Chris Adams always lived bigger than life, his days bright with promise, his nights black with promise unfilled.
His troubled days ended early Sunday, when police say a man described as Mr. Adams’ best friend and former roommate shot the professional wrestler to death during a drunken brawl in Waxahachie.
At the time of his death, Mr. Adams, 46, was awaiting trial on manslaughter charges in the drug death of a girlfriend in 2000 and faced up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
He’d already served a term in federal prison for assaulting an airline pilot during a drunken rage. And he had seen his career plummet from the days when “Gentleman Chris Adams” was an honest-to-goodness wrestling star.
Waxahachie police said Mr. Adams was shot once with a .38-caliber handgun. Mr. Adams and wrestling promoter William B. Parnell had been drinking late Saturday at the home of Mr. Parnell’s mother in the 200 block of Sendero Drive.
The two started “roughhousing” and wrestling, and the play got out of hand. Mr. Parnell told police he began to fear for his life, Sgt. Nathan Bickerstaff said.
“He reached over on the nightstand and got a gun and shot Mr. Adams,” Sgt. Bickerstaff said.
Mr. Parnell then called police and told them about the shooting. He was waiting inside the house when they arrived.
He was charged with murder and is being held in lieu of $300,000 bail at the Waxahachie jail, police said. Mr. Parnell could not be reached for comment Monday.
What this article doesn't mention because it hadn't happened yet is that his friend that shot him had the charges dropped due to self defense but if I remember right his friend actually started it according to the doc