Corrections & clarifications: An earlier model of this story incorrectly reported the age of the capturing suspect.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A minor is in custody after fatally capturing one other pupil at Tanglewood Center Faculty on Thursday, authorities mentioned.
The Greenville Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned in a press release that the sufferer and shooter have been each 12-year-old males. The alleged shooter was taken into custody at a close-by residence after operating from the college property, in response to the assertion.
“My coronary heart breaks for this younger boy’s household and my prayers are with them tonight,” Sheriff Hobart Lewis mentioned in a press release. “Moreover, I will likely be praying for the opposite younger boy who pulled the set off and his household. I can’t fathom what would trigger somebody to do that to a different human being and particularly at that age, however I do know it’s a state of affairs the place all of us want to show to God.”
Legislation enforcement responded to the college at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday after a faculty useful resource officer requested emergency backup after a pupil was shot, in response to the sheriff’s workplace.
The sufferer was shot not less than one time and transported to an area hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, the sheriff’s workplace mentioned.
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“Whereas the motive for the capturing and the way the suspect was capable of get possession of a firearm remains to be beneath investigation, we will verify that the sufferer and suspect have been conversant in one another and we’re assured the incident was remoted. No different college students have been injured within the incident,” the assertion mentioned.
Deputies took the suspect into custody and recovered a handgun. He faces homicide and weapons-related fees as a minor, the assertion mentioned.
The sufferer’s household mentioned his identify was Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson in a press release launched by a neighborhood activist group known as Combating Injustice Collectively.
“We’re all devastated by at this time’s tragedy. We love Jamari dearly,” the household mentioned.
Amanda Corridor mentioned she bought a textual content from her daughter, an eighth grade pupil on the faculty, round 12:30 p.m. The scholar informed her there was a “code blue” incident, Corridor mentioned.
When Corridor known as her daughter, she informed Corridor she heard a gunshot whereas she was altering lessons. College students have been informed by academics to take shelter beneath the desks and converse quietly, Corridor mentioned.
All college students have been later transported to Brookwood Church in Simpsonville for reunification with their households, in response to Greenville County Colleges spokesperson Tim Waller.
“That is my worst nightmare, I take into consideration this on a regular basis,” mentioned Adrienne Freeman, whose daughter is in seventh grade on the faculty. Freeman mentioned her daughter was secure.
Craig Sullivan lives across the nook from the college.
“This sort of stuff doesn’t occur in Greenville, by no means has it occurred in a college,” he mentioned. “I went to this faculty, again within the 70s. Tanglewood is Tanglewood. We’re an in depth folks.”
Contributing: The Related Press
