Clayton Beathard, the 22-year-old brother of San Francisco 49ers backup quarterback C.J. Beathard was fatally stabbed during a bar fight early Saturday morning in Nashville.
According to the Nashville Police Dept., Beathard and another man were stabbed during an altercation that began at around 2:50 a.m. Saturday outside the Dogwood Bar & Grill.
In a statement released by the Nashville PD:
“The stabbings appear to have resulted from an argument over a woman that began inside Dogwood Bar and then turned physical when the parties went outside.
Detectives in the Midtown Hills Precinct of Nashville released a photo of a man being sought for questioning in the stabbings from outside the bar and are seeking the public’s help in identifying him.
The 49ers released the following statement: