Vandy football player shot at party

University officials said George Smith was shot in the arm at about 2 a.m. by someone who is not a Vanderbilt student. He was taken to Vanderbilt hospital where he was treated and released. Smith is a redshirt freshman wide receiver from Hollywood, Fla., who has seven catches for 48 yards and a touchdown this season.

Two other football players were injured in the incident, though not by gunshots. Freshman Derrius Dowell and reshirt freshman Reshard Langford were also treated and released from the Vanderbilt hospital emergency room. They suffered minor cuts in the incident, Moran said.

Dowell is a freshman defensive end from Atlanta and Langford is a redshirt freshman safety from Tanner, Ala.

“We try to talk to our team all the time about making good decisions, about who they’re going to be around, and where they are, what they’re doing,” coach Bobby Johnson told WKRN-TV. “Sometimes you can’t account for who approaches you.”

Nashville and university police are investigating the incident and no arrests had been made.

There were about 50 people at the apartment at Morgan House and the shooting occurred when a resident assistant went to break up the party, Moran said.

Vanderbilt played at home Saturday, winning against Richmond.