1 injured in shooting at Florida high school, authorities say
Source: CNN
(CNN)A student was wounded and a suspect is in custody after a shooting Friday morning at a high school in Ocala, Florida, according to the Marion County Sheriff's Office.
The student was shot in the ankle, said Kevin Christian, Marion Public Schools spokesman.
Authorities asked residents to avoid the area of Forest High School, which was surrounded by emergency vehicles and buses transporting students away from the scene.
The shooting comes on the same day as a National School Walkout against gun violence. It's been more than two months since the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 students and teachers were killed.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/20/us/florida-high-school-shooting/index.html
On the 19th anniversary of Columbine shooting.
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Maybe some of their shooting range targets should have guns, too......
From the article (snip):
"The father of a witness to the shooting told the newspaper that the shooter was standing in the hallway and shot at a classroom door that was shut – then dropped the weapon, ran and tried to hide.
Authorities took the suspect into custody shortly after. The person’s identity was not released and investigators have not given details about a suspected motive.
The shooting at a public high school prompted panic in the city of nearly 60,000 people. Parents rushed to the school to pick up rattled children, only to be directed elsewhere by Sheriff’s deputies.
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It's a miracle no one was killed or seriously injured here. My daughter is a teacher and these events scare the hell out of me.
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Think Puerto Rico hurricane and pre-9/11 (Bush).
Thanks for posting that. Ms. Porter's wisdom should tell her to bolster school security (see my post #4, below) and start listening to our youth. They will own her soon!
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Sounds like serious lapse in school security.
See: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/os-shooting-forest-high-school-marion-county-20180420-story.html
One injured, one in custody in Marion County high school shooting
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One student was injured and a 19-year-old was arrested after a shooting at Forest High School in Marion County Friday morning, a sheriff's office spokeswoman said.
A Marion County deputy stationed at Forest High School heard the gunshot at 8:39 a.m. and had the 19-year-old in custody by 8:42 a.m., Sheriff Billy Woods said. The 19-year-old was not a student, Woods said. He did not release his name.
The injured student, 17, was being treated by medics, spokeswoman Valerie Strong said. Woods called the injury non-life-threatening.
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