Second arrest made in deadly shooting as Auburn running back taken off ventilator

Lina PortmanJune 6, 2024

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Video above: Previous coverage Although his road to recovery is far from over, Auburn University's Brian Battie is making progress after being seriously injured in a Florida shooting that left his brother. On Wednesday, the Battie brothers' godmothers, Kelli Raines and Tanya Babinski, provided an update on Brian's condition, saying he had officially been taken off the ventilator and was able to give his mother a thumbs up with his hand. LEFT. “The right side of his body had shown no signs of until two days ago, by the grace of God, Brian was able to move his right knee and leg,” the two women wrote in an update. GoFundMe update. This news is a miracle, but Brian is a fighter and always has been. shooting, deputies arrested Darryl Brookins, 28, in connection with the shooting. He was charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a firearm as a felon. According to Tampa NBC affiliate WFLA, Brookins' girlfriend, Nicole, 29. Roberts, was arrested Friday after she was filmed disposing of the gun that deputies say was used in the shooting.>> WVTM 13 ON THE GO: Download our app for free. WFLA reports that a recently filed affidavit alleges that surveillance footage shows a vehicle rented by Roberts leaving the area of the shooting and circling around a riverside community in Manatee County. The footage then shows the car parked along the Manatee River, where a woman can be seen getting out and throwing an object into the water. Deputies from the Sheriff's Underwater Recovery Force then searched the area and found a Glock 9mm. Roberts and Brookins were later spotted in the vehicle at a Tampa apartment complex. Hours later, Roberts was seen purchasing several first aid items, including wound closure strips, at a local Walgreens. Roberts was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, WFLA reports.

SARASOTA, Florida —

Video above: Previous coverage

Although his road to recovery is far from over, Auburn University's Brian Battie is making progress after being seriously injured in a shooting in Florida that left his brother dead.

On Wednesday, the Battie brothers' godmothers, Kelli Raines and Tanya Babinski, provided an update on Brian's condition, saying he had officially been taken off the ventilator and was able to give his mother a helping hand with his left hand.

“The right side of his body had shown no signs of movement until two days ago, by the grace of God Brian was able to move his right knee and leg,” the two women wrote in a GoFundMe update. This news is a miracle, but Brian is a fighter and always has been.”

Battie and three others were injured when gunfire erupted in a crowded shopping center parking lot in Sarasota; Tommie Battie IV, Brian's brother, was killed.

Days after the shooting, officers arrested Darryl Brookins, 28, in connection with the shooting. He was charged with murder, attempted murder and possession of a firearm as a felon.

According to Tampa NBC affiliate WFLA, Brookins' girlfriend, Nicole Roberts, 29, was arrested Friday after she was filmed disposing of the gun that deputies say was used in the shooting .

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WFLA reports that a recently filed affidavit alleges that surveillance footage shows a vehicle rented by Roberts leaving the area of the shooting and circling a riverside community in Manatee County.

The footage then shows the car parked along the Manatee River, where a woman can be seen getting out and throwing an object into the water. Deputies from the Sheriff's Underwater Recovery Force then searched the area and found a Glock 9mm.

Roberts and Brookins were later spotted in the vehicle at a Tampa apartment complex. Hours later, Roberts was seen purchasing several first aid items, including wound closure strips, at a local Walgreens.

Roberts was charged with second-degree murder with a firearm, WFLA reports.