Boy, 15, will be tried as an adult over Florida homecoming shooting that injured 12, including six children
A scene near Florida A&M University during its homecoming, where a shooting injured 12 people — including six children, the youngest aged 11 — after an altercation broke out among acquaintances just before 8pm on…
Anthony Rivers III faces 11 counts of attempted second-degree murder along with a charge of unlawful firearm possession by a juvenile. State Attorney Jack Campbell confirmed the teenager is being prosecuted as an adult. A judge ordered Rivers held in custody pending arraignment and sealed the arrest warrant. The shooting occurred near Florida A&M University's Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, and the youngest victim is 11 years old.
Police say the victims were not the intended targets of the shooting.
Officers were forced to carry the wounded through the football crowds to get them to safety.
FAMU head coach Quinn Gray: the 'senseless violence has to stop'.
