Updated: May 10 2021, 1:02 ET
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CHICAGO Bears running back Tarik Cohen s missing twin brother was found dead at an electrical substation on Sunday.
Tyrell Antar Cohen, 25, was found dead at the Duke Energy substation after being reported missing on Saturday night. Foul play is not suspected, police said.
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The Wake County Sheriff’s Office has identified a body found at an electrical substation Sunday as Tyrell CohenCredit: ABC7
Police said Tyrell died after being electrocuted while attempting to climb the equipment while fleeing from law enforcement.
Wake County Sheriff Gerald Baker said the North Carolina State Highway Patrol tried to do a traffic stop on Tyrell before he went missing.
RALEIGH, N.C. The brother of a Chicago Bears player was found dead at a North Carolina electrical substation on Sunday, authorities said.
Tyrell Antar Cohen, brother of running back Tarik Cohen, is believed to have died by electrocution while trying to climb power equipment, according to Wake County Sheriff s Office spokesperson Eric Curry.
Curry said Tyrell Cohen fled the scene of a car accident in Raleigh early Saturday morning. Police tried to locate the 25-year-old but couldn t, so they called off the search.
Cohen s family filed a missing person report with the police department Saturday night, according to Curry, and officers started looking for him again Sunday morning.
Twin brother, 25, of Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen is fatally electrocuted climbing a substation to escape the scene of a car crash
Tyrell Antar Cohen is believed to have died by electrocution while trying to climb power equipment, Wake County sheriff s deputies said
Tyrell, who is the twin brother of Chicago Bears running back, Tarik Cohen, is said to have fled the scene of a car accident in Raleigh early Saturday morning
Police tried to locate the 25-year-old but couldn t, so they called off the search
He was reported missing by family Saturday night and police started new search
Updated: 12:32 ET, May 10 2021
TYRELL Cohen, the brother of NFL star Tarik Cohen, was found dead on May 9, 2021, in Wake County, North Carolina, at the age of 25.
But who is Tarik Cohen s twin brother Tyrell Antar and how did he die? Here is what we know so far.
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Who is Tyrell Antar Cohen?
Tyrell Antar Cohen is the twin brother of Chicago Bears running back Tarik Cohen.
The pair grew up together in Franklin County and both attended school in their hometown of Bunn, North Carolina.
It was at the Bunn High School where Tarik earned a football scholarship, before later graduating from North Carolina A&T State University.