The FAMU homecoming shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, left 11 people shot and a 12th person injured on Saturday night, 24 October 2026, after gunfire broke out near Florida A&M University's Bragg Memorial Stadium. The FAMU homecoming shooting happened just before 8 p.m. on Perry Street, as crowds were leaving the university's homecoming football game, and it is trending per news coverage in the United States after Tallahassee police confirmed the casualty figures at a late-night press conference.
Police said the shooting followed an altercation between two or three individuals and that it appeared to be an isolated incident, not a wider attack on the campus. No one had been arrested by the time of the late-night update, no deaths had been reported, and officers were still searching for suspects. This article sets out what police have confirmed, what remains unknown, and what happens next in the investigation.
FAMU homecoming shooting: what happened on Perry Street
According to Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell, the FAMU homecoming shooting began when a fight involving two or three individuals escalated into gunfire on Perry Street, near the junction with Manatee Street and close to Bragg Memorial Stadium. The shooting happened on Saturday evening, 24 October 2026, shortly before 8 p.m., while people were filing out of the stadium after Florida A&M University's homecoming game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
The game itself had been one of the signature events of the university's homecoming week, which also included a parade earlier on Saturday and extended tailgating hours. The Rattlers lost the game 31-28 to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, and large crowds of students, alumni and supporters were in the area around the stadium when the gunfire started. Witnesses described sudden panic as people ran for cover, and one student told local television that the crowd scattered after several shots were heard.
Florida A&M University issued a campus safety alert at 8:40 p.m., telling people near Bragg Stadium to shelter in place or avoid the area around Perry Street. Tallahassee police closed Perry Street and asked members of the public to stay away while officers secured the scene. By 9:45 p.m., a police spokesperson said the scene was secure, although the investigation was continuing. At a press conference later that night, Chief Revell gave the fullest account so far of the victims and the state of the investigation.
FAMU homecoming shooting victims: what police confirmed
Police confirmed that 11 people suffered gunshot wounds in the FAMU homecoming shooting, and that a 12th person, a grandmother of one of the victims, was injured while fleeing the scene. Six of the injured were juveniles, and the youngest victim was 11 years old. One of the victims was a Florida A&M University student, police said.
On the condition of the injured, Chief Revell said one victim was in critical condition, three were in serious condition, and eight were in stable condition. There were no fatalities. Police had not released the names of the victims by the time of the late-night update, and the university said the campus remained safe after the shooting. That distinction matters: although the shooting happened near the stadium during homecoming weekend, police described it as an isolated incident between a small number of individuals rather than an attack directed at the university or its students as a group.
The presence of children among the injured has drawn particular attention, because homecoming is a family event that draws alumni back to campus with children and relatives. Police did not say whether the juveniles who were injured were students, family members of alumni, or other visitors, and that detail may only become clear as the investigation develops and families are contacted.
What Tallahassee police said about the suspects
No arrests had been made when Chief Revell spoke late on Saturday night, and police said officers were conducting a manhunt for suspects. Revell said investigators believed the shooting was an isolated incident between two or three individuals and nothing more than that, based on the preliminary information available. He also praised first responders, saying some officers had carried victims through the crowds to ambulances because the mass of people made vehicle access difficult.
Police appealed directly to anyone who saw what happened, or who has information about the people involved, to come forward. Witnesses can contact the Tallahassee Police Department on 850-891-4200 or Crime Solvers on 850-574-TIPS. Investigators will now work through witness statements, CCTV and other video from the stadium area, and medical reports to establish the exact sequence of events, including how the altercation started and who fired the shots.
It is important to be clear about what has not yet been established. Police had not, at the time of the late-night update, identified any suspects by name, confirmed a motive, or said whether any weapon had been recovered. Claims circulating on social media about casualty counts or deaths beyond the police figures should be treated with caution, because the police figures are the confirmed account and earlier reports during the evening had put the number of victims lower while the scene was still being secured.
FAMU response and campus safety after the shooting
Florida A&M University's initial alert urged people near Perry Street and Bragg Memorial Stadium to avoid the area or shelter in place if they were nearby. The university later said that the campus remained safe, a message intended to reassure students and families while police continued their work in the streets around the stadium. The shooting did not take place inside the stadium itself, according to the police account, which placed it on Perry Street outside the venue.
For students and alumni, the contrast between the celebration of homecoming and the violence of Saturday night is stark. Homecoming week at Florida A&M University, one of the United States leading historically Black universities, is built around the return of graduates, the parade, the football game and reunions. The university's homecoming theme for 2026, There Is No Place Like The Hill, celebrated that sense of return. The events of Saturday night will now form part of how the university, the city and the families involved remember the weekend, and further statements from the university are expected as the investigation progresses.
FAMU homecoming shooting investigation: what happens next
The investigation is now in its evidence-gathering phase. Police will interview witnesses, review footage from the stadium and surrounding streets, and work with hospitals on the condition of the injured. If suspects are identified, police will announce arrests, and any charges will then be a matter for prosecutors. Until then, the confirmed facts remain those given by Chief Revell: 11 people shot, one more person injured while fleeing, no deaths, no arrests, and an incident that police believe was isolated.
Further updates are likely to cover the condition of the most seriously injured victims, whether any suspects have been identified, and whether police release any further detail about the altercation that preceded the shooting. Readers should expect the figures to be updated only through official police statements, because early reports in fast-moving incidents often change as more victims reach hospital and officers piece together what happened.
How the FAMU homecoming shooting fits a wider US pattern
The FAMU homecoming shooting is not the same kind of incident as the school shootings that have also made national news in the United States in 2026, and the police account stresses that difference. In the Bend, Oregon school shooting at Silver Rail Elementary, three children and a teacher were killed in an attack on a school, while the Bend, Oregon school shooting remains a very different case from an altercation that spilled into gunfire outside a stadium. Likewise, the Erie, Pennsylvania mass shooting, in which nine people died, shows how quickly US gun violence can escalate in public places, even though the circumstances in Tallahassee were different.
What the cases share is the speed with which a public gathering can turn dangerous, and the reliance on police press conferences and local reporting to establish confirmed facts in the first hours. That is why this article sticks to the police account and clearly separates confirmed figures from details that remain unknown. As with other breaking incidents, the most reliable updates will come from the Tallahassee Police Department and Florida A&M University, and this article will be consistent with those official statements rather than with unverified social media claims.
For now, the focus in Tallahassee is on the injured, on their families, and on finding the people responsible. Chief Revell closed his late-night remarks by speaking directly to the victims and their families, saying that police would continue to seek the answers they desperately want. That search, and the recovery of the injured, is the story to watch in the hours and days ahead.
Sources: Tallahassee Democrat, Eleven people shot in Tallahassee after FAMU homecoming game (midnight update, 24 October 2026); New York Post, 11 people, including 6 kids, shot in bloody altercation at Florida A&M University homecoming party (24 October 2026); HBCU Gameday, FAMU homecoming: Police confirm shooting near Bragg Stadium (24 October 2026).