LOS ANGELES — A former tight end with the Dallas Cowboys was one of two hikers killed while rock climbing in Riverside County, California, authorities said Thursday.
Gavin Escobar, 31, and Chelsea Walsh, 33, both of Huntington Beach, died Wednesday afternoon in Tahquitz Rock near Idyllwild, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said.
Escobar was a Long Beach firefighter who previously played with the Cowboys, the department said.