UNCONFIRMED: Possible school shooting at LaSalle High?

[coasterville95]

I know a lot of us have an affiliation with one GCL school or another, and if not that, just concern for society in general:

I DON'T like this tweet:

BREAKING: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office confirms a shooting at La Salle High School with at least one victim. #Breaking @WCPO Apr 29, 2013 13:23:36 GMT Follow @WCPO 28 retweets

[BMoreX]

WCPO ‏@WCPO 4m

BREAKING: Official: Student produced a gun inside a classroom and shot himself #LaSalle #breaking

[STL_XUfan]

Self inflicted and not an active shooter situation per the news conference.

[drudy23]

Jesus...regardless if self inflicted and not meant for others...the gun should have never entered the school...any school.

[More Cowbell]

Jesus...regardless if self inflicted and not meant for others...the gun should have never entered the school...any school.

They should make it illegal for people to bring guns into schools. That should stop things.

[coasterville95]

That's what WCPO is reporting, a student shot himself in a classroom. Think also of the trauma of the other students in the class witnessing that.

As of 10am, all students had been escorted to the gym, and parents are welcome to pick up their students. A Mass has been scheduled for 11am. The troubled student is apparently still alive and at UC Medical Center. Statement from the Archdiocese confirming the news and asking for prayers.

[Juice]

It's been a rough few months for LaSalle recently with this incident and another student being murdered in a drug deal gone bad.

[drudy23]

They should make it illegal for people to bring guns into schools. That should stop things.

Not what I'm saying...it's about time for every school to make the investment in whatever it takes (metal detectors, armed guards, surveillance systems, etc, etc) to make sure guns don't enter schools. It's becoming an epidemic.

[nuts4xu]

Not what I'm saying...it's about time for every school to make the investment in whatever it takes (metal detectors, armed guards, surveillance systems, etc, etc) to make sure guns don't enter schools. It's becoming an epidemic.

Unfortunately, this is the direction we are heading. It will take a big investment to install metal detectors and guards to police the entrance to schools. But I have to think you will see schools begin paying for this type of service in the very near future. It won't happen over night, but 10 years from now I think it will be the exception to the rule to NOT have metal detectors in schools.

[coasterville95]

According to some tweets - LaSalle has already banned book bags and backpacks - the student can uuse a bag to tote their supplies to school, but must put the bag in their locker before their first class, and then can retrieve it after their last class. This hitch is, of course they have to carry all their books and supplies to school and back somehow.

[Porkopolis]

I taught at a school with metal detectors in Columbus. Weapons still got in. Unless security is actively monitoring the gates they are easy to beat. Not saying we shouldn't have them (I teach in Cincinnati Public and think we need better security), just saying that they aren't hard to get through.

[GoMuskies]

Shit happens. No to metal detectors in the GCL.

[BENWAR]

Unfortunately, this is the direction we are heading. It will take a big investment to install metal detectors and guards to police the entrance to schools. But I have to think you will see schools begin paying for this type of service in the very near future. It won't happen over night, but 10 years from now I think it will be the exception to the rule to NOT have metal detectors in schools.

All wasted money in my opinion.

If someone wants to shoot up a school, they are going to find ways around the detector to do it.

Do we eliminate outdoor recess for our kids?

[coasterville95]

And the Cincinnati Enquirer gets 10 demerits for releasing the troubled student's name, depsite the stated wishes of the family that the rest of the media seem to be honoring.

They even wrote a short editorial to justify their desicion (usually the first clue its a bad move), it essentially boils down to "It's public record, and it was annoucned to the students and parents, and ..." That and the thinly veiled excuse "We are trying to stop the flow of false information"

I don't think anybody is advocating for metal detectors, except the media who are quickly pointing out their absence. Even though one article I read said they asked the local public district (Oak Hills), and they don't have them either.

A lot of money went into those right after 9/11 - I noticed Kings Island quietly removed the metal detectors they hastily installed in 2002.

[nuts4xu]

If someone wants to shoot up a school, they are going to find ways around the detector to do it.



True, but does that mean we don't install them? If it cuts down the weapons brought into our schools, it should be something to be considered.

The cost of installing metal detectors for each entrance of all our schools will be prohibitive. The cost to man these detectors with people that know what they are doing, will cost even more. It won't be something that happens over night, and it will not end all school shootings, but my guess is schools will look at this option because they feel they have to do "something".

Anything is better than nothing, and if not metal detectors, what other options to we have to curb these incidents?

I am not advocating schools run out and spend tons of money for this type of prevention, I just think our society is heading towards a day when more schools have them than not.

[drudy23]

There has to be alternatives to relying on a delayed police response to these situations. Do what you feasibly can to prevent guns from coming in, and do what you feasibly can (armed police presence) to prevent the shooter from going on a 20 minute spree. It's too late if you're waiting for the police to come...and you can't expect teachers with guns to react properly in these situations.

[BandAid]

My prayers go out the student, his family, peers, and everyone in the LaSalle family.

[MADXSTER]

Gotta disagree Nuts. You would have to man these vitually 24/7. Kids come to school late. Can put them through windows. Basketball games/football games. Hanging out after school. Imagine security like the airport but at school when everyone shows up at the same time. Next will be the Mall and then so forth.

Unfortunately or fortunately one can't police everything.

[beatuc]

And the Cincinnati Enquirer gets 10 demerits for releasing the troubled student's name, depsite the stated wishes of the family that the rest of the media seem to be honoring.



While I feel sorry for the family and the young man, the young man did commit a felony and he put other children at risk. For that reason I think the Enquirer had every right to publish his name. What if the bullet would of went through his head and hit another student? I know the family wants to keep this as private as possible, but so would the parents of the Boston bombing victims.

[xu95]

I'm going to go on record as saying this is no longer "unconfirmed".

[coasterville95]

Right, even though I started the thread when I got the first tweet - I don't seem to be able to change the title. Maybe one of our moderators can do that.

[nuts4xu]

And the Cincinnati Enquirer gets 10 demerits for releasing the troubled student's name, depsite the stated wishes of the family that the rest of the media seem to be honoring.



The kid is a minor, and there was no need for anyone to know his name. The Enquirer Editor should be ashamed of herself.

[PM Thor]

Yet another reason why the Enquirer sucks.

I have a friend whose son was actually in the classroom when it happened. He's pretty decimated right now. Horrible, horrible situation.

[ammtd34]

While I feel sorry for the family and the young man, the young man did commit a felony and he put other children at risk. For that reason I think the Enquirer had every right to publish his name. What if the bullet would of went through his head and hit another student? I know the family wants to keep this as private as possible, but so would the parents of the Boston bombing victims.

There was no risk when they published his name. He was in a hospital bed.