Watt reportedly to pay for funerals of Santa Fe victims
Published 9:30 pm Saturday, May 19, 2018
Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt will personally pay for the funerals of each person who was killed in Friday’s shooting at Santa Fe High School, Houston station KRIV-TV reported.
Ten students and teachers and 10 others were injured in the ambush. A suspect, 17, and another person of interest were placed in custody.
Santa Fe’s baseball players voted hours after Friday’s shooting to continue its season in the 5A Region III quarterfinal round. Kingwood Park beat Santa Fe 7-0 in a packed-house Game 2 of a best-of-three series at Deer Park to advance to the next round, where the Panthers will play either Magnolia or Georgetown.
Sophomore pitcher Rome Shubert, who was wounded in the shooting, was introduced along with the rest of his teammates but did not play.
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I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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