School Shooting in PA
Another school shooting this morning. At a Junior High in Red Lion, PA, a student shot the principal and then killed himself. This is the same school district where a former teacher attacked a kindergarten class with a machete in 2001, injuring 13 people, including 11 kindergarteners.
Only 1 in 9 school board members think violence in schools is a 'major' concern.
UPDATE: A first-hand account from an 8th grader in the cafeteria at the time of the schooting: "It was a gun. It looked like a pistol from where I was standing and it was very loud. It was a very loud pistol. I saw him fire and then I ran out and I heard a second shot and then after that I was too far away to hear it again," Becker said. "There was a lot of screaming, and a lot of people yelling and a lot of people saying to run, and you looked for the exit that was closest to you, and you were going full speed and everyone was just flooding out the exits."
UPDATE #2: The principal, Eugene Segro (51) has now died. The shooter's name was James Sheets and he reportedly carried multiple guns - though they have not yet been identified.
UPDATE #3: Reuters says there were both handguns, and says he had at least two guns. I also hadn't thought of this previously, but this shooting comes just 4 days after the anniversary of Columbine.
UPDATE #4: Yahoo! has a picture of the shooter.
Only 1 in 9 school board members think violence in schools is a 'major' concern.
UPDATE: A first-hand account from an 8th grader in the cafeteria at the time of the schooting: "It was a gun. It looked like a pistol from where I was standing and it was very loud. It was a very loud pistol. I saw him fire and then I ran out and I heard a second shot and then after that I was too far away to hear it again," Becker said. "There was a lot of screaming, and a lot of people yelling and a lot of people saying to run, and you looked for the exit that was closest to you, and you were going full speed and everyone was just flooding out the exits."
UPDATE #2: The principal, Eugene Segro (51) has now died. The shooter's name was James Sheets and he reportedly carried multiple guns - though they have not yet been identified.
UPDATE #3: Reuters says there were both handguns, and says he had at least two guns. I also hadn't thought of this previously, but this shooting comes just 4 days after the anniversary of Columbine.
UPDATE #4: Yahoo! has a picture of the shooter.
# | April 24, 2003