On Wednesday night there was a mass shooting in the city of York, in the state of South Carolina
, which left five dead, including a doctor, his wife and their two grandchildren.
The gunman was the former NFL player, Phillip Adams, who according to sources close to the investigation committed suicide at
dawn on Thursday, April 8, 2021.
According to the same source, who to protect himself decided to remain anonymous, the murdered doctor,
who went by the name of Robert Lesslie, and who was 70 years old, had been the doctor of the former Atlanta Falcons and San Francisco 49ers player .
According to the York County Sheriff's Office, in addition to Lesslie's family,
a 38-year-old man named James Lewis was
also found dead,
as well as a sixth person who was hospitalized with serious gunshot wounds.
Horrific story out of South Carolina.
A source close to the investigation says former NFL player Phillip Adams killed five people including doctor Dr. Robert Lesslie & his wife Barbara and his grandchildren Adah, age 9 & Noah, age 5. # FOX35 @ fox35orlando https://t.co/ uFP2lDDezI
- Amy Kaufeldt FOX 35 (@ Fox35Amy) April 8, 2021
Who was Phillip Adams?
Drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2010 NFL Draft, Adams played five seasons in the NFL.
After his brief stay with the Californians, he came to the New England Patriots.
In that same year he played with the Seattle Seahawks.
He also went through Oakland, Jets and Atlanta.
Injury problems and several concussions caused him to retire from the NFL.
In five years, he barely played 78 games,
that is, 80% of the games, having regularity with San Francisco, Atlanta, Jets and Oakland, and little activity in the Patriots and Seahawks.
