Former Saints Star Will Smith Killed

TRAVERS: A VERY SAD MORNING. FORMER SAINT STAR WILL SMITH HAS BEEN MURDERED, KILLED HERE IN THE LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT. LOOKS LIKE IT WAS A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. A GROUP OF FRIENDS. ON MAIN STREET WITH PIERRE THOMAS. THEY WERE HEADING DOWN CAMP STREET TO WINDSOR COURT WHERE THERE WAS A ROAD RAGE INCIDENT. SMITH WAS IN HIS MERCEDES SUV. HE WAS BUMPED FROM HUMMER. WORDS. THAT'S WHEN THEY SAY SHOTS RANG ACCORDING TO WITNESSES. FLETCHER: WILL SMITH WIFE IS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL. THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN. HE WAS DRAFTED BY THE SAINTS IN 2004 AND WAS TEAM CAPTAIN FROM THE SAINTS HALL OF FAME THIS FALL, ONE OF THE MOST DECORATED FRANCHISE PLAYERS IN HISTORY. IT IS VERY SAD THAT THREE YOUNG FATHER NOW. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE FROM HERE? TRAVERS: ACCORDING TO COPS, THE , BUT HE IS IN CUSTODY. HE REMAINED AT THE SCENE, BUT UNFOLDING. A LOT OF POLICE OFFICERS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THE COPS TELL LESS THE PERSON AND COULD FACE A LITANY OF CHARGES. THIS IS STILL AN ACTIVE THE NOPD. FLETCHER: THE *** OF WILL SMITH COMING UP LATER ON THE SHOW ENDED LATER NEWSCAST TODAY. WE WILL SEND IT BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO. FARRAH: WE HAVE THIS PICTURE OF FORMER NOPD COMMANDER BILLY