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An Arkansas junior high school student has died from injuries he sustained in a school shooting on Monday, the victim’s mother and reports have confirmed.
Daylon Burnett, 15, was shot at a Watson Chapel Junior High in Pine Bluff, about 44 miles south of Little Rock. It was the first day back for in-person instruction. Watson Chapel Junior High (Google Maps)
Officers arrived at the school and found Burnett with gunshot wounds. He was taken to Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.
Burnett’s death was confirmed by Little Rock’s Fox 16 and the Watson Chapel School District.
US gun violence: 15-year-old boy dies after being shot at school in Arkansas
The boy, identified by his family and the Watson Chapel School District as Daylon Burnett, died after two days under intensive care at Arkansas Children s Hospital in Little Rock.
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PINE BLUFF: 15-year-old boy shot at an Arkansas junior high school earlier this week died Wednesday, officials said.
Lt. David DeFoor, Pine Bluff police spokesman, confirmed the death Wednesday night, citing the Pulaski County Coroner s Office in Little Rock.
A deputy at the coroner s office referred inquiries back to Pine Bluff police.
Boy, 15, dies in the hospital two days after being shot by classmate in hallway of Arkansas junior high school in targeted attack - as suspect is charged as adult with battery
Daylon Burnett, 15, died at Arkansas Children s Hospital at 5.35pm on Wednesday, two days after he was shot at his school
Burnett s classmate Thomas Quarles, 15, was arrested and charged as adult with first-degree battery; charge is now expected to be upgraded
Authorities said Burnett s shooting at Watson Chapel Junior High School in Pine Bluff on Monday was targeted, but no motive was given
Burnett was found shot in a hallway near school library; police arrested Quarles behind a house off campus