Another school shooting?

[sr71blackbird]

Link: LINK (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071011/ap_on_re_us/school_shooting)

[QUOTE]A 14-year-old suspended student opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself.

A fellow student at SuccessTech Academy alternative school said Asa H. Coon, who was suspended for fighting two days earlier, had made threats in front of students and teachers last week./QUOTE]

His name was Coon...

[PapaBear]

Why the question mark? He was at school. He shot kids.

[Ted_Baxter]

His name was Coon...

I'm sorry you had to hear that Earl.

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[SatCam]

thankfully he was an awful shot

[TheMojoPin]

thankfully he was an awful shot

Which indicates he was likely a nerd. It's really the geeks that you need to worry about when it comes to snapping and actually knowing how to use weapons. Fortunately, it's 50/50 whether or not they show up with an uzi or their replica He-Man battleaxe.

[Fezticle98]

His name was Asa? What is a kid doing with a name like that in this decade?

We'll never know if he would've been listed as A Coon in the phonebook.

[midwestjeff]

hmm. i should read before making lame jokes.

[Fezticle98]

Coon was white, and Henderson, the student who said she frequently argued with him, is black, but she said she didn't believe race played a role in the shootings.

I blame the blacks.

[PapaBear]

Everyone I saw interviewed on TV was black. If the kid was white, maybe he got picked on a lot for being different.

[SatCam]

His name was Asa?

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[JesterOfSadness]

What the hell kinda name for a school is SuccessTech? Clearly this kid wasn't.

Also, when they had coverage of the shooting, I didn't see one white person.(pretty much what Papabear said)

[A.J.]

Students said Monday's fight was over God — Coon told his classmates he didn't believe in God and instead worshipped rocker Marilyn Manson.

Coon, who was white, stood out in the predominantly black school for dressing in a goth style, wearing a black trench coat, black boots, a dog collar and chains, she said.

Is this 1997?

[TheMojoPin]

This was after his failed throwing star massacre.

Then he tried a sumo massacre, but that failed, too.

Then he summoned Mogomra, the giant country lobster, but the Fart Monster defeated him.

I blame all that throwing star music and those throwing star TV shows.

[Furtherman]

From HLN...

Reports from OH: At least 3 students shot at Chardon High school when 2 gunmen walked into cafeteria and started shooting. 1 shooter reportedly in custody now,...

[JimBeam]

Everyone I saw interviewed on TV was black. If the kid was white, maybe he got picked on a lot for being different.

2 of the kids that were killed and one that was seriously wounded were white.

Only 1 black female was killed.

[Misteriosa]

2 of the kids that were killed and one that was seriously wounded were white.

Only 1 black female was killed.

that post you responded to was from 2007. are you referring to that school shooting or the one from a few days ago? :unsure:

[JimBeam]

I didn't even see that. My bad.

Yes, I was talking about the one from yesterday.

I thought the thread wasn't getting much traffic.

[Misteriosa]

Several injured in gunfire at University of Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic; gunman sought
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/several-injured-in-gunfire-at-university-of-pittsburgh-psychiatric-clinic-gunman-sought/2012/03/08/gIQASfwczR_story.html)

PITTSBURGH — Authorities say several people have been injured in a shooting at a psychiatric clinic at the University of Pittsburgh, and police are looking for a gunman.

Authorities did not say how many people were hit in the Thursday afternoon shooting at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic.

Pittsburgh-area media are reporting that at least five people were shot. It isn’t clear how many gunmen might be involved. Some reports say a gunman and a police officer were among those shot.

A SWAT team is on the scene, and buildings are on lockdown. The school is on spring break.

The clinic describes itself on its website as a top academic-based psychiatric care center. Pitt’s psychiatry department is part of the clinic.

[keithy_19]

Best spring break ever.

[Crispy123]

2 dead, 7 injured...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/08/pittsburgh-psychiatric-clinic-shooting_n_1332766.html

[StanUpshaw]

"School shooting" is a bit of a stretch.