Cowboys’ Marshawn Kneeland Texted Goodbye, Crashed, Then Took Own Life

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The Frisco Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety have released more details about the death of Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland on Thursday morning.

As previously reported by The Dallas Express, both the Cowboys and Kneeland’s agent have confirmed the passing of the second-year defensive lineman, with details now emerging about the events that took place before his death.

The Frisco Police Department released a statement, writing that Kneeland died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after an “outside agency vehicle pursuit that led to a multi-agency search in Frisco.”

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The initial incident began on November 5, around 10:33 p.m., when Frisco police officers were called to assist the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) in locating a vehicle that had eluded DPS troopers during a high-speed pursuit.

Texas DPS also released a statement about the incident, writing that troopers “attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation on the northbound lanes of the Dallas North Tollway near Keller Springs Blvd.”

“The driver refused to stop, resulting in a pursuit with DPS Troopers. However, DPS Troopers lost sight of the vehicle, and the pursuit was terminated.”

Texas DPS added that the vehicle was later found abandoned after being involved in a crash in the southbound lanes of Dallas Parkway near Warren Parkway.

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Frisco PD wrote in the statement that Kneeland had expressed suicidal ideations before the incident and was later found at 1:31 a.m. with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, though an official cause of death has not been established at this time.

Meanwhile, TMZ obtained police dispatch audio connected to the incident, in which Kneeland’s girlfriend can be heard telling a dispatcher that he would “end it all.”

“She’s saying he is armed and has a history of mental illness. And her quote was, ‘He will end it all,’” said the dispatcher in the audio, per TMZ.

This audio also states that the NFL called the Plano Police Department regarding an unnamed Cowboys player who was “texting his family goodbye” around the time of the incident.

Further details about the death have not been released at this time.

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