One of the Delaware State University freshmen shot last month died Tuesday. She was 17.Shalita Middleton, a biology major from Washington, D.C., was shot along in the abdomen along with freshman Nathaniel Pugh, 17, on Sept. 21. Pugh suffered an ankle wound.
"She struggled valiantly over the last several weeks and she was an inspiration," Middleton's family said. "Ultimately, however, the internal injuries that she suffered were in the end too critical to overcome."
Campus officials plan to hold a memorial for her.
Investigators were never able to interview Middleton about the circumstances around the shooting.
The alleged 18-year-old shooter, Loyer Braden, a freshman at DSU from East Orange, N.J., is being held on $92,000 bail on charges of attempted murder, assault, and other offenses. The charges will probably rise to murder.
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