Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland , 24, died Thursday morning. Kneeland's cause of death is said to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a police chase for a traffic violation, according to the Frisco Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety.

While pursuing Kneeland as he chose not to stop amid his traffic violation, DPS officers lost sight of his vehicle. When Kneeland's automobile was eventually found, it appeared to have been involved in an accident. Police subsequently found Kneeland, deceased at the time of discovery, while searching the surrounding area.

"Initial reports indicated that a male subject, later identified as 24-year-old Marshawn Kneeland of Plano, TX fled the scene on foot. Officers established a perimeter and initiated a search o

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