Sorry this week’s high school football shooting report is late. Then again, it’s not like these posts are changing anything. The games go on, the gunfire keeps coming, and all I’m doing is keeping a grim scorecard that nobody seems interested in fixing.
This week’s story comes from Alabama, where the Keith High School Bears were hosting the Maplesville Red Devils. The game was stopped abruptly when gunfire echoed from a nearby clearing off County Road 713. Players and referees hit the ground, thinking the shots were closer than they actually were. Officials canceled the rest of the game out of caution.
Investigators later determined the shots came from several hundred yards away, unrelated to the game or the school. Chief Deputy John Hatfield said they have a vehicle description and expect to make an arrest soon. Keith Principal Tommy Tisdale assured the public that no one on campus was hurt and praised law enforcement for their swift response. Maplesville was leading 56–0 when the game was called.
That’s it. Just one shooting incident this week, at least, as far as I know. How sad is it that we can call that a slow week?
And to remind everyone this isn’t new, a Delaware man was just convicted for a similar act last year. In October 2024, during a Dover High School football game in Delaware, 28-year-old Kameron Scott pulled out a gun during a fight in the stands and fired it into the air. He was already a convicted felon who wasn’t allowed to have a firearm in the first place. After the shot, he fled to a nearby apartment complex, but police quickly chased him down and arrested him. A year later, he’s finally been convicted on multiple charges.
Delaware’s Attorney General called his behavior “incredibly reckless,” and the Dover police chief praised the officers who put themselves between the shooter and the crowd of families and students. But that’s the pattern, isn’t it? A shooting at a school event, a round of praise for quick police work, a few arrests, and then everyone moves on until the next game gets interrupted by gunfire.
So yes, it was a “slow week.” But when gunfire at a high school football game is so routine we can measure it by frequency, there’s nothing slow about the problem.
(Sources)
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