Police say former NFL player Phillip Adams shot and killed 70-year-old Robert Lesslie, his wife Barbara, and their two grandchildren. He also killed a man working on the property and critically injured a second before taking his own life.
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Police Say Former NFL Player Shot And Killed Five People In South Carolina | NBC Nightly News
Ban the NFL. Too many players suffer from CTE because of this violent “sport”.
oh dear…
Mentally Ill or NOT! As long as people have guns this will never end!!
This is all Hollywood scripted hoax !
He murdered an ENTIRE WHITE FAMILY. Children too. This was a HATE CRIME.
I said the Same thing That Atlanta spa Shooting had nothing to do with race but the Colorado shooting was Arab killed 10 White people also
@Reggie TV wtf u on about? That’s fking insulting to the dozens of attacks on asians everyday while completely taking away from this tragedy to say something fkin stupid and political.
Racist hate crime against white people.
The US has a gun problem….. crazy people get guns
Another Fentanyl Floyd
Another Nazi Racist, calling the guy Floyd just because he has dark skin, you’re pathetic.
@Valore Dramack Cry louder.
@4TH 19TH case aint going so well for the pig, im satisfied justice is coming
@4TH 19TH Crying requires being a White Supremacist, it’s not applicable to me but perhaps you should give it a try since guys like you are always complaining about how immigrants make life so hard for White People because you don’t have the education to get a job based on your own merits and qualifications.
Now is not the time to talk about gun control in America, let us pray
Oh come on, nobody knows this was caused by any CTE. Wait until some facts emerge. 99% of CTE victims never murder anyone.
So why is this not a Hate Crime ? Black guy kills 5 white people .
Because Gayle King and CBS don’t see it that way. C’mon man!
Because he didn’t do it because they are white
I’m sad for the doctors family but also for his, his dad looks like he’s in bits ☹️
Tragic for everyone.
CTE 😢😭😢😭
Yeah CTE. He was a great guy. Murdered little children but I’m sure he had no choice. No further investigation needed.
probalby had a fight with the neighbours and on drugs. went crazy. killed himself after the drugs wore off and the enourmity of what he did he realized.
Crazy that contractor was working on the house at that time. Being from South Carolina I’m pretty sure that guy was a gun owner. I bet if he was a gun owner the reason he didn’t have his weapon with him was because company policies. People that work like him, exposing themselves to different scenarios and people all day should be allowed to carry at work for protection.
@Native American Cowboy as we speak and type
100 000 s died this morning I think
There is a site worlwide death and births count live feed …u can see 👀 😏 it
Obviously u live more in life then u work in a day ..
So risk outside work is high
We know that
I know u don’t like the idea .
I understand .i respect 🙌
But ….outside work I don’t carry
As I have no fear or feel edgy or paranoid .
Is just going into a house
Not knowing what’s inside …they frightens me ..
Day to day life i embrace
@As The WOrld Burns we Mutter and Stutter So ultimately you just fear death.
The bottom line is YOU FEAR DEATH.
Interesting 🤔… But when a child is born, we jump up and down. We smile and laugh… 🤔
We love birth, but we hate death. Our life logic is not balanced out properly. That’s the real problem right there.
@As The WOrld Burns we Mutter and Stutter You are looking to protect yourself from death, but you’re not looking to protect yourself from life.
Yet they’re basically one in the same.
@Native American Cowboy what part of i have duty of care of a blind wife and kids who depend on me ?
I can’t die
I pray not next 14 years I make it
All me kids be men and woman and ready for the world
I’m happy to go when I have full filled my obligation to my family and me self
I can’t protect myself 247
God can intervene anytime anysecond
But it won’t be because I was dumb
And walked like a gullible fool into a trap
Is nice to talk to peacefully cowboy lol
And native one a bonus heheh
@As The WOrld Burns we Mutter and Stutter 👍🏾
I think about paranoia and the stories a person can tell themself. Who knows what he might have conjured up in his head?
He a NFL player enough said. That league should be shut down ,
Imagine if a regular business had this many violent criminals. They would be shut down.
We need to take a close look at a certain type of people in this country .
@JeffOfori Pezzidem what type is that? Your ancestors are the worst type of f’kn killers that ever lived. Gtfoh.
If this was the other way around it be a race issue.. Wonder how come there is no marching or protesting or buildings get burned down. 🤔
@Navy gurl How do you know JeffOfori Pezzidem is black ?
@Navy gurl I really doubt his ancestors were black. Stop being racist.
@Navy gurl BTW, you replied to the wrong person as an fyi.
A black man killing innocent white people, but nobody brings up racism. Imagine if it was the opposite.
CTE
This could be a Racist hate Crime He could of been Targeting White people
But of course when the victim is white no one cares. That’s how it is in South Africa
@TheSouthAfrican SHOUTOUT TO SOUTH AFRICA!!!!! lol
@TheSouthAfrican cause your ancestors invaded a country that wasn’t their’s in the first place
“He was a good kid and football messed him up..” — now who saw that one coming?
@All About Roofing do research into cte
NBC and the rest the corporate will not go against their narrative.
Aaron Hernandez had cte
@Lucas Barrett cte symtoms say nothing about murder. Suicide yes. Murdering seniors and children, not so much.
@Silicon Slick Media He hated whites and he murdered them. What else you got?
A hate crime took place. Media: “Football caused this. White supremacy is to blame. Systemic racism. “.
It’s open season on white people and white children. Shot riding their bikes, thrown off balconies, kidnapped, tortured. Arm yourselves. Always seems to be a “mental health” issue when the narrative doesn’t fit. Victoria Rose Smith 3yrs old. Cannon Hinnant 5 yrs old. Conner Verkeke 9 yrs old.
yeah, good kid, football messed him up xD how come football didnt mess up others
Remember Oj
CTE anyone????
Nope, the only one’s who come up with that excuse are self hating white liberals and black supremacy supporters
He just hated white people because that’s how democrats raised him
He couldn’t knock em dead at the columbines so he took another approach.
A malformed beast…
there goes that gun again.it just jumped up and strarted shooting.dont waste to much time on the victims there white.
*If Hannity or Tucker get caught up in this Matt Gaetz fiasco, then its official, Santa Claus is real and he got my letters.* 🎅
Poor little leftist still crying.
@grant towner still crying about what?
Diversity is our greatest strength.
Hate Crime. But apparently they are allowed
no its mental illness stop the bs
Life starts and stops without reason……savor your time while you can because life is very fragile with its ebbs and tides, oceans, rivers, lakes and ponds. Sometimes you can’t avoid the rapids or the whirlpools. Rough seas, wind spouts, hurricanes and tsunamis mark ones life. Remember, no one ever got out of this planet alive.
Get your “He was a good kid” comments ready.
They left out the part where his father said that his heart goes out to the family. He wasn’t defending his son.
He killed them because of their White Privilege to be living in a nice house — In other words it’s their fault.
He had money too but his mind was bunkers.
I feel for Phillip Adams. The doc must have dissed him or owned the newest pair of AJ’s
This is happening with way too much frequency. It gets to the point as if we’re hearing of these tragedies on a daily basis. It’s a pandemic of it’s own. It’s absolutely heartbreaking for both families.
Phillip Adams is the devil incarnated.
Prayers to the family that experienced this tragedy 🙏
These shootings need to end.
You wasn’t saying that when you were watching football games and eating popcorn.
@Native American Cowboy I think football is stupid and I couldn’t eat popcorn since I have braces.
Think he might be a racist
This game needs to be banned now, already it doesn’t make sense big fat men running with a ball in their hands and calling it football now they go around killing innocent people.
He quoted a Garth Brooks song and domt knowbit!
Looks to me this is related to an opioid epidemic. This man needed extensive therapy and psychiatric eval after those concussions.
sjw/blm?🤡🤡…My condolences to the family!
👋these are not the racist you’re looking for. Nothing to see here.
Don’t worry, somebody will figure out a way to blame this on 200 years of white suppression of him and his family
Exactly
Dam
No one mentions of it was racially motivated. Yet if he was white and they were black it would be a hate crime. Facts
Ummm
No
@Native American Cowboy oh and for sure South Africa.
@John Winchester Well… Ultimately there’s no way to know for sure. I could either take your word for it (which I don’t) or not.
Native American Cowboy so if a B does it to 5 W including 2 grandkids they get a pass on it? Tbh it doesn’t matter as the guy was out of mind on concussions and drugs I bet.
If this guy was W and they were B it woulda been race riots
He was on them Drugs or having emotional problems not mental health let’s stop using them words too get out of shameless behavior
Seemed very specific, almost as if he targeted them.
Just another pos thug…
He did nothing wrong, it was obviously all the gun’s fault.
Gun owners are cowards.
He was a ‘good’ kid that cowardly took innocent victims with him. Blame football. 😳🙄
@All About Roofing if you support the NFL then you shouldn’t be talking. These athletes destroy their bodies to entertain you.
And the more extreme the tackle, the more entertained people like you become.
@All About Roofing admit you were itching to use the N word
@Native American Cowboy So lets excuse this mass murderer and show our deepest sympathies to his family. This thread is full of lies and delusions.
@Shadi Gif admit you’re a race baiter
@Shadi Gif stfu
People wonder why I am strapped at all times. This is why.
I had a vet go off on me because I carry. He said it gives him PTSD to see a civilian with a gun.
I told him it gives me PTSD to know I could be shot by some crazy person while minding my own business. And if he is that traumatized…. go to the VA.
@YouTube Censors no one would ever know I have mine. Do you open carry then? If so, I respect that too but always been an advocate for being stealthy personally.
@All About Roofing I have a permit to carry.
It’s sad that we live in a time where I have to carry a gun just to shop at the grocery store.
#stopwhitehate
And we thought masks were a hassle. Wait til we have to wear bullet proof vests, pants and helmets like we are in a warzone. 🙄
The response to the Phillip Adams mass shooting shows what’s so wrong with our society. When a blk man commits a shooting, people make excuses and defend him. When a wht man commits the same shooting, he’s a “domestic terrorist” and all whites are demonized.
It doesn’t fit the CRT narrative. Just like “hate crime” hasn’t been mentioned once. But if the rolls were revesered “HATE” and “WHITE” would be in every headline.
No it’s because of who he is
This is sooo sad! Maybe it is something to do with trauma from his football days! Still so sad for everyone!
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Football is a dangerous sport for health, better they play basketball or soccer ⚽🏀
“He was a good kid” I feel bad for him. Let me take a knee for him.
Seems fishy to me…Democrat inside job?
70% of these guys end up broke 20% end up dead or in prison. Only 10% actually continue to succeed.
Ikr look at ocho cinco and other yards who dont know how to handle sudden wealth.
Wait he killed white people? That’s racism.
BLACKS MEXICANS AND NATIVE AMERICANS AND JAMAICANS 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL WE ARE GOD CHOSEN PEOPLE THE REAL HEBREW ISRAELITES OF THE BIBLE RESEARCH
Isn’t race the most important thing in a case like this ???!!! Isn’t that what we’re told ohhh wait I get it
Anyone burning down roc hill ?? Oh wait nope
So he kills bunch of white people its not racist…white guy kills a couple Asians n clearly says not race motivated yet MSM media says racism was his motive 🤔 .
This is clearly a hate crime wtf
Somehow, it will be Trump’s fault — Sincerely, the Media.
I know places like fake news nbc hate having to report this story that goes against their narrative. Now blame everything but the shooter in 3 2 1
That’s what happens when you let these black supremacists out of jail.
Crazy football athletes are a creation of white males. Tell the truth.
@Native American Cowboy Hockey players also play a contact sport but I don’t see them in jail or involved in crimes all the time.
SAY HIS NAME! Phillip Adams!
Can’t help but wonder if he had that concussions disease they made the movie about.
Omg he killed the five year grandkid too??? I can’t believe the sickos out there and this won’t even be news by tomorrow 😢
Many will die this year. Covid and at the hands of your own.
Brought to you by BLM.
black lives matter
“He was a good boy.”???
The father needs to get some hometown justice…
The trashy ash early brake because motorcycle perplexingly moan towards a rampant prosecution. taboo, afraid beard
So is this a MASS SHOOTING BY A HUWITE SUPREME TACO?
Good riddance just another woke thug gone.
Money cant fix ghettoness
Neighbors, look somebody over looked something in this kid
This was black supremesy. The don’t even mention the killer’s race unless they are white.
Lol… Most blk football players marry white women. And they play for white owners.
Black supremacy nahh…
this is what happens when you pay millions and millions of dollars to these athletes and later cut their career away and force them to live a normal life
Darn all you , flips cards, white supremacist and your mass shootings.
Outlawed No but When guys like Nick BUNTICONTI who was a Phillip Morris Lawyer and Denied people justice , Because of the affects of Cigarettes in the end of his life capitulated and knew CTE affected the end of his Life. Now God says we are all Hypocrites but because of the ” Big Denial” by the NFL , CTE , has now affected the Civilian NFL community. Admission of CTE, compensation for it, then talks about medical care, signatures from players waving future claims then relaxation of hitting rules in football except for Kids and College too protect them. When you lie it makes Thugs WORSE NOT BETTER
Ironically there’s no white lives matter riots
This guy killed 5 white people including 2 little girls. He hated whites, and he killed them.
Well, there you go, guns in the US again.
Guarantee they’ll find massive brain damage upon autopsy. Gotta quit letting kids bash themselves in the head until they lose brain function just for a game. And yeah go ahead and tell at me about all the players who don’t murder people. Then check the stats on their lives after football. The amount of degerenitive brain disease is staggering.
“He had a bad day”
The father was approached moments after a tragedy. What else could he say. He gave his condolences to the families. I’m sure Jeffrey Dahmer’s relatives said he was a good boy too until…
Could this be related to Concussion?????
HATE CRIME? RACE CRIME? ISN’T IT FUNNY THAT NO NETWORKS MENTION IT? IF THE DOCTOR, WIFE, AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE BLACK, AND THE SHOOTER WAS WHITE THE CLAIM OF RACISM WOULD BE ON EVERY CHANNEL. NOPE, THE BLAME IS ON FOOTBALL. HOW CONVENIENT.
My heart goes out to the families. However, what trips me out is how all white people would say imagine how the police felt when the police saw all them bodies etc etc.. However, they want say one word about all the black people killed in the South in the 1930-1960. What do think there families were saying?
The father blames football for this tragedy.
“His mental health degraded fast and terribly bad,.’ “There was unusual behavior. I’m not going to get into all that (symptoms). We definitely did notice signs of mental illness that was extremely concerning, that was not like we had ever seen. … “He wasn’t a monster. He was struggling with his mental health” he said…. And nobody thought after these statements to mention his behavior to anyone? Now 5 innocent people are dead and one is fighting for their life, Plus the shooter whose life may have been saved if somebody had just spoken up. I don’t know how a person lives with that knowledge.