Funeral for FSU mass shooting victim, Tiru Chabba, held in South Carolina
Tiru Chabba, a 45-year-old father of two, was among those killed by the 20-year-old suspected shooter, Phoenix Ikner, on April 17.
Officials release timeline of attack, updates on victims after deadly FSU shooting
Chabba, who was a resident of Greenville, South Carolina, is returning to his hometown in a casket, surrounded by family and loved ones.
'Tiru Chabba's family is going through the unimaginable now,' Bakari Sellers, one of the attorneys hired by the family, said in a statement. 'Instead of hiding Easter eggs and visiting with friends and family, they're living a nightmare where this loving father and devoted husband was stolen from them in an act of senseless and preventable violence.'
'We are heartbroken to confirm that an Aramark employee was among those killed at FSU yesterday in that senseless act of violence,' a spokesperson for the food service provider said in a statement last week. 'We are absolutely shaken by the news and our deepest sympathies are with the family and our entire Aramark community.'
The mass shooting, which took place outside FSU's Student Union, also left six others injured and hospitalized. Five of the six victims have since been discharged.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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