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‘Joyful’ student weeks from graduation identified as victim killed in Louisiana mall shooting
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‘Joyful’ student weeks from graduation identified as victim killed in Louisiana mall shooting

The Independent·Graig Graziosi·about 1 month ago
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A 17-year-old Lafayette student has been identified as the person killed in a mall shooting in Baton Rouge on Thursday, according to police. Martha Odom, a senior at Ascension Episcopal School, was set to graduate in just three weeks. She was visiting the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge for her "senior skip day" when a pair of armed individuals began firing at each other in the mall's food court. She was caught in the crossfire and was shot in the chest. She died from her wounds, according to a coroner's report. “Today, our hearts are heavy. We grieve the loss of one of our seniors, Martha Odom, following yesterday’s off-campus tragedy,” the school said in a statement on Friday. Six people were wounded in the shooting , including at least three students from Ascension, including Odom, Fox 8 reports . Martha Odom, 17, of Lafayette was weeks away from graduation when she was shot and killed at the Mall of Louisiana in Baton Rouge.…

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