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<\/p>\nA NEW Jersey high school community is reeling after a shooting at the school's athletic field left one student dead and injured another.<\/p>\n
High school junior Moussa Fofana, 18, was fatally shot at the Columbia High School's Underhill athletic field on Sunday night, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.<\/p>\n
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Fofana and another student were at the field in Maplewood around 9:40PM on Sunday when shots rang out, striking both Fofana and a male student.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor's office said Fofana died at the scene about 40 minutes later.<\/p>\n
The other student was struck in the leg and was rushed to a nearby hospital.<\/p>\n
"Moussa was adored and cherished at MMS," said Suzanne Fein, one of Fofana's Maplewood Middle School teachers. "Our community is devastated to learn of this tragic loss of a beautiful soul." <\/p>\n
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"Nothing pleased Moussa more than human connection. A student who never went without a thank you and a kind smile, grateful for all who engaged with him," Fein continued. "A positive light in our world has dimmed, and our hearts are forever saddened."<\/p>\n
Columbia High School Principal Frank Sanchez wrote to teachers at the time of the shooting: "a few of our students were in a horrible situation last night at Underhill Field."<\/p>\n
"It looks like a student may have died," he wrote.<\/p>\n
In a letter to parents the following day, Superintendent Dr. Ronald Taylor said the tragedy is hard to understand.<\/p>\n
"This inconceivable calamity is undoubtedly a devastating blow to our students, staff and community," Superintendent Dr. Ronald Taylor wrote.<\/p>\n
No arrests have been made as police continue to investigate the shooting.<\/p>\n