Another school shooting,this time in Oregon

[Hardkore]

http://news.yahoo.com/police-gunman-kills-student-school-shooting-170534882.html

TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) — A gunman shot and killed a student Tuesday shortly after classes started at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon and was later found dead as police arrived, authorities said.

The attack panicked students at Reynolds High School in Troutdale after a lockdown was ordered and they were told to quietly go to their classrooms.

Freshman Morgan Rose, 15, said she hunkered down in a locker room with another student and two teachers.

"It was scary in the moment. Now knowing everything's OK I'm better," she said.

Freshman Daniel DeLong, 15, said after the shooting that he saw a physical education teacher at the school with a bloodied shirt. He said he was texting friends to make sure they were all OK.

"It just, like, happened so fast, you know?" he said.

Troutdale police chief Scott Anderson said he was sorry for the family of the slain student, whose name was not immediately released. Police also did not identify the gunman or say how he died.

"Today is a very tragic day for the city of Troutdale," the chief said.

Gov. John Kitzhaber added in a statement: "Oregon hurts as we try to make sense of a senseless act of violence."

The first reports of shots fired came at 8 a.m. on the next-to-last-day of classes. Police initially seemed uncertain about whether there was a live shooter in the school.

Students were eventually led from the school with hands on their heads. Parents and students were reunited in a supermarket parking lot.

Mandy Johnson said her daughter called from a friend's phone.

"I thank God that she's safe," said Johnson, who has three younger children. "I don't want to send my kids to school anymore."

Paul Csea was in the school cafeteria with friends when they were told the school was going into lockdown, The Oregonian reported.

"We thought it was fake because we never heard of anything like this, " Csea said. "Everyone thought it was a joke."

He said he heard screaming, and he and others were led to a secure counselor's office to wait out the lockdown.

The Oregon violence came less than a week after a gunman opened fire on a college campus in neighboring Washington state, killing a 19-year-old man and wounding two others. It follows a string of mass shootings that have disturbed the nation, including one on Sunday in Nevada that left two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian dead.

The Tuesday shooting was the first fatal school shooting in Oregon since May 1998 when 15-yeatr-old Kip Kinkel killed two students and wounded 25 others at Thurston High School in Springfield near Eugene. He killed his parents prior to the attack and is serving a 111-year prison sentence.

Reynolds is the second-largest high school in Oregon, with about 2,800 students. Its students come from several communities.

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[bamaraider]

How could anyone take this as a joke? Seriously, if someone says someone has a gun, we need to evacuate or get into a safe position away from the gunman, how could you take that as a joke? Do people joke about school shootings now in school? These school shootings are getting out of hand. Feels like its happening ever other week now.

 

[bama alum]

How could anyone take this as a joke? Seriously, if someone says someone has a gun, we need to evacuate or get into a safe position away from the gunman, how could you take that as a joke? Do people joke about school shootings now in school? These school shootings are getting out of hand. Feels like its happening ever other week now.

What's it been, 74 since Newton, CT?

 

[alabama mike]

The number one thing that bothers me more than any other issue is if I will have to deal with a shooting in my building. We take all kinds of precautions but if a person with a weapon(s) wants in bad enough, they will get in the building.

I believe in the 2nd admendment 100% but I also believe something has to be done to help cut down on gun violence. We have too many kids killing kids. I have several loaded weapons at home but they are secured away from any child that may be in my home.

One thing that I would love to see is that approved personnel be allowed to carry in a school building. That person or persons would have to have an extensive background check and a permit to carry. This is not an end all but it would at least give faculty, staff and students a chance. Every school I know of has posted on its doors, "this is a gun free zone" or something similar.

 

[PhillyGirl]

How could anyone take this as a joke? Seriously, if someone says someone has a gun, we need to evacuate or get into a safe position away from the gunman, how could you take that as a joke? Do people joke about school shootings now in school? These school shootings are getting out of hand. Feels like its happening ever other week now.

There was a report of a gunman at Penn State Abington (near my apartment) a few weeks ago, and my office cleared out as parents ran home to protect their kids and lock the doors. Turned out to be some international students playing with a mail order rifle. The entire area was on lock down for about 2 hours.

I hate feeling so afraid. And I hate feeling so afraid working on a college campus. Just looking around my office, it would be so easy for a disgruntled student, staff/faculty member, random person to just stroll in and kill us in seconds. But what can we do?