CO - One killed in Arapahoe High School shooting, Littleton, 13 Dec 2013

[Plumeria5]

Run with those beautiful horses you love...Claire.

[video=youtube;apXGSzStESI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apXGSzStESI[/video]

 

[PoeticJustice]

Horrible. These teenagers and their "problems." The whole Latin phrase just infuriates me. I know teenagers are impulsive and think they are soooo deep and tragic. But really?? You know what the common theme is with these shooters? "I'm so disturbed, my childhood was ______" etc. well you know what, none of us have perfect lives or pasts...the majority of us don't go around shooting people and blaming them for what's wrong with us. Get some help and stop feeling so sorry for yourself that you destroy everyone around you in the process just to prove a point.

"The die has been cast"???

Give me a break.


Poor girl. She was beautiful. I feel so terrible for her family having to go through this with Christmas around the corner.

 

[BetteDavisEyes]

Colorado high school shooting victim dies at hospital

By Tom Watkins and Ralph Ellis, CNN

updated 11:10 AM EST, Sun December 22, 2013

(CNN) -- Claire Davis, the 17-year-old high school senior shot by a classmate at their Colorado school, died Saturday at the hospital where she was being treated.

"It is with unspeakable sadness that we write and say that Claire has passed away from the gunshot wound she received at Arapahoe High School on December 13," her family said in a statement posted on the Facebook account of Littleton Adventist Hospital...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/21/us/colorado-arapahoe-shooting-death/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews

 

[Public_Hysteria]

Rest in peace, beautiful Claire. My thoughts are with your friends and family during this difficult time. :rose:

 

[Treelights]

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2...laire-davis-memorial-renames-horse?source=rss

"Claire Davis' love of horses and riding will be memorialized before and during the National Western Stock Show, where the 17-year-old victim of the Dec. 13 shooting at Arapahoe High School competed last year."



Read more: National Western holding Claire Davis memorial, renames horse show - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2...re-davis-memorial-renames-horse#ixzz2oLhO12Zh

 

[Treelights]

"The 18-year-old student who opened fire at Arapahoe High School entered through a door that should have been locked but rarely was, the sheriff said Monday.

Karl Pierson went bowling on the morning of the shooting, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said at a news conference. Initial reports — later disputed — suggested that the Columbine High School killers also went bowling on the day of the 1999 attack."

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2...e-planned-about-arapahoe-high-school-shooting


Read more: Arapahoe High School gunman entered through door that should have been locked - The Denver Post http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_2...t-arapahoe-high-school-shooting#ixzz2ozJblOoy

 

[margarita25]

Hickenlooper orders flags lowered for slain teen
http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24821438/hickenlooper-orders-flags-lowered-slain-teen?source=pkg

"DENVER—Gov. John Hickenlooper is ordering state flags to be flown at half-staff in honor of a suburban Denver high school student who was shot to death by a classmate.
Flags on all public buildings will be lowered on Wednesday, the same day the National Western Stock Show and Complex will host a public memorial for 17-year-old Claire Davis."


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Colorado school shooting victim Claire Davis' memorial service starts

http://www.9news.com/news/article/371360/339/Claire-Davis-memorial-service-starts

"DENVER (AP) - A memorial service is being held on New Year's Day for a 17-year-old girl who was fatally shot at her suburban Denver high school. "

 

[margarita25]

Stock Show memorial for Claire Davis, slain at Arapahoe High


http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24828810/stock-show-memorial-claire-davis-slain-at-arapahoe

"With John Lennon's "Imagine" playing over speakers, people began arriving Wednesday at a memorial celebration for Claire Davis.

The memorial for the 17-year-old who was shot in a Dec. 13 attack at Arapahoe High School is free and open to the public. About 5,800 tickets have already been requested for the memorial, which began at 1 p.m. at the National Western Events Center."




"Claire's parents told those gathered they forgave the shooter and classmate, Karl Pierson, and they asked others to do the same."

 

[margarita25]

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24829368/colorado-shooting-victims-dad-forgives-classmate?source=pkg

"Colorado shooting victim's dad forgives classmate

DENVER—The father of a 17-year-old girl who was fatally shot at her suburban Denver high school said Wednesday that he and his wife have forgiven the killer, and he asked others to do the same.
Michael Davis said at a memorial service for his daughter Claire that the killer was blinded by anger and didn't know what he was doing.

"My wife and I forgive Karl Pierson for what he did," Davis said. "We would ask all of you here and all of you watching to forgive Karl Pierson. He didn't know what he was doing."

 

[margarita25]

"Claire Davis' dad asks people to forgive the student who killed her in Arapahoe High School shooting
Father: Don't perpetuate shooter's anger, hatred

"DENVER - Claire Davis' father asked people to forgive the fellow student who shot and killed his 17-year-old daughter at Arapahoe High School.

It was an amazing and generous request to make at a celebration of Claire's life on New Year's Day at the National Western Livestock Show complex in Denver.

The request was all the more stunning because Michael Davis invoked the name of his daughter's killer -- 18-year-old Karl Pierson. Many people, including public officials, have refused say Pierson's name publicly, saying they didn't want to give another school shooter any notoriety. Pierson took his own life after shooting 17-year-old Claire with a shotgun in a school hallway on Dec. 13.

"The young man that shot Claire had a name. His name was Karl Pierson," the father said at the memorial. "For reasons most of us, or all of us, will never know, Karl allowed himself to become filled with anger and rage and hatred.

"That anger, rage and hatred blinded him. He blindly followed a path that led him to do something that no one should ever do. He took an innocent person's life. He took our daughter's life," Michael Davis said, his voice cracking."


Video and Article:

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/loved-ones-celebrate-the-life-of-claire-davis-teen-who-lost-life-in-arapahoe-high-school-shooting

 

[margarita25]

""Unchecked anger and rage can lead to hatred, and unchecked hatred can lead to tragedy, blindness and…loss of humanity. The last thing that Desiree and I would want is to perpetuate this anger and rage and hatred in connection with Claire. Claire would also not want this," Michael Davis said.

The father urged people to embrace Claire's generous spirit by reaching out to troubled, isolated individuals.

"As citizens of our community, the state of Colorado, our nation and the world, we must strive for kindness, compassion, peace and love to maintain our humanity. We can't allow anger, rage or hatred to take root now or ever," the father said.

"We would like to ask you to join us and honor Claire by forever showing compassion, forgiveness, inducing whatever is within your power to reach out to those around you that might need the light of your love to help guide them to through the darkness," he said.

Claire Davis died in the hospital on Dec. 21, eight days after being gravely wounded.

Michael Davis described his daughter as a loving young woman, who shared her joy with others.

"Claire was full of life and love," he said. "She had a wonderful sense of humor. She loved to laugh. She laughed with her entire being, and she made other people laugh freely and without reserve."



"She had learned that to love is to live," the father said. "She had learned to love others and to respect others, to not judge, to accept herself and to accept other people's differences. She had learned that to receive, she had to give…She was learning to follow her bliss. She was becoming a woman of grace and inner beauty."

"The world was a better place with her in it, and the world has truly lost a shining light."

 

[margarita25]

""Unchecked anger and rage can lead to hatred, and unchecked hatred can lead to tragedy, blindness and…loss of humanity. The last thing that Desiree and I would want is to perpetuate this anger and rage and hatred in connection with Claire. Claire would also not want this," Michael Davis said.

The father urged people to embrace Claire's generous spirit by reaching out to troubled, isolated individuals.

"As citizens of our community, the state of Colorado, our nation and the world, we must strive for kindness, compassion, peace and love to maintain our humanity. We can't allow anger, rage or hatred to take root now or ever," the father said.

"We would like to ask you to join us and honor Claire by forever showing compassion, forgiveness, inducing whatever is within your power to reach out to those around you that might need the light of your love to help guide them to through the darkness," he said.

Claire Davis died in the hospital on Dec. 21, eight days after being gravely wounded.

Michael Davis described his daughter as a loving young woman, who shared her joy with others.

"Claire was full of life and love," he said. "She had a wonderful sense of humor. She loved to laugh. She laughed with her entire being, and she made other people laugh freely and without reserve."



"She had learned that to love is to live," the father said. "She had learned to love others and to respect others, to not judge, to accept herself and to accept other people's differences. She had learned that to receive, she had to give…She was learning to follow her bliss. She was becoming a woman of grace and inner beauty."

"The world was a better place with her in it, and the world has truly lost a shining light."

forgot to post link, sorry, here it is:
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/loved-ones-celebrate-the-life-of-claire-davis-teen-who-lost-life-in-arapahoe-high-school-shooting

 

[margarita25]

Parents of slain student attend Arapahoe High healing ceremony


http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24889179/parents-slain-student-attend-arapahoe-high-healing-ceremony

"The parents of slain Arapahoe High student Claire Davis took part in a "healing ceremony" with students at the school Friday, urging them to be compassionate and forgiving as they continue forward.

"We'd like to challenge you this morning that you start now, this very moment, being the person you want to be for the rest of your life," said Michael Davis, Claire's father. "What you think now, and who you are now, will ultimately shape who you become in the future — what kind of adult you will be — what kind of parents you will be."

Michael and Desiree Davis were on campus as part of an all-student and faculty assembly in the school's gym involving eight to 10 members of the Arapaho Nation, which has a longstanding relationship with the school, whose mascot is the Warriors."

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Claire's parents are amazing. They are truly an inspiration and positive example of how to not live with anger in your hurt. I could learn a lot from these people.

 

[margarita25]

Arapahoe High School officials mum on threat level posed by shooter

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24981272/arapahoe-high-school-officials-mum-threat-level-posed

"Five of the state's largest school districts have investigated more than 400 threats by students this school year and put 40 of them at the highest levels of concern, according to records obtained by The Denver Post.

But more than a month after the fatal shootings at Arapahoe High School, administrators at Littleton Public Schools still won't say whether a threat made by gunman Karl Pierson in September prompted the district's highest security response."

 

[Archives of Pain]

'Karl allowed himself to become filled with anger and rage and hatred.'

When you're a lost teenager like Karl, or Harris, Klebold, or any other school shooter, do you truly 'allow' yourself to be filled with rage and hatred? Or are you pushed to such a brink that you believe there is no other choice than to be wholly consumed with these emotions?

Tragic either way, especially for Claire and Karl. RIP.

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Family of Colorado student killed in cafeteria by rampaging classmate promise not to sue school if administrators FINALLY release details about troubled teen who killed their daughter

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...an-death-promise-never-sue.html#ixzz3UbT9qOaz

 

[HMSHood]

Karl Pierson: “A Psychopath with a Superiority Complex”
https://schoolshooters.info/sites/default/files/pierson_psychopath_superiority_complex_1.0.pdf

Interesting article about Karl Pierson. He was a psychopathic injustice collector like Elliot Rodger, Eric Harris, or Lori Drew.