The daughter of New York Jets wide receiver legend Al Toon has died after she succumbed to injuries sustained in an apparent murder-suicide at her Scottsdale, Arizona, home.
Molly Elizabeth Lillard, the 28-year-old daughter of Toon, and a former star volleyball player at the University of Michigan, was shot to death on Sunday and found outside of her home by authorities at around 5 p.m. following reports of a shooting.
Authorities identified Lillard as the victim on Monday afternoon. Her husband was identified as 36-year-old Royce Dale Lillard III, The Arizona Republic reported. The Scottsdale Police Department said evidence suggests the shooting was a murder-suicide.
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Molly Elizabeth Lillard, who was a standout University of Michigan volleyball player, was found with gunshot wounds in front of a house in Scottsdale Arizona on Sunday, April 11. Apr 15, 2021
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Al Toon is mourning the death of his daughter, Molly Elizabeth Lillard a.k.a. Molly Toon. The former University of Michigan volleyball player tragically passed away at 28 years old after she was fatally shot by her own husband in apparent murder-suicide on Sunday, April 11 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
According to local news reports, police responded to a shooting in the area of Highland Avenue and 86th Street in east Scottsdale at around 5 P.M. When they arrived, officers found a woman with gunshot wounds in front of the house. The woman, who has been identified as Molly, was taken to to a hospital, where she died from her injuries.
Former Michigan Wolverines volleyball standout Molly Lillard, the daughter of former Wisconsin and New York Jets wide receiver Al Toon, reportedly was shot to death in what police are describing as an apparent murder-suicide Sunday in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The Arizona Republic reported Lillard was found with gunshot wounds in front of a house around 5 p.m. local time and transported to a hospital but succumbed to her injuries. Her husband, Royce Lillard III, was suspected of the shooting and barricaded himself in his home before being found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. SWAT teams tried to establish contact with Royce Lillard before entering the home around 11 p.m.
Molly Lillard murder suicide: Royce Lillard III shoots wife then self at their Scottsdale, Arizona home.
Molly Lillard murder suicide: Daughter of Jets great Al Toon shot dead by husband, Royce Lillard III at their Scottsdale, Arizona home before killing self.
Molly Lillard, the daughter of
New York Jets great,
Arizona home in an apparent
murder-suicide according to reports.
Royce Lillard III, shot her before turning the gun on himself in their
Scottsdale house.
The couple’s 8-month-old child who was there, was not injured, police said.
Royce Lillard is suspected of killing his wife sometime before 5 p.m. When police showed up to their residence, he barricaded himself inside.