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Report: Michael Richardson, Super Bowl champ with 1985 Bears, arrested on murder charge

Michael Richardson, the former All-Pro cornerback who won the Super Bowl with the legendary 1985 Chicago Bears, has reportedly been arrested on a murder charge in Phoenix.

According to ABC affiliate KNXV-TV, Richardson was arrested Wednesday in connection with the death of 47-year-old Ronald Like.

Like was found shot at an intersection Tuesday morning and rushed to the hospital in critical condition, where he later died. The Arizona Republic reported that the police began treating the shooting as a murder shortly after Like’s death.

Richardson, 59, was part of the famous 1985 Bears and sang a verse in the “Super Bowl Shuffle” video.