Report: LeSean McCoy Assaulted Two Off-Duty Philadelphia Police Officers

Former Eagles and current Bills running back, LeSean McCoy, assaulted two off-duty Philadelphia police officers early Sunday (2/7/16) morning, according to a report from 6ABC.

According to the report both officers were hospitalized as a result of the assault.

McCoy was reportedly at the Recess Lounge around 2:30AM on Sunday when he got into the altercation.

Dave Schratwieser, an Emmy Award-winning Reporter at WTXF-FOX29 reports the following:

@FOX29philly Central Detectives investigating 4 NFL players for Sat. restaurant brawl that landed 2 off duty officers in hospital.#fox29

— Dave Schratwieser (@DSchratwieser) February 8, 2016

@FOX29philly Sources say officers suffered fractured skull. Broken ribs. Broken nose. Everyone ejected from restaurant. Video tape.#foc29 — Dave Schratwieser (@DSchratwieser) February 8, 2016

@FOX29philly Sources say no video of cop/NFL players brawl. But there is video of players & officers being tossed from bar.#fox29

— Dave Schratwieser (@DSchratwieser) February 8, 2016

@FOX29philly Sources also say no police called to scene.Unclear if off duty cops identified themselves as police.Argument over bubbly.#fox29 — Dave Schratwieser (@DSchratwieser) February 8, 2016

John Gonzalez of CSN also reports the following:

Police report & law enforcement official say LeSean McCoy & Curtis Brinkley fought two off-duty PHL police officers this weekend at club — John Gonzalez (@gonzoCSN) February 8, 2016

If these reports are true, it's a very bad situation. This story will continue to develop and we'll update as we learn more. Update: 2/8/16 at 1:30pm EST Mike Rodak of ESPN provided the full police report below:

Here is the official statement on LeSean McCoy incident from Philadelphia police pic.twitter.com/QIaPE22zGB — Mike Rodak (@mikerodak) February 8, 2016

According to Schratwieser neither McCoy or Brinkley have been arrested at this time. Both of them are being investigated for aggravated assault because of the injuries suffered. The Buffalo Bills released the following statement on the situation on Monday morning (2/8/16):

Buffalo Bills team statement regarding LeSean McCoy: pic.twitter.com/9W0jyj6vT9 — Buffalo Bills (@buffalobills) February 8, 2016

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