Ten people, including NFL wide receiver Tank Dell, were wounded in a shooting early Sunday morning at a club in Florida.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested at the scene at Cabana Live in Sanford, a suburb north of Orlando, police said. The teenager was not publicly identified.
None of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
Authorities did not identify the victims, but the Houston Texans announced that Dell was among the wounded.
“We have been made aware that Tank Dell was a victim of a shooting in Sanford, Fla. last night,” the team said Sunday in a statement. “He sustained a minor wound but has been released from the hospital, and he is in good spirits.”
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Cabana Live was hosting a private party when a fight erupted, according to police. The teenager who opened fire was not part of the initial fight, but he witnessed it, investigators said.
The shooter then pulled a gun and started firing into the crowd, cops said. A security guard was standing near the gunman, wrestled him to the ground and disarmed him.
Deputies with the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office arrived and took the teen into custody. He was charged with attempted homicide, firing a weapon in a public place, using a firearm during a felony and illegal possession of a firearm by a minor.
Dell, a 24-year-old native of Daytona Beach, Fla., debuted in the NFL last year with the Texans after starring in college at the University of Houston. Dell, whose given first name is Nathaniel, had 47 catches for 709 yards and seven touchdowns in 11 games before he suffered a season-ending injury.
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