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Paulding County Native Among Chattanooga Shooting Victims

CECIL, Ohio (WOWO): We are learning more details surrounding Thursday's shooting that killed four service members and injured two others in Chattanooga. 

One of the wounded is from this area.  According to Stars and Stripes, Randall Smith a Navy logistics specialist from Cecil, Ohio suffered three gunshot wounds. 

The report quoted Smith's mother as saying the wounds were very extensive to his liver and colon, with more surgeries likely. 

Other family members indicated he was on a ventilator and lost more than 100 units of blood but was fighting hard. The Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga was not able to provide information to WOWO News on his condition.

According to the report, Smith has three daughters, all six or younger. 

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