Burress alleges in TV interview that nightclub security staff knew he was carrying a weapon

Burress alleges security staff knew he had a gun

Plaxico Burress alleged in a television interview that security staff knew he was carrying a gun upon entering a Manhattan nightclub where he later accidentally shot himself in the thigh.

In an excerpt of an ESPN interview broadcast Monday night, Burress says his .40-caliber Glock fired after he missed a step walking up stairs. The gun began to slide down his pant leg, and Burress said he accidentally pulled the trigger through his pants when he tried to stop the gun from hitting the ground.

“My finger hit, like, right on the trigger,” he said. “What are the odds on that happening?”

The full interview will be broadcast Tuesday night.

The former Giants receiver pleaded guilty last week to a weapons charge stemming from the November incident and accepted a two-year prison term. He is to be sentenced Sept. 22.

Burress said the shooting happened about five minutes after he entered the Latin Quarter night club, and that he didn’t realize immediately that he had been shot. He said nobody in the club heard the gun go off.

“I take two or three steps and like my pants are wet,” Burress said in the interview. “I had some Chuck Taylor’s (Converse sneakers) and I looked down and the top of my shoe is red.”

Burress said he immediately turned to Giants teammate Antonio Pierce and asked the middle linebacker to take him to the hospital.

“And he was like ‘Why?” Burress said. “I said I just think I shot myself, and he was like ‘Noooo!”

Burress said he was wearing black jeans, not sweat pants as previously reported.

When asked why he didn’t have a holster, Burress said simply:

“Bad judgment.”