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Sailor dies after injuries in Chattanooga shooting

PAULDING COUNTY, Ohio (WANE) One of the victims of the mass shooting at two Chattanooga, Tennessee military centers has died. That brings the total number of people killed to six, including the gunman.

According to 24-Hour News 8 sister station,WANE, Darlene Proxmire, the step-grandmother of Randall Smith, called NewsChannel 15 Saturday morning and said he passed away around 4 a.m. He was originally from Paulding, Ohio. He was 24.

Proxmire said Smith had extensive damage to his liver and colon from the shooting. He had a few surgeries at a hospital. He was serving in Chattanooga as a logistics specialist in the U.S. Navy at the time of the shooting.