![]() ![]() The team has said the firearms were unloaded and kept in a locked container with no ammunition. The Wizards and Arenas have both acknowledged that Arenas kept guns in his locker. The Wizards said they are co-operating and they "take this situation and the ongoing investigation very seriously." The team had no further comment. "We are not taking any independent action at this time."ĭ.C. law enforcement authorities, which we are monitoring closely," NBA spokesman Tim Frank said in a statement. "There is an active investigation by D.C. The NBA and the Wizards would only confirm that an investigation is taking place - and it's being led by law enforcement, not the league. A message left for Crittenton's agent also was not returned. He did not respond to a text message left by The Associated Press. ![]() We are not taking any independent action at this time.The investigation of Gilbert Arenas and the guns he took to the Verizon Center took a much more serious turn Friday amid a report that the Washington point guard and teammate Javaris Crittenton allegedly drew on each other during a locker-room argument over a gambling debt.Īrenas responded with a flurry of messages on Twitter, at times making light of the news but also making one tweet that read somewhat like a denial: "I understand this is serious.but if u ever met me you know i dont do serious things im a goof ball this story today dont sound goofy to me."Īrenas later tweeted he couldn't talk about the report the way he wanted to. NBA spokesman Tim Frank declined to comment on Arenas' comments, deferring to an earlier statement: "There is an active investigation by DC law enforcement authorities, which we are monitoring closely. He offered a public apology to the league, his teammates and his fans, saying, "I promise to do better in the future." "I brought them without any ammunition into the District of Columbia, mistakenly believing that the recent change in the DC gun laws allowed a person to store unloaded guns in the District," he said in the statement. Arenas said he told authorities that he stored four unloaded guns in his locker the Verizon Center to keep them away from his children.Īrenas said he told authorities that he stored four unloaded guns in his locker the Verizon Center to keep them away from his children. attorney's office declined to comment on Arenas' statement, citing the ongoing investigation. Arenas answered every question asked of him," Wainstein said in Monday's statement.Ī spokesman for the U.S. "Over the course of a two-hour interview this afternoon, Mr. Arenas has been fully cooperative with the investigation," Wainstein said in a statement, noting that Arenas relinquished the guns to Wizards security officers and met with authorities to "tell the full story." metropolitan police about the incident, according to his attorney, Kenneth L. Attorney's Office in Washington and with D.C. I'm extremely confident he'll be exonerated."Īsked if Crittenton brought a gun into the Verizon Center that day, Bartelstein said, "I'm not going to get into details." He said Crittenton has not met with authorities, nor has such a meeting been requested or scheduled.Īrenas, a three-time NBA All-Star, spent Monday afternoon in a voluntary meeting with federal prosecutors at the U.S. Joke or not, I now recognize that what I did was a mistake and was wrong."Ĭiting NBA sources last month, the New York Post reported that Arenas and Javaris Crittenton both brandished firearms in the team's locker room.Īuthorities continue to investigate the incident.Ĭrittenton's agent, Mark Bartelstein, told CNN Monday that his client "hasn't done anything wrong. "Contrary to some press accounts, I never threatened or assaulted anyone with the guns and never pointed them at anyone. "I took the unloaded guns out in a misguided effort to play a joke on a teammate," Arenas said in a statement released Monday. ![]() Washington (CNN) - Washington Wizards point guard Gilbert Arenas admits he drew guns in the team locker room in a highly publicized December 21 incident, but says he was only kidding around. ![]()
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