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The Vikings have placed Everson Griffen on the reserve/non- football illness list.
A man who held a gun and said people were trying to kill him was taken to a mental health facility after he refused to leave his home. After 3 a.m. on Wednesday, Griffen called the police and said someone was in his home. He told the dispatch that he fired a weapon, but nobody was hurt.
Local law enforcement and Vikings team psychologists were on site and communicating with Griffen. The defensive end finally came out of his house around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
At the time of the incident, the family was not in the home.
Shortly before the team placed him on the NFI list, coach Mike Zimmer did not give an update on the condition of Griffen.
"You know, I don't know," he said. I don't have much to say about him. We've been busy with everything.
The Minnesota Vikings will not have Griffen for their Week 12 game against the San Francisco 49ers. His absence is considered long term.
