Report: New York City prep player in title game despite facing attempted murder rap

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 5:40 p.m. ET

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A running back who plays for a high school that will appear in a New York City championship game Sunday at Yankee Stadium has a rap sheet that includes an attempted murder charge, the New York Post reported, citing authorities.

Rahmel Ashby, 17, plays for Grand Street Campus. He was arrested in Brooklyn in May 2014 for allegedly firing several gunshots that ended up striking and wounding three people.

Following his April 29, 2014 arrest, Ashby was released after making $50,000 bail.

Additionally, the Post reports Ashby was arrested on this past Halloween for alleged criminal possession of a firearm, also in Brooklyn, according to police who said he had a loaded .380 semi-automatic handgun.