Fan with stun gun prompts NFL to enhance pat-down procedures

September 16, 2011

On September 11, during the Dallas Cowboys-New York Jets game, a Cowboys fan was arrested after using a stun gun on opposing fans in his section. The man, Leroy McKelvey, got in an altercation with opposing fans, which turned into a fight, which he promptly ended by pulling out a stun gun and tasing three of them. McKelvey now faces three aggravated assault charges and weapons charges.

In a video of the incident, a fan asked how McKelvey got the stun gun into the stadium in the first place – which means he would have slipped it by heightened security present for the tenth anniversary of 9-11. After the incident, NFL spokesman Greg Aiello suggested there would be some changes in security at NFL stadiums. Read more