A teenage suspect was arrested for shooting a security guard who was shot in the head while breaking up a fight at a high school football game in New York over the weekend, police announced.
The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, surrendered to police on Sunday after being identified through numerous videos of the shooting at Thomas R. Proctor High School, the Utica Police Department said.
Police said the teen was not a student at Utica High School but was enrolled in “an alternative educational program.”
His name has not been released because he is a minor and police said they are looking to prosecute him as an adult.
The teen faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, along with several weapons offenses.
Police said other people could also be charged over the incident.
Saturday after a group was turned away from the college football game against nearby Binghamton High School.
The guard was trying to break up a fight between a group of about a dozen people when he was shot. WKTV
The group of about a dozen people began fighting outside the soccer field and a pair of security guards rushed to intervene, footage of the incident showed.
Two gunshots were then heard and one of the guards fell to the ground with a gunshot wound to the back of his head, police said.
He was rushed to the hospital in critical but stable condition and is expected to make a full recovery, according to police.
Investigators have not revealed an official motive for the initial fight, but police said it could have been gang-related.
The investigation is ongoing.
The shooting occurred at Thomas R. Proctor High School in Utica, New York, on Saturday afternoon. Oneida County Sheriff’s Office
The shooting was the latest shooting at a high school football game.
Last week, a student was killed and a woman was injured after gunshots were fired at halftime of a game in Louisiana.
An 18-year-old young man was arrested in that shooting.
In August, a 16-year-old boy also died when gunshots rang out from the stands at an Oklahoma football game.
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