Overview
- State authorities have ruled the death a suicide by self-inflicted gunshot after officers found Kneeland at 1:31 a.m. following a crash and search in Frisco, Texas.
- Incident records reported by The Dallas Morning News say Kneeland drove over 145 miles per hour before crashing, with an empty gun holster found in his car and his body later located in a portable restroom.
- Texas DPS says troopers attempted a traffic stop late Nov. 5; reporting from The Athletic indicates officers had lost sight of the vehicle and were not actively pursuing at the time of the crash.
- Dispatch audio reported by TMZ indicates his girlfriend warned he was armed and said he would end his life, and that the NFL told police he had texted his family goodbye; Plano police conducted an 11:40 p.m. welfare check without contact.
- ESPN reports Western Michigan police conducted two prior welfare checks, including a 2023 case in which coaches sought a review of his fitness to possess a firearm before he temporarily surrendered it and later retrieved it after evaluation.