Junior Seau, a legendary NFL linebacker, was found dead in his Oceanside, Calif., home this afternoon.
Police were called to Seau’s beachfront home at about 9:35 a.m. PDT after a 911 call reported a shooting. His girlfriend, a police spokesman said, found Seau, 43, dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. A handgun was found next to the body, the spokesman said, and the shooting is being investigated as a suicide.
(Update 4:50 p.m.) Greg Bishop of the New York Times reports Seau did not leave a visible note, according to police. Seau’s girlfriend told police she went to the gym Wednesday morning and returned home to find the body.
Seau’s mother, in a heart-tugging interview outside his house, tearfully spoke of her son. “I appreciate everybody showing your love,” she said. “I appreciate you guys showing your love to my son. ... I don’t understand who’d do this to my son. Please, please take me and leave my son.”
Shawn Mitchell, the San Diego Chargers’ long-time chaplain, told the Union-Tribune that he had been notified of Seau’s death and was on his way to be with Seau’s three children and his family.
“Junior was an icon not only in San Diego but throughout the nation. Of course, this will affect a lot of people, not in the least the children and kids who look up to him
Police were called to Seau’s beachfront home at about 9:35 a.m. PDT after a 911 call reported a shooting. His girlfriend, a police spokesman said, found Seau, 43, dead of a gunshot wound to the chest. A handgun was found next to the body, the spokesman said, and the shooting is being investigated as a suicide.
(Update 4:50 p.m.) Greg Bishop of the New York Times reports Seau did not leave a visible note, according to police. Seau’s girlfriend told police she went to the gym Wednesday morning and returned home to find the body.
Seau’s mother, in a heart-tugging interview outside his house, tearfully spoke of her son. “I appreciate everybody showing your love,” she said. “I appreciate you guys showing your love to my son. ... I don’t understand who’d do this to my son. Please, please take me and leave my son.”
Shawn Mitchell, the San Diego Chargers’ long-time chaplain, told the Union-Tribune that he had been notified of Seau’s death and was on his way to be with Seau’s three children and his family.
“Junior was an icon not only in San Diego but throughout the nation. Of course, this will affect a lot of people, not in the least the children and kids who look up to him
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