Trent Faris

FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2010 file photo, San Francisco 49ers cornerback Phillip Adams (35) sits on the sideline during the first quarter of an NFL football game in San Francisco. A source briefed on a mass killing in South Carolina says the gunman who killed multiple people, including a prominent doctor, was the former NFL pro. The source said that Adams shot himself to death early Thursday, April 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

NFL player believed to have carried out S.C. shooting, 5 dead

A former NFL player has been accused of killing five people in a shooting in South Carolina. According to reports Thursday, retired cornerback Phillip Adams shot Dr. Robert Lesslie at the doctor’s home in Rock Hill on Wednesday night.