Death toll rises to 3 in Ohio school shooting

Flags fly at half staff in front of the town hall in Chardon, Ohio for the victims of an early morning school shooting Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at

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Story Created: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:02 PM

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CHARDON, Ohio (AP) - A Cleveland hospital says another student wounded in an Ohio high school shooting has died, bringing the death toll to three.

MetroHealth System said Tuesday that Demetrius Hewlin died Tuesday morning. He had been in critical condition.

Hewlin was a student at Chardon High School. He was among several shot by a gunman in the school cafeteria Monday morning.

Hewlin's family says in a statement he was a happy young man who loved life and his family and friends.

The teenage suspect faces a juvenile court hearing Tuesday afternoon.