“Backseat of car had 25 guns!” Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson recall CRAZY gun shootout story involving Indiana Pacers squad that led to police arrest

Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington got candid about the Indiana Pacers 2006 shootout incident.

“Backseat of car had 25 guns!” Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson recall CRAZY gun shootout story involving Indiana Pacers squad that led to police arrest

Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson recall the 2006 Indiana Pacers' shootout (Via All The Smoke)

In a startling revelation, former NBA stars Al Harrington and Stephen Jackson shared a gripping tale involving the Indiana Pacers, a car loaded with guns, and a dramatic police encounter. Harrington, known for his candid storytelling, recounted the night that seemed more like a scene from an action movie than reality on All The Smoke.

The story began with a shocking discovery of 25 guns in the backseat of Jamal Tinsley’s car. This was just the start of a night that quickly spiraled into chaos. All of the Indiana Pacers that were involved in this incident had only received their gun licenses around two weeks ago, and Harrington could already sense something wild was about to go down.

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Al Harrington recalled:

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Jamaal Tinsley driving by so I wave him down… As I stick my head in the car, in the back seat of his car, he has like 25 guns. So I should have known this gon' be a wild night.

Jamaal Tinsley explained that they had just come back from the gun range where they received the licenses. They made plans to go out on the spot and decided to head to Club Rio. He then called Stephen Jackson on the phone and told him about their plans. This led to the entire group deciding to meet at the club.

Harrington decided to leave early after having some fun with his team and went back to the downtown hotel where he was staying. When he visited the barbershop to get a touch-up in the morning, he discovered that the Indiana Pacers had been involved in a shootout the previous night.

Stephen Jackson recalls the Indiana Pacers’ shootout

Al tried reaching his teammates, but only Jermaine O’Neal picked up. The latter informed him that they were all at the hospital and were planning to meet up at Stephen Jackson’s house in a couple of hours.

Stephen Jackson recalled he lost his front teeth and almost got his lips destroyed in the incident and had to get surgery without anesthesia (All The Smoke)
Stephen Jackson recalled he lost his front teeth and almost got his lips destroyed. (Image via All The Smoke)

Stephen Jackson recalled the shootout:

So to go back... I see Jamaal running out the club and they was chasing...we bout to fight so I hit one of them guys with a pistol... more dudes come out of the club... I let 2 [warning shots] off... one of them ni**as got in they car... and hit me going 35-40 miles an hour, knock me in the air, I hit the ground... All my teeth gone, my lips shattered

The impact from the car made Jackson lose consciousness partially, and he snapped out of it only when he heard one of his teammates shooting at the car that hit him. That made him stand up and chase the car and shoot at it as well before passing out and regaining consciousness in the back of the police car.

Although the cops let them go, Stephen Jackson had to fight for two hours against the horrendous pain due to the plastic surgery as well.

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