Auburn Tigers suffers setback with key player ruled out with serious injury
Auburn head football coach Hugh Freeze is asking for prayers for Auburn running back Brian Battie after being injured in a shooting in Sarasota, Florida early Saturday morning.
“Auburn Family. Please continue to pray for Brian Battie,” Freeze wrote in a post to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
Freeze continued to write that Battie experienced a “set back” Sunday night and is still on a ventilator.
Sarasota Director of Community Affairs Evan Keats confirmed to AL.com that Brian Battie’s older brother, Tommie Battie, 24, was killed in the shooting.
While unable to name any other victims of the shooting, Keats confirmed there were four other victims who were taken to local hospitals for treatment.
“Brian Battie remains in critical condition at a local hospital. We know he will continue to fight and overcome this, just as he has overcome so many other obstacles in his life,” wrote the GoFundMe’s organizers.
“We ask that you continue to pray for Brian to make a full recovery to return home with his loving family. With all of the emotional pain and stress that tragedy brings, it also brings financial burdens. We would like to raise money for the Battie family to help with unforeseen funeral expenses and medical bills. The family is understandably shocked by this loss and not prepared for all that is happening at this time.”
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