Students say ‘hero’ high school football star died shielding others from shooting at fall festival - Bryce Gerlach, 18, was fatally shot at a festival in New Albany, Indiana

An 18-year-old high school football star is being posthumously hailed a hero for shielding others from gunfire that erupted at a fall festival in Indiana. Corydon Central High School senior Bryce Gerlach was fatally shot when at least two different groups got into an argument that turned violent at the Harvest Homecoming Festival in New Albany,

The classmates of 18-year-old high school student Bryce Gerlach, who was killed at a Harvest Homecoming event in Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 12, say that they believed he had died while shielding a group of his friends at the event.