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Ex-Cowboys star Dez Bryant says police aimed gun at him

By Thomson Reuters Oct 26, 2026 | 12:52 PM

By Field Level Media

Oct 26 (Field Level Media) – Former Dallas Cowboys star Dez Bryant says a police officer pointed a gun at ​him in front of his daughters during ‌a weekend incident in Southlake, Texas.

In an interview with Outkick, Bryant said he got into a confrontation outside a restaurant on Sunday with two other drivers who he ‌said ​had been driving recklessly and ⁠had cut him off ⁠in traffic.

Bryant said one of the men threatened him and seemed to “insinuate” that “he’ll shoot me or whatever.” Instead of a gun, Bryant said the ​man pulled out a cellphone and began recording the interaction.

“I told him, you know, get ⁠the phone off me,” Bryant ⁠told Outkick. “So what I ended up ​doing is I knocked the phone out of his ​hand.”

A police officer arrived and ordered all three ‌men to get on the ground. A video posted on X by Outkick shows police standing over three men who are handcuffed and facedown ⁠in a parking lot.

Bryant said he received a citation for assault by contact and instructions to appear at Southlake ⁠Municipal Court ‌on or before Nov. 20.

“I was ⁠really more so concerned about my ​children, you ‌know, looking at their dad, you ​know, being ⁠on the ground with a gun pointed at me,” Bryant said.

Bryant, 37, was a three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver with the Cowboys from 2010-17 and finished his career with the Baltimore Ravens in 2020.

(–Field ​Level Media)