# Auburn RB Brian Battie in critical condition after shooting

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Apologies if there’s an NCAA offseason thread I missed, and mods, feel free to move this if there’s an existing thread that this fits better in.

Auburn RB Brian Battie is in critical condition after [being injured in a shooting](https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/40186072/auburn-brian-battie-hurt-brother-dead-shooting) that killed his brother, Tommie.

Brian is 22.

Not much is known about the shooting, except that it occurred at a hookah lounge in Sarasota around 3:30am. Tommie was pronounced dead at the scene, and Brian was shot in the head.