Soccer player who killed fan back on field

[Upton]

BOGOTA, Colombia —

A soccer player who acknowledged he killed a heckling fan last year is back playing for Colombian club Atletico Junior.

Javier Florez played 75 minutes on Tuesday in an exhibition match between the reserves of Atletico Junior and Real Cartagena.

The midfielder said heckling fans challenged him to a fight after Atletico Junior lost a Colombian league match on July 5. Florez acknowledged he was drunk and pulled a gun on the fans. He said one of them tried to take the gun away and it went off several times. He said he did not intend to kill anyone.

Florez was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to three years probation.

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Well, that's different..

[joeybee12]

1. 3 years PROBATION!!!!

WTF??????

[madinmaryland]

2. And Plaxico Burress got two years for shooting himself.

:wtf:

[MrCoffee]

3. Colombian soccer is fucking crazy

Remember when the Colombian fans killed Andres Escobar after he scored an own goal against the US in the 1994 World Cup? They're deranged.

[Onceuponalife]

4. All soccer fans are deranged

or else just really bored.