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Dallas Cowboys linebacker Damien Wilson will not go to trial on charges that he backed his truck into a woman and brandished a weapon during a dispute over a parking space July 4. According to a report from radio station KRLD’s L.P. Phillips, a Collin County grand jury declined to indict Wilson on Tuesday morning on two charges stemming from the incident.
#BREAKING @dallascowboys #DamienWilson cleared of charges in 7/4/17 incident at Toyota Stadium in Frisco. Grand jury returns 2 n-bills. @KRLD
— L.P. Phillips (@lpphillips) October 11, 2017
On the night of July 4, Wilson took part in Frisco’s Independence Day festivities in Toyota Stadium’s parking lot. When he arrived, he couldn’t find a parking spot in the stadium’s lot and got into a dispute with a group of tailgaters who were taking up several spaces.
According to a police report, Wilson then backed into a woman standing in one of the spaces and brandished a rifle at a man, “causing him to be in fear.” Wilson told police that “road rage” caused him to grab his gun from his truck.
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Rather than filing charges with the Collin County District Attorney, Frisco police sent the case to the grand jury, which did not charge Wilson.
The Cowboys selected Wilson, a University of Minnesota product, in the fourth round of the 2015 NFL draft. He played in every game during the 2016 season, leading the Cowboys to plan a bigger role for him in 2017. This year, however, Wilson has struggled, racking up just 11 tackles and a single pass deflection through five games. Although he was cleared of all criminal charges, Wilson remains subject to the NFL’s disciplinary policy, which allows NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to punish a player however he sees fit if he determines there is credible evidence that the player did something criminal.
