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"&lt;img alt=\"1011-adrian-peterson-02\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/10/11/1011-adrian-peterson-3.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3:00 PM PDT:&amp;#160; &lt;/strong&gt;Peterson just sent a series of Tweets: \"God Bless everyone and thank u so much. The NFL is a fraternity of brothers and I am thankful for the tweets, phone calls and text messages from my fellow players. Thank you to my family, my fans and fans of other teams for their support.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"gray-bar-update\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2013/03/21/gray-bar-update-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adrian Peterson&lt;/strong&gt;'s 2-year-old son has died ... cops have confirmed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cops believe Peterson's son was severely beaten by 27-year-old &lt;strong&gt;Joseph Patterson&lt;/strong&gt;, the man who was dating the mother of the NFL star's child.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As we reported, the mother of the child has decided to donate the child's organs to people in need. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The boy was on life support since 5:30 PM Thursday ... but his condition never improved ... so family members made the decision to take the child off the ventilator. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources tell TMZ .. Adrian was informed about the situation before the news went public. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told Peterson will be planning the funeral with other members of the boy's family.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patterson was initially arrested in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for assault and battery of an infant -- and now, it's almost certain the charges will be elevated to murder.&amp;#160; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The details surrounding the beating are unclear -- but cops say medical responders were called to the apartment where the child was living on Wednesday evening ... and he was unresponsive when help arrived."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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