Here's what the Detroit news is reporting;
Detroit man was charged today with sending letters to the NFL Hall of Fame and other recipients that threatened the lives of retired football great Jerome Bettis and others.
Leon Desmond Barrett, 37, is charged with mailing threatening communications. He has yet to appear in U.S. District Court in Detroit.
"I don't want to talk about it," Barrett said when reached at his Detroit home.
According to a criminal complaint, Barrett sent about 14 threatening letters to the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell between 2006 and April.
Some of the letters referred to an alleged dispute between Barrett and Bettis and his family. "We do not want to have a gunfight with them but if we have to, we will," said one of the hand-written letters.
"I guess it (sic) going to be another Virginia Tech. massacre all over again in Detroit."
A letter dated Aug. 18, 2007, said: "I'm getting ready to start killing some more people. Beyonce, Jay-Z, Jerome Bettis and Tune-up Man are the first 4 people I'm getting ready to kill."
Beyonce and Jay-Z are recording artists. The Tune-up Man is a Detroit radio personality.
Similar letters were sent in 2009 to former Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino, care of the Hall of Fame, and former University of Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz, the complaint said.
Most of the letters bore Barrett's signature and home address, the complaint alleges.
Detroit-born Bettis was a star at Mackenzie High School. The running back won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers at Ford Field in Detroit in 2006. He also played at Notre Dame under Holtz.
Bettis could not immediately be reached for comment
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