The first round of exploding shotgun shells hit the ceiling. The second and third rounds hit Kendal Sanders, then 13, and Nathaniel Tavarez, then 12, spraying both with scores of BB-sized lead pellets – more than 150 in Kendal's right shoulder, lung, chest, liver, kidney and near her spine, where they remain today...
Mason Campbell, then 12, whose journal indicated he'd been bullied – although not by either student he injured – pleaded no contest to three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and one count of carrying a firearm on school premises. He was sentenced to juvenile detention lasting no longer than his 21st birthday...
Nathaniel struggles too, with injuries to his neck, face and eyes; he also still carries lead pellets in his body, has constant headaches, and has been told he will never fully regain his sight.
