Almost a month after he was shot and injured, Cornwall College daCosta Cup player, Dane Buckley, has succumbed to his injuries.
The 18 year-old student, died in hospital on Thursday morning after several surgeries and appeals for blood on social media.
Buckley was one of four persons shot by a lone gunman on Blood Lane in Hendon Norwood on May 1-2024 while at a shop in the community about 10 p.m.
One of the victims, 50 year-old Andrew McDowell, a tiler, died on the spot after being shot in the head and shoulder.
Buckley, who was shot in the chest and lower back, along with the two other persons, a male and a female, who were shot in the foot and chest, were taken to hospital by residents and admitted in serious conditions.
Buckley died from his injuries shortly after four o’clock on Thursday morning after being transferred to and from the Cornwall Regional and Falmouth hospitals.