ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

Male shooting victim, update and identification


Nathaniel Tavarez, 12 - shooting victim

Gov. Susana Martinez said Thursday the boy who was shot in the face and neck at a New Mexico middle school is heavily sedated and on a breathing machine, but his doctors are optimistic.

Martinez told reporters the student remained in critical condition at a Lubbock, Texas, hospital and doctors have repaired slight damage to his heart. She also said his face and head are covered in pockmarks from the shotgun pellets, and both of his eyes were injured.

Still, she said, the boy has improved. "The doctors feel good about him," Martinez said.

Story:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/boy-f...g-21557053
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Good to hear that Nathaniel is improving.

The governor of NM today also corrected reports of his age being 11; he's 12 - same as the shooter.