Weapons Semi-automatic pistol Start date September 28, 2016 Suspected perpetrator Jesse Osborne | Non-fatal injuries 3 Non-fatal injuries 3 | |
Location Townville, South Carolina, United States Total number of deaths 2 (1 at the school; 1 at suspect's home) Attack types School shooting, Spree killer | ||
The Townville Elementary School shooting occurred on September 28, 2016, in Townville, South Carolina, located 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Greenville. Fourteen-year-old Jesse Osborne shot three students and a teacher, fatally wounding six-year-old student Jacob Hall, who died from his wounds three days later. The gunman, who also shot and killed his father before the shooting, was arrested as the sole suspect and charged with murder and attempted murder.
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The shooting started before 1:45 p.m., when Osborne drove into a fence of Townville Elementary School in a black pickup truck, got out of the vehicle and began firing into the air near the school's playground, repeatedly shouting, "I hate my life." He then jumped the fence and began firing at students. Police received a 9-1-1 call on the shooting at 1:44 p.m. At around 2:00 p.m., the suspect was apprehended by a volunteer firefighter. A body, later identified as the suspect's father, was later discovered at the family home by the suspect's paternal grandmother. The woman had received an "unintelligible" call from her grandson before the shooting started, which prompted her to go to the home to investigate.
One student was shot in the foot and a female teacher was shot in the shoulder; both were treated at AnMed Health and released the following evening. Another student suffered a superficial wound that did not require medical treatment. A third student, six-year-old Jacob Hall, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, which led to massive blood loss and then cardiac arrest. He was airlifted to Greenville Memorial Hospital and underwent surgery. Hall died on October 1, three days after being shot. A funeral for Hall was held on October 5.
Suspect
Jesse Osborne, aged 14, was identified as the suspected gunman. He was not a student of Townville Elementary School. At the time of the shooting, he was being homeschooled after being expelled from middle school for attacking another student with a hatchet in 2015. Osborne was charged as a juvenile with two counts of murder and two counts of attempted murder.