Former Falcon found dead in Duluth home

Carlton "Shane" Dronett, a former Falcons defensive tackle, was found dead of an apparent suicide in his Duluth home Jan. 21, said Gwinnett County Police.

Cpl. David Schiralli, a spokesman for the Gwinnett County Police, said officers were called to Dronett's Bagley Passage home at 7:30 a.m. Dronett's wife said the 38-year-old had just committed suicide, he said.

Police found Dronett's body in the home and turned it over to the Medical Examiner's office, who will make the ultimate determination on the cause and manner of death, said Schiralli.

Dronett played college football for the Texas Longhorns and was picked up in the second round of the 1992 draft by the Denver Broncos. He joined the Falcons in 1996 when coach Dan Reeves came from Denver and played for five years, starting every game in the 1998 season that saw the team make their first Super Bowl appearance.

Dronett worked in real estate after being released by the Falcons in 2002.
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