Southern Miss Addresses Shootings, Future of Team

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Southern Miss coach Larry Fedora didn't have a lot of specific answers for the multitude of questions regarding the shooting that injured three of his players early Sunday morning.

Defensive lineman Deddrick Jones and linebackers Martez Smith and Tim Green suffered gunshot wounds after a fight at a Hattiesburg, Miss., nightclub spilled out into the parking lot. All three players remain at a local hospital and are in fair condition. However, Fedora said Green cannot speak and there are reports that Smith is paralyzed from the waist down.

Fedora, who was speaking to the media for the first time since the incident but was limited because of the ongoing investigation, said he found out about the shooting around 2 a.m. after receiving a phone call from one of his assistants. Eight to 10 players were at the Remington's Hunt Club, but Fedora had not yet ascertained who or what instigated the argument and how his three players were involved.

"We constantly talk about making good decisions with our football team," Fedora said. "These are 18-, 19-, 20-year-old kids. Unless you are that age, you probably do not think the same way they do. I know I don't. Making decisions is part of the growing process and coming from a young man to a full-grown man. You have to make decisions on your own and understand that there are consequences to every decision you make. We talk about that all the time. Kids are going to make mistakes and they are going to pay the consequences for those mistakes and they move on and learn from them and grow. That is how they become a full-grown man."

 

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