CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Huntington police arrested a Charleston man Sunday afternoon in the shooting death of former Marshall football player Donte Newsome, 25, according to the Herald-Dispatch.

Chief Skip Holbrook of the Huntington Police Department told the newspaper investigators arrested Jerel Addison Garner, 26, on a first-degree murder charge Sunday at 1 p.m. He was taken to Western Regional Jail, where he remains without bond.

Police picked up Garner after he was released from St. Mary's Medical Center, according to the Herald-Dispatch. He was shot multiple times during the altercation, which occurred Saturday at 3 a.m. outside the Fluid Nightclub on 4th Avenue, the newspaper reported. It is unclear who shot him.

Another former Marshall football player, Curtis Keyes, 24, also was shot in the altercation. However, he was treated and released from St. Mary's on Saturday.

Officers also are looking for another man who was involved in the incident, the newspaper reported.

"There was a verbal exchange between the parties," Holbrook told the Herald-Dispatch, "and when they left the club, it escalated."

Newsome, who came to Marshall from Chesapeake, Va., played tailback and linebacker for the Thundering Herd from 2002 through 2005. He remained in the Tri-State and played for the Huntington Heroes in 2006 and 2007.

He was playing for the Amarillo (Texas) Dusters of the arena football2 league this year. The Dusters were idle last week.

"I don't see how something like this happened to somebody like him," said Marshall senior football player Emmanuel Spann, who was a true freshman when Newsome was a junior. "He got along with everybody. It's real sad. He wasn't a bad person; he was a good person.

"He will definitely be missed."