A six-year-old boy was shot and killed at his grandmother’s home in Fairfield County, South Carolina, on Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2021. Jonathan Jase Wise, a first-grader at Chester Park Elementary and a member of Cub Scout Pack 61, was reportedly shot after the family returned from a hunting trip. Authorities describe the shooting as an intentional act.

Jase’s mother, Mary Amelia Rosborough, was arrested in connection with his death and charged with murder; she was held in jail without bond. Police reports say Rosborough told investigators she wanted to send her son to heaven and that she had been struggling with drug addiction, including a reported overdose about a month before the shooting. Jase was remembered as a joyful child who loved four-wheelers, dinosaurs, Sonic the Hedgehog, and spending time with his friends.

Anyone who knew Jase or has information about that day is asked to come forward.