PRO NFL player Phillip Adams, 33, allegedly killed five people and then himself in South Carolina.
Defensive back Adams, who had played for the 49ers, shot himself in the early hours of Thursday, April 8, after gunning down Dr Robert Lesslie, his wife and two young grandkids at their home.
The York County coroner’s office said Lesslie, 70, and his wife, Barbara Lesslie, 69, were pronounced dead at the scene along with grandchildren Adah Lesslie, 9, and Noah Lesslie, 5.
Dr Lesslie was well known in the Rock Hill, South Carolina, area for emergency medicine and ER work.
A man who had been working at the home, James Lewis, 38, from Gaston, was found shot dead outside, and a sixth person was hospitalized with serious gunshot wounds.
Adams, played in 78 NFL games over five seasons for six teams. A safety and special teams player from South Carolina State, he joined the 49ers in 2010 as a seventh-round draft pick.
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