The Dallas County (Texas) District Attorney’s office dismissed a misdemeanor charge against former Tennessee Titans and Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed on Friday, his attorney, Michael J. Todd, said in a statement obtained by The Athletic on Tuesday.
Sneed was indicted in November on a misdemeanor charge of failing to report a felony stemming from an incident involving an alleged shooting in December 2024. Sneed was originally charged with aggravated assault, which the grand jury reduced to a misdemeanor offense of failing to report the commission of a felony. Though the charge against Sneed was dismissed, a civil lawsuit regarding non-collision damages stemming from the same incident will go to trial June 8, according to Dallas County court records.
“L’Jarius Sneed has carried himself with patience and professionalism throughout this process,” Todd said in the statement. “He maintained from the first day that he had nothing to do with the firearm discharge, and the evidence ultimately confirmed his account. We are grateful that the grand jury and the district attorney’s office took the time to look at the full picture, and we are pleased that Mr. Sneed can now close this chapter and focus on his career and his family.”
The Athletic has reached out to Levi McCathern II, the attorney of plaintiff Christian Nshimiyimana, for comment, and will update this story if he responds.
According to Dallas County court records reviewed by The Athletic in November, Sneed allegedly witnessed a felony under conditions in which serious bodily harm or death could have resulted and did not immediately notify law enforcement.
In a lawsuit filed Sept. 5, Nshimiyimana, the owner of an exotic car rental business, states that he saw Sneed and his personal assistant, Tekonzae Williams, in a rented Lamborghini Urus at a Dallas-area car dealership and nearby service station on Dec. 6, 2024. Nshimiyimana claims Sneed and Williams fired gunshots at Nshimiyimana’s Mercedes-Benz G-Class SUV. Surveillance footage obtained by The Associated Press in November shows Sneed leaving the Lamborghini on crutches at 3:22 p.m. that day, then walking past the men and into the dealership, coming out approximately one minute later.
Footage from a different surveillance camera, obtained by the AP, shows Sneed and the two men at a nearby gas station. Sneed enters the gas station, approaches the cash register, then walks back to the same car while Nshimiyimana and Avi Ahmed remain inside the station. The surveillance footage shows a car passing by at 3:42 p.m., with four audible pops and an arm extending from the passenger window before the vehicle speeds away.
Carrollton Police Department arrested Sneed and Williams in connection with aggravated assault shortly after reviewing the video footage, but Sneed did not serve jail time.
“Why did this two-time Super Bowl-winning athlete target Christian? Someone he doesn’t even know, and someone who didn’t even recognize who Mr. Sneed was,” McCathern said via a statement on his firm’s website in November. “The proof is there. There is video surveillance from the dealership showing the car and the person who opened fire on Christian. We want to know why this happened. We’re thankful no one was shot, but we continue to search for the reason behind this incident.”
Sneed is currently a free agent. The Titans released him in March after he played just 12 games over the past two seasons. Before that, he won two Super Bowls with the Kansas City Chiefs.