Ohio school shooting

Students, parents and faculty returned to Chardon High School today for the first time since the shooting rampage earlier this week that left three of their fellow classmates dead. A group of about 50 seniors gathered downtown with flowers, candles and stuffed animals and sang the school song around a pavilion decorated with red ribbons remembering those who lost their lives. The students and faculty will resume classes tomorrow.

The 17 year old suspect in the case, T.J Lane, has confessed to taking a .22 calibur Ruger pistol and knife to school on Monday and firing 10 shots randomly into a group of students sitting at a table in the cafeteria.

Daniel Parmertor,16, Demetrius Hewlin,16, and Russell King,17, died from their injuries.

Other students remain in serious condition with neck and back injuries.

Mr. Lane appeared in court for the first time on Tuesday, wincing as the prosecutors read the accusations against him. His face crumpled briefly into tears as he was led away, and he appeared to whisper the words “I am so sorry” to two aunts and his grandfather, Jack Nolan, who is also his legal guardian.

CNN reported on Tuesday that Mr. Lane had taken the gun from a family member, who had bought it legally, but Mr. Joyce said he could not confirm that.

The exact reason of the shooting has not yet been released, but Lane's next scheduled hearing is March 6th, when prosecutors are expected to announce charges.

I chose to write about this because it truly scares me that people in the world are capable of this. It also scares me because being a bigger University, this can easily happen here.

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/03/01/us/01reuters-shooting-ohio.html?_r=1&hp