A Minnesota college football player was killed in a shooting on Friday.

Matthew Lee, a junior at St. Olaf College, was pronounced dead at the scene of a double shooting in South St. Paul.

Another college student was injured in the incident.

Matthew Lee was a junior football player at St. Olaf College. Facebook/Jody Clark

“He was a leader at South St. Paul High School, great student, dual-sport athlete,” St. Olaf College coach James Kilian said, according to CBS News . “I know he had overcome adversity in high school and some tragedy in his own life, but still was able to do everything he needed to do to be successful and to perform at a high level on and off the field.”

The Minnesota Star Tribune reported Tuesday that Lee was an “innocent bystander” during a “shootout between two

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