One Killed in Deadly US Shooting at Youth Football Game (+Video)
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A 27-year-old man was fatally shot and a 7-year-old boy was injured during a shooting at a youth football game in Arlington, Jacksonville, US state of Florida.
A man drove to a family member's home on West 41st Street after being shot Tuesday afternoon and died, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.
So far investigators don't know much more about the victim found about 2 p.m. in a white sport-utility vehicle between Main and Pearl streets, Sgt. Ed Bawroski said.
"We believe the shooting occurred at a different location, then he drove here," Bawroski said, noting it likely happened in the area.
Police do not know what led up to the shooting or have any suspect information. Family members were at the scene, Bawroski said.
Police are now searching for the suspected murderer of the 27-year-old father, who was not seen in the chilling footage, following the attack at Arlington Heights Elementary School.
Reports showed the field strewn with footballs and debris after the terrified crowd fled the scene.
Lieutenant JD Stronko, of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, said that police were searching for a black male suspect with a grey hoodie and a mask who had exited the rear of an SUV and begun to shoot in the direction of the victims.
An onlooker told local news teams that his 22-year-old nephew had attempted to use his first aid skills by applying pressure to the gunshot wound that killed the man but had been unable to save him, although his son has reportedly survived.
"You saw the little boy, he was on the ground," they said, asking to remain anonymous. "He got shot. His dad got shot."
Lenny Curry, the Mayor of Jacksonville, said that the spate of "senseless violence" in the region over a horror weekend would not be tolerated.
"To the victims and their families, I extend my deepest sympathy," he added.
The footage of the chaos begins in innocuous fashion with the man holding the camera introducing the game as "highly anticipated".
A rattle of shots can then clearly be heard from the distance, sending the players scurrying away as the man points out: "Somebody is shooting."
