Adrian Peterson's son, 2, dies; man charged with abuse

A 2-year-old son of Gopher State Vikings star back Adrian Peterson died on Friday in a very urban center, S.D., hospital, the victim of alleged abuse by a person World Health Organization was qualitative analysis the boy's mother, police confirmed.

Peterson's father, Nelson Peterson, confirmed Friday afternoon that the kid is Adrian Peterson's. Peterson met with the media Friday, hours before the boy kicked the bucket, and aforementioned at the time he still planned to play in Sunday's game against geographical region, however declined to induce into details concerning the case.


Peterson denote an announcement on his Twitter account when news of the child's death.

"Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of different groups for his or her support. The NFL may be a fraternity of brothers and that i am glad for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players. God Bless everybody and impart u most," Peterson wrote in 3 tweets.

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