Relatives, authorities ask for public's help with investigation of Ole
Miss player's fatal shooting
[July 22, 2025]
By ADRIAN SAINZ
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities on Monday asked for
members of the public to provide surveillance footage and details from
eyewitnesses as they investigate the fatal shooting of an Ole Miss
freshman football player in a Memphis neighborhood after a pool party.
Corey Adams, an 18-year-old defensive lineman from New
Orleans, was found with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an
intersection in the Memphis suburb of Cordova on Saturday night, said
Anthony Buckner, chief deputy of the Shelby County Sheriff's Office.
Adams died at the location of the shooting. |
Shelby County Sheriff Department Chief Deputy Anthony Buckner, center,
speaks during press conference on Monday, July 21, 2025, in Memphis,
Tenn., discussing the shooting of Ole Miss football player Corey Adams
over the weekend. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP) |
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Four other men who suffered gunshot wounds that
were not life-threatening arrived at nearby hospitals in
personal vehicles. Three of them had been released from the
hospital as of Monday afternoon, Buckner said.
The shooting happened after a pool party attended by about 100
people, including Adams, Buckner said during a news conference.
About 40 rifle and pistol casings were found at the shooting
scene.
No arrests have been made. Buckner asked members of the public
who may have information useful to investigators, including
surveillance footage from video cameras at neighbors' homes, to
come forward.
“We have far more questions right now than we have answers,”
Buckner said. “We know people saw something or heard something.”
Adams, who played at Edna Carr High School in New Orleans, is
listed on the Ole Miss football website as a 6-foot-4-inch,
235-pound defensive end. He had been one of the top defensive
lineman recruits in the country.
Adams' mother, who spoke at the news conference but declined to
be named for fear of retribution, said Adams was a loving son
and brother who had hopes of playing in the NFL. He had time off
from practice and went to Memphis to enjoy himself, she said.
Memphis is about 85 miles (135 kilometers) north of Oxford,
Mississippi, where Ole Miss is located.
The Edna Karr Cougars said in a Facebook post that “words can't
describe this type of pain.”
“Corey Adams was more than a football player! He was a friend,
brother, son, student, and all around great young man,” the team
stated. “We never question God but this is one we just don’t
understand.”
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