{"id":292158,"date":"2026-06-01T20:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292158\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:04:09","slug":"freshman-ball-state-university-football-player-gavin-yates-lyons-18-dies-after-tallahassee-florida-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292158\/","title":{"rendered":"Freshman Ball State University football player Gavin Yates-Lyons, 18, dies after Tallahassee, Florida shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">MUNCIE, Ind. &#8212; Gavin Yates-Lyons, a freshman defensive back on the Ball State football team, has died at the age of 18, the school confirmed Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We extend sincere condolences to his family, friends, coaches, teammates and all who held him close. May you find comfort and strength during this challenging moment,&#8221; the school wrote in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">SEE ALSO: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/post\/suzanne-swierc-fired-ball-state-university-post-charlie-kirk-shooting-death-receive-225k-legal-settlement\/19175564\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Woman fired by Indiana university over Charlie Kirk post to receive $225K legal settlement<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Yates-Lyons was among three victims of a shooting at a parking garage on May 24 in Tallahassee, Florida. He was caught in the crossfire and taken to a hospital in critical condition, according to the Tallahassee Democrat. He died Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">He had finished his education at Lowndes County High School in Georgia early and enrolled at Ball State in January. He had returned to attend his graduation ceremony, which took place the day before he was shot, according to the Muncie Star Press.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 ESPN Internet Ventures. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MUNCIE, Ind. &#8212; Gavin Yates-Lyons, a freshman defensive back on the Ball State football team, has died at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[123391,89483,121759,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-292158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-123391","tag-ball-state","tag-gavin-yates-lyons","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}