MOBILE, Ala. -- Security was tight for Vigor High School's homecoming game against rival Williamson last October. Tyrone Lea III and Christopher Dunn were among the hundreds of fans who gathered at Mobile's 40,000-seat Ladd-Peebles Stadium, filing past metal detectors, uniformed police officers and security guards.
The school system increased security after nine people were shot near the end of a 2019 high school football game at the stadium, which in turn, occurred just months after a shooting at a high school basketball game nearby.
Midway through the fourth quarter, with the game out of reach, Dunn and Lea decided to leave.