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UPDATE: Victim identified in shooting at Paradise Coast Sports Complex

Deputies are on scene processing evidence and interviewing witnesses
Shooting at Paradise Sports Complex
UPDATE: Victim identified in shooting at Paradise Coast Sports Complex
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WATCH: Fox 4's Eric Lovelace has the story:

UPDATE: Victim identified in shooting at Paradise Coast Sports Complex

Update 9:00 a.m., Saturday:

The suspect in Friday's shooting is now in jail. Court records show the Collier County Sheriff's Office has booked 38-year-old William Wharton of Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

The Sheriff's Office said Wharton is charged with aggravated battery after Friday's shooting of 43-year-old James Raynard, also of Winston-Salem.

William Wharton mug
William Wharton of Wintson-Salem, North Carolina.

Update 3:03pm:

The Collier County Sheriff's Office has now identified the victim and the suspect in the shooting at the Paradise Coast Sports Complex this morning.

CCSO arrested 38-year-old William Wharton of Winston-Salem, N.C., and charged him with aggravated battery in connection with this morning’s shooting of 43-year-old James Raynard also of Winston-Salem.

The victim was transported to the hospital following the shooting.

The shooting was reported at 10:30 a.m.

Update 11:55 am
Our reporter on scene says the deputies are parked outside of the Paradise Sports Complex welcome center.

The American Youth Football Championship games are still being played. Our reporter sees 3 or 4 games going on right now, and hundreds of people are at the complex.

Original Story:
One person was shot at the Paradise Coast Sports Complex on Friday morning.

Shooting at Paradise Sports Complex
Collier County Deputies on the scene of a shooting Friday morning at the Paradise Sports Complex

The Collier County Sheriff's Office says the person was transported to the hospital.

The sheriff's office says it quickly took a suspect into custody. Detectives are on scene processing evidence and interviewing witnesses.

Fox 4 has a reporter on the property who sees young people playing football. According to the Paradise Coast Sports Complex website, the American Youth Football Championship is being played there today.

This is a breaking news story, we will update it with new information as soon as we get it.

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