Hollywood Does Not Promote Teachercide
2014-03-18 17:21:40 UTC
A middle-school student in Sparks, Nev., shot and killed a
teacher and wounded two other students before apparently killing
himself on campus, police said Monday.
Further details about the shooting at Sparks Middle School
shortly after 7 a.m. remained scant after a news conference late
Monday morning, but witnesses described hearing shots on the
playground before a student in khakis gunned down a teacher.
[Updated 1:54 p.m. PDT Oct. 21: Family members of the teacher
shot and killed at Sparks Middle School identified him as
Michael Landsberry.
"It doesn't feel real. It's totally surreal to have it happen,"
Landsberry's sister-in-law, Chanda Landsberry, told the Los
Angeles Times.]
A student who saw the shooting told the Reno Gazette-Journal
that he and his friends were by the school basketball court when
they heard a loud pop, followed by screaming.
The teacher came to investigate, 8th-grader Kyle Nucum, 13,
told the Gazette. I thought it was a firecracker at first, but
the student was pointing a gun at the teacher after the teacher
told him to put it down, and the student fired a shot at the
teacher and the teacher fell and everybody ran away.
And we ran across the field to get somewhere safe and while we
were running we heard about four or five more shots and we just
got somewhere safe."
Andrew Thompson, a 7th grade student at Sparks Middle School,
said Monday on KOLO-TV that the shooter, a student, started
getting mad and shoots one of my friends.
He got shot in the shoulder, Thompson said. Then, the shooter
came near a teacher and said back up. The teacher backed up,
and he pulled the trigger.
The teacher has not yet been formally identified, and nor has
the student suspect. Police said that one of the two wounded
students had been through surgery as of late Monday morning.
Their current medical conditions could not immediately be
confirmed with the Renown Regional Medical Center, where the two
students were originally taken in critical condition.
Police said about 20 to 30 students witnessed the shooting and
will be questioned. The school was swept for explosives, police
said, and none were found. Parents were told to show
identification when picking up their children at a nearby school.
Dale Lundin, a site facilities coordinator at Sparks Middle
School, told the Los Angeles Times that its been a very scary
morning.
I was in the building, it was just going to be a few minutes
before the entry bell rang, and then there was a lot of
commotion going on out in the hallway, Lundin said. I stepped
into the hallway, heard a couple of gun shots checked the
hallway [to make sure there were no students] and stepped into
my office and closed the door.
Lundin added, Its that same old story, Lundin said. You
never really think that its going to happen at your place of
work, or in this case, your school, when it does happen it kind
of puts you in shock.
That sentiment was echoed by school, community and state
officials as Sparks came to grips with a traumatic act of school
violence that brought parents streaming to the school in hopes
that their children were safe.
Its been said that its a tragic day in the city of Sparks.
Our hearts go out to all those affected, Sparks Mayor Geno
Martini told reporters. The city itself is very safe, this is
just an isolated incident.
Its very, very tragic, Martini added. Im saddened to be
here.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said that hed ordered the states
lieutenant governor and state schools superintendent to Sparks
to assist the local effort.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-sparks-middle-
school-shooting-teacher-dead-
20131021,0,5110065.story#axzz2wKbmLo7g
teacher and wounded two other students before apparently killing
himself on campus, police said Monday.
Further details about the shooting at Sparks Middle School
shortly after 7 a.m. remained scant after a news conference late
Monday morning, but witnesses described hearing shots on the
playground before a student in khakis gunned down a teacher.
[Updated 1:54 p.m. PDT Oct. 21: Family members of the teacher
shot and killed at Sparks Middle School identified him as
Michael Landsberry.
"It doesn't feel real. It's totally surreal to have it happen,"
Landsberry's sister-in-law, Chanda Landsberry, told the Los
Angeles Times.]
A student who saw the shooting told the Reno Gazette-Journal
that he and his friends were by the school basketball court when
they heard a loud pop, followed by screaming.
The teacher came to investigate, 8th-grader Kyle Nucum, 13,
told the Gazette. I thought it was a firecracker at first, but
the student was pointing a gun at the teacher after the teacher
told him to put it down, and the student fired a shot at the
teacher and the teacher fell and everybody ran away.
And we ran across the field to get somewhere safe and while we
were running we heard about four or five more shots and we just
got somewhere safe."
Andrew Thompson, a 7th grade student at Sparks Middle School,
said Monday on KOLO-TV that the shooter, a student, started
getting mad and shoots one of my friends.
He got shot in the shoulder, Thompson said. Then, the shooter
came near a teacher and said back up. The teacher backed up,
and he pulled the trigger.
The teacher has not yet been formally identified, and nor has
the student suspect. Police said that one of the two wounded
students had been through surgery as of late Monday morning.
Their current medical conditions could not immediately be
confirmed with the Renown Regional Medical Center, where the two
students were originally taken in critical condition.
Police said about 20 to 30 students witnessed the shooting and
will be questioned. The school was swept for explosives, police
said, and none were found. Parents were told to show
identification when picking up their children at a nearby school.
Dale Lundin, a site facilities coordinator at Sparks Middle
School, told the Los Angeles Times that its been a very scary
morning.
I was in the building, it was just going to be a few minutes
before the entry bell rang, and then there was a lot of
commotion going on out in the hallway, Lundin said. I stepped
into the hallway, heard a couple of gun shots checked the
hallway [to make sure there were no students] and stepped into
my office and closed the door.
Lundin added, Its that same old story, Lundin said. You
never really think that its going to happen at your place of
work, or in this case, your school, when it does happen it kind
of puts you in shock.
That sentiment was echoed by school, community and state
officials as Sparks came to grips with a traumatic act of school
violence that brought parents streaming to the school in hopes
that their children were safe.
Its been said that its a tragic day in the city of Sparks.
Our hearts go out to all those affected, Sparks Mayor Geno
Martini told reporters. The city itself is very safe, this is
just an isolated incident.
Its very, very tragic, Martini added. Im saddened to be
here.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said that hed ordered the states
lieutenant governor and state schools superintendent to Sparks
to assist the local effort.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-sparks-middle-
school-shooting-teacher-dead-
20131021,0,5110065.story#axzz2wKbmLo7g