MEP: A six-year-old boy “Jacob Hall”, injured on Wednesday in a shootout at a South Carolina elementary school, has died in hospital on Saturday, the county coroner said.
The attack had happened after a 14-year-old boy opened fire on an elementary school playground and a bullet punctured a main artery in his leg resulting in a major brain injury due to a “catastrophic” loss of blood, AP reported, citing the deceased boy’s doctor.
Jacob died at Greenville Health System Children’s Hospital on Saturday at 12:56pm local time, according to Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore.
“Unfortunately he’s lost the battle,” Shore told Reuters, adding an autopsy is to take place Sunday.
Authorities say Jacob, another student and a first-grade teacher at Townville Elementary were wounded by the teenager, who had just killed his father at their home. After the slaying, the teen — who is not old enough to have a driver’s license — drove a pick-up truck about three miles (4.8km) down a country road, crashed at the school and started firing with a handgun, authorities said.
The young shooter was charged as a juvenile on Friday with murder and three counts of attempted murder.
Motive behind the shootings is still remain unknown.
