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10-Year-Old Boy Shot at High School Football Game Dies

A 10-year-old New Jersey boy who was shot at a high school football game last week died Wednesday, shortly before the game was resumed at the home field of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles, where an announcer proclaimed that “acts of violence do not win.”

Micah Tennant was shot in the neck Friday during a playoff game between Pleasantville and Camden. He died Wednesday from his wounds, Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon Tyner said.

Charges against the suspected gunman have been upgraded to murder. He also faces two counts of attempted murder and weapons charges.