It was reported Wednesday that the apartment of LSU quarterback Jordan Jefferson was searched in connection to the investigation into an off-campus bar fight late last week. Various video and photographic accounts from outside Jefferson’s complex showed “dozens and dozens” of bags of evidence being taken out of the residence and loaded into the back of a Baton Rouge Police Department police vehicle.
According to developments that have surfaced Thursday, more than a few of those bags contained a substantial amount of footwear, some of which may be connected to the incident early last Friday morning.
Multiple media outlets reported earlier today that police seized 49 pairs of athletic shoes (not pictured) belonging to Jefferson during the course of executing a search warrant yesterday. Included in that total were the shoes Jefferson was wearing the night of the bar brawl as well as the shoes he was wearing at the time of the search. A DNA swab was also taken from Jefferson, who was at his residence while the search was being conducted.
A police source told WAFB-TV that “investigators are trying to see if any of Jefferson’s shoes match an imprint found on the shirt of one of the young men injured in the fight.” One of the four victims in the fight allegedly involving LSU football players was reportedly kicked in the head; citing the police report, the Baton Rouge Advocate reiterated previous accounts that a witness stated she saw Jefferson kicking a man in the face.
The witness also stated that she saw linebacker Josh John attacking the victim as well. One of the victims suffered three fractured vertebrae during the fracas.
Jefferson and Johns, along with wide receiver Jarvis Landry and offensive tackle Chris Davenport, were interviewed by detectives earlier this week.
No arrests have been made, and none are expected today.