Former NFL player Phillip Adams had “unusually severe” chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, when he fatally shot six people before taking his own life in April, researchers said Tuesday.

During a Tuesday news conference, Dr. Ann McKee said Phillip Adams, 32, had an extraordinary amount of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) pathology in both frontal lobes of the brain.

Former NFL player Phillip Adams killed five people Wednesday in Rock Hill, South Carolina, before later taking his life, the York County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday afternoon. The victims ...

Phillip Adams, the former NFL player who in April shot to death six people and killed himself, suffered from the debilitating brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), the doctor who ...

“Phillip Adams had an extraordinary amount of CTE pathology in the frontal lobe, the area of the brain behind the forehead,” McKee said. CTE, which cannot be tested for in living ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – DECEMBER 08: Phillip Adams #28 of the Oakland Raiders looks into the crowd during the first half against the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on December 8, 2013 in East ...

Alonzo Adams alleges that while his son, Phillip Adams, attended and played football for SC State between 2006 and 2009, the university failed to protect and treat Adams and other players for head ...

Phillip Adams’ father claimed the university failed to do enough to prevent head trauma when Adams was attending there. In a five-page answer to the wrongful death suit filed by Adams ...