PLANO, Texas — A police officer pulled over an NFL player rushing to see his dying mother- in-law, drew his gun, threatened the player with jail and held him in the hospital parking lot as she died, officials said Thursday.
Officer Robert Powell told his commanders he drew his gun but did not point it, Dallas police said. That was disputed by the wife of Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats. “He was pointing a gun at me as soon as I got out of the car,” Tamishia Moats told reporters.
Powell, who has been placed on administrative leave, had stopped Ryan Moats’ SUV outside Baylor Regional Medical Center on March 18 after he rolled through a red light. He ordered Tamishia Moats to get back in the SUV, but she rushed inside the hospital to see her mother and was by her side when she died a short time later.
