Devon Butler Shooting: 2 Students Charged In Shooting Of NIU Football Player

DEKALB, Ill. — Hospital officials say Northern Illinois linebacker Devon Butler's condition has been upgraded to serious.

Butler was wounded in a drive-by shooting while off campus Tuesday night. Authorities say a gunman in an SUV fired into the apartment building where Butler was visiting with friends.

Officials at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford said Butler's condition improved on Friday afternoon. He had been in critical condition since Tuesday.

Earlier this week, a judge set bond at $1 million each for two NIU students accused in the shooting. Butler is a junior from Pembroke Pines, Fla. He was in on 80 tackles – second on the team – and had 4 1/2 sacks.

Comments

[65Klassik]

02:49 AM on 04/09/2011

Richard Van Arsdale & Mark Orozco are the shooters. You right, very interesting that there was no picture or description of the suspects.

[CANTHATBE]

12:12 PM on 04/09/2011

You know why you will not see in most places and ESPN. Cause the perps are white. If they had been black they would be all over the place.

[RusStyles]

02:17 PM on 04/08/2011

You're right. If the shooters were black their faces would be splattered across every media outlet in America.

[ncoliea]

03:43 AM on 04/11/2011

Both of the shooters are not white. The main one is mexican. Why are all you making this a race issue??

[jclif]

07:10 AM on 04/11/2011

Interesting that this so called mexican belongs to a Jewish Fraternity

[MacManLB]

12:46 PM on 04/08/2011

They got bail. There is no photo. The perpetrators are not black.