Tevin Holliman, Ricardo Singh Shot: 2 Western Kentucky Football Players Wounded In Shooting

Quarterback Morgan Newton (12) of Kentucky runs past defensive lineman Tevin Holliman (55) for in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Frederick Breedon)

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. -- Two Western Kentucky football players were recovering Sunday after being wounded by gunshots outside a bar.

A statement from the school's athletic department says defensive lineman Tevin Holliman and defensive back Ricardo Singh were each hit once, and their wounds weren't life-threatening.

The shooting early Sunday outside the Lava Lounge in Bowling Green happened hours after the team played its annual spring game.

Bowling Green Police spokesman Ronnie Ward said it appears someone shot into a crowd outside the bar and struck the players. He said police are still trying to identify a suspect, and hoped to get more information about what happened when Holliman and Singh are well enough to be interviewed.

He said an officer happened to be driving by the scene when he heard gunshots and called for backup at 12:39 a.m.

Holliman is a sophomore from Tucker, Ga., and Singh is a freshman from Auburndale, Fla.

The school's statement said coach Willie Taggart has spoken to the parents of both players.

Holliman, a sophomore, had eight tackles and a forced fumble during the 2011 season. Singh, a freshman, played mostly on special teams and had two tackles during the season.

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Comments

[sfbbmom]

09:37 PM on 04/17/2012

Is Kentucky part of the US? If so, why?

[orcharo]

06:23 PM on 04/16/2012

I for one am disappointed that Barry hasn't spoke about how these football players could be his sons!

[Iya Sapa Mato]

06:09 PM on 04/16/2012

This is surprising? NFL prospects!

[abrellbama]

05:50 PM on 04/16/2012

What were a sophomore and freshman doing at the Lava Lounge anyway. Federal age limit is 21 to go into bars and drink alcohol.

[rdh53]

06:23 PM on 04/16/2012

They were held back a few years.

[joannetheresa]

09:13 PM on 04/16/2012

no they were not.

[jel3800]

09:48 AM on 04/17/2012

one of then was 21 - the other 20. but thebn they are college kids, so no surprise that they may have been in the bar - actually the report only stated they were in the group outside

[jarvin]

05:20 PM on 04/16/2012

rather than worrying about rev al sharpton, you need to comment on the violence that is happening on these college campuses or maybe you didn't go to school or college

[wmplaster]

07:30 PM on 04/16/2012

Just a microcosm of society in general.

[realitytrumpsbull]

11:03 AM on 04/17/2012

I think anytime you have large concentrations of people, you're inevitably going to end up with some kind of violence, because not all people are kind and wonderful and perfect and stuff, especially not when they're barely in their 20's and under the influence of a lot of information and emotional stress and money pressure and and and, lots of stress potential, there. And then, somebody kills themselves, or someone else, and everyone angsts about it for a while, and next semester, it's back to normal. I think that online ed will take the burden off these institutions, help keep things 'safe and sane', and most of all, professional. By going to college, you're taking a deliberate step into the adult professional world, Should the school board evaluate students prior to enrollment to determine if they're really ready or not?

[Kalik]

08:28 AM on 04/16/2012

No Rev Al and no manufactured outrage??...keep it moving people, nothing to see here.

[Doug MacKenzie]

09:06 AM on 04/16/2012

I see. A nondiscriminant shooting that wounded two people is "nothing". Right. Got it. People shooting firearms into crowds is "nothing to see here".

Your sense of compassion is seriously compromised.

So, now we've devolved to the point where two people being shot is "nothing". The NRA must be so happy.

[realitytrumpsbull]

11:04 AM on 04/17/2012

Did they find, and arrest the person that pulled the trigger? Disgruntled teammate, fan that lost money on a bet, was it gang-related, rival student, what went on, here?

[Rhubarbarian]

04:44 PM on 04/16/2012

If they find the shooter and then don't press charges then I'm sure Rev Al & Jesse will have something to say. You do understand that the Travon Martin case touched a nerve with the public, white & black, because an unarmed kid was shot and no charges were levied at the killer. THAT'S the difference Einstein.

[Bigrcube]

08:20 AM on 04/16/2012

A 'sophmore' and a 'freshman' ???? Sounds like they are NOT old enough (21) to be at a bar!!!
Or are we going to blame it on the 'SPRING' practice game?!?!

[randyman12]

01:30 PM on 04/16/2012

That was my first thought..but the article never says they were IN the bar...just OUTSIDE the bar, which would be legal!

[Marie McClusky]

07:50 PM on 04/16/2012

Sounds like they need a visit from Mama and daddy for being out at 2:30 in the morning inside or outside a bar

[jel3800]

08:31 PM on 04/16/2012

one of them is 21...the other 20

[Lesperado]

08:18 AM on 04/16/2012

U S A! U S A! N R A! N R A!

[jel3800]

04:07 PM on 04/16/2012

what are the odds the shooter is an NRA member?

[HomeGrower]

04:42 PM on 04/16/2012

About the same odds as Lesperado seeing this openmindedly.

[Marie McClusky]

07:51 PM on 04/16/2012

Most likely the shooter is not a member of the NRA - NRA members are responsible gun owners - not thugs who engage in drive by shootings with illegal gotten guns

[erykah]

07:12 AM on 04/16/2012

A sophomore and a freshman at a bar? The school's got some explaining to do.

[randyman12]

01:31 PM on 04/16/2012

Read closer...OUTSIDE a bar, perfectly legal!

[ttsgw]

05:50 AM on 04/16/2012

They can only blame themselves for not shooting first. The duty of all Americans.

[plzchuteme]

07:46 AM on 04/16/2012

Hey, I'd feel threatened if I was in a crowd outside the Lava Lounge after midnight. Reason enough to open up with both barrels, I'd think.

[Douglas L Darden II]

02:41 AM on 04/16/2012

I know that football players need to have a release like normal people but they shouldn't have been there. They're too high profile to be out like that. They should've stayed on campus.

[26pasteur]

05:51 PM on 04/16/2012

come on, now; almost all college students hang out at bars be it legal or illegal. i know that i did back in the early 1970's, and i was underage until 1974. just state the obvious: you have problems w/anything involving aa kids, be it good or bad.

[Seymourhiney]

01:55 AM on 04/16/2012

Probably an NRA member with a gun permit. Wyatt Earp knew better. Republicans love the blood money from the NRA.

[Wolverine 556]

03:31 AM on 04/16/2012

Wyatt Earp largely harassed men he was feuding with, provoked a shootout, and then went on a murderous rampage before fleeing from the Arizona Territory as a posse was looking for him. Do you really want to use him as the poster child for unconstitutional policies?

[knappm70]

08:12 AM on 04/16/2012

Could it be that they were at a hip-hop bar??

[Omahahaha]

08:42 AM on 04/16/2012

Wyatt Earp was at a hip-hop bar? Are you sure about that?

[jeffrey e]

01:45 AM on 04/16/2012

we wouldnt need more gun control if people would respect and follow current gun laws that are already there...for the life of me i dont understand what the fascination is with youth and handguns...i trained people how to shoot in the military and i love to shoot myself but that doesnt mean i have to own one...the youth of today have no self control because they were raised in a society where you can do as you please with no consequences because everything is tolerated...is is rare to see someone with respect anymore...so here is the question for everyone that screams more gun control...since they might have got the gun illegally what makes you think that by making more laws for gun control that it would help...would they still not get them illegally anyway if they want them...

[Wolverine 556]

03:52 AM on 04/16/2012

In 2004, the National Academy of Sciences reviewed nearly 400 studies, books, and government publications, and they could not find a single gun control measure that reduced the rate of violent crime, suicides, or accidental shootings. [1] The CDC similarly came up short in 2003. Of course, the CDC claimed that there needed to be more research, but they are barred from funding such research because they got caught funding biased "studies" in the 80s and 90s. Mark Rosenberg of the NCIPC, who was handing out the funding, was on the record as saying he wanted full confiscation of firearms at one point. Rosenberg also had no qualms about saying he wanted firearms to become like cigarettes ... "dirty, deadly, and banned." [2]

[1] http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-18/opinion/levy.anti.gun.control_1_gun-control-gun-regulations-gun-related-crimes?_s=PM:OPINION

[2] http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19941023&id=gvZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BhUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6692,3195406

[Marie McClusky]

07:58 PM on 04/16/2012

If guns were banned people would use clubs, rocks, sling shots, or cast iron skillets to kill - Killing and/or causing harm to others is illegal - Stronger, more affective laws that are inforced for illegal guns - I believe guns should be registered and any unregistered gun used in a crime should double the sentence ..

[Doug MacKenzie]

09:12 AM on 04/16/2012

Well, we could start by making people take psychological competency tests. Pilots, doctors, people who maintain nuclear weapons (that would be me), and many others are required to take a comptency test, prior to being allowed to do our jobs.

Sure, they're not 100% effective. What is? It would more than we're doing now.

As far as illegally purchased handguns, well, we could tie a huge prison term to any crime committed using an illegal weapon, more than for a crime committed with a legal handgun.

I fully understand these aren't panaceas. Nothing is. But, I think it would be better than doing absolutely nothing about this lethal problem.

[TriKyJoKeZ]

01:44 AM on 04/16/2012

It was George Zimmerman

[simpleperson]

02:39 PM on 04/16/2012

I’m guessing he has an air tight alibi.

[joannetheresa]

09:17 PM on 04/16/2012

lol. lol. yes it was Z-Man. nice post trikyJokez.

[MyrtleJune]

12:11 AM on 04/16/2012

Well, KY does boast the highest gun ownership in the US.

Look, have your guns, keep them and bear them at home will ya. USE YOUR WORDS for cryin' out loud. Guns are just tooooo easy. Even a knife is harder to harm someone with because you have get up close and personal like. Honestly, chicken people use guns because it's just too easy to pull that trigger than really just deal with people. TOO MANY GUNS!

[jel3800]

04:19 PM on 04/16/2012

too many kids with no sense of responsibility

[MyrtleJune]

07:28 PM on 04/16/2012

There's no evidence it was kids that fired guns into a crowd of people......