The 17-year-old bass player was killed two weeks ago by a package bomb left outside his Austin home. At the time of his death, he was waiting to see if he had been admitted into the prestigious Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio. Turns out he did make it: Mason was one of 130 students admitted into the school this fall out of 1,500 applicants, according to CNN. Mason would have found out about the admission on Friday, according to Oberlin admissions director Michael Manderen. Mason “kind of shielded her and it killed him instantly,” his cousin Mark Glover told The New York Times.

Source: Huffington Post March 26, 2018 18:45 UTC