The Brief
- Florida State linebacker Ethan Pritchard returned home to Sanford this weekend, receiving a warm welcome from the community.
- Pritchard, who was released from a rehabilitation center on Thursday, was shot in the back of the head in August.
- Pritchard also reunited with his Florida State teammates in Tallahassee on Saturday.
SANFORD, Fla. – Florida State University’s Ethan Pritchard received a warm welcome when he returned home to Sanford this weekend.
Members of the community lined the streets, holding signs and banners to welcome him home.
Pritchard, a graduate of Seminole High School, was shot in the back of the head outside an apartment complex near Tallahassee on Aug. 31 while taking his aunt and a child home. Investigators said Pritchard didn’t do “anything wrong” and was a victim of mistaken identity.…