THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTED THAT AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR FORMER STEELER RUNNING BACK ERIC WILKERSON IN CONNECTION WITH THE STABBING DEATH OF 46 YEAR OLD BRAIN WEEMS. ACCORDING TO A POLICE REPORT, THE TWO MEN WERE ARGUING INSIDE A CLEVELAND APARTMENT LAST WEDNESDAY, WHEN WILKERSON ALLEGEDLY TOOK A KNIFE AND FOLLOWED WEEMS INTO A BATHROOM AND STABBED HIM MULTIPLE TIMES BEFORE FLEEING THE SCENE. WILKERSON PLAYED IN ONLY 3 GAMES FOR THE STEELERS BACK IN 1989, AND ALSO SPENT TIME WITH DETROIT. WILKERSON IS ON THE RUN AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR HIM IN OHIO. HE WILL BE CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MURDER.
