Auburn running back Brian Battie on ventilator after weekend shooting in Florida, coach says
Auburn running back Brian Battie has been hospitalized following a weekend shooting in Sarasota, Florida, where his brother was killed and three others injured.
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s office said they responded to a strip mall at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, finding a large crowd and multiple shooting victims in the parking lot. The office said in a statement that Tommie L. Battie IV was pronounced dead at the scene. Four others, who weren’t named, were taken to hospitals in Manatee and Sarasota counties.
Auburn coach Hugh Freeze updated Brian Battie’s condition in a social media post on Monday.
“Auburn family. Please continue to pray for Brian Battie,” Freeze wrote on X. “There was a set back last night and he’s still on a ventilator.”
Battie spent three seasons at South Florida before transferring to Auburn. He ran for 227 yards and a touchdown last season while ranking fourth in the Southeastern Conference in kick return average (23.0 yards).
Related articles
David Ortiz is humbled by being honored in New York again; this time for post
NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — Hall of Famer David Ortiz is committed to his post-career work like he was swin2024-05-21'143 people still missing' after Moscow attack
As many as 143 people are still missing after last week's attack near Moscow when gunmen sprayed con2024-05-21Nations push for safe development of nuclear energy
More than 30 heads of state, government leaders, senior representatives and chiefs of international2024-05-21Xi holds talks with Indonesia's president
Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with President-elect of the Republic of Indonesia and Great2024-05-21Sarah Jessica Parker divides opinion with enormous hat on set of And Just Like That
Sarah Jessica Parker and her character Carrie Bradshaw seem to love pushing fashion boundaries, and2024-05-21Attack on Iranian consulate in Syria condemned
The airstrikes that destroyed Iran's consulate in Damascus, Syria, and killed at least 10 people lat2024-05-21
atest comment