The death toll in one of the most violent shooting sprees in Southeast Missouri history rose to three Tuesday.
Michael R. Jeffers, 16, died Tuesday afternoon at Saint Francis Medical Center, Cape Girardeau County Coroner John Clifton said. He had been shot in the head during the shooting Monday in Jackson that left two others dead and two more in critical condition.
Clifton officially ruled the incident a murder-suicide Tuesday.
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