Vikings' Everson Griffen 'threatened to shoot hotel staff and jumped out of an ambulance

Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen is currently under hospital supervision after what one team official referred to as a 'nervous breakdown' in which he threatened to shoot hotel employees and jumped out of an ambulance because he believed someone was trying to kill him.

According to the police report, Vikings' player development director Leslie Pico told police that the 30-year old has been increasingly paranoid in recent weeks and is 'facing a possible divorce' with his wife Tiffany, with whom he has three sons.

Griffen's wife Tiffany said he suffers from mental struggles and had gone several days without sleeping, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

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Rogue Valley said:

Hope it's not CTE related.

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Additionally, the report indicates members of the hotel staff thought Griffen could have been "under the influence of alcohol or narcotics" and that Griffen, who checked into the hotel last week, created issues/a disturbance "each time he walks through the lobby."

The Star-Tribune reports that Griffen's wife said her husband "awoke in the middle of the night on Sept. 16 and left the home" and that Griffen does that "at times when he is fighting 'demons' in his head." Griffen came back home on Wednesday and then left until Saturday.

Griffen's wife then called and said he was at teammate Trae Waynes' home down the road. Griffen was trying to break in, had jumped through bushes and was shirtless. Within minutes, Griffen's wife notified police that he was in a pickup truck with someone who didn't know what to do with him. The man had encountered Griffen at a gas station, and delivered him home.

Police met Griffen outside late Saturday afternoon, and he was making comments about "777" — having to do with angels — and that he went to Waynes' home because "God made me do it."

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