging his agent for a trade instead of cooling in the morgue.

The white stretch Hummer limousine sat in a snowbank beside Speer Boulevard, a main street through downtown Denver. On the driver's side, at least three bullet holes were visible near the front, and four more near the back.

I wonder if they can repair those. Seems like a waste of a perfectly good limo to me.

My wife got a stretch Hummer limo for a wedding this past year for some friends... it was pretty nice.

And no bullet holes, either.

Police and evidence technicians worked amid snow and ice from recent storms, using small tent-like yellow plastic markers to indicate possible pieces of evidence.

Really? No, come on? Yellow markers?

You'd think for New Year's they'd use colored party hats.