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.

Ole Miss announced the death of freshman Corey Adams on social media on July 20. According to a tweet on X (formerly Twitter) from the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, Adams, 18, was a homicide victim. According to the police, around 10:14 p.m. on July 19, a shooting occurred outside a residence on Fern Glade Cove in Cordova, Tennessee.

Adams, a top player on the Karr football team that won a state championship last season, was found by deputies in a vehicle outside a residence in Cordova, Tennessee. The deputies attempted “life-saving measures,” the release said, and he was pronounced dead on the scene.