COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A high school student shot near a church in South Carolina has died from his injuries.
Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said in a news release that 17-year-old Amon D. Rice of Columbia died Saturday afternoon at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital.
Rice was one of two people shot Thursday night near a church in Hopkins.
Watts said an autopsy shows Rice died from a gunshot wound to the upper body.
He was a rising senior at Lower Richland High School and a member of the varsity basketball team.
Officials have said the other victim was taken to the hospital with injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening.
No arrests have been made.
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