Las Vegas cops might charge Pacman in strip-club shooting

LAS VEGAS -- Tennessee Titans star Adam "Pacman" Jones could face felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from a triple shooting at a strip club in February.

Police are seeking a felony charge of coercion and misdemeanor threat and battery charges against the cornerback in the 5 a.m. shooting at Minxx, Lt. George Castro said Monday.

Castro said detectives haven't determined who fired the shots that wounded three people, one critically, outside the Las Vegas club during the NBA All-Star game weekend.

Castro said the request for charges will be submitted to Clark County district attorney David Roger no later than the end of the week. Roger will be asked to consider charges against 23-year-old Jones; Robert Reid, 37, of Carson, Calif.; and Sadia Morrison, 24, of New York. Castro described Reid and Morrison as friends of Jones.

"These three people were involved in the altercation inside the club. We're still working on the shooting outside the club," Castro said.

When it comes to trouble, no one in the league can catch Pacman Jones. (Getty Images)

Police recommended Reid face felony coercion and misdemeanor battery charges, Castro said. Morrison, arrested the morning of the shooting and charged with battery with a deadly weapon, a bottle, would face an additional felony coercion charge, Castro added.

Castro said the coercion charge stemmed from allegations that Jones, Reid and Morrison used force "to prevent security officers from protecting the public, employees and property" inside the club.

Roger said he has reviewed some of the police investigation but it was "premature to comment on the merits of the case until I read all their reports."

The Titans said in a statement it would be inappropriate to comment on a continuing investigation and pending charges.

Castro characterized Jones as an instigator of a scuffle inside the club that led to the shooting outside.

"Was he an inciter? Yes, he was," Castro said.

Lawyers for Jones have denied Minxx club co-owner Robert Susnar's account that Jones arrived and left the club with the shooter. After 500 hours of reviewing videotapes and interviewing witnesses from the club, Castro said police were unable to establish a relationship between Jones and the shooter.