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Former Chicago Bears QB Erik Kramer survives apparent suicide attempt

After being summoned to a hotel room for a welfare check, authorities found Kramer wounded from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot.

Erik Kramer, father to 17 year old Dillon, was found Tuesday night in a Calabasas motel room with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities had been called to do a welfare check, and upon their arrival they found Kramer wounded, but still alive.

Ex-NFL quarterback Erik Kramer shot himself Tuesday night in a suicide attempt, but survived, law enforcement sources and his former wife said.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were called to a motel in Calabasas at around 8 p.