Sheriff: La. 8th-grader planned school shooting

[Old Coot]

Source: Associated Press

LAROSE, La. – A Louisiana middle school student stormed into a classroom and fired a gunshot over a teacher's head Monday before shooting himself in a bathroom, authorities said. Investigators found a suicide note and plans for a rampage in the teen's journal.

The 15-year-old student, whose name was not released, fired once around 9 a.m. inside a classroom at Larose-Cut Off Middle School, then shot himself in the head, said Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre. He was in critical but stable condition. The teacher had never taught the teen.

Webre said investigators found a note describing the boy's plans to "gear up" before his spree, along with a drawing of how he'd dress. The boy also scribbled "I am king" and "y'all will die!" on a sheet of paper investigators found.

Although he apparently was intent on killing people, he was armed with only four bullets for the .25-caliber, semiautomatic pistol he had taken from his father's home during the weekend. The boy's mother noticed he seemed nervous before school, but he said he was just worried about seeing his standardized test results, which were released Monday, Webre said.

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[Kerrytravelers]

1. What is happening to our kids? This desperation is just heartbreaking.

I don't condone, clearly. But this behavior is a cry for something. But what?????

[Happyhippychick]

2. ".25-caliber, semiautomatic pistol he had taken from his father's home"

Barf.

[krispos42]

3. Thank god he planned poorly n/t