One teenager was charged in connection with the shooting, which took place Friday night, officials said.
A shooting at a high school football game in Mobile, Ala., on Friday night wounded at least 10 people, the police said.
The city’s police chief, Lawrence Battiste, said at a news conference Friday that the victims were between 15 and 18 years old, according to local station WKRG 5. Their conditions were not immediately available.
One person suffered a seizure and another injured his hand in an attempt to escape, Chief Battiste said. It was not clear whether they were among those who had been shot.
Deangelo Dejuan Parnell, 17, was charged with nine counts of attempted murder, Lori Myles, the public affairs director for the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, said on Saturday.
Students were gathered at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on Friday night for a game between LeFlore High School and Williamson High School when the gunfire erupted.
Footage from the game on social media showed attendees and football players getting on the ground and taking cover under the bleachers as screams were heard in the background.
This is just horrific to watch from Ladd-Peebles Stadium. Football coaches instructing players to take cover, fans hiding under the stands from a suspected shooting. This is a high school football game and should be a place of fun competition for everyone! Not violence! #Mobile pic.twitter.com/MmA1oP9LTW
— Simone Eli (@SimoneEli_TV) August 31, 2019
“Why are young people bringing this type of violence to public events?” Chief Battiste said during the news conference. “They’re bringing their beefs that they have with each other in neighborhoods, and they are putting other people in harm’s way.”
He said the city would not tolerate juvenile violence and that it would hold those causing harm accountable.
“This is unacceptable for people not to be able to come out and enjoy an event watching their children play a football game and watching their children perform in the band,” he said.
The safety policy on the website of Ladd-Peebles Stadium prohibits weapons, including firearms, knives and box cutters in the stadium, regardless of a permit. A clear-bag policy is in effect for major events like University of South Alabama games. It was unclear if high school football games fell under that category.
Chief Battiste said he was “disappointed” that a mass shooting had occurred in Mobile.
“This is juvenile violence taken to a public venue for the purpose of harming somebody in a public setting,” he said. “Again, if you have a beef with somebody, find other ways to deal with the conflict rather than make other people victims of your emotion.”
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