The Tampa Bay police have launched an investigation into claims former Bills and Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Williams got unprescribed Percocet a week before his death.
The Tampa Bay Times have found out that Traci King, grandmother to Williams" eight-year-old daughter made the report.
Williams suffered cardiac arrest on 12 September and passed away on the same day. The former Syracuse player was in hospital for two weeks for injuries suffered in an accident at a construction firm, which left him partially paralyzed.
“The nature of the crime is under review," an e-mailed statement from the Tampa Police stated.
“[Its investigation involves] provided unprescribed narcotics by an outside party," the Tampa Police department stated.
Williams, who was 36 at the time of his death was a fourth-round pick in the 2010 NFL draft and spent four seasons with the Buccaneers.
The WR then signed for his hometown Buffalo Bills, before being part of the Chiefs" practise squad in 2016, before being let go by the Kansas City team.
Tierney Lyle, the mother of his daughter said he was hit in the head on 18 August, and while only complaining of a headache his condition worsened, resulting in his intensive care stay.
He finished with 223 receptions and 3,089 yards in a career that spanned from 2010 to his Chiefs sojourn in 2016.
He was working for Brandon-based Exodus Electric Corp., with the company failing to comment as yet.
The Percocet claim is circumstantial for now, with Williams" grandmother allegedly ‘hearing" about the prescribed narcotic being given to the former WR.
That claim has been emphasized by three friends of Williams, with longtime friend David Thornton saying, “It"s sad if people [who visited Williams] at his bedside didn"t have his best interests".
