<p>Shocking news.
Why a fellow student would open fire to shoot some classmates? Is there a gun control to the kids?</p>
<p>I have a lot of friends from Chardon and the Cleveland area. They are all completely shocked and very sad about the news.</p>
<p>I live near there. One student was fatally shot. Very sad. </p>
<p>The student supposedly tweeted last night he would bring a gun to school. Apparently, those who saw it thought it was joke.</p>
<p>About 90 min from my house. Visited Chardon hs monthly last school year as it was meeting site for my exchange student here with AFS. They have several AFS kid this year and all are fine! But what a trauma…couldn’t imagine being their parents and seeing this from another country. Have FB friends from the area and I have been able to see some of the hs kid comments…</p>
<p>It is a small quiet community.</p>
<p>A lot of kids in small communities have access to guns through their parents or they may own their own hunting rifle. This boy had a hand gun though. Ohio has concealed carry law and you can even bring them into bars! Not schools though!</p>
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<p>Every time there is a tragedy of this nature, we hear that someone who knew the perpetrators had passed off warning signs as “a joke.” I wish people would err on the side of caution when inflammatory comments such as the above are made.</p>
<p>I agree 100%. This needs to be emphasized to students when safety issues are discussed.</p>
<p>Now they say one is dead…</p>
<p>… My heart does out to the students and families in Chardon. This is a great town with wonderful people … I’m sorry that they are going through this today.</p>
<p>The person who did it was bullied badly, and was targeting spacific students.</p>
<p><.< Really now people, you would think they woudl have learned with colembine or something. Bullying is bad >.></p>
<p>My thoughts go out to those affected.</p>
<p>We live in the same county. The shooter went to a school for at risk children. There could be more issues than bullying here.</p>
<p>This is just so heartbreaking.</p>
<p>A second student has died. My prayers go out to all the families. So tragic.</p>
<p>I always feel so sorry for the parents of the shooter too. Their whole world has just gone to h… How do you get pass the fact that your kid did this? I would think you would have to eventually move out of the community. I hope there is support for these people too as they will need it. So sad and tragic.</p>
<p>Yes, this was obviously a troubled young adult. I have sympathy for all involved. I believe there is compassion for the grandparents, longtime members of the community.</p>
<p>Onward, I always think about that too, and the shooter’s siblings if any. How do those kids ever go back to school?</p>
<p>This is so sad. It seems at this point, that the children who were shot were targeted because they had been bullying the shooter. Please understand that I would never in a million years suggest that bullies deserve to be shot, but this story should serve as a cautionary tale to kids who think nothing of bullying the vulnerable. I wonder where the teachers and administrators were while this kid was being bullied day in and day out? When I was being bullied in middle school (what they use to call Junior High), my teachers were busy turning a blind eye. Saying you have a “zero tolerance policy” for bullying, and enforcing that policy are two very different things.</p>
<p>^^^^^ Only one student has died. False report online last night. One has been declared brain dead.</p>
<p>I’m not sure that the students shot were the ones doing the bullying, I had not heard that anywhere except in speculation; however, I did read that the group of students that were shot were related to a girl situation. </p>
<p>I guess this will come out more clearly once things settle, and it is tragic nonetheless.</p>
<p>My son is in 8th grade. His best friend goes to a different school. In the last week, the mother of the best friend has found out that a third boy, whom they both know and were friendly with, created a website dedicated to planning the murder of my son’s best friend. It’s incredibly detailed and there is nothing funny about it. Unfortunately, the mother is getting the “it isn’t happening in school so it’s not our problem” and “the boy has special needs so he has to be treated gently” arguments. I’ve known the disturbed boy (he has physical as well as learning disabilities) for five years and I am shocked but not surprised. Although I don’t know if he would do something, I can’t imagine this not being taken seriously. As of now, it is not, but the mom is lawyering up. I would too.</p>
<p>^^Wow! That is scary. If I was the mom of the “target” I’d be calling the police and contacting the parents of the disturbed boy. That’s really scary.</p>
<p>Just as an aside, the shooters at Columbine were not bullied - that’s a myth that was publicized by the media and was never really corrected. I think the motive in this most recent shooting is still unknown.</p>
<p>It’s so senseless, I can barely stand watching the news about it. Two different books - one was the Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth. It talks a bit about how even teachers get very tuned into the popular crowd and they end up favoring them over outcasts. </p>
<p>The other was a book by Jodi Picoult - can’t remember the name, where the parents of the shooter were also in it a lot. Much like the uva lacrosse murder, I end up really feeling for the moms. I can’t imagine being the parent of the child who did this. I believe the parents released a statement last night.</p>
<p>Many lives ruined yesterday. It’s why we all roll our eyes at these zero tolerance policies, but the truth is people will be haunted over that “joke” for their rest of their lives.</p>