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RetroGamer1971

(177 posts)
Tue Jan 15, 2013, 07:05 PM Jan 2013

Another School Shooting Reported as President Obama Prepares to Unveil Gun Control Proposals [View all]

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Source: www.gawker.com

Police in St. Louis say a part-time student entered the Stevens Institute of Business & Arts this afternoon and promptly shot a longtime administrator in the chest before turning the handgun on himself.
The victim, in his 40s, is said to be one of the college's financial advisors.

St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson would not release the name of the suspect, but said he was a 21-year-old male who had been a student at the school off and on for the past four years.

"The victim and the shooter were familiar with each other," Dotson told reporters. "They knew each other. This did not appear to be random. It appeared to be targeted."

The two were rushed to a nearby hospital, where they are undergoing surgery.

Read more: http://gawker.com/5976236/another-school-shooting-reported-as-president-obama-prepares-to-unveil-gun-control-proposals



Just another senseless gun death, nothing to see here folks. Too bad he wasn't armed with a hammer.
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