The tragedy happened
right before the morning bells rang for class, when several students were on
their way back to class, returning from their fall break. It was early
this Monday morning, at Sparks Middle School in Nevada, where a student opened
fire, killing a teacher, and wounding two students. The student
stole the handgun from his parents and brought the weapon to
school. After opening fire, the student put the gun to his head and
took his own life.
Sparks Middle School,
located in Nevada, welcomed back several students from their week off during
fall break. Right before school started and the bells rang, students
ran out of the school in terror, after realizing that the pops they heard were
from a semi-automatic pistol. The shooter wounded two students and
took the life of a math teacher. After this, the shooter put the gun
to this head and shot himself. Authorities are still trying to
uncover why exactly the shooter did this and if they were targeting anyone
specifically or just going on a shooting spree.
Mike Landsbery was the
math teacher at sparks middle school who was trying to help out when he was
shot dead in the tragedy early Monday morning. The teacher was
actually a marine and served in Afghanistan. The brother of Mike
said that Mike was probably trying to talk to the shooter and trying to get him
to put the gun down. He also added that he was a great teacher that
was loved by all of the kids and was always willing to help them out with
anything they needed help with.
One girl that was
interviewed said that she knew the shooter and said that the was actually a
really nice kid who would make you smile often. She also added that
he would buy you something to cheer you up. The two students that
were wounded were said to be friends of the shooter. This makes you
wonder if the kids did something to the shooter and he decided he wanted to
bring gun to school. It seems weird that the shooter would shoot two
of his own friends. The girl said that she thought the shooter had
been bullied in the past.
Another student said he
was walking out of the cafeteria after eating breakfast when he saw the student
with a gun. He said that he saw the teacher trying to get the
shooter to put the gun down when he heard a pop, then ran back to the
cafeteria, then heard another pop from the gun. An emergency
dispatch team says that the teacher was shot on the playground. The
two boys who were injured, were in stable condition Monday
night. One boy was shot in the shoulder and the other was shot in
the stomach.
This is not the only
shooting this year, there have been several others across the United
States. Since there have been several shootings this year at
schools, people are trying to figure out how these can be stopped. There
is no way to stop them for good, but that doesn’t stop people from thinking.
Elam,
Stephanie. "'Please Don't Shoot': Wounded Survivor, 12, Recalls Nevada
School Attack." CNN.
Cable News Network, 25 Oct. 2013. Web. 25 Oct. 2013.
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