San Diego Chargers linebacker Steve Foley was shot by an off-duty police officer. Luckily, his wounds aren’t life threatening; he should survive the incident just fine.

Sheriff’s officials said the early morning shooting occurred after the off-duty Coronado police officer followed a suspected drunken driver weaving in and out of freeway traffic at speeds up to 90 mph. Authorities said the driver nearly collided with several other vehicles.

Foley stopped three times, sheriff’s officials said. During one of the stops, Lisa Maree Gaut, a passenger in the vehicle, yelled at the officer, authorities said.

The shooting occurred after Foley got out of the vehicle near his home and began walking toward the officer, sheriff’s officials said. Gaut got behind the wheel and drove next to Foley in the direction of the officer, the officials said.

The officer identified himself, authorities said, and warned Foley he was armed. He fired a warning shot, at which point Gaut steered the car at the officer, sheriff’s officials said.

“The officer fired two rounds at the vehicle,” sheriff’s Lt. Dennis Brugos said. “The male then came at the officer and put his right hand by his waistband and the officer fired at him.”

If the official version of events are true, Foley can teach us all a valuable life lesson: the best way to not get shot by police officers is to not do stupid things.

Don’t get me wrong: police make mistakes and the wrong people do get shot. But the best way to minimize your chances of being on the wrong end of a bullet is to not act like a fool when an officer with a gun is pointing it at you.

Just sayin’.

None of which changes the fact that this story makes me want to visit the Hotel Del again. What a beautiful hotel. Had I the wherewithal, it is where I would choose to be married (when, someday, I get married again and stuff).

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Update: And even more, this is just creepy. Which has nothing to do with the NFL or the Hotel Del.

And While We Aren’t Talking About the NFL or the Hotel Del: I think I’m a little cranky with Chris Muir right now. Although, maybe not for the reason that you think after having checked out the link.