TOWNVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA — A teenage boy killed his own father before opening fire at a rural South Carolina school on Wednesday.
The 14-year-old suspect shot his 47-year-old father in the chest with a handgun at their home in Anderson County, Reuters reported.
The boy then hopped in a pickup truck, which he drove for about two miles, before crashing into a fence at Townville Elementary School. The unnamed teenager entered the school playground and began firing.
Two 6-year-old boys were wounded in the leg and foot, one of them critically. A female teacher was also shot in the shoulder.
An unarmed volunteer firefighter subdued the teenager before he could do any more damage and held him until the cops showed up.
The suspect was home schooled and therefore wasn’t a student at Townville Elementary. It’s unknown whether the shooter knew any of the school victims.
His motive remains unclear, but police have ruled out terrorism.
