Authorities: NFL Player Phillip Adams Killed 5, Then Himself

ROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina have confirmed that former NFL player Phillip Adams was the person who killed five people, including a prominent doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren in South Carolina.

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They told a news conference Thursday that they had not yet determined a motive.

York County Sheriff Kevin Tolson said evidence left at the scene of the shooting led them to Adams as a suspect.

He said they went to Adams’ parents’ home, evacuated them and then tried to talk Adams out of the house.

Eventually, they found him dead of a single gunshot wound to the head in a bedroom, he said.