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Commanders RB Brian Robinson Jr. Shares Health Update After Shooting

Editor’s note: This story contains details of gun violence.

Commanders rookie running back Brian Robinson was shot multiple times in an attempted armed robbery on Sunday evening in Washington, D.C.

Robinson was taken to Medstar Washington Hospital Center with non-life-threatening injuries, and he tweeted an update Monday morning after surgery.

“Surgery went well! Thanks for the prayers! God is Great!,” Robinson said.

Robinson was shot in the glute and the lower leg, and the surgery was performed to repair those wounds, per the NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport.