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Posted: 05/02/2012

    SAN DIEGO -- Oceanside Police have apparently responded to Junior Seau's home on South The Strand in Oceanside. The Chargers Hall Of Famer killed himself, a witness who heard the news from police told 10News.

    Oceanside Police confirmed that something is going on in the area but would not give details other than to say further information is coming.

    A witness told 10News that police responded with a large presence at the location at about 10 a.m. and closed the roadway.

    The witness also told 10News that a gunshot was heard inside Seau's home.

    10News has not confirmed reports of the gunshot.

    UTSandiego.com reports Oceanside police responded to a report of a shooting at Seau's beachfront home. A 911 call reporting a possible suicide was made to police at 10 a.m., a dispatcher told the newspaper.
     
    Citing a law enforcement source at the scene, tmz.com says police believe Seau shot himself.
     
    Citing multiple sources the North County Times said Seau was found by a housekeeper with a gunshot wound to the chest.
     

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