NFL Coach's Wife Recovering; Son Held Without Bond
NFL Coach's Wife Recovering; Son Held Without Bond
The News
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy said Tuesday that his wife, Mia, is recovering more than three weeks after she was shot inside their home in Ashburn, Virginia.
It was Bieniemy's first press conference since the July 26 shooting. Their son, Elijah Zion Bieniemy, 27, is being held without bond on three felony charges.
Bieniemy joked that Mia was the one who told him to go back to work.
Timeline
Mia Bieniemy, 57, is struck twice by a .22-caliber firearm at the family's Ashburn, Virginia home. One projectile travels into her chest. She calls 911 herself.
Bieniemy leaves Chiefs training camp immediately and stays in Virginia while his wife stabilizes, monitoring practices by livestream. Surgeons operate; a fragment remains inside her.
Bieniemy returns to practice with the Chiefs after roughly two weeks away.
Bieniemy speaks to reporters for the first time since the shooting and gives an update on Mia's recovery.
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"She's truly a soldier. She's a saint," Bieniemy told reporters Tuesday.
He said his wife gave him her blessing to rejoin the team, framing his return to Kansas City as her decision as much as his.
What's Next
Elijah Bieniemy's court proceedings are on hold pending a mental health evaluation. What that evaluation finds will shape the criminal case against him.
Doctors have not said publicly whether Mia Bieniemy will need another operation to remove the fragment left behind after her first surgery.
The Chiefs play their second preseason game at Tampa Bay on Aug. 22.
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Mia Bieniemy was shot twice with a .22-caliber firearm and was still able to call 911 herself. Her husband left training camp the same week and did not return to the field until Aug. 10.
The charges against their son are felonies, and he has been denied bond. No trial date has been set while the mental health evaluation is pending.
Sources: Heavy, USA Today, The Independent, Daily Mail.
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