4 suspects arrested in connection to shooting of FSU football player, sheriff says
THAT COMMUNITY AT THIS TIME. BREAKING NEWS HERE IN FLORIDA. NOW. STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT GAVE AN UPDATE ON THE SHOOTING OF FSU FOOTBALL PLAYER ETHAN PRICHARD, AND PRICHARD WAS SHOT TWO WEEKS AGO AFTER HIS FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON. NOW, FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED. WESH TWO STEWART MOORE IS JOINING US LIVE IN STUDIO WITH WHAT WE’VE LEARNED IN JUST THE LAST HOUR. STEWART. WELL, MICHELLE STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS THE FOUR PEOPLE IN CUSTODY ARE THANKS TO TIPS THEY GOT FROM THE COMMUNITY. IN THIS CASE. ETHAN, MEANWHILE, IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND A COORDINATED PLAN INVOLVING SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WERE RAIDED THIS MORNING. OFFICERS TAKING THREE ADULTS AND A JUVENILE INTO CUSTODY. THEY SAY THE SHOOTING OF ETHAN PRICHARD IS CONNECTED TO ANOTHER SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED JUST LAST MONTH, BUT THAT ETHAN WAS NOT DOING ANYTHING WRONG. PRICHARD WAS DROPPING OFF HIS AUNT AT HOME WHEN SHE WAS WHEN THEY WERE AMBUSHED BY THE GUNFIRE. ETHAN IS ON AND A THREE YEAR OLD WERE ALL IN THE CAR AT THE TIME. ETHAN, ALONG WITH HIS AUNT, WAS WAS HE WAS TAKING HER BACK HOME. THAT WAS IT. AND AND OF COURSE HE WAS AMBUSHED, I WOULD SAY, BY GUNFIRE. AND AND SO WE THINK THAT OR WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE FOUR SUSPECTS WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THAT INCIDENT. AND AT THIS TIME, I DON’T THINK WE HAVE ANY OTHERS. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY, I THINK THE COMMUNITY, THEY REALLY RALLIED TOGETHER AND AND MADE SURE THAT WE, ALONG WITH THEM, HAD THE THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHO DID THIS. I WOULD SAY HEINOUS CRIME. LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDUCTED SEVERAL RAIDS FOR THIS, LEADING TO THE ARREST OF ALL THOSE PEOPLE, INCLUDIN
4 suspects arrested in connection to shooting of FSU football player, sheriff says
Updated: 5:47 PM EDT Sep 10, 2025
Four people were arrested in connection with the shooting that left an FSU football player hospitalized, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office.In a news conference on Wednesday, the sheriff said it was thanks to tips and leads from the community that the four suspects were arrested. Ethan Pritchard, an FSU linebacker from Sanford, was shot at the Havana Heights apartments in the small town that is 16 miles northwest of Tallahassee. Pritchard was there dropping off a family member, according to officials, when he was ambushed. Ethan Pritchard was rushed to a hospital in critical condition but stable.Deputies said three of the four suspects are facing attempted murder charges. One suspect is a juvenile. Before he committed to FSU, Pritchard was a four-star linebacker at Seminole High School in Sanford. He led Seminole to a 10-2 record and a second consecutive regional final in 2024.
Four people were arrested in connection with the shooting that left an FSU football player hospitalized, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff’s Office.
In a news conference on Wednesday, the sheriff said it was thanks to tips and leads from the community that the four suspects were arrested.
Ethan Pritchard, an FSU linebacker from Sanford, was shot at the Havana Heights apartments in the small town that is 16 miles northwest of Tallahassee.
Pritchard was there dropping off a family member, according to officials, when he was ambushed.
Ethan Pritchard was rushed to a hospital in critical condition but stable.
Deputies said three of the four suspects are facing attempted murder charges. One suspect is a juvenile.
Before he committed to FSU, Pritchard was a four-star linebacker at Seminole High School in Sanford. He led Seminole to a 10-2 record and a second consecutive regional final in 2024.