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6-yr-old dead after South Carolina school shooting

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October 2, 2016

6-yr-old dead after South Carolina school shooting

Jacob Hall, a 6-year-old kindergarten student at Townville Elementary School, who was critically wounded in the shooting at an elementary school in Townville, South Carolina, died Saturday reports say.

The victim was shot in the leg by a suspected 14-year-old gunman who opened fire at the school’s outdoor playground during recess on Wednesday afternoon, officials said.

The teenage gunman shot Jacobs femoral artery and a massive blood loss led to a major brain injury. He died Saturday, Renae Hall wrote on Facebook.

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“You are dead to me by God you are my angel and now as I lay here and Watch the Life leave your body it reminds me of how honored I was to have you in my life,” she wrote in her post.

A family statement added thanks to doctors and the community. It said Jacob was an example of “pure love.”

“He showed us how to love, laugh and smile even on days we did not want to,” Renae and Rodger Hall said.

“God gave him to us and he was taken away from us by a senseless act. We know that Jacob has already forgiven this child for what he did to him and his family because that’s the kind of child he was.”

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