'It’s definitely the worst I can remember in 35 years as a teacher, coach, leader in sports,' said Karissa Niehoff of the National Federation of State High School Associations.
Gun violence is threatening to dim Friday night lights and endangering a beloved national pastime — high school football games.
“I would call it an alarming trend,” David Riedman, a criminologist and founder of the database, told NBC News. “Right now, it appears we’re on pace with last year when there was at least one shooting at a football game each week on the season.” Emergency personnel treat a shooting victim at Appoquinimink High School in Wilmington, Del., on Sept 23, 2022.Niehoff said that when her association meets with local sports administrators about boosting security at big games, football in particular, this kind of violence is the “elephant in the room.” She said she’s grateful that, so far, none of these shootings have turned into mass casualty events.
Multiple students “told a trusted adult that they were aware of a threat related specifically to the game,”. The exact nature of this threat was not disclosed. Bulky, airport-style metal detectors can’t be easily moved from a central school door to a football stadium, she said. And there often aren't enough of these devices to cover multiple entry points at stadiums.
and wounded Sept. 9 while trying to break up a fight that broke out in a parking lot outside a Proctor High School football game.
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