Youth Football Coach shot four times by a parent over son’s playing time in St. Louis
A youth football coach in St. Louis, Missouri was shot four times by a player’s parent at a practice this past week.
According to police reports, the football coach was shot four times because a parent was upset and angry because his son was not getting enough playing time.
Shaquille Latimore, 30, was confronted a couple weeks before the incident occurred by the parent who was not happy about his son’s playing time. The gunman, 43-year-old Daryl Clemmons turned himself in after he shot Lattimore in front of the team.
According to reports, the 9 and 10 year old’s watched their coach get shot.
Clemmons was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action.
Latimore, volunteers as an assistant coach and defensive coordinator for a city recreational league team called the St. Louis BadBoyz. This is a wild situation.
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