South Florida senior safety Hassan Childs is in the hospital after being shot three times on Saturday night.
According to the initial accounts, the shooting occurred following a road rage incident, and Childs himself had allegedly brandished a gun first.
That’s according to this report from the Tampa Bay Times:
About 11:15 p.m. Saturday, police received a call from a man later identified as Jovanni Jimenez, 26, saying that a man, later identified as Childs, pointed a gun at Jimenez and his wife and child at the Eagles Point Apartments at Tampa Palms, 14551 N 46th St.
Jimenez then pulled his gun and shot Childs, 22, in what he told police was self-defense. Childs was hit three times in the upper arm and torso, Lee said. Childs, a senior safety who practiced with the Bulls on Saturday afternoon, is in stable condition, according to the university.
It is unclear what started the argument. The case has been forwarded to the Hillsborough County State Attorney’s Office to determine whether charges should be filed.
Yikes. Obviously it’s early in the process, and Childs understandably hasn’t given his side of the story yet. USF coach Charlie Strong released a brief statement on Sunday:
Statement from @USFFootball Head Coach Charlie Strong re: Hassan Childs road rage shooting. @FOX13News pic.twitter.com/0zBHPWpR8J
— Evan Lambert (@EvanLambertTV) March 26, 2017
Hopefully Childs makes a full recovery, regardless of any future investigation.
And hopefully a future investigation gets to the bottom of what really happened.
