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Student Fires Gun in Mo. Middle School
Updated 4:31 PM ET October 9, 2006
A 13-year-old student wearing a mask and a long, black trenchcoat fired an AK-47 into the ceiling at his school Monday morning after confronting a pair of students and administrators, telling them "please don't make me do this," officials said.
No one was injured, and the boy, who police said was following a well-thought out plan, was taken into custody.
The seventh-grader pointed the gun at the two students, Principal Steve Gilbreth and Assistant Superintendent Steve Doerr, telling them "not to make me do this," said Superintendent Jim Simpson.
He then fired the shot into the ceiling, breaking a water pipe, and said again "Please don't make me do this," Simpson said.
Doerr and Gilbreth persuaded the youth to leave the building, and he was confronted by two police officers who had their weapons drawn. The student dropped the rifle and was taken into custody, Simpson said.
"It was a very close call," he said.
Police Officer Curt Farmer said officers found a note in the student's backpack indicating that he had placed an explosive in the school, which has about 750 students. Students were moved to nearby Joplin Memorial Hall to be picked up by their parents.
The backpack also contained military manuals, instructions on assembling an improvised explosive device and detailed drawings of the school.
"This was quite well thought out," Farmer said. "He had been planning this for a long time."
Farmer said police believe they know where the student got the weapon but would not disclose those details. He said it was not uncommon for people in the area to own high-power firearms.
The student, whose name was not released, was wearing a T-shirt over his head with holes cut out for eyes, Farmer said.
The school was closed while police and Missouri State Highway Patrol officers searched the building with bomb-sniffing dogs.
Simpson said authorities did not know whether others were involved, and school officials said they could not discuss a motive and would not have access to the student's records until the search was completed.
Police searched a home in the area and officers were seen leaving the house carrying two rifles, The Joplin Globe reported. Police roped off a half-block area around the house and would not reveal specifics about the search.
The shooting happened about 7:45 a.m., 10 minutes before the start of classes.
"A lot of the kids were scared," said eighth-grader Deron Moore. "After they said on the intercom that there was someone with a gun, I kind of went into shock."
A woman who was dropping her son off at the school said she saw Gilbreth "waving crazily" and police cars pulling up behind her.
"Police were heading into the school with weapons drawn, and the principal was pointing to the east side of the school," Blake Spivak told The Joplin Globe.
Spivak, former advertising director for the newspaper, said she and her son, Cooper, stayed in the car while Gilbreth walked back into the school flanked by armed officers in protective jackets. She said an officer told her to get down or get her car away from the scene.
Joplin, which has about 40,900 residents, is in southwest Missouri, about 140 miles south of Kansas City. It is about 10 miles from the small town of Riverton, Kan., where five high school students were arrested in April and accused of plotting a school rampage there.
Schools across the country have been on alert since three deadly school shootings in three states in the span of a week, and several schools have been locked down or closed entirely during the past two weeks because of threats.
In Pennsylvania Amish country Monday morning, church bells tolled across the region in remembrance of the five young girls who were shot to death at their one-room schoolhouse one week earlier.
Student Fires Gun in Mo. Middle School
Updated 4:31 PM ET October 9, 2006
A 13-year-old student wearing a mask and a long, black trenchcoat fired an AK-47 into the ceiling at his school Monday morning after confronting a pair of students and administrators, telling them "please don't make me do this," officials said.
No one was injured, and the boy, who police said was following a well-thought out plan, was taken into custody.
The seventh-grader pointed the gun at the two students, Principal Steve Gilbreth and Assistant Superintendent Steve Doerr, telling them "not to make me do this," said Superintendent Jim Simpson.
He then fired the shot into the ceiling, breaking a water pipe, and said again "Please don't make me do this," Simpson said.
Doerr and Gilbreth persuaded the youth to leave the building, and he was confronted by two police officers who had their weapons drawn. The student dropped the rifle and was taken into custody, Simpson said.
"It was a very close call," he said.
Police Officer Curt Farmer said officers found a note in the student's backpack indicating that he had placed an explosive in the school, which has about 750 students. Students were moved to nearby Joplin Memorial Hall to be picked up by their parents.
The backpack also contained military manuals, instructions on assembling an improvised explosive device and detailed drawings of the school.
"This was quite well thought out," Farmer said. "He had been planning this for a long time."
Farmer said police believe they know where the student got the weapon but would not disclose those details. He said it was not uncommon for people in the area to own high-power firearms.
The student, whose name was not released, was wearing a T-shirt over his head with holes cut out for eyes, Farmer said.
The school was closed while police and Missouri State Highway Patrol officers searched the building with bomb-sniffing dogs.
Simpson said authorities did not know whether others were involved, and school officials said they could not discuss a motive and would not have access to the student's records until the search was completed.
Police searched a home in the area and officers were seen leaving the house carrying two rifles, The Joplin Globe reported. Police roped off a half-block area around the house and would not reveal specifics about the search.
The shooting happened about 7:45 a.m., 10 minutes before the start of classes.
"A lot of the kids were scared," said eighth-grader Deron Moore. "After they said on the intercom that there was someone with a gun, I kind of went into shock."
A woman who was dropping her son off at the school said she saw Gilbreth "waving crazily" and police cars pulling up behind her.
"Police were heading into the school with weapons drawn, and the principal was pointing to the east side of the school," Blake Spivak told The Joplin Globe.
Spivak, former advertising director for the newspaper, said she and her son, Cooper, stayed in the car while Gilbreth walked back into the school flanked by armed officers in protective jackets. She said an officer told her to get down or get her car away from the scene.
Joplin, which has about 40,900 residents, is in southwest Missouri, about 140 miles south of Kansas City. It is about 10 miles from the small town of Riverton, Kan., where five high school students were arrested in April and accused of plotting a school rampage there.
Schools across the country have been on alert since three deadly school shootings in three states in the span of a week, and several schools have been locked down or closed entirely during the past two weeks because of threats.
In Pennsylvania Amish country Monday morning, church bells tolled across the region in remembrance of the five young girls who were shot to death at their one-room schoolhouse one week earlier.
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The Arkansas Supreme Court has halted all executions over questions regarding who has the authority to regulate them. The legislature gave authority to the prison bureau but 10 inmates, all of whom brutally murdered people but now scream for compassion and mercy for themselves, sued saying the law only allows the legislature to oversee executions.
I don't see the big deal, myself. Who gives a flip which bureaucrat signs the order?
It's been 7 years since an execution took place in Arkansas because inmates have kept the matter tied up with ridiculous lawsuits. Too bad their victims weren't afforded the same opportunity to delay and postpone their deaths.
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An UNARMED, black, UNARMED burglary suspect shot by a rookie cop in Arlington Texas. Dead UNARMED (media wants to make sure we know he was unarmed) man's uncle says he can't be no burglar, don't make no sense t'all (paraphrasing) as he was on the college football team.
I don't know about Texas but here in Arkansas university athletes get arrested all the time. A couple weeks ago three were busted for counterfeiting. I've seen U of A players arrested for armed robbery, theft, all manner of crimes. You can take the kid out of the ghetto, but you can't...
I don't know much about this incident but a cursory reading of the story doesn't look for the cop. He had back-up on the scene, the 19 year old was unarmed, and none of the other officers fired, only the rookie.
BTW- Cop is 49 and a recent academy grad. I thought there were age limits for cops?0 -
This makes me VERY angry. Please listen to the 2 1/2 minute audio (transcribed below).
If the people don't wanna listen to your liberal trash message, WTH are you going to move forward with legislation FORCING us to listen to this diatribe?
Again, not that I'm sorry for all of your liberal radio stations failing miserably, but WTH are you gonna do, make me listen?
NS
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Sen. Stabenow wants hearings on radio 'accountability'; talks fairness doctrine
This morning, radio host Bill Press brought up the recent closing of liberal station Obama 1260 when speaking with Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow, and talked about whether there needs to be a balance to right-wing talk on the radio dial.
BILL PRESS: Yeah, I mean, look: They have a right to say that. They've got a right to express that. But, they should not be the only voices heard. So, is it time to bring back the Fairness Doctrine?
SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI): I think it's absolutely time to pass a standard. Now, whether it's called the Fairness Standard, whether it's called something else - I absolutely think it's time to be bringing accountability to the airwaves. I mean, our new president has talked rightly about accountability and transparency. You know, that we all have to step up and be responsible. And, I think in this case, there needs to be some accountability and standards put in place.
BILL PRESS: Can we count on you to push for some hearings in the United States Senate this year, to bring these owners in and hold them accountable?
SENATOR DEBBIE STABENOW (D-MI): I have already had some discussions with colleagues and, you know, I feel like that's gonna happen. Yep.
Although Obama has been publicly opposed to reinstating the fairness doctrine, conservative radio has talked nonstop about the fear of it returning (or perhaps something like it with another name) while there's a Democrat in the White House and a Democratic majority in Congress.
UPDATE: A commenter points out that Stabenow is married to Tom Athans, a liberal talk radio executive.0 -
I bet it was a Glock.
Sonofab*tch. This is getting really old.
What ever happened to when the poor miserable SOB shut himself in a garage and started the car? Why do other people have to die?0 -
quote:Originally posted by cubslover
I bet it was a Glock.
Sonofab*tch. This is getting really old.
What ever happened to when the poor miserable SOB shut himself in a garage and started the car? Why do other people have to die?
Notariety..?0 -
quote:Originally posted by spryor
quote:Originally posted by cubslover
I bet it was a Glock.
Sonofab*tch. This is getting really old.
What ever happened to when the poor miserable SOB shut himself in a garage and started the car? Why do other people have to die?
Notariety..?
Who cares if you're going to commit suicide anyway? For the next few weeks, any gun crimes that happen normally and don't usually get national coverage, will be under a microscope on the major news networks. They need to make it look like we're in crisis.
Amazing how news from Iraq has taken a back seat altogether.0
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