Brain of Ex-NFL player accused in SC killings to be examined for damage In this Oct. 25, 2015 file photo, Atlanta Falcons defensive back Phillip Adams arrives for an NFL football game against the Tennessee Titans, in Nashville, Tenn. The gunman who killed multiple people including a prominent doctor in South Carolina was the former NFL pro, who killed himself early Thursday, April 8, 2021, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File) (Source: AP) By Patrick Phillips | April 10, 2021 at 6:43 AM EDT - Updated April 10 at 10:12 AM
YORK COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC/WBTV/AP) - The brain of the former NFL player who killed five people in South Carolina before fatally shooting himself will be tested for a degenerative disease that has affected a number of professional athletes.
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(ROCK HILL, S.C.) Five people are dead, including two children, following a shooting at a home in Rock Hill, South Carolina, on Wednesday, according to the York County Sheriff’s Office.
A sixth person was also shot and has serious injuries.
Deputies were sent to the home around 4:45 p.m. local time after a report of a shooting involving multiple individuals.
The suspect was apprehended at a nearby home, the York County Sheriff’s Office said.
The victims were identified as: Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70; his wife, Barbara Lesslie, 69; their grandchildren, 9-year-old Adah Lesslie and 5-year-old Noah Lesslie; and James Lewis, 39, who was working at the home at the time he was shot, authorities said.
By William Mansell and Emily Shapiro, ABC News
(ROCK HILL, S.C.) 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 Sheriff’s 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 Sheriff’s Office said.
Adams, a Rock Hill native, was a former NFL player, according to ESPN. He was drafted by San Francisco in the seventh round out of South Carolina State in 2010 and played as a reserve defensive back for five teams in six years from 2010 to 2015.
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 County coroner’s office said Dr. Robert Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara Lesslie, 69, were pronounced dead at the scene along with grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5.