Shane Tamura is not the first former football player to shoot himself in the chest and request that his brain be examined.

To date, nearly 350 former NFL players have been diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) after their death.

The suspected New York City shooter Shane Tamura believed he was suffering from CTE, a degenerative brain injury that can ...

The brain disease has most commonly been found in athletes in contact sports and others with a history of repeated brain ...

New York City’s deadliest mass shooting in 25 years appears to have been carried out Monday by a former high school running back who seemed to have been targeting the corporate headquarters of the ...

The gunman who killed an NYPD officer and three other people on July 28, 2025, in Midtown was largely motivated by his ...

Kansas City Chiefs fans are fortunate for what the team has blossomed into over the past decade but the true fans know that it wasn't always this good.

On December 1st, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, 25, shot and killed the mother of his 3-month-old, Kasandra Perkins. Afterwards, he killed himself.

An autopsy performed one year after Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher fatally shot his 22-year-old girlfriend and killed himself found signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the ...

Signs of CTE were found during tests of Jovan Belcher's brain, a report said. Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend in 2012, then killed himself at Arrowhead Stadium.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A post-mortem analysis of Jovan Belcher’s brain revealed a key signature of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, concluding that the 25-year-old football player was likely ...

Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher, who shot and killed his girlfriend in Dec. 2012 before taking is own life hours later, was likely suffering from CTE, according to the Kansas City Star.