Chicago Bears Fan Killed in Jacksonville at Bar

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Here are the sad details of the incident from the Chicago Tribune.

The man accused of killing a Bears fan in a Jacksonville, Fla. restaurant and bar “coldbloodedly” cut William Pettry’s(right) throat after seeing Pettry talking to his wife, police said today.

Matthew Hinson (left), 27, “became jealous, enraged, whatever you want to call it and approached our victim,” Jacksonville County Police Lt. Rob Schoonover told a news conference. “He calmly and basically coldbloodedly cut the victim’s throat and calmly walked out of the restaurant.”

Police caught up with Hinson as he was pulling out of the restaurant parking lot in his truck early Sunday morning. “He resisted a little bit, they had to put him to the ground,” Schoonover said, explaining the cuts and bruises in Hinson’s mugshot.

Pettry, of Lake Villa, was in Jacksonville for the Bears game but police said sports rivalry had nothing to do with what happened.

“When he (Hinson) showed up, he found out that our victim and a friend were talking with his wife and another lady,” Schoonover said.

Witnesses told police Hinson and Pettry were “sitting on a bench inside the bar” when Hinson “stood up, cut him (Pettry) and walked out,” Schoonover said, making a cutting motion across his throat with his finger. He described the murder weapon as “a little pocket knife.”

Hinson, from Jacksonville, admitted to the stabbing after his arrest but did not tell police why. Hinson has been charged with murder and is being held without bail.

Just an awful story.