A South Carolina teenager is suspected of opening fire at an elementary school playground, wounding two students and a teacher — just one minute after placing a teary phone call that led to the discovery of his father’s body at a nearby home.
As the shooting unfolded on Wednesday afternoon behind Townville Elementary School, the teenager, who was not identified because of his age, was taken to the ground by a volunteer firefighter and taken into custody by deputies, authorities said.
The father of the suspected shooter was found dead after being shot, Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore told reporters. Shore identified him as Jeffrey Osborne, 47, who was found at a house about three kilometres from the school.
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The teenager called his grandmother at 1:44pm (local time), sobbing and speaking unintelligibly, Shore said at a second news conference. The grandparents went to the boy’s house next door to check on the father and the boy. The couple found the father but not the boy.
“He did die at the scene from gunshot wounds,” commented Shore about the father.
About 1:45pm, a teacher at the school called 911 to report a shooting.
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One male student was critically injured with a gunshot to the leg and another boy was struck in a foot. A female teacher was wounded in a shoulder, sheriff’s Captain Garland Major said.
It is unclear whether the alleged shooter knew any of the school victims. Major stated that the motive is unclear, but terrorism has been ruled out.
Anderson County Sheriff John Skipper said the boy started firing after getting out of his vehicle in the parking lot near the playground.
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