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ClickOnDetroit.com National Breaking News

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Police: Shots fired at Nevada middle school

Some people were shot Monday at Sparks Middle School outside Reno, Nevada, police said.


Police: Shots fired at Nevada middle school

Police say 'suspect has been neutralized'

Author: From Chuck Johnston and Amanda Watts CNN

Published On: Oct 21 2013 11:13:12 AM EDT Updated On: Oct 21 2013 11:21:01 AM EDT

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/...hool/-/1719418/22541780/-/ghfwn7/-/index.html
 
Sparks City Manager Shawn Carey tells the RGJ that one student was transported to an area hospital and that the shooter is dead by a self-inflicted gunshot wound

http://www.rgj.com/

This is one of the reasons I don't miss living in Reno.
 
9:03 a.m. update

Angela Rambo, spokeswoman for Renown Regional Hospital said they have received two male patients, both minors, and both are in critical condition.


School at Agnes Risley Elementary School has been canceled for the day.


Parents can pick up Sparks Middle School students at Sparks High School.

9 a.m. update:

A press conference is starting now for a shooting this morning at Sparks Middle School.

http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20131021/NEWS01/131021004/Update-Shooting-morning-Sparks-Middle-School
 
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BREAKING: Police: 2 dead, 2 boys hospitalized, in Sparks Middle School shooting in Nevada.
 
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Reports: 2 dead, 2 in critical condition after Nev. shooting

Police say two people are dead and two boys have been hospitalized after a shooting at Sparks Middle School in Nevada, according to The Associated Press and the Reno Gazette-Journal.
 
9:35 a.m. update:

Authorities released few details about a shooting at about 7:15 a.m. at Sparks Middle School during a 9:15 a.m. press conference at Agnes Risley Elementary School.


They said there are two people dead and two injured, but they are not saying if the injured are students or teachers.


Reno deputy chief Tom Robinson said there were 150 to 200 personnel that secured the school and the surrounding area. The investigation has gone from tactical to an investigative.


Robinson, addressing parents during the press conference, “I can tell them to rest assured. The schools are safe. The rest of the city is safe.”

9:24 a.m. update:

Governor Brian Sandoval this morning issued the following statement after learning of the shooting at Sparks Middle School:

“I was deeply saddened to learn of the horrific shooting at Sparks Middle School this morning. My administration is receiving regular updates and the Nevada Highway Patrol is assisting at the scene. Kathleen and I extend our thoughts and prayers to the victims and those affected by these tragic events.”

9:20 a.m. update:

Sparks police say several people were shot this morning at Sparks Middle School. Two people have died, including the shooter. Two people are in critical condition at Renown Regional Medical Center.


http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20131021/NEWS01/131021004/Update-Shooting-morning-Sparks-Middle-School
 
Updated at 9:52 a.m.

INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

Parents can pick up Agnes Risley Elementary School and Sparks Middle School students at Sparks High School, which is at 820 15th St. in Sparks.


Sparks police said two people have died, including the shooter, and two are in critical condition at Renown Regional Medical Center. Authorities said school counselors will be on hand at Sparks High School to talk with students about the incident.



http://www.rgj.com/article/20131021/NEWS/131021005/Information-parents-Sparks-Middle-School-students
 
2 killed at Nevada middle school; witness says student shot teacher

From Amanda Watts and Chuck Johnston, CNN

updated 2:03 PM EDT, Mon October 21, 2013

(CNN) -- [Breaking news update at 1:58 p.m. Monday]

A 13-year-old student told the Reno Gazette Journal that a student fired a shot at a teacher at a Nevada middle school on Monday. "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," the student said...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/21/justice/nevada-middle-school-shooting/index.html
 
School shootings seem to be becoming the norm! Very bad thing.
 
11:22 a.m. update:

A student at Sparks Middle School shot and killed a teacher and wounded two other students Monday morning before fatally turning the gun on himself, police said.


Two unidentified males were wounded in the shooting and were taken to Renown Regional Medical Center in critical condition, a spokeswoman said. The Reno Gazette-Journal is trying to confirm the identity of the shooter and the teacher, who was reportedly a popular math teacher there, according to eyewitness accounts. Police said the teacher who was shot was trying to protect students.


Police said the shooting happened at 7:15 a.m. and students were evacuated to nearby Agnes Risley Elementary School and then to Sparks High School, where parents picked up their children.


At an 11 a.m. press conference, officials said of the two injured students, one was out of surgery and the other was doing well.


Eyewitness K. N., 13, an eighth-grader at the middle school, said he was at the basketball court outside when the shooting happened.


“We heard a pop, like a loud pop, and everybody was screaming and the teacher came to investigate,” N. said Monday morning. “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. This lady let us into her house.”

http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20131021/NEWS01/131021004/Update-Shooting-morning-Sparks-Middle-School
 
M. H., a student at the middle school, said she saw the shooter Monday morning.


“I heard him saying, ‘Why you people making fun of me, why you laughing at me,’” H. said.


S. H., an eighth-grader at Sparks Middle School, said the shooter “pulled out a weapon and just shot it. And scared all of us and we just started running.”


H. said they ran into a hall.


“We piled up and put the girls in the back and the guys in the front … for the safety of the girls,” he said. “He came over to us and started aiming at all of us.”


“Then he saw a teacher in the window and shot the window trying to get him. Shot the window twice.”

http://www.rgj.com/viewart/20131021/NEWS01/131021004/Update-Shooting-morning-Sparks-Middle-School
 
oh man... the picture at the top of the article JACIE just posted above... what a picture... that poor kid - you can see so much in just that snippet of his profile. Scarred for sure after this...
 
Jacie Estes said:
Michael Landsberry, a military veteran, has been identified as the staff member who was killed while trying to stop a shooter at Sparks Middle School

http://news.msn.com/crime-justice/2-dead-2-boys-hurt-in-nevada-school-shooting
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Some stuff here about Mike Landsberry - http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/10/michael-mike-mr-landsberry-sparks-teacher-shot/

touching reactions from students.. and heartbreakingly it was his wedding anniversary a few days ago :(

He even had a "what to expect" website for students http://mrlandsberry.weebly.com/
 
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