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Brian Battie, Auburn football player, on a ventilator after the Sarasota shooting

Auburn football player Brian Battie is on a ventilator, Tigers coach Hugh Freeze said Monday after the 22-year-old running back was reportedly involved in a shooting in Florida.

According to police in Sarasota, Florida, an older brother of the player, Tommie Battie IV, was killed in the incident.

A statement released Saturday by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting occurred around 3:30 a.m. Officers arriving at a parking lot in a business district reportedly observed “a large crowd with multiple shooting victims.” Battie, 24, was pronounced dead at the scene while four other victims were taken to hospitals.