Aldon Smith's family hires lawyers to investigate his death

In the wake of the untimely passing of former NFL defensive end Aldon Smith, a trio of lawyers has been hired to investigate the situation.

Via a press release issued Tuesday morning by Wukela Communication, Smith’s family has retained Harry Daniels, Bakari Sellers and Wayne Kendall.

The attorneys released the following statement: “As with anyone who dies so suddenly at such a young age, we understand that there is a great deal of interest in and speculation about Aldon Smith’s passing and we intend to get to the bottom of it. To that end, we have taken a number of steps including sending his brain to Boston where medical experts will examine it for CTE as well as other damage caused by years of concussions and additional trauma. In the meantime we simply ask you to keep Aldon’s family in our prayers and respect their privacy as they struggle to come to grips with this terrible loss.”

Smith’s friend, Amir Shirazi, told the San Francisco Chronicle that he and Smith had delivered pizzas to a homeless shelter on Saturday. Shirazi said they had stopped at Shirazi’s house and that, after Shirazi went inside for a moment, he found Smith in Sharazi’s vehicle, unresponsive.