Netflix has just dropped a new documentary titled Untold: Shooting Guards, which revisits the notorious 2009 shooting incident involving Washington Wizards teammates Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton.
Although the streaming service’s Untold series focuses on sport-related incidents, it appeals to the wider true crime community, focusing on wild stories that are lesser known or well overdue a revisit.
Last year, there were documentaries The Murder of Air McNair and Sign Stealer, and before them we had episodes on Jake Paul, Johnny Manziel (aka Johnny Football), and Victor Conte.
Now, the focus turns to the NBA, telling the story of a dispute over a gambling debt that escalated to the point where both players brought guns into the locker room.
Where are Gilbert Arenas & Javaris Crittenton now?
Arenas with his son
Both Arenas, 43, and Crittenton, 37, appear in the Netflix documentary, where they reflect on the incident and what they’ve learned from it. They have since made amends to each other and are friends.
Arenas has carved a successful career as a sports broadcaster, having launched the Gil’s Arena basketball podcast in 2023.
In 2025, he married influencer Melli Monaco. The three-time NBA All-Star shares four children with his ex Laura Govan and a daughter with his ex Lindsay Faulk: Izela, Alijah, Hamiley, Aloni, and Gia.
In Untold: Shooting Guards, he says, “As a parent, what I get to do now is instill everything I went through and say, ‘I fell into that hole, I did all these things, and I’ve learned from it so you can be better.’”
NetflixCrittenton uses his experiences to warn others
Crittenton, meanwhile, ended up going to prison for a separate charge and was set free on April 21, 2023. Since being released, the former Washington Wizards player is using his experiences to ensure no one else goes down the same path he did.
One of the ways he does that is via the Next Level Boys Academy and Empowerment Center, which helps young men by providing mentorship and support in a positive, caring setting.
In an Instagram post shared last year, he wrote, “Once upon a time I fumbled it all… came back and recovered everything and everybody that was meant for me. God is merciful and amazing. I’m thankful.” He continues to share positive updates with his partner and children.
At the end of the Netflix doc, Crittenton speaks about how his relationship with Arenas has changed as a result of them both changing themselves. “He checks in on me, everything is genuine now,” he says. “So, I’m thankful for the relationship that we have to this day.”
NBA locker room gun incident explained
NetflixIn December 2009, Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton got into an argument over an unpaid card game debt during a team flight. What followed shocked the sports world.
Arenas brought several unloaded guns into the Wizards locker room and laid them out near Crittenton’s locker, reportedly telling him to “pick one,” which he maintained at the time was a joke.
Crittenton responded by pulling out his own firearm, which was loaded. No shots were fired, but the incident exploded in the media, drawing swift punishment from the NBA and legal consequences.
Arenas, once one of the league’s brightest stars, was suspended for the remainder of the 2009–10 season. In January 2010, he pleaded guilty to a felony gun charge and served 30 days in a halfway house, along with community service and probation.
While he returned briefly to the NBA, he was never quite the same on the court. Arenas played for the Orlando Magic and had a short stint in China before retiring from basketball in 2013.
NetflixJones was an innocent bystander
Crittenton’s path, however, took a darker turn. After a short NBA career, his life spiraled and, in 2011 – just two years after the locker room incident – he was charged with the murder of 22-year-old Jullian Jones, a mother of four, in Atlanta.
Prosecutors said Crittenton was aiming at a person who robbed him and struck Jones by mistake. She died while undergoing an operation for the gunshot wound.
In 2015, he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and aggravated assault with a weapon. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison but this was later reduced to 10 years, with a strict five-year probation period, which has been going since his 2023 release.
As well as looking at the 2009 incident, the new doc delves into Arenas and Crittenton’s backgrounds and careers, while placing focus on the murder of Jones and the impact on her loved ones.
Untold: Shooting Guards is streaming on Netflix now. For more true crime news, read about where The Diamond Heist’s Ray Betson and Lee Wenham are now.
