Former NFL player reportedly kills 5, then himself, in South Carolina
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A gunman killed five people including a prominent doctor and his grandchildren in South Carolina Wednesday, prompting an hourslong search that led to a suspect in a nearby home, the York County Sheriff's Office said. A source who was briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press the gunman was former NFL player Phillip Adams, who killed himself early Thursday.
The source, who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly, said the gunman's parents live near the doctor's home in Rock Hill, and that he had been treated by the doctor. The source said the gunman killed himself after midnight with a .45-caliber weapon. The York County Sheriff's Office said they had searched for hours before finding the suspect in a nearby home. The sheriff's office planned to hold a press conference on the shooting Thursday afternoon.Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.