A leading South Carolina doctor who was one of five people allegedly shot dead by former NFL player Phillip Adams on Wednesday has stopped giving him medication, which caused the murder, according to officials.
In an interview with WBTV News, U.S. Representative Ralph Norman, RS.C., said law enforcement officers told him that Dr. Robert Lesslie Adams, which may have been a motive for the bloodshed.
“My understanding, he treated him, and according to my understanding, he stopped giving him medicine, and that’s what caused the murders,” Norman said.
Phillip Adams during an NFL game in 2011. (Tom Szczerbowski / Getty Images)
Norman was a close friend of the Lesslie family.
Adams forced himself into Lesslie’s home in Rock Hill and killed 70-year-old doctor, his wife, Barbara Lesslie, their two grandchildren aged 5 and 9, and an air-conditioning contractor, James Lewis, 39, before killing himself. brought to life. said. Another air-conditioning technology was wounded and flown to a hospital.
Lewis was working at home when he was hit by gunfire. A 45-caliber, 9-mm weapon was used during the shooting, authorities said.
York County Sheriff Kevin Sherson earlier said investigators had not determined a motive for the murder.
“There is nothing at the moment that makes sense to us,” he said.
This file photo on March 12, 2009 shows Dr. Robert Lesslie in Rock Hill, SC (John D. Simmons / The Charlotte Observer via AP)
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Adams, 32, last played for the Atlanta Falcons in the NFL in 2015. He was a seventh-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers in 2010. He then played for the New England Patriots, Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders and New York Jets. His career has been plagued by injuries, including concussions and a broken ankle.
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His agent, Scott Casterline, told The Associated Press that the former defensive rugby player “was lost without football.”
“We encouraged him to investigate all his disability options and he would not do that. He would isolate, but that was who he was, so it was not a big problem,” Casterline said. “I knew he hurt football and missed football, but he would not take health tips offered to him. He said he would, but he did not want to. I felt he was lost without football, somewhat depressed, but he was really hard to follow because he would isolate. ‘
“It’s so different from him,” he added. “Of course he did not have to be in his mind. All of us who knew Phillip shook our heads. He ran away from the game. I tried to get him to come to Texas. I’m going to get him a job, but he would not leave South Carolina because he had a son.He was a good father.To see Phillip shoot two children is not him.I can not understand it.It’s devastating for the victims and the families. ‘
Fox Gay’s Ryan Gaydos as well as The Associated Press contributed to this report.