15-year-old arrested in Florida A&M shooting that injured 12

🗞️ Story file #937

15-year-old arrested in Florida A&M shooting that injured 12

Oct 25, 2 AM ET to Oct 28, 6 AM ET

30outlets carried it
🫏9 · 7 · 14🐘left · center · right
3.2 dayson the front pages
29front pages at once, at its peak
5 minof TV captions
11radio newscasts
13people retold it online

👣 How this story traveled: from the front pages that broke it, out through TV, radio and the shows, into what people retold and what fact-checkers examined, and on into the saga it is part of. Everything here is matched to the story by our tools, so a link can be wrong; the trackers' pages say how each is made.

Oct 25, 2 AM ETfirst on a front page: USA Today
Oct 25, 4 AM ETfirst on TV: Fox News
Oct 25, 6 AM ETfirst on the radio: ABC News Update
Oct 26, 12 PM ETpeak: on 29 front pages
Oct 27, 8 AM ETretold online by 13 people

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 25, 2 AM to Oct 28, 6 AM ET (peak 29), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

Who carried it and when: each outlet in the order it picked the story up, a bar for each headline from when we first saw it on the front page to when we last did, in the outlet's lean color (dashed: not rated); a dot marks a new headline. Beneath, its captions on TV, the radio newscasts that carried it (bigger: the lead) and when people were found retelling it. Hover for details.

📡 wire copy: 1 outlet ran the Reuters headline nearly word for word (Newsmax)

📌 linked by aggregators: Google News

💬 quoted: “Evil Act”

🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 homecoming game 🐘 mass shooting

✏️ 21 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

ABC News (5 wordings): “12 injured in Florida shooting, police say” → “15-year-old arrested in Florida shooting”
Breitbart (2 wordings): “At Least 12 Injured in Shooting Near Florida A&M Football Stadium” → “15-Year-Old Arrested for Shooting Near Florida A&M Football Stadium”
CBS News (3 wordings): “At least 12 injured, including 6 children, in Tallahassee shooting” → “12 injured in shooting near Florida A&M; 15-year-old arrested”
CNN (5 wordings): “11 people shot near Florida university stadium” → “Police arrest 15-year-old after 11 shot near Florida A&M University stadium”
Fox News (3 wordings): “Florida A&M University shooting leaves 12 injured, including 6 children, near football stadium” → “Shooting leaves 12 injured, including 6 children”
Just the News (2 wordings): “At least 12 injured after shooting near football stadium in Tallahassee” → “Teen arrested in shooting that occurred after Florida A&M homecoming game”
NBC News (2 wordings): “12 injured, including several minors, in shooting near Florida A&M stadium” → “Police arrest a 15-year-old in shooting near Florida A&M stadium that injured 12”
New York Post (3 wordings): “11 people, including 6 kids, shot in bloody altercation at Florida university homecoming party” → “Horrific crimes 15-year-old busted for shooting at Florida A&M University party that injured 11, including kids: cops”
News Nation (4 wordings): “At least 12 injured in shooting near Florida A&M University stadium” → “15-year-old arrested in connection to shooting near Florida A&M”
Newsmax (3 wordings): “Eleven Shot Near Florida A&M University In Tallahassee” → “Police Investigate Shooting Near Florida A&M That Injured 12”
Newsweek (2 wordings): “Mass Shooting Near Florida University Leaves 11 Wounded” → “Florida A&M President Condemns ‘Evil Act’ After 12 Wounded in Shooting”
Scripps News (2 wordings): “Crime 11-year-old, other minors among 11 shot near Florida A&M University stadium Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette” → “Crime Police arrest 15-year-old after 11 shot near Florida A&M University stadium Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette”
Tampa Bay Times (4 wordings): “At least 12 injured in shooting near football stadium at Florida A&M • News comment” → “15-year-old arrested in Florida A&M shooting that hurt 11 after homecoming game”
The Guardian (3 wordings): “Eleven sustain gunshot wounds in shooting near Florida university” → “Fifteen-year-old arrested in shooting near Florida university that injured 12”
The Independent (2 wordings): “At least 12 injured, including six kids, after mass shooting near Florida A&M University” → “15-year-old arrested after 11 are shot near Florida A&M stadium”
The Post Millennial (2 wordings): “12 injured, 6 children in mass shooting at Florida A&M homecoming game” → “BREAKING: 15-year-old arrested for shooting, injuring 12 in mass shooting at Florida A&M homecoming game”
The Sun (2 wordings): “GUN HORROR Six children among 11 people shot after gunmen open fire at party” → “GUN HORROR Six children among 11 people shot after gunmen open fire at party THOSE injured include an 11-year-old, Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell told reporters.”
The Washington Post (3 wordings): “12 people, including 6 minors, injured in shooting near Florida university stadium” → “15-year-old charged with attempted murder in shooting near Florida university stadium”
Townhall (6 wordings): “Shooting at Florida A&M University Leaves 12 Injured” → “Gun Violence Police Arrest 15-Year-Old in Connection to Florida A&M Shooting That Left 12 Injured Joe Chalfant”
USA Today (6 wordings): “11 shot after homecoming game at Florida college” → “Police arrest teen in mass shooting near Florida A&M stadium”
Yahoo News (5 wordings): “11 people shot, including children, after Florida A&M homecoming game” → “15-year-old suspect will be charged as an adult after Tallahassee mass shooting”

Every outlet's first headline (30), left to right by AllSides rating

The Guardian Eleven sustain gunshot wounds in shooting near Florida university Oct 25, 3 AM ET
ABC News 12 injured in Florida shooting, police say Oct 25, 7 AM ET
CBS News At least 12 injured, including 6 children, in Tallahassee shooting Oct 25, 7 AM ET
CNN 11 people shot near Florida university stadium Oct 25, 1 AM ET
NBC News 12 injured, including several minors, in shooting near Florida A&M stadium Oct 25, 5 PM ET
The Independent At least 12 injured, including six kids, after mass shooting near Florida A&M University Oct 25, 1 PM ET
The Washington Post 12 people, including 6 minors, injured in shooting near Florida university stadium Oct 25, 3 PM ET
USA Today 11 shot after homecoming game at Florida college Oct 25, 2 AM ET
Yahoo News 11 people shot, including children, after Florida A&M homecoming game Oct 25, 2 AM ET
BBC Police arrest teenager after shooting that injured 12, including children, in Florida Oct 26, 12 PM ET
News Nation At least 12 injured in shooting near Florida A&M University stadium Oct 25, 2 AM ET
Newsweek Mass Shooting Near Florida University Leaves 11 Wounded Oct 25, 7 AM ET
Reuters Eleven shot near Florida A&M university in Tallahassee Oct 25, 2 AM ET
Scripps News Crime 11-year-old, other minors among 11 shot near Florida A&M University stadium Karina Tsui, Chris Boyette Oct 25, 2 PM ET
Straight Arrow News 12 injured during shooting near Florida A&M University in Tallahassee Oct 25, 4 PM ET
Tampa Bay Times At least 12 injured in shooting near football stadium at Florida A&M • News comment Oct 25, 12 PM ET
Just the News At least 12 injured after shooting near football stadium in Tallahassee Oct 25, 3 PM ET
The Epoch Times At Least 12 People Injured in Shooting Near Football Stadium in Florida Oct 26, 7 AM ET
The Sun GUN HORROR Six children among 11 people shot after gunmen open fire at party Oct 25, 6 AM ET
The Washington Times Six juveniles among 11 injured in shooting near Florida A&M University Oct 25, 3 PM ET
Breitbart At Least 12 Injured in Shooting Near Florida A&M Football Stadium Oct 25, 11 AM ET
Fox News Florida A&M University shooting leaves 12 injured, including 6 children, near football stadium Oct 25, 3 AM ET
IJR FAMU Homecoming Shooting Injures 12, Including Six Children Oct 25, 4 AM ET
New York Post 11 people, including 6 kids, shot in bloody altercation at Florida university homecoming party Oct 25, 1 AM ET
Newsmax Eleven Shot Near Florida A&M University In Tallahassee Oct 25, 7 AM ET
OAN Fla.: Shooting near FAMU stadium leaves 12 injured, including 6 children Oct 25, 5 PM ET
The Blaze 15-year-old will be charged as an adult after Florida mass shooting, 11 wounded Oct 26, 4 PM ET
The Post Millennial 12 injured, 6 children in mass shooting at Florida A&M homecoming game Oct 25, 1 PM ET
The Western Journal Saturday Night Mass Shooting Near Football Stadium: 6 Children Shot, 12 Total on Busy Homecoming Weekend Oct 25, 11 AM ET
Townhall Shooting at Florida A&M University Leaves 12 Injured Oct 25, 10 AM ET

TV, radio, and the shows that talked about it

📺 On TV

CNN3 min

Fox News85 s

15-Year-Old Arrested After 11 Shot. Near Florida A&M University Stadium CNN, 3 min
12 HURT IN SHOOTING NEAR FAMU CAMPUS Fox News, 28 s
MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL. OFFICER SHOT 12 TIMES IN AMBUSH RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL Fox News, 22 s
SHOOTING NEAR FAMU. AT LEAST THREE VICTIMS SERIOUSLY INJURED, ONE CRITICAL Fox News, 20 s
POLICE: 12 HURT IN SHOOTING AT FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY Fox News, 15 s
15-year-old Arrested In Mass Shooting CNN, 13 s

📻 On the radio

NPR News Now, Oct 27, 5:10 AM ET: story 5 of 6
ABC News Update, Oct 26, 7:32 PM ET: story 2 of 2
ABC News Update, Oct 26, 4:32 PM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 26, 8:05 AM ET: story 5 of 10
NPR News Now, Oct 26, 4:09 AM ET: story 3 of 6
ABC News Update, Oct 25, 1:32 PM ET: story 2 of 3
NPR News Now, Oct 25, 1:09 PM ET: story 5 of 7
ABC News Update, Oct 25, 9:32 AM ET: the lead
ABC News Update, Oct 25, 8:32 AM ET: story 6 of 6
ABC News Update, Oct 25, 7:32 AM ET: story 4 of 4
ABC News Update, Oct 25, 6:32 AM ET: story 3 of 3

what people online made of it

🧶 Retold online

A 15-year-old was arrested in connection with a mass shooting that wounded multiple people near Florida A&M University. Oct 27: told by 13 people; told before on Oct 26
🦋 Widely seen on Bluesky

🦋 a post on Bluesky · 63 likes, 14 reposts

On Folklore: the latest in full, with their motifs and who is telling them.

🗣️ names in it: Florida A&M University Tallahassee

what the fact-checkers looked into

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the running story it belongs to

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