Sue G in PA Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 in the town where I grew up and where we now attend church. :( http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/27/shooting-perry-hall-high-school_n_1833403.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false I grew up pretty much in this area and we now attend church literally a block away. This is a GOOD neighborhood and a GOOD school. My cousin's daughter attends the school and was in class with the shooter JUST BEFORE THIS HAPPENED! He went to lunch and she had another class. The boy's plan was apparently to have a mass shooting...kills lots of people. I'm just thanking God his plans were thwarted. Too close to home...much too close to home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 That is just so horrible. When will it end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Terrifying.:grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Couldn't believe it when I saw that. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 :grouphug: Last year, there was a shooting in one neighboring district where multiple lives were lost, and a bomb threat in another neighboring district that resulted in the entire school system being shut down for days. The FBI investigation in that case lasted for months. The front page of our local paper this week announced that a new subject was going to be taught in another local school: how to be prepared in the event of a school shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Every time when I see a targeted shooting. I really don't know who should I feel bad for. This kid might be bullied by this 17 yrs old and have nowhere to turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 How sad :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMomMd Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 I live in this area and am simply shocked by this. It is a GOOD school in a Good neighborhood. I find it so sad that this teen felt this was his only option. It is a blessing that more students were not hurt and that the staff was able to react quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyMomMd Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Every time when I see a targeted shooting. I really don't know who should I feel bad for. This kid might be bullied by this 17 yrs old and have nowhere to turn. I would tend to agree, however it appears the victim was randomly shot. I have heard through sources outside of the news that the 17 year old was a special needs student, although I can't confirm that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 :grouphug: Last year, there was a shooting in one neighboring district where multiple lives were lost, and a bomb threat in another neighboring district that resulted in the entire school system being shut down for days. The FBI investigation in that case lasted for months. The front page of our local paper this week announced that a new subject was going to be taught in another local school: how to be prepared in the event of a school shooting. That is so sad and sick at the same time. And people wonder why I homeschool. Geeze the big rampage here is when I start slamming cupboard doors. Horrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Very sad. Completely avoidable if guns weren't so easy to access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 So sad. Why does this keep happening. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delirium Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 It's awful that he felt his only option (whatever the reason) was to be violent like that but I'm glad the teachers controlled it as quickly as they did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniBlondes Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Horrible. Just horrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Very sad. Completely avoidable if guns weren't so easy to access. Hmmm.... I totally believe that guns should be legal. BUT, if we had a gun it wouldn't be able to be accessed by our teens. Their brains just haven't reached adult hood, and I don't want them making life altering decisions. (life altering for themselves & the people these teens are shooting :() The needed action is NOT, in my opinion, to keep legal guns from law abiding citizens. It's to keep guns out of the reach of those not old enough to own them :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 That is so sad and sick at the same time. And people wonder why I homeschool. Geeze the big rampage here is when I start slamming cupboard doors. Horrifying. :iagree: My boys want to play for our high school tennis team. The only way that they can participate in this after school activity is by sitting at a desk at our public school for 85 minutes a day for the 2nd semester. I realize that the odds of a shooting are extremely low, but part of me still worries. I had already told dh that the boys will not go first period because it seems like these senseless acts of violence usually occur at the beginning of the day. Then I read this posting and saw that it happened around lunch time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zebra Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Very sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 The needed action is NOT, in my opinion, to keep legal guns from law abiding citizens. It's to keep guns out of the reach of those not old enough to own them :( I would agree with this. The problem is not the law abiding citizens who get proper permits to purchase weapons. There would, unfortunately, still be plenty of ways to get them even if it were no longer legal to buy them. Under no circumstances should one be in the hands of a child or teen. That said... what an awful, awful thing for this school community. Those poor kids must have been terrified. I'm so glad he didn't get a chance to carry out his full plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K&Rs Mom Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Very sad. Completely avoidable if guns weren't so easy to access. It's already against the law for this kid to have had a gun. More/different laws aren't going to prevent this kind of thing. What is? :confused: Anyway, good for the teachers, that they could react before this got any worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama_Rana Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 This is local to me. http://www.abc2news.com/dpp/news/crime_checker/baltimore_county_crime/police-investigating-reports-of-school-shooting According to this and a couple other articles I've seen, the victim had special needs [Downs Syndrome? I think was mentioned by at least one source]. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplyme99 Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 :( I hate reading stories like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celia Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I would agree with this. The problem is not the law abiding citizens who get proper permits to purchase weapons. There would, unfortunately, still be plenty of ways to get them even if it were no longer legal to buy them. Under no circumstances should one be in the hands of a child or teen. That said... what an awful, awful thing for this school community. Those poor kids must have been terrified. I'm so glad he didn't get a chance to carry out his full plan. The more weapons there are around (legally or not) the easier it is for a kid to get their hands on one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Very sad. Completely avoidable if guns weren't so easy to access. Guns should be considered an "attractive nuisance", and whoever leaves theirs about for a child to get hold of should be charged with a crime. That would make a lot more guns secure. We had a recent shooting by a deranged young psychotic. She got the gun at grandma's house. I do not think it unreasonable that if you have a grandchild who has been arrested numerous times, whose mother described her as smashing mirrors with bare feet, who hears voices and believes all men rape her, you would KEEP YOUR HANDGUNS locked up. But, call me a dreamer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 So horrible. I would be beyond freaked out if I were one of the parents. I don't think I could send my kids back there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 So horrible. I would be beyond freaked out if I were one of the parents. I don't think I could send my kids back there. I don't which would make me feel worse, being a parent of a student that goes there or being the parent of the shooter. I am imagining what it would feel like if it was my son that showed up at school with a plan to kill innocent classmates. The thought makes me just as nauseous as the thought of my kid being one of those classmates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jennynd Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 I would tend to agree, however it appears the victim was randomly shot. I have heard through sources outside of the news that the 17 year old was a special needs student, although I can't confirm that. U are right. I read it wrong. It is random. It is very sad.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 The more weapons there are around (legally or not) the easier it is for a kid to get their hands on one. Yes. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Yeah a friend of DH's had a daughter in the cafeteria when it happened. She said the shot left her ears ringing and she crawled out of the room. Glad that everything turned out ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktgrok Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 Didn't they say it was a shotgun? How on earth do you sneak a shotgun into school? This is NOT a small weapon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted August 28, 2012 Author Share Posted August 28, 2012 Didn't they say it was a shotgun? How on earth do you sneak a shotgun into school? This is NOT a small weapon! This is what I am wondering? My cousin said she heard that when they searched the shooter's house they found more guns/shot guns. My cousin's brother (obviously my cousin as well, but wasn't sure how to write that, lol!) was one of the officer's first on the scene. The victim was a 17yo boy with Downs Syndrome. Another friend of mine knows him as one of her foster children with special needs is good friends with the boy. His name is Daniel. Please pray for him. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mama_Rana Posted August 28, 2012 Share Posted August 28, 2012 This is what I am wondering? My cousin said she heard that when they searched the shooter's house they found more guns/shot guns. My cousin's brother (obviously my cousin as well, but wasn't sure how to write that, lol!) was one of the officer's first on the scene. The victim was a 17yo boy with Downs Syndrome. Another friend of mine knows him as one of her foster children with special needs is good friends with the boy. His name is Daniel. Please pray for him. :( So sad. Thank you for putting a name to him. I know why they don't release the names, but it makes it hard to connect in a way. I don't know about the gun--a large gym bag, like those used for softball/baseball that are big enough to hold a bat?--but I saw something about how he'd posted on his FB account that this was his last day on earth or something to that effect/affect [sorry, I can NEVER get those right!]. That was in the morning before school, if I understood correctly. Shooting was after 11, right? I just... *sigh* I'm glad the teachers were able to stop him before he got more shots off. And I'm really hoping Daniel pulls through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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