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\f0\fs24 \cf0 A HOMETOWN HERO AND FORMER STAR\ LINEBACKER FOR THE SAN DIEGO\
CHARGERS WAS FOUND DEAD IN HIS\ OCEANSIDE HOME THIS MORNING.\
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE\ DEATH OF JUNIOR SEAU AS A\
SUICIDE.\ HE WAS FOUND BY HIS GIRLFRIEND\
WHO CALLED POLICE AT 9:30 THIS\ MORNING.\
OCEANSIDE POLICE CHIEF FRANK\ McCOY.\
>> SHE RETURNED TO THE RESIDENCE\ TO FIND MR. SEAU UNCONSCIOUS\
SUFFERING FROM A GUN SHOT WOUND\ TO THE CHEST.\
OCEANSIDE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND\ FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO\
THIS RESIDENCE, WE LOCATED\ MR. SEAU IN ONE OF THE BEDROOMS.\
LIFE SAVING EFFORTS WERE PERFORM\ ON MR. SEAU BUT THEY WERE NOT\
SUCCESSFUL.\ >> Dwane: CHIEF McCOY SAYS A\
HAND GUN WAS FOUND NEAR SEAU'S\ BODY.\
HIS MOTHER LUISAMAUGA SEAU WAS\ SURPRISED TO HEAR THE NEWS.\
>> ME AND MY HUSBAND, MONDAY AND\ TUESDAY, OUT OF TOWN.\
HE WAS TALKING TO ME, JOKING TO\ ME.\
HE CALLED ME A.\ YOU KNOW -- I HE NEVER TAKE\
NOTHING FROM ME.\ JUNIOR! WHY YOU NEVER TELLING\
ME.\ I BREAK THAT! TAKE ME, TAKE ME.\
LEAVE MY SON ALONE!\ I LOVE.\
I REMEMBER LOVE.\ >> Dwane: POLICE SAY THERE IS NO\
INDICATION OF FOUL PLAY AND NO\ SUE SIDE NOTE AT THE SCENE.\
THEY COULDN'T CONFIRM IF THE GUN\ NEAR SEAU'S BODY WAS REGISTERED\
TO HIM.\ \page >> Dwane: SEAU WAS 43 YEARS OLD\
AND LEAVES BEHIND FOUR CHILDREN.\ HE'S THE 8 MEMBER OF THE SAN\
DIEGO CHARGERS LOAN SUPER BOWL\ TEAM DYING ALL BEFORE THE AGE OF\
45.\ JOSE LOUISE HEM EN EZ HAS THIS\
PRO TIES OF HIS CAREER.\ >> SEAU WAS BORN IN JANUARY 1969\
IN SAN DIEGO.\ HE EXCELLED AT SPORTS AT\
OCEANSIDE HIGH SCHOOL.\ IN 1909 THE LINEBACKER WAS TAKEN\
BY HIS HOMETOWN TEAM, THE SAN\ DIEGO CHARGERS.\
HE ANCHORED THE DEFENSE FOR 12\ YEARS.\
HE HELPED LEAD THE TEAM TO THEIR\ ONLY SUPER BOWL APPEARANCE IN\
1994 LOSING TO THE SAN FRANCISCO\ 49ERS.\
HE RETIRED FOR ONE DAY AND\ RETURN TO THE NFL TO THE NEW\
ENGLAND BUT NEVER GOT THE\ CHAMPIONSHIP HE WAS CHASING.\
HE LEFT FOOTBALL AFTER 29 YEARS.\ HE CHAMPIONED MANY CAUSES\
THROUGH HIS.\ -- HOURS AFTER THE ARREST SEAU\
DROVE HIS SUV OFF THE CLIFF AT A\ CARLSBAD BEACH.\
HE SAYS HE FELL ASLEEP AT THE\ WHEEL.\
SEAU IS REMEMBERED AS HAPPY,\ POSITIVE AND ALWAYS WILLING TO\
HELP.\ }
