{"id":437329,"date":"2026-10-25T07:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/437329\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T07:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T07:30:09","slug":"at-least-12-injured-including-6-minors-in-shooting-near-florida-university-stadium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/437329\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 12 injured, including 6 minors, in shooting near Florida university stadium"},"content":{"rendered":"

The shooting near Florida A&M University\u2019s Bragg Memorial Stadium came hours after a homecoming football game, with one victim in critical condition <\/p>\n

At least 12 people, including six children, were injured in a shooting near a football stadium in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday night, officials said.<\/p>\n

The incident took place during homecoming weekend at Florida A&M University (FAMU).<\/p>\n

Among those injured were six juveniles, including an 11-year-old, Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell told reporters during a press conference late Saturday. A victim\u2019s grandmother was also injured while fleeing the scene near Bragg Memorial Stadium at Florida A&M University.<\/p>\n

One victim was in critical condition, while three others sustained serious injuries. The remaining eight were in stable condition, Revell said. He added that one of the victims was a Florida A&M student.<\/p>\n

According to the police chief, the shooting likely stemmed from an altercation involving two to three individuals. The department\u2019s Violent Crimes Unit is leading the ongoing investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re still working the scene. Our detectives, our sergeants, our forensic personnel are all on scene and processing this as we go, taking in as much information as they can. This is an ongoing investigation,\u201d Revell said, reported\u00a0 by CNN.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs our detectives work to determine exactly what happened and identify those responsible, we remain committed to getting answers for these families.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The shooting occurred just hours after a homecoming football game at Bragg Memorial Stadium, where the Arkansas\u2013Pine Bluff Golden Lions defeated the Florida A&M Rattlers 31-28. Authorities have not established whether the shooting was connected to the game.<\/p>\n

In a statement late Saturday, Florida A&M University said it was aware of an incident near its campus on Perry Street on 24 October. The Tallahassee Police Department was at the scene and actively investigating, the university added.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts go out to the victims and all those affected by this tragic incident. While the campus remains safe, individuals are encouraged to avoid the area to allow law enforcement to conduct its investigation,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shooting near Florida A&M University\u2019s Bragg Memorial Stadium came hours after a homecoming football game, with one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":437330,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2324,113668,3367,4863,232,234,233,71305],"class_list":["post-437329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-florida-am-university","tag-florida-university","tag-gun-violence","tag-minors","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-tallahassee-shooting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437329","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=437329"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437329\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}