Mia Bieniemy has been moved out of intensive care after having surgery for being shot twice by her son Elijah, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid has said.
Reid gave the update on Wednesday after holding practice without his offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, who left the team in Kansas City to be by his wife’s side in Virginia.
‘Update on Mia Bieniemy, she is doing better and great from where she was,’ Reid said. ‘Out of the ICU unit and making progress.
‘So we’re happy about that. EB is still with her and that part is important, that is taking place.’
Mia needed surgery after being shot in the left forearm and shoulder, which traveled across her chest, on Sunday night. She called 911 herself and was struggling to breathe.
NBC Washington earlier this week showed footage from neighbors of armed police breaking into the Bieniemy home in Virginia on Sunday evening. Three officers were then filmed carrying an injured woman out of the home.
Elijah, the son of Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy, was detained on Sunday night
Elijah, 27, is being held by police without bond. His first hearing is scheduled for August 31.
Video obtained by Fox 5 DC on Monday showed Elijah in handcuffs standing against a squad car for the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.
He has been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and discharge of a firearm inside a dwelling. Elijah is not believed to have had any encounters with the law in the past.
The Loudoun County Sheriff Mike Chapman, meanwhile, told WJLA on Monday: ‘She had called in – the mother, who we know – had called in the shooting, and it was involving the son, so that’s where we’re at right now.
‘We have to go through an entire investigation to find out exactly where everybody was, what everybody did, what prompted it, how it all transpired, but we’re investigating right now.’
Eric Bieniemy has been excused indefinitely from his work with the Chiefs, a job he returned to in the offseason in a move that had spread excitement among the Kansas City team.
Travis Kelce was one of the first Chiefs stars to welcome Bieniemy back, saying on his New Heights podcast: ‘He’s one of my favorite coaches of all time. I’ve had so many unbelievable growing moments under him as a player.’
As it stands, there is no timeline on when Bieniemy is expected to return to the Chiefs as they build up to the 2026 campaign, which begins on September 14 at Arrowhead Stadium against AFC West rivals Denver Broncos.
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