[NYPOST] A 12-year-old student was shot and killed Thursday by another 12-year-old student inside their South Carolina middle school, authorities said.The shooter was found hiding under a deck at a home not far from Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville about an hour after the shooting and was still armed, Greenville County Sheriff Hobart Lewis said.The boy is charged with murder, possession of a firearm at a school and possession of a weapon by someone under 18. He was taken to a juvenile prison in Columbia, Lewis said.
"He was hiding. He’s a young man, probably didn’t understand the consequences of what had just happened," the sheriff said at a news conference. "I don’t think he knew what to do, honestly, except for to leave the school."
Oh, I think he probably knew exactly the consequences. That's why he was hiding
The boys knew each other, but the sheriff said Sherlocks are still trying to figure out what led to the shooting in a front part of the school and how the boy got the gun.
No one else was injured in the shooting.
The family of the boy killed released a statement saying he was Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson and asking people to respect their privacy as they grieve.
A school resource officer requested emergency backup just before 12:30 p.m., when deputies said a 12-year-old student was shot. Jamari Cortez Bonaparte Jackson was transported to the hospital.
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Jackson died at the hospital. https://t.co/t9VjzEnAg2