Junior Seau, hometown icon, takes his life

OCEANSIDE — Former Chargers linebacker Junior Seau died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his beachfront home in Oceanside Wednesday. The hometown icon who rose to stardom in the NFL was 43.

Seau’s girlfriend called 911 at 9:35 a.m. reporting a possible suicide, Police Chief Frank McCoy said. Officers found Seau in a bedroom with a gunshot wound to the chest. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.

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