Phillip Adams’ brain will be investigated for signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy after a shooting that left six dead, in addition to the former player’s suicide
Robert Shook it became the sixth fatality in the shootings in which the former football player was involved. NFL, Phillip Adams, before taking his own life, took place last Wednesday in Rock Hill, South Carolina, according to a report on WRAL.com.
Adams, a former defensive back who played in State of South Carolina at the collegiate level, it was from 2010 to 2015 in NFL, where he played a total of 78 games, of which 11 as a starter. He spent time on templates San Francisco 49ers – who chose him in the seventh round of Project 2010-, New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders, New York Jets Yes The Atlanta Falcons.
Last Wednesday, Adams he shot and killed Dr. Robert Lesslie, his wife and two grandchildren, as well as a technician who worked at the doctor’s home. shook, a second technician working in the house Dr. Lesslie, passed away on Saturday after spending a few days in hospital, fighting for his life.
The legislator of South Carolina, Ralph Norman, told WBTV that Lesslie Treat Adamsand that the attack took place as a result of the doctor stopping to prescribe drugs for the player. Norman said close friend of Dr. Lesslie.
During a press conference on Thursday, the sheriff of York County, Kevin Tolson, said he could not confirm any doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Lesslie Yes Adams.
Phillips’ brain will be studied to detect chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative disease that has been linked to repeated head injuries, including some that occur in football.
York County Medical Examiner, Guest Sabrina, said in a statement released Friday that it had received permission from the family to include the procedure as part of its autopsy, which will be performed at the University of South Carolina Medical School.
“I realize he’s a good boy,” she said. Alonzo Adams, his father Phillip Adams, at the WCNC last Thursday. “I think football blew it away“.
A few years ago, the league agreed to pay $ 1 billion to retired players who claimed that NFL hid evidence of the dangers of playing football. A recent study found signs of the condition in 110 of 111 brains of former footballers, whose brains were analyzed after their death.
“Our hearts are on the victims of this devastating tragedy,” he said NFL in a statement on the event.
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