Former NFL player killed five people and then himself, report says

Phillip Adams arrives for an NFL football game (Mark Zaleski/AP)

The gunman who killed five people including a prominent doctor in the US state of South Carolina was former NFL player Phillip Adams, who killed himself early on Thursday, according to a source who was briefed on the investigation.

The source said Adams’ parents live near the doctor’s home in Rock Hill, and that he had been treated by the doctor.