Packers tight end Quarless arrested after firing gun

Green Bay Packers tight end Andrew Quarless was arrested Saturday after firing a gun following an altercation in Miami Beach, Fla.

Miami Beach police said Quarless, 26, and another man got into a verbal altercation when they approached a car filled with several women.

Quarless exited his black Porsche Panamera and approached the women’s vehicle after they left a nearby parking garage, according to the police report.

“It progressively became hostile,” Miami Beach officer Michael Garcia wrote in the report, according to the Miami Herald.

According to report, the conversation escalated, leading Quarless to fire his semi-automatic handgun into the air twice.

The Miami New Times reported the Independence Day incident occurred around 5:30 a.m. and Quarless was charged with discharging a firearm in public.

Quarless left in the Porsche he was riding in, but he was apprehended by officers after he allegedly tried to hide outside a restaurant and tried to stash his gun in a potted plant, according to Miami Beach police.

Discharging a firearm is a misdemeanor charge in Florida. Under the NFL’s personal-conduct policy, Quarless could be put on paid leave until the league completes its own investigation of the incident.

Quarless, entering his sixth season with the Packers, was a fifth-round draft pick out of Penn State in 2010. He caught 29 passes for a career-high 323 yards and three touchdowns in 16 games (11 starts) last season. In five seasons with the Packers, he has 85 receptions for 909 yards and six touchdowns.