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24-year-old Georgia woman dies after being shot in the eye at gun range

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"article-header">&NewLine;<h6>Sarah Bonner<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Photo Credit&colon; GoFundMe<&sol;em><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210101&semi;"><strong>24-year-old Sarah Bonner was<&sol;strong><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210101&semi;"> shot in the eye at a private gun range&comma; on Dec&period; 26<&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210101&semi;"><strong>Bonner of Lawrenceville  died Thursday after being on life support for several days <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><span style&equals;"color&colon;&num;210101&semi;"><strong>Shooting is believed accidental&comma; unclear whose gun fired the fatal shot<&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"entry-content entry-content-read-more">&NewLine;<p>A young Georgia woman&comma; visiting family during the holiday period has died after being shot in the eye at a South Carolina gun range&period; The shooting incident occurred at a time time when range members were target practicing&comma; police said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Sarah Bonner&comma; of Lawrenceville&comma; died Thursday after being on life support for several days&comma; said Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore&comma; who ruled the shooting an accident&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The 24-year-old woman was shot Monday afternoon at Skip-J Range in Anderson&comma; SC&comma; while visiting friends and family for Christmas&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The bullet went through Bonner’s eye and became lodged in her brain&comma; Shore <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;ajc&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;gwinnett-woman-dies-after-being-shot-the-eye&sol;fWjcVqRSSZV3zSORS9DvzK&sol;">told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution<&sol;a>&period; She was taken to AnMed Health Medical&comma; where she later died&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Bonner’s organs were donated and the bullet was retrieved&period; It will help show which gun fired it&comma; Shore said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to Shore&comma; the shooting is believed to be accidental and it is still unclear whose gun fired the fatal shot&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Range owner Jerry James said it was the first accidental shooting at the private pistol and rifle club since it opened 24 years ago&period; The range’s safety protocols are &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;serious&comma;” he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Members&comma; who can use the range without supervision&comma; have the combination to the range’s gate lock to use the range from 9 a&period;m&period; to dark Mondays through Saturdays&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Its 10 bays consist of dirt berms down both sides as well as at the end&comma; according to the range’s website&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;A <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;gofundme&period;com&sol;Sbonner-Memorial-Fund">GoFundMe <&sol;a>account started by Sarah Bonner’s family to raise money for her funeral had raised more than &dollar;7&comma;800 out of a goal of &dollar;10&comma;000&comma; as of Friday<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"tag-list"><&sol;div>&NewLine;

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