4 arrested in connection with Pritchard shooting

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Four radical person been arrested successful transportation to the shooting of Florida State linebacker Ethan Pritchard, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass said Wednesday.

Glass said Pritchard was "not doing thing wrong" erstwhile helium was ambushed extracurricular an flat past month. He added that Pritchard was dropping disconnected household members, an aunt and a child, erstwhile helium was shot successful the backmost of the head.

Pritchard, a 6-foot-2, 224-pound freshman from Sanford, remains successful captious but unchangeable information astatine Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. He was changeable Aug. 31 portion wrong a conveyance extracurricular apartments successful Havana, according to the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office.

Gadsden County Sheriff Morris Young said authorities judge Pritchard's shooting was a lawsuit of mistaken identity.

Jayden Bodison, Caron Miller, Germany Atkins and an unnamed insignificant person been arrested successful transportation with the shooting, the FDLE said. Bodison, Miller and the juvenile were charged with 3 counts of attempted execution and 1 number of shooting into an occupied vehicle. Atkins was charged with 1 number of probation violation. It was not instantly wide if immoderate of the accused had attorneys.

Pritchard did not play successful Florida State's play opener, a 31-17 triumph Saturday implicit No. 8 Alabama successful Tallahassee connected Aug. 30.

"I recruited him for years, got a accidental to ticker him grow," FSU manager Mike Norvell said Saturday. "The mode that helium plays the game, it's a passion, energy. He loves it, perfectly loves it.

"To cognize that close present that's taken distant from him successful a senseless enactment ... you don't ever cognize wherefore you person to spell done things successful life. You don't recognize the reasoning. But I bash judge that God has his manus implicit Ethan and this shot squad and conscionable each the relationships."

Ethan's father, Earl, attended Florida State's triumph implicit East Texas A&M connected Saturday. He was connected the sideline and successful the locker country afterward.

"He's a fantastic man," Norvell said. "And being with him, I cognize it's truthful precise hard for anybody to person to spell through. ... But helium told maine earlier this week, 'I cognize wherever my lad wants to be, truthful I'm going to spell basal successful his spot for him.'"