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Andrea Adelson
Florida State freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard was shot behind the pinnacle Sunday night time, his father stated, and stays in steady situation at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital.
Earl Pritchard told WFTV in Orlando that Ethan Pritchard was shot whereas driving his aunt house from a household gathering in Havana, Florida, which is about 16 miles from Tallahassee, close to the Georgia state line.
“He was really within the automobile taking my sister across the nook to her daughter’s home to drop her off,” Earl Pritchard informed WFTV. “They turned the nook, and as quickly as they turned the nook, they heard gunshots.”
Earl Pritchard stated docs proceed to observe the swelling in Ethan’s head.
An investigation into the taking pictures by the Florida Division of Legislation Enforcement and the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Workplace is ongoing.
Florida State coach Mike Norvell stated Wednesday he has been capable of briefly go to Ethan Pritchard within the hospital, and he has remained in touch with Earl Pritchard.
“It is rather a lot, not going to say it isn’t,” Norvell stated. “I attempt to give the gamers a every day replace. … I used to be capable of go by yesterday for a brief time frame with restricted visitation, simply getting an opportunity to be there for a handful of minutes. It was good to be with him.
“He is nonetheless in steady situation. … We’re completely praying for him day-after-day and attempting to be there for our gamers, too. Sure, it is one factor on the sector, nevertheless it’s additionally off the sector, that is one in all their brothers and a man they deeply care about. Simply working via this a part of the tragedy of what it’s.”
Pritchard, who’s from the Central Florida space, didn’t play within the Seminoles’ season-opening victory towards Alabama.
