ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An 11-year-old boy will continue to be held at juvenile detention center after he was arrested Monday on an attempted murder charge in a shooting at a Pop Warner practice in Apopka, a judge ruled Wednesday.
Two 13-year-olds were injured in the shooting at the Northwest Recreation Center, Apopka police said. One bullet struck a victim in the torso before hitting the other teen in the arm, according to police. The boy shot in the torso underwent surgery, and the other child was released from the hospital, officials said.
Despite the 11-year-old’s attorney requesting home detainment, the judge ruled that the boy will remain in custody for at least the next 21 days.
Surveillance video of the incident shows the boy running to his mother’s car in the parking lot of the Northwest Recreation Center, where he was chased by a 13-year-old, police said.
After retrieving a firearm from the vehicle, the boy can then be seen running back out and firing one round from the gun, hitting the boys, police said.
According to a charging affidavit, some witnesses said the three boys had been physically fighting over a bag of chips. Other witnesses said the 11-year-old was being bullied, an arrest report states.
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The 11-year-old was booked in the Juvenile Assessment Center on Monday.
“When I interacted with him, he was very quiet, very shy, didn’t really say a whole lot when I was around,” Apopka Police Chief Mike McKinley said during a news conference. “So I really didn’t discuss whether he was remorseful or not, but I know that he was very quiet. He looked very somber.”
Pop Warner is a nonprofit group aimed at providing youth football, cheerleading and dance to local communities, according to the group’s website.
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