Mississippi freshman defensive lineman Corey Adams, a three-star recruit from New Orleans, was shot and killed Saturday night near Memphis, Tenn. He was 18.

The Ole Miss football community is mourning the tragic loss of freshman defensive lineman Corey Adams, who was killed in a shooting Saturday night (July 19) in Cordova, a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee. Adams, just 18 years old, was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a car at an intersection, according to the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office.

Ole Miss freshman football player Corey Adams was killed in a shooting in Tennessee, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday. Law enforcement officials found Adams with a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at an intersection in Cordova on the outskirts of Memphis late Saturday, the sheriff's office said in a statement.