College Football

Division III football player faces murder charge

Updated Mar. 5, 2020 12:46 a.m. ET

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) A football player at Division III Maryville (Tennessee) College faces a first-degree murder charge in the shooting death of a 16-year-old girl.

Knox County Sheriff's Office officials announced Wednesday that William Riley Gaul, a freshman wide receiver, was arrested in connection with the death of Emma Walker. Officials said Gaul was being held at the Knox County Jail on $750,000 bond.

Sheriff's officials said Walker was found dead of a gunshot wound inside her house Monday morning. Officials said evidence at the scene indicted Gaul fired shots into her bedroom from outside the house while she slept.

Walker was a student at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. Maryville's football roster indicates Gaul graduated from Central High.

Maryville officials didn't have any immediate comment.