Student Commits Suicide at Canandaigua Academy

Earth_First

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Tue May-05-09 06:12 PM
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Student Commits Suicide at Canandaigua Academy

Canandaigua, N.Y. - Thomas Kane, 17, a student at Canandaigua Academy committed suicide just after 11 a.m. Tuesday. The Academy went into lockdown after the first reports of a suicide involving a gun.

Police interviewed his friends and other students in an effort to make sure no one else was involved.

According to a press conference, Kane used a modified shotgun and had 30 rounds of ammunition on him and in his locker.

Two Molotov cocktails were also found in his locker.

Superintendent Raw said he is not sure whether they will have a "normal" school day Wednesday.

http://www.13wham.com/news/local/story/Student-Commits-Suicide-at-Canandaigua-Academy/NfTGcUR1UE-z6fopA00JDg.cspx

So sad to see. Such a broad range of emotions involved here.

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NYC_SKP

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Tue May-05-09 06:28 PM
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1. Molotov cocktails and 30 rounds are more than a simple suicide.

Not that any suicide is simple.

Something else was going on in this kid's life.

:shrug:

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Occam Bandage

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Tue May-05-09 06:30 PM
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2. I'm at least glad he decided not to use the Molotovs or the 30 rounds. nt

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konnichi wa

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Tue May-05-09 06:34 PM
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3. Probably should have just drunk one of the MTs.

There has to be more to this story.

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renate

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Tue May-05-09 06:41 PM
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4. I'm not sure how to say this...

This is awful, but thank goodness he apparently changed his mind and decided not to take others with him. With so many murder-suicides in the news lately it's--well, not good, of course, but a relief--to see that someone didn't feel the need to take any other innocent lives with him.

Of course, that innate decency makes his suicide even sadder. I don't want to interpret his entire personality on the basis of this final decision, but I suspect that he was a good person... angry and unhappy enough to consider hurting others, but in the end not able to do it. RIP, Thomas. :cry:

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Turbineguy

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Tue May-05-09 06:49 PM
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5. What a shame

only 17. To run out of hope.

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Liberalynn

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Wed May-06-09 01:45 PM
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6. Still shook up about this

I am a Canandaigua Academy alumni. So sad and tragic for this student's family and friends, all the students and faculty, and the whole community. Thank heaven it didn't get even worse.

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