The shooting

It's in the Columbia paper so I guess we're free to talk about it now. There was a shooting at the end of our driveway last night. Rob and I were both in the driveway, about 50 ft away, conversing with 2 other students when it happened. We only heard a bunch of shots, saw a black car driving out of the corner of our eye as we ran. I assumed it was a drive-by, ran for cover, called 911. Went back to the scene when the 911 person asked if anyone was shot because, at that point, I really didn't know. Turns out there was someone hiding in the bushes who jumped out, shot a teenager walking along with his sister and ran off. Apparently the person may have escaped in the car that we saw up Wildwood Avenue. We were present from about 6:45PM, along with many other LTSS students, some of who are trained first responders, with the boy who was shot until he left in an ambulance at around 7PM. According to an intern who was ministering at the hospital where the boy was taken, he was in critical condition last night. He was reported in The State newspaper to have died last night around 10PM.

Please pray for his sister and his mother, who were both at the scene last night.