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A former NFL player who killed 6 and took his own life had 'unusually severe' stage 2 CTE, expert says
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By Tina Burnside, Delia Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Jason Hanna, CNN A former NFL player who fatally shot six people before taking his own life in South Carolina this year had “unusually severe” stage 2 CTE, a brain disease linked to head injuries, a Boston University neuropathologist said.
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A coroner says an autopsy shows unusually severe brain disease in the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in South Carolina in April.
A former NFL player who is alleged to have killed six people in South Carolina last spring suffered from a chronic degenerative brain disease, an autopsy report revealed.
Former NFL player Phillip Adams was suffering from the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) when he shot dead six people before killing himself in April, officials said o…
A neurologist said his brain was different from other young players who had been diagnosed with CTE, as it showed “unusually severe” damage in both frontal lobes.
By Tina Burnside, Delia Gallagher, Wesley Bruer and Jason Hanna, CNN A former NFL player who fatally shot six people before taking his own life in South Carolina this year had “unusually severe” stage 2 CTE, a brain disease linked to head injuries, a Boston University neuropathologist said.
A coroner says an autopsy shows unusually severe brain disease in both frontal lobes of the former NFL player accused of fatally shooting six people in Rock Hill, South Carolina, before killing himself in April.
Former professional football player Phillip Adams, who allegedly shot and killed six people before killing himself, suffered from a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head trauma, researchers found.
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