A visiting Olivet College baseball player was shot three times at the Mose Moorehead Baseball Field at Muskingum University on a March evening in 2023. The 29-year-old shooter, Franklin J. Grayson, confronted the player after the student returned to the dugout for a forgotten sweatshirt. The victim did not know his attacker, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, and was later released to his parents.

Investigators say Grayson, a 2021 Olivet College graduate who lived in Jacksonville, Florida, traveled to Ohio that day, flew into Columbus, rented a car, bought a bicycle and rode to the field after hiding the rental vehicle. Phone records reportedly showed searches for Olivet’s away game schedule. After the shooting Grayson shed his clothes while trying to flee; New Concord officers arrested him nearby. He was indicted on multiple felonies, including attempted murder, and later pleaded guilty to attempted murder, felonious assault, inducing panic, improperly discharging a firearm in a school safety zone, carrying a concealed weapon and tampering with evidence. Grayson is awaiting sentencing.

Does anyone have information about the travel or planning that led to this attack?