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Shooter, 14, \'worshipped devil\'From correspondents in Ohio
October 11, 2007 07:17am
Boy kills himself after going on school gun rampage
Two students, two adults wounded
Gallery: Shock and grief at Cleveland high school
A 14-YEAR-OLD gunman opened fire in an Ohio high school overnight, wounding at least four people before killing himself in the latest school shooting to rock the United States.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said two students and two adults were wounded in the shooting at SuccessTech Academy.
The shooter is a 14-year-old student from the school. He has committed suicide, Mr Jackson said.
A 17-year-old student who was shot in the elbow was expected to be released from hospital in the evening while a 14-year-old who was shot in the side will likely be held overnight for observation, he said.
The two adults are in stable condition.
Loner
Local media reported the student, who was described as a loner, was frustrated after being suspended from school for getting into a fight yesterday.
He came to school overnight and roamed through the hallways with a gun in each hand and shots were heard on two different floors.
Screams and panic filled the building, witnesses said.
Some students and teachers rushed outside at the sound of gunfire while others hid in closets and under desks while police searched the multilevel building for the shooter.
I know that dude was crazy. We just knew it. You know when people are crazy, come on, man, one student who fled at the sound of gunshots told CNN.
He was in my class ... He always wore a trench coat.
Devil worshipper
The boy was described by other students as a loner and devil worshipper who had made jokes about shooting other students in front of teachers.
I didn\'t think he meant it, another unidentified student told news station WKYC. I thought he just said it because he wanted to be popular.
Frantic parents rushed to the school to get news of their children and many were told to wait until police had finished interviewing them. Several complained the school had recently denied requests to hire a security guard.
Cleveland school district head Eugene Sanders said counsellors were on hand to help students and administrators were working to reunite students with their parents. A decision had not yet been made on when classes would resume.
Spate of shootings
It was just the latest in a spate of shootings over the past weeks.
In September, two 17-year-old students were wounded when they were shot by a gunman at Delaware State University.
Yesterday, two people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a workshop in Simi Valley, California, police said.
That shooting took place at a tire assembly shop in the city of 120,000 some 50km northwest of Los Angeles often listed among the country\'s safest communities.
And on Monday, a gun-toting sheriff\'s deputy went on a rampage, killing his ex-girlfriend and five other youths at a house party in a small town in Wisconsin, authorities said.
The 20-year-old deputy and all those shot were all part of a close-knit group of friends, sources said.
October 11, 2007 07:17am
Boy kills himself after going on school gun rampage
Two students, two adults wounded
Gallery: Shock and grief at Cleveland high school
A 14-YEAR-OLD gunman opened fire in an Ohio high school overnight, wounding at least four people before killing himself in the latest school shooting to rock the United States.
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said two students and two adults were wounded in the shooting at SuccessTech Academy.
The shooter is a 14-year-old student from the school. He has committed suicide, Mr Jackson said.
A 17-year-old student who was shot in the elbow was expected to be released from hospital in the evening while a 14-year-old who was shot in the side will likely be held overnight for observation, he said.
The two adults are in stable condition.
Loner
Local media reported the student, who was described as a loner, was frustrated after being suspended from school for getting into a fight yesterday.
He came to school overnight and roamed through the hallways with a gun in each hand and shots were heard on two different floors.
Screams and panic filled the building, witnesses said.
Some students and teachers rushed outside at the sound of gunfire while others hid in closets and under desks while police searched the multilevel building for the shooter.
I know that dude was crazy. We just knew it. You know when people are crazy, come on, man, one student who fled at the sound of gunshots told CNN.
He was in my class ... He always wore a trench coat.
Devil worshipper
The boy was described by other students as a loner and devil worshipper who had made jokes about shooting other students in front of teachers.
I didn\'t think he meant it, another unidentified student told news station WKYC. I thought he just said it because he wanted to be popular.
Frantic parents rushed to the school to get news of their children and many were told to wait until police had finished interviewing them. Several complained the school had recently denied requests to hire a security guard.
Cleveland school district head Eugene Sanders said counsellors were on hand to help students and administrators were working to reunite students with their parents. A decision had not yet been made on when classes would resume.
Spate of shootings
It was just the latest in a spate of shootings over the past weeks.
In September, two 17-year-old students were wounded when they were shot by a gunman at Delaware State University.
Yesterday, two people were killed and two others injured in a shooting at a workshop in Simi Valley, California, police said.
That shooting took place at a tire assembly shop in the city of 120,000 some 50km northwest of Los Angeles often listed among the country\'s safest communities.
And on Monday, a gun-toting sheriff\'s deputy went on a rampage, killing his ex-girlfriend and five other youths at a house party in a small town in Wisconsin, authorities said.
The 20-year-old deputy and all those shot were all part of a close-knit group of friends, sources said.
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