PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia police said Wednesday they have yet to find any videotape evidence of an alleged hit-and-run accident involving 76ers guard Kelly Oubre, and coach Nick Nurse is standing by his player.
In an email to The Associated Press, Officer Miguel Torres said there was no update and an investigation is ongoing into the report that the 27-year-old Oubre was struck by a car while crossing a street Saturday night in downtown Philadelphia, leaving the player with a broken rib, cuts and lacerations.
“No video has been recovered,” Torres said in his email.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported police department spokesman Sgt. Eric Gripp said Wednesday that surveillance footage recovered so far showed “no evidence that a crash occurred at the Center City intersection where Oubre reported being hit on Saturday night.”
Asked about the report and the validity of Oubre’s story before Wednesday night’s game against the Boston Celtics, Nurse said that Oubre was at the team’s practice facility in Camden, New Jersey, both Tuesday and Wednesday and he backed his player.
“I don’t think it’s very fair to him to say that he made up some story,” Nurse said. “I just don’t. I’m going to believe him at his word. He’s one of our players and we’re going to stand behind him. And so am I.”
When asked why he believed Oubre’s story, Nurse said, “I don’t have any reason not to believe him.”
A team spokesman said that Oubre “continues to progress from his injuries and has resumed light physical activity with hopes of returning to play in the coming weeks.”
The spokesman said the team and police have been in touch regarding the status of the investigation and details and added that the organization appreciated the efforts of police for investigating the situation and the support Oubre has received from the Philadelphia community.
Oubre has not attended any of the team’s three games since the incident took place.
Oubre signed with the Sixers on Sept. 26 and had just moved into the neighborhood where the
Regardless of what happened, the odds of our police department solving a crime unless it directly involves bodily harm to one of their officers are mighty slim
He was riding his bmx and hit a car. Or he was on the bike lane and got side swiped.
No evidence also means no eye witness.
Basically the police does not believe he was struck by a car based on their findings.
Lmao this is making it sound like he is faking it, here in Germany you are being told that after an accident you should immediately visit a hospital or contact a doctor (even if you feel fine), because a lot of injuries go unnoticed in the heat of the moment with all the adrenaline and it happens a lot that people only notice it hours or even a day or two later.
This sounds very believable to me idk…and why would he even make it up?
Say he actually did lie… what “could have” happened that resulted in his injuries? Didn’t he have broken ribs and stuff? It sounds like he got hit by a car.
If he was lying did he fight a bear or fall off a motorcycle ?
this is so goddamn weird
I got hit by a car on the side and when I called the police they said there’s nothing they can do 🤦♂️
So a cop hit him is how I’m reading this.
How is this news
This is so unnecessary and humiliating. I literally don’t care what happened as long as he didn’t hurt someone else
Look up police clearance rates for crimes. Their clearance rate for murders is around 50%. And that’s murders. Hit and runs and everything else and cops can’t be bothered. You could get your car stolen and have gps coordinated of where it is and cops would likely tell you there’s nothing they can do.
Yea that’s literally the point of fleeing the crime scene
The PPD has been on soft strike for years.
I know someone in a hit and run on a moped, left mangled in the street literally underneath a septa MFL camera. The PPD is so wholly checked out that they couldn’t even get their shit together to pull the footage because the responding officer got both the location and time wrong in his report. The officer ducked the victim for months until they gave up.
It’s that bad folks. Read nothing into this other than what a sad state of affairs policing is in Philly, until given proof otherwise.
Portland is the exact same way, cops outright refusing to solve crimes or help people and then decrying its because they’re “unable to” due to politicians.
It’s insane more people don’t see through it.
Where was Juicy Smullett?