‘One of those salt-of-the-earth type students’: Coach identifies 17-year-old killed in Arlington shooting
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A Springfield Middle School coach is mourning the loss of his former student, 17-year-old Talisse Patterson, after she was shot and killed while waiting to get into a Halloween party in Jacksonville.“Talisse was one of those salt-of-the-earth type students,” coach Clifton Collins said, saying she was a student who was quick to help others. “If she was in your class, she was going to help you out. She would keep the other kids in line.”The shooting happened early Sunday outside the Regency Inn on Arlington Expressway. People were waiting in line to enter the Halloween party when an argument broke out, and three bystanders who weren’t involved were shot, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.Patterson was killed, and two others were injured when the gunfire erupted, police said. Investigators believe at least two suspects walked up to the area before firing. JSO has not announced any arrests.Collins said he coached Patterson for three years at Springfield Middle School and that