JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Ethan Pritchard, the Florida State football linebacker who suffered critical injuries in a shooting earlier this year, is further along his road to recovery.
Video shared Thursday by Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville shows dozens who gathered to cheer on a smiling Pritchard as he made his way out of the facility.
“After 34 days of intensive rehabilitation, Ethan Pritchard is onto the next stage of his recovery! Congratulations to Ethan and the entire Pritchard family,” the video’s caption states.
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Pritchard was moved to Brooks Rehabilitation after being released from the hospital in October. He was hospitalized in critical condition Aug. 31 after being shot in the back of the head while dropping off family members at a home in Havana.
Investigators have described it as a case of mistaken identity, with Florida Department of Law Enforcement Commissioner Mark Glass stating Pritchard was “not doing anything wrong” when he was ambushed.
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Four people have since been arrested in connection to the shooting: Caron Miller, 18, of Havana, Florida; Germany Atkins, 23, of Havana, Florida; Jayden Bodison, 22, of Woodville, Florida; and Anthony Glenn, 16, of Havana, Florida.
Miller, Bodison, and Glenn were each charged with three counts of attempted murder, and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle. Atkins was arrested on a violation of probation charge. Upon first appearance on Sept. 11, Miller, Atkins, and Bodison were ordered held on no bond, with Glenn was remanded to Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) custody on a no-release hold.
FDLE statement | Sept. 12, 2025
News 6 is naming and showing Glenn due to the circumstances of the case.
Pritchard played football at Seminole High School in Sanford before joining FSU.
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