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Officials have
accused the boy of shooting his father dead and then driving to
Townville Elementary School and opening fire on the playground
before he was tackled by a volunteer fire fighter and taken into
custody by police.
A teacher and three students were shot in the Sept. 28 rampage.
One of the students, a 6-year-old boy, died three days later.
Solicitor Chrissy Adams of South Carolina's 10th Judicial
Circuit announced that her office had filed a motion to try
Jesse Dewitt Osborne as an adult.
Adams said in a statement that first the Office of Juvenile
Justice would conduct an evaluation of the boy and a hearing
would be set in Family Court.
A defense lawyer for Osborne did not immediately respond to
requests for comment. Defense attorney Frank Eppes previously
released a statement from the Osborne family expressing mourning
and praising first responders and the "courageous teacher who
was wounded while rescuing the children."
It was the latest in a series of shootings at U.S. schools that
have fueled debate over the extent of gun regulations in the
United States.
The boy's father, Jeffrey Osborne, 47, was killed while watching
television at their home about 2 miles (3 km) from the school.
Besides the murder and attempted murder charges, Osborne also
faces five charges of possession of a weapon during the
commission of a violent crime.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; Editing by Toni Reinhold)
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