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ORLANDO, Fla. - Florida State freshman linebacker Ethan Pritchard is "alert, responsive and able to communicate" after being shot in the back of the head following the team’s season opener in August, officials said.

Authorities said Pritchard was ambushed by suspects who mistook him for someone else.

What we know:

Florida State University linebacker Ethan Pritchard, a freshman, was shot in the back of the head after the Seminoles’ season opener in August.

He survived the attack and, after more than five weeks of hospitalization at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, was transferred Thursday to Brooks Rehabilitation in Jacksonville to continue recovery.

Authorities arrested four people in connection with the shooting.

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