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Las Vegas shooting giving Lions WR Golden Tate flashbacks

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2017, file photo, Detroit Lions wide receiver Golden Tate (15) looks on before an NFL football game against the New York Giants in East Rutherford, N.J. The mass shooting in Las Vegas has affected Lions receiver Golden Tate. While playing for the Seattle Seahawks, Tate survived a night at a bar that was sprayed with bullets. Photo: Associated Press/(AP Photo/Bill Kostroun, File)


LARRY LAGE, AP Sports Writer

ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The mass shooting in Las Vegas has given Detroit Lions receiver Golden Tate flashbacks.

Tate says he and his wife and some Seattle Seahawks teammates survived a night at a bar that was sprayed with bullets in 2012. A 30-year-old man was killed and another man was wounded in the shooting that night.

Tate recalls responding to the sound of gunshots by pushing his wife, Elise, down and covering her on the ground. He says she sustained a concussion from the force of his protective move. Tate laments the fact that he always looks for exits in every building he enters because of his experience and similar ones like it over the last five-plus years.

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