NEW ALBANY, Ind. — An injury-prone Minnesota Vikings football player, Rondale Moore, shot himself fatally in a friend’s home garage in the Louisville suburb of New Albany. Tentatively police called the death a suicide. Moore was 25. Not many details, like time of death, were known. He was taken to a New Albany hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The was called at 6:15 p.m. An autopsy is scheduled.
Moore profile
Moore was raised in poverty in New Albany across the Ohio River from Louisville. He never lost an opportunity to praise his hard-working mother for raising four chidren on $20,000 a year. At Purdue he Moore was the nation’s leading collegiate receiver with 1,258 receiving yards, 213 rushing yards and 14 total touchdowns. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 2021 on four-year rookie contract worth $6.9 million. With the Cardinals he suffered multiple injuries. A trade to the Atlanta Falcons followed in 2024. He missed the entire year due to a knee injury in training camp. He signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a free agent in 2025. He suffered a knee injury his first game and was sidelined the rest of the season.
Moore. Hometown was New Albany.