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Tragedy in Chardon

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Feb 28, 2012
by: elliottm

On monday, as the students of Chardon High School in Ohio sat in the cafeteria awaiting classes to start, an armed gunman entered the area and targeted four students as his victims. All four students were hit. One student was declared dead on the scene, while another was declared brain dead and the other two hospitalized in critical condition. The gunman was apprehended shortly after fleeing the scene, but police have not formally identified him yet. Students and faculty at the school have identified him as T.J Lane, a citizen of Chadron who was attending a school for t-risk youth in the area. Lane has not been formally charged yet. Although the motive is unknown, students believe that the shooting could have been a result of Lane being bullied. Many students reported that he was a loner that did not have many friends, and probably cracked because he was "different".

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/28/us-shooting-ohio-urgent-idUSTR...