Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Cops say surveillance video shows the moment an 11-year-old youth football player shot two of his teammates during an altercation at a practice in Florida on Monday … and the footage is shocking.
In the clip, you can see a boy race to a vehicle in a parking lot, grab a gun from the passenger-side seat, and then fire on another boy who had his back turned.
Seconds later, you can see a woman grab the firearm from the kid’s grasp … before appearing to chastise him in the parking lot.
According to cops, the incident happened at around 8:20 PM at the Northwest Recreation Complex football field in Apopka … after the 11-year-old and two other 13-year-old youth football players had gotten into an argument. They say when the child fired off the single round, it hit the others — catching one in the upper body while clipping another in the arm.
Both boys are expected to recover from their injuries … a surprising revelation, considering how frantic a woman was in a 911 call placed just seconds after the shot went off. “But the more disturbing part is they believe that gun, that firearm, is a resolution to their problems — and it’s not a resolution to anybody’s problems,” he said.
Pop Warner officials are trying to “better understand the circumstances surrounding the shooting, and work to ensure appropriate measures are in place to support the program and its members,” the Mid-Florida league of the youth football organization said in a statement Tuesday.
“We were saddened by the frightening incident,” Mid-Florida Pop Warner said. “The scourge of gun violence is even more disturbing when young children are involved.”
“That’s not good,” Apopka Police Chief Mike McKinley told reporters. “We shouldn’t have 11-year-olds that have access to guns and think they can resolve a dispute with a firearm.”
The call for help came at 8:18 p.m., and officers arrived at 8:24 p.m., police said.
The young suspect and the victims had fought earlier in the evening during practice at the complex’s Field of Fame before the dispute spilled into the parking lot, officials said.
The 11-year-old retrieved a gun from his mother’s car and fired one shot, hitting a boy in the arm and another in the torso, McKinley said.
It was a crowded scene, and the gunfire could have led to more dire results, McKinley said. One of the boys remained stable in the hospital, and the other was released.
“We all thank God nobody was hurt more seriously than what they were,” he said. “This could have been a very tragic incident.”
The gun was in a box in the shooter’s mom’s car, but it was not locked as it should have been, said McKinley, who added that the suspect’s parent is also likely to face charges for not securing the gun.
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A security camera allegedly captured the incident and showed the victims running from the shooter when he pulled the trigger.
“As a society, we need to reflect on this. We see this way too often in our society now of juveniles — young juveniles, and they’re getting younger every day — that have access to guns,” McKinley said.
“But the more disturbing part is they believe that gun, that firearm, is a resolution to their problems — and it’s not a resolution to anybody’s problems,” he said.
Pop Warner officials are trying to “better understand the circumstances surrounding the shooting, and work to ensure appropriate measures are in place to support the program and its members,” the Mid-Florida league of the youth football organization said in a statement Tuesday.
“We were saddened by the frightening incident,” Mid-Florida Pop Warner said. “The scourge of gun violence is even more disturbing when young children are involved.”
It was a crowded scene, and the gunfire could have led to more dire results, McKinley said. One of the boys remained stable in the hospital, and the other was released.
“We all thank God nobody was hurt more seriously than what they were,” he said. “This could have been a very tragic incident.”
The gun was in a box in the shooter’s mom’s car, but it was not locked as it should have been, said McKinley, who added that the suspect’s parent is also likely to face charges for not securing the gun.
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