Football coach shot 10 times while trying to shield kids from getting shot

Football coach shot 10 times while trying to shield kids from getting shot

A Florida football coach has been seriously injured after getting shot 10 times during a drive-by shooting.

The 21-year-old had used his body to shield 4 children from getting shot in the drive-by and is now suffering serious injuries requiring multiple surgeries.

Football coach shot 10 times while trying to shield kids from getting shot

The coach was said to have been driving the boys home from football tryouts Saturday, 3rd of December when a vehicle pulled up to the intersection of Moncrief Road West and New Kings Road in Jacksonville, and someone inside opened fire.

13-year-old Prince Holland, one of the children, was killed, and an 11-year-old boy was injured in the shooting but was expected to recover. The two other boys in the coach's SUV, ages 14 and 15, were unharmed.

A reward of $14,000 is now being offered for information leading to an arrest.

Holland's mum said:

"He went to church every Sunday. He played sports. He took the other kids to play sports so they wouldn't be out here doing drugs, smoking and being in gangs"

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