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Juvenile shoots, injures 2 children following altercation at Pop Warner football practice in Florida

APOPKA, Fla. (AP) — Police in central Florida say a juvenile retrieved a gun from a vehicle and shot two other young people following an altercation that began during a Pop Warner football practice. The police chief of Apopka said during a news conference that the juvenile fired one shot on Monday night, hitting one child in the arm and the other in the torso. The shooting happened around 8:20 p.m. Police say they took the gun from the juvenile and detained him. The ages of the shooter and the victims were not released. The injured children were taken to a hospital where they were listed as stable.

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