2 Teens Shot Outside Atlanta High School Football Game
A 12- and 16- year-old were both shot after a fight broke out outside a high school football game at Lakewood Stadium in Atlanta.
A 12- and 16- year-old were both shot after a fight broke out outside a high school football game at Lakewood Stadium in Atlanta.
On the day of the shooting, it took four or five attempts for a responding officer to transmit a single piece of information over the radio.
School officials were considering tearing down Columbine High School in order to sever the obsession people have with the massacre.
The phrase “See Something, Say Something” has proven successful time and again in stopping tragic situations, particularly school shooting threats.
The then 16-year-old Taft Union student was shot in the chest by a classmate in 2013 and still deals with lead pellets that remain embedded in his body.
One of the deputies ran in the opposite direction of the gunfire while 17 people died at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
The transgender student, who identifies as male, said he wanted revenge on students who bullied him for his sexual identity.
The affidavit also provided details of the shooting, stating one of the alleged shooters targeted classmates who made fun of his gender identity.
A Texas prosecutor says his office has since reevaluated how it handles student threats after 90% of the cases involved first time offenders.
Authorities say the parents had a duty to secure the firearm their son used because he had previously threatened to shoot up the school.