A 15-year-old faces 11 counts of attempted murder after a shooting near Florida A&M’s stadium left 12 people wounded, including six children, none of them the intended targets, police say.
Gunfire tore through a crowded stretch of Tallahassee near Florida A&M University’s Bragg Memorial Stadium around 8 p.m. ET on Saturday, wounding 12 people and turning a weekend gathering into a crime scene. Eleven of the victims took gunshot wounds. One person hurt an ankle while running from the shots. Six of the injured were juveniles. The youngest was 11 years old.
Fox News reported that Tallahassee police arrested a 15-year-old suspect Sunday night and said the teen faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder along with a charge of possession of a firearm by a delinquent. Detectives believe the shooting grew out of a dispute between people who knew each other. Police say none of the 12 victims appear to have been the intended targets.
That is the hard core of the case so far: a fight, then gunfire, then children and bystanders bleeding near a university football stadium while officers raced in to give first aid.
The shooting erupted near the intersection of Perry and Manatee streets, close to Bragg Memorial Stadium. Police say a fight broke out first. Then came the gunfire.
Breitbart reported the violence hit during homecoming weekend in a crowded post-game area near the Florida A&M football stadium, with at least 12 people hurt, including six children, and at least three people described as seriously injured in early accounts. The university said on social media that the shooting happened near campus and that the campus itself remained safe.
Officers moved in fast. Tallahassee Police Department crews gave immediate medical aid even before the perimeter was fully locked down. In the hours after the shooting, tips and digital evidence poured in. Police credit that public help with moving the case forward.
By Sunday night, the department had a 15-year-old in custody. Chief of Police Lawrence Revell made clear the work was not finished. Additional arrests remain possible. The investigation is still active.
Revell did not dress up what the city lived through. In a Monday morning statement he put the human cost first.
Chief of Police Lawrence Revell said:
"What should have been a weekend of celebration in our community instead became a night of fear and violence for the victims and their families,"
He tied the arrest to unfinished business, not a victory lap.
Revell also said:
"While this arrest marks a significant step forward, our work is far from over. We remain committed to holding those responsible accountable and getting answers for every family impacted by this tragedy."
On Sunday, before the arrest was announced, he had already pressed the public for video, tips, and anything that could lock down the timeline.
Revell stated:
"We will determine what happened, identify those responsible, and get answers for all of the victims, their families and everyone impacted by this tragedy,"
He added that people who saw something, heard something, or had video needed to come forward, and he kept the ask simple: no detail is too small. The department’s tip line is 850-891-4610, and police also pointed people to an online portal for photos and video.
Hospital numbers underscored how wide the harm ran. As of Sunday night, at least five victims had been released. Six others remained hospitalized. One was in critical condition, according to a video update from Revell posted to X.
Six juveniles were among the injured. An 11-year-old was the youngest. Eleven people had gunshot wounds. One person’s ankle injury came from the scramble to escape. Police have not named the victims. They have also not named the 15-year-old suspect.
The charging picture police described is severe for a juvenile case: 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder, plus possession of a firearm by a delinquent. How fully the teen took part, and how many people fired, are still open questions in the public record. Detectives say the dispute involved people who knew each other. They also say the 12 people hit do not appear to have been the intended targets, a statement that leaves bystanders, including children, caught in someone else’s fight.
The department says the case is not closed with one arrest. Officials have left room for more charges and more suspects. The precise nature of the dispute has not been laid out in detail. The intended targets, if any, have not been identified in the material released so far. Absolute calendar dates beyond the Saturday-Sunday-Monday sequence were not pinned down in the initial reporting, but the sequence itself is clear: shots Saturday evening, arrest Sunday night, chief’s follow-up Monday morning.
Revell’s public line has been consistent from the first statements through the arrest announcement. Get the facts. Identify everyone responsible. Answer to the families. Keep taking tips. That is police work the public can measure, not press-conference theater.
A 15-year-old with a gun, six hurt children, and a stadium-area street turned into a shooting gallery is not a “youth mistake” story. It is a law-and-order story. When juveniles pack firearms and bystanders catch the rounds, accountability has to mean real charges, real consequences, and a finished investigation, not a shrug and a reset for the next weekend.
