Sarah Bonner
Sarah Bonner
Sarah Bonner (1992-December 28, 2016) is a 24-year-old woman living in Lawrenceville, Georgia, who is remembered for being kind and caring person who was involved in her church and giving back to the community.
Memory
Friends and family remembered Sarah for he kind and caring personality.
Lisa Blaurock, who knew Bonner through work at Biltmore Contracting in Lawrenceville, said Bonner was always happy and smiling.
"She was a great kid," Blaurock said.
"She left no challenge unturned, she was gutsy and lived life to the fullest."
Bonner and Blaurock also attended the same church.
Blaurock recalled when the church challenged families to give back to the community.
A friend of Bonner's was a teacher, and Bonner organized a group of her friends to buy a bed for one of her friend's students.
A GoFundMe page was set up to raise money for her funeral. Those who knew Bonner took to social media and called her a lifesaver. A friend posted on Facebook that Bonner's mother is battling cancer and that Bonner was an inspiration for her mother's fight. A gofundme page that has been set up for Bonner to help her family pay for medical expenses also references her as a lifesaver. [1]
Death
Bonner, 24, died overnight Wednesday after being shot in the eye Monday at the Skip-J Range in Anderson County and spending several days on life support.
Bonner had been visiting friends and family for the holidays, said Anderson County Coroner Greg Shore.
Anderson County Deputy Coroner Don McCown said Bonner had been familiar with shooting guns and had just gotten one for Christmas.
She was out at Skip-J with some family members and friends, who had been there several times, he said.
More information is expected in the continuing investigation of Bonner's death after a bullet that was lodged in her head is sent to a forensics lab and tested.
Shore said the bullet was removed during an autopsy Thursday morning.
It will help investigators determine which of several guns fired the shot that killed Bonner and whether the shooting was accidental, he said.
Shore said several guns were taken by investigators, and there were believed to be several people near Bonner at the time she was shot.
The incident remains under investigation by the Anderson County Sheriff's and Coroner's offices.
Anderson County Sheriff's Office investigators have not ruled that the shooting might have been accidental, Lt. Sheila Cole wrote in an email Wednesday.
Skip-J Range Owner Jerry James said the range and its members follow safety protocols based off gun safety rules from the National Rifle Association.