[4] Police received a 9-1-1 call on the shooting at 1:44 p.m. At around 2:00 p.m., Osborne was apprehended by a volunteer firefighter after his gun jammed on the playground, just 12 seconds after he first pulled the trigger.
During his interview with police Osborne stated he threw his gun and his vest away after realizing he was "going to hell" and called his paternal grandparents in tears to confess what he had done.
[8] A third student, six-year-old Jacob Hall, suffered a gunshot wound to the leg, which led to massive blood loss and then cardiac arrest.
[11] On September 7, 2018, Osborne pled not guilty on all counts before a South Carolina Supreme Court Judge.
Prior testimony from the investigator revealed that Osborne had been planning an attack for months through his internet searches, constituting premeditation.
Sentencing was postponed to a later date to allow Judge R. Lawton McIntosh to appropriately decide Osborne's fate, given that he was set to serve a minimum of thirty years and a maximum of life without parole.
Jacob's mother did not attend the hearing, as she was incarcerated following her drug arrest less than a month before the plea.