A 15-year-old boy was arrested in connection with a shooting that injured 12 people, including six children, over the weekend near a football stadium in Tallahassee during Florida A&M University’s homecoming weekend, police said Monday. The Tallahassee Police Department said Anthony Rivers III, 15, faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon. Police said more arrests were possible and the investigation remains open and active. Eleven people suffered gunshot wounds in the Saturday night shooting, and another person fleeing gunfire suffered an ankle injury, police said. Police said Sunday that six of the shooting victims remained hospitalized and five had been released. One of those still hospitalized was being treated for critical injuries. The department previously said that at least three people suffered serious injuries in the shooting, while nine others were in stable condition. The preliminary investigation indicates that a fight broke out before the shooting, according to police. It occurred after a soccer game in a crowded area. None of the victims appear to have been the intended target, police said. The university said on social media that the shooting occurred near its campus and that it remained safe. University President Marva Johnson said in a statement Sunday that she shares the “outrage and deep sadness over the senseless and despicable shooting” near campus. “To all victims, know that we are with you and praying for your recovery, in body, mind and spirit,” Johnson said in a video. FAMU head coach Quinn Gray reacted to the shooting, saying in a Facebook post that “senseless violence has to stop” and that no argument or altercation is worth someone’s life. “Homecoming is about family. It’s about coming home to celebrate everything FAMU means to us,” he said. “No one should leave our celebration in an ambulance and no child should be caught under gunfire.” More from CBS News Go deeper with The Free Press in:
