Investigators say the five players were walking off the field when two gunmen ambushed them from a Ford Explorer.
A fifth player suffered a graze wound and was treated at the scene.Sources tell 6abc that the 14-year-old who was killed was a student at nearby Saul High School. The school doesn't have a football team, but students are allowed to co-op and play with Roxborough High.but is expected to survive. He said he learned about the shooting from his stepmom.
"He's up there in his room crying in a hysterical panic because he was right in the middle of all of this," said Rigner."I ran down the hill a little bit, but then I didn't see nothing so I was just chilling," said Gallagher.School officials expressed outrage regarding the violence at a school known throughout the community as a safe place. Officials discussed the possibility of beefing up police patrols at scrimmages and practices.
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