Molly Lillard, daughter of former New York Jets wide receiver Al Toon was shot and killed in Scottdale, Arizona Sunday, April 11, 2021. Lillard was a former Middleton High School and University of Michigan volleyball star.
She was found in front of her house with a gunshot wound and transported to the local hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Her husband, Royce Lillard III, was a suspect in the shooting after he barricaded himself in the house.
Lillard, 28, graduated from Middleton High School in 2010. Leading the school’s volleyball team to state tournaments twice before playing for the University of Michigan. She was a letterman all four years for the Wolverines and, in her senior year in 2013, earned all-American honors from the American Volleyball Coaches Association.
Her family, Al and Jane Toon, and their 4 siblings are well known in Madison. Not only was Lillard and her father very athletic, but her brother Nick Toon had a short NFL career as a receiver with the New Orleans Saints. Her sisters Kirby and Sydney Toon both played volleyball for Wisconsin and UW-Whitewater, respectively
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Written by Omari Jahi
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Yahoo!Sports: Molly Lillard, Michigan Wolverines volleyball standout and daughter of former NFL WR Al Toon, found dead in apparent murder-suicide; By JR Radcliffe
New York Post: Molly Lillard, daughter of Jets great Al Toon, dead in apparent murder-suicide; By Kenneth Garger
Milwaukee Journal Sentinal: A member of a decorated Madison sports family was found shot to death in Arizona in apparent murder-suicide; By JR Radcliffe
People: Ex-College Volleyball Star Whose Dad Was NFL All-Pro Al Toon Is Killed by Husband in Murder-Suicide; Chris Harris
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