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Adelaide Crows coach Phil Walsh killed at home, son arrested | |
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Phil Walsh, the coach of the Australian Football League's Adelaide Crows, has been found dead at his home, South Australia Police say. | |
Officers had been called after a domestic dispute in the early hours of Friday. Mr Walsh, 55, was treated for knife injuries but died at the scene. | |
Mr Walsh's 26-year-old son has been arrested. | |
Mr Walsh's wife was taken to hospital after receiving non-life threatening injuries. | |
Police said that Mr Walsh was stabbed multiple times and a knife was found at the scene. | |
"There's been an argument, I can't tell you anything about the argument... but as a result of that both Mr Walsh and his wife received a wound and the wound ultimately caused Mr Walsh's death," a South Australia detective told reporters. | |
Police said the son had fled the incident but had been found and detained for a psychiatric assessment. | |
Police told reporters at the scene that no-one else had been in the family home overnight. | |
Local media report that Adelaide Crows players have been gathering at the club's headquarters. |