Filed under: BroncosDenver Broncos receiver Kenny McKinley had talked about taking his own life -- a threat that nobody around him took seriously -- in the days before he was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a sheriff's report obtained by FanHouse.
"He had made statements that he didn't know what he would do if he could not play football and football was all he knew," an investigator with the Arapahoe County (Col.) Sheriff's Department wrote in the report released Tuesday night.
McKinley, 23, was found dead Monday afternoon in his home in Aurora. McKinley apparently used a Taurus semi-automatic .45 caliber handgun to shoot himself in the head. Police found the gun entangled in a pillow McKinley placed over his head, one of the factors that led the county coroner to rule the death a suicide on Tuesday.
Deputies found no signs of forced entry, although they did find marijuana smoke along with a small amount of the drug.
McKinley, a former South Carolina standout who was drafted by the Broncos in the fifth round in 2009, played in eight games last year before being placed on injured reserve with a knee injury. The team again put him on IR before the 2010 season in the wake of knee surgery about a month ago. According to the report, McKinley had been taking 500 milligrams of Naproxen, an over the counter pain reliever. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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