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Marshawn Kneeland texted his family goodbye before his death, police dispatch audio obtained by PEOPLE reveals

The Dallas Cowboys defensive end was found dead on Thursday, Nov. 6 hours after he led police on a chase

Kneeland scored his first career touchdown a little over two days before his death

On Wednesday night, Marshawn Kneeland said goodbye to his family via text, according to police dispatch audio obtained by PEOPLE.

The Dallas Cowboys defensive end, who was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound near a vehicle he crashed following a police chase north of Dallas, contacted his loved ones in the moments before his death.

“They just received a text from him, a group text from him saying goodbye,” authorities say on the dispatch recording. “They'

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