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Former NFL player Phillip Adams shoots dead 5 people in South Carolina before killing himself The 32-year-old player, Phillip Adams, shot dead a prominent doctor, his wife, their two grandchildren and another man who was at the time working at the couples residence Written By Former NFL player Phillip Adams shoots dead 5 people in South Carolina before killing himself. Content Warning  Leaving all of South Carolina and much of US in a deep state of shock, former NFL prof...

April 9, 2021 | Authorities in York County, South Carolina said on Thursday that former NFL player Phillip Adams shot six people, killing five, Wednesday before later taking his own life. Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, his wife Barbara, 69, their two grandchildren, Adah and Noah, ages five and nine, and James Lewis, 38, who worked at the Lesslie home, were all killed in the shooting. An unidentified sixth person suffered “serious gunshot wounds” and has been hospitalized. York County Sheriff Kev...

Ex-NFL player fatally shot South Carolina doctor, 4 others Phillip Adams, 32, who left the National Football League more than five years ago, was found dead hours after the killings of five people on Wednesday at the home of Dr. Robert Lesslie in suburban Rock Hill, South Carolina, York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said. Written By: Peter Szekely / Reuters | 11:36 am, Apr. 8, 2021 × Seattle Seahawks defensive back Phillip Adams (35) warms up prior to the NFL game against...

ROCK HILL, S.C.  – Authorities searched for clues Thursday in the nations latest shooting spree after police say a former NFL player gunned down five people, including a beloved doctor and his two young grandchildren, before killing himself in a quiet neighborhood. Phillip Adams, 32, who played cornerback for teams including the San Francisco 49ers and New England Patriots, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his familys home, down the street from the massacre in Rock Hil...

South Carolina mass shooting: Former NFL pro killed 5, then himself WSOCTV.com News Staff Former NFL pro Phillip Adams killed five people, including a prominent doctor and two children, Wednesday in York County before he was found dead, investigators said. York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson told a news conference that investigators had not yet determined a motive for Wednesday’s mass shooting. “There’s nothing right now that makes sense to any of us,” Tolson said. The York...

Life is Fragile: Dr. Robert Lesslie, Killed in SC Shooting, Wrote About Faith on Blog On 4/9/21 at 9:47 AM EDT Dr. Robert Lesslie, a 70-year-old South Carolina physician and author who was killed in mass shooting on Wednesday often used his work to discuss the fragility of life and his devotion to Christianity. "Life is uncertain. Things happen. Lives are unexpectedly changed or ended. And it happens suddenly," he wrote in an online blog entry, according to the "I know without a doubt that lif...

Memorials left for family shot to death in Rock Hill Memorial grows for shooting victims By Ron Lee | April 8, 2021 at 10:55 PM EDT - Updated April 9 at 6:16 AM ROCK HILL, S.C. (WBTV) - As the investigation continues into the shooting death of a prominent Rock Hill family, people who knew the couple best struggle to understand why the beloved family as well as a visiting worker were shot to death. Vigils sprung up at the Sheriff’s Office as well as where Dr. Robert Lesslie practiced. Th...

10 things you need to know today: April 9, 2021 Harold Maass 1. President Biden on Thursday unveiled several executive actions intended to address gun violence, which he called a "blemish on the nation." Biden had promised to take "common-sense" steps to curb gun violence, and pressure has mounted on him to do something in the wake of several recent deadly mass shootings. "Gun violence in this country is an epidemic," Biden said in the Rose Garden to an audience of lawmakers and...

Suspect in mass shooting that killed 5 played in the NFL By William Mansell  6 hours ago Five people are dead, including a doctor and two of his grandchildren, following a shooting at a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Wednesday afternoon, according to the York County Sheriffs Office. The suspect, 32-year-old Phillip Adams, was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at a nearby home, the York County Sheriffs Office said. Adams, a Rock Hill native, was a former NFL p...

Briefs: Private gun sales obstacle to Senate action News from around the country and world Author: News from around the country and world WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are trying to pass the first major gun control legislation in more than two decades with the support of President Joe Biden, who said Thursday that it is "long past time" to do so. But they are confronting a potentially insurmountable question over what rules should govern private sales and transfers, including those ...