Brian Battie, a running back for the Auburn Tigers, was wounded Saturday in a shooting in Sarasota, Florida. Tommie Battie, his 24-year-old brother, was killed and pronounced dead at the scene.
The police officers who responded to the scene “observed a large crowd with multiple shooting victims in the parking lot” of a shopping plaza, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. Taking place at around 3:30 a.m., the incident saw four people sent to the hospital, with Brian included in that count. The Tigers running back is currently in critical condition, according to a report from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
A spokesperson for Auburn University stated that the college is aware of the shooting and is in the process of gathering information, per OutKick.
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