Gunfire At High School Football Game Leads To Arrest Of Three Teens
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Police have arrested three teenagers after gunshots were fired during a high school football game in Northwest Miami Friday night.
The gunshots sent students, parents and players running for cover at the game between Miami Central and Carol City.
"Everyone was screaming in the field," described Jon Drummond, who watched from the bleachers. "Especially the parents. They was concerned about their kids. When you kinda figure 'hey that's a gunshot' after that everything kinda chaos."
As Drummond hit the ground for safety he tweeted a picture of the football players doing the same, all of them laying down across field and sidelines.
"It was real crazy 'cause the first thing you think is you don't want any tragedy to happen," Drummond told CBS4 Reporter Donna Rapado.
Police arrested 18-year old Larico Walker, already a felon. They also arrested 18-year old Kaion Lynch and 19-year old Mark Trimble.
The teens are charged with several gun-related crimes.
Drummond says most people at the Traz Powell Stadium were aware of ongoing violence among teens in Miami-Dade recently, often deadly violence.
Just this Wednesday Miami Northwestern High freshman Johnny Lubin was shot and killed walking home from school.
Police said Lubin was an innocent bystander. He is the fourth Northwestern student killed since May.
And just as the game started at Traz Powell Friday, police said two guys in hoodies walked past a home in northwest Miami-Dade and shot at 15-year old Shania Lowry and her 16-year old friend. Both survived their gunshot wounds.
Miami-Dade Schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho turned to social media yet again Friday night, and wrote on Twitter, "Sadly and unacceptably, community violence continues to impact Miami's youth. Solutions require us to remove blinders and sharpen vision."
"You don't value yourself, value your own life, value relationships, then you can end someone else's life that quick," Drummond, a youth football coach, pointed out.
He stressed adults must help children envision a positive future, assuring them they can reach their dreams.
"Because if you don't instill it then you're gonna get these 14, 15 year old killers because they don't value life. We have to help them value life and let them know hey once you pull this trigger that life is gone."
