RIGHT NOW ON WLKY. THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. NFL STANDOUT AND FORMER TRINITY AND PURDUE WIDE RECEIVER RONDALE MOORE HAS DIED AT THE AGE OF 25. A THREE SPORT ATHLETE AT NEW ALBANY, MOORE LATER HELPED LEAD TRINITY TO THE 2016 CLASS AA FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, THE 2017 GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR WENT ON TO BECOME AN ALL-AMERICAN AT PURDUE UNDER THEN HEAD COACH JEFF BROHM. MOORE WAS DRAFTED IN 2021 AND WAS MOST RECENTLY SIGNED TO THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS. NEW ALBANY POLICE CHIEF TODD BAILEY SAYS OFFICERS ARE INVESTIGATING A HOME ON AIKEN AVENUE AFTER MOORE WAS FOUND DEAD IN THAT HOME’S GARAGE, WITH WHAT INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE IS A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. THE FLOYD COUNTY CORONER SAYS AN AUTOPSY HAS BEEN SCHEDULED. WE SPOKE TO MOORE’S FORMER HEAD COACH, JEFF BROHM, WHO SAID, QUOTE, RONDALE MOORE WAS A COMPLETE JOY TO COACH THE ULTIMATE COMPETITOR THAT WOULD NEVER BACK DOWN TO ANY CHALLENGE. RONDALE HAD A WORK ETHIC THAT WAS UNMATCHED BY ANYONE. A GREAT TEAMMATE THAT WOULD COME THROUGH IN ANY SITUATION. WE ALL LOVED RONDALE AND WE LOVED HIS SMILE AND COMPETITIVE EDGE THAT ALWAYS WANTED TO PLEASE EVERYONE HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH. WE OFFER ALL OF OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO RONDALE AND HIS FAMILY, AND WE LOVE HIM VERY MUCH. AND A HEARTBREAKING STATEMENT POSTED BY MOORE’S FORMER TEAMMATE MARQUISE BROWN. HE SAID, QUOTE, BRO, AIN’T NO WAY BROTHER. YOU JUST MESSAGED ME A FEW HOURS AGO WITH A CRYING EMOJI. IN THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS ALSO POSTED A STATEMENT A SHORT TIME AGO. IT READS, QUOTE, WE ARE DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE PASSING OF RONDALE MOORE. WHILE WE ARE WORKING TO UNDERSTAND THE FACTS, WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH RHONDA’S FAMILY TO OFFER OUR CONDOLENCES AND THE FULL SUPPORT OF THE MINNESOTA VIKINGS. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH OUR PLAYERS, COACHES AND STAFF AND WILL MAKE COUNSELING AND EMOTIONAL SUPPORT RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ANYONE IN NEED. OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS DURING THIS DEVASTATING TIME. NOW, IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS STRUGGLING, PLEASE REACH OUT