SC teen pleads guilty to murder in death of father, boy
Source: Associated Press
Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press
Updated 8:04 pm CST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018
A 16-year-old pleaded guilty Wednesday to two charges of murder for fatally shooting his father in their home and a 6-year-old boy at the South Carolina elementary school he once attended.
Jesse Osborne faces 30 years to life in prison without parole when he is sentenced several months from now in an extensive hearing in Anderson County that will take into account his age, his chance for rehabilitation and the circumstances of the crime.
Solicitor David Wagner said he thinks Osborne should die in prison. He detailed in court how the teen spent weeks planning the shooting at Townville Elementary School and days discussing it in a secret Instagram group that Wagner described as a "sleeper cell of would-be school shooters."
Osborne told the group, "I think I'll probably most likely kill around 50 or 60," then followed up with a message saying, "If I get lucky maybe 150," according to the messages retrieved by investigators.
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