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   From: nsmontassoc@yahoo.com   
      
   On 2/27/2012 1:39 PM, IlBeBauck@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Feb 27, 2:08 pm, SecretMitt  wrote:   
   >> "One dead, four hurt in Ohio high school shooting"   
   >>   
   >> By Michael Pearson, CNN   
   >> February 27, 2012   
   >>   
   >> "He just fired two quick shots," witness says.   
   >>   
   >> "A teacher apparently chased the suspect out of Chardon High School,   
   >> police said.  The suspect later surrendered to bystanders, according   
   >> to police.  One died and four were wounded in the shooting, law   
   >> enforcement officials said."   
   >>   
   >> (CNN) -- Sorrow and disbelief replaced the chaos of Monday morning's   
   >> school shooting in Chardon, Ohio, as residents and investigators tried   
   >> to sort out what prompted a young man to open fire on a table of   
   >> students in the school cafeteria, killing one and wounding four   
   >> others.   
   >>   
   >> "I just can't believe it. I don't think it's real," said student Danny   
   >> Komertz, who witnessed the shooting. "And I just, it kills me that I   
   >> saw someone hiding, and now that someone is now dead."   
   >>   
   >> The gunman, whom police said was a juvenile, opened fire in the   
   >> cafeteria of Chardon High School just as the school day was getting   
   >> started about 7:30 a.m., according to police. Witnesses said he walked   
   >> up to a table of four students he may have been friendly with and   
   >> began shooting.  About 1,150 students attend Chardon High, which is   
   >> next to a middle school and across the street from an elementary   
   >> school.   
   >>   
   >> Police arrested the suspect a short time later in Chardon Township,   
   >> police said.   
   >>   
   >> Police Chief Tim McKenna declined to identify the suspect. But the the   
   >> Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland cited student Nate Mueller, who   
   >> was slightly wounded in the shooting, in identifying the suspect as   
   >> student T.J. Lane.   
   >>   
   >> The fatally wounded student was identified by the hospital that   
   >> treated him as Daniel Parmertor.   
   >>   
   >> "We are shocked by this senseless tragedy," Parmertor's family said in   
   >> a statement released by MetroHealth Medical Center. "Danny was a   
   >> bright young boy who had a bright future ahead of him. The family is   
   >> torn by this loss. We ask that you respect our privacy during this   
   >> difficult time."   
   >>   
   >> Parmertor and two other wounded students were taken by helicopter to   
   >> MetroHealth, hospital representative Shannon Mortland said in a   
   >> statement. Mortland did not provide details on their conditions.   
   >>   
   >> Two other students injured in the shooting, one boy and one girl, were   
   >> taken to Hillcrest Hospital, spokeswoman Heather Phillips said. One   
   >> was in serious condition, the other in stable condition, she said.   
   >>   
   >> A student at Chardon High, Evan Erasmus, said the victims were Chardon   
   >> students who attended a vocational school in Auburn, Ohio, and were   
   >> waiting for a bus to take them there.   
   >>   
   >> He said he had heard that the suspect may have posted a threatening   
   >> message on the social networking service Twitter before the shooting   
   >> but that he had not actually seen the message.   
   >>   
   >> Police recovered a handgun and gave it to the federal Bureau of   
   >> Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for examination, the agency   
   >> said.   
   >>   
   >> A law enforcement source said the Geauga County sheriff's office and   
   >> federal agents were executing search warrants in the case, but the   
   >> official did not provide locations.   
   >>   
   >> The Plain Dealer reported that Mueller said he was sitting at a table   
   >> in the cafeteria when Lane approached them.   
   >>   
   >> "My friends were crawling on the floor, and one of my friends was bent   
   >> over the table, and he was shot," the newspaper quoted Mueller as   
   >> saying. "It was almost like a firecracker went off. I turned around   
   >> and saw (T.J.) standing with a gun, and I saw him take a shot."   
   >>   
   >> Mueller said he ran from the building, hid and called police,   
   >> according to the newspaper.   
   >>   
   >> Erasmus said he had just arrived in for his English class when the   
   >> shooting happened.   
   >>   
   >> "All of a sudden, one of the administrators got on the announcements   
   >> and yelled, 'Lockdown!' " Erasmus said. "All of a sudden, all the   
   >> doors started slamming. You could hear them slam. And we all turned of   
   >> the lights, and we headed towards the corner."   
   >>   
   >> Komertz said he heard a pop as he was walking with friends. He looked   
   >> up to see a boy he did not recognize holding a gun, pointing it at a   
   >> group of four students.   
   >>   
   >> "He just fired two quick shots at them," Komertz said. "I saw one   
   >> student fall, and I saw the other hiding, trying to get cover   
   >> underneath the table."   
   >>   
   >> Komertz said he started to run when he saw the gun but heard a total   
   >> of five shots.   
   >>   
   >> A student who identified herself as Victoria told CNN affiliate WJW   
   >> that she heard a boom and turned to look into the cafeteria to see the   
   >> student holding a silver handgun, standing 10 to 15 feet from a table   
   >> of students.   
   >>   
   >> "He started walking closer and closer. It was just like, 'Boom, boom,   
   >> boom, boom,' " she said.   
   >>   
   >> Another student told CNN affiliate WKYC that he heard what he thought   
   >> at first was firecrackers.   
   >>   
   >> "Then I saw a bunch of people running out, so I started running," said   
   >> the student, whose name was not available. "I heard someone yell   
   >> behind me, 'Get down.' "   
   >>   
   >> The boy's mother said she was terrified.   
   >>   
   >> "I had just dropped him off at the school, and not even 10 minutes   
   >> later, I got a text from him saying there was a shooting at the   
   >> school," she said.   
   >>   
   >> Investigators took over the school Monday morning and were collecting   
   >> evidence after students had been evacuated to nearby Maple Elementary   
   >> School, said Lt. John Hiscox of the sheriff's office.   
   >>   
   >> Multiple calls reporting a shooting at the school flooding into the   
   >> police dispatch center beginning at 7:38 a.m., just as school was   
   >> about to get under way, McKenna said.   
   >>   
   >> After police got word from a dispatcher that a teacher had chased the   
   >> suspect out of the school, officers went inside, soon followed by   
   >> paramedics to help the injured students, McKenna said.   
   >>   
   >> It was unclear exactly how the suspect was captured. Initial reports   
   >> from police indicated that the suspect may have turned himself in to   
   >> bystanders, but McKenna did not mention that during the brief midday   
   >> news conference. Instead, he said officers "came up with the suspect"   
      
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