OH - Three students killed in Chardon High School shooting, 27 Feb 2012

[daisy7]

CHARDON, Ohio - The chilling actions of a teenager as he systematically shot Chardon High School students sitting at a cafeteria table were captured by surveillance video at Chardon High School, which also showed the chaos afterward.

According to a source who viewed the video, the student – identified by fellow students as T.J. Lane -- sat down by himself at a table in the cafeteria around 7:30 a.m. Within moments he reached into a pack or a bag. He pulled out a .22-caliber handgun.

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http://www.cleveland.com/chardon-shooting/index.ssf/2012/02/chardon_high_school_video_show.html

 

[bellyup]

Still partially unclear if two in fact have died, with only one station - and others who've picked up its story and haven't independently confirmed it - saying two right now.

http://www.cleveland.com/chardon-shooting/index.ssf/2012/02/chardon_shooting_victim_demetr.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/br...-school-shooting/story-e6frf7jx-1226283644519

It's all over the news here locally. The second student Demetrius Hewlin has, indeed passed. A son of a well loved teacher from another local school.

 

[wfgodot]

http://www.cleveland.com/chardon-shooting/index.ssf/2012/02/chardon_shooting_victim_demetr.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/br...-school-shooting/story-e6frf7jx-1226283644519

It's all over the news here locally. The second student Demetrius Hewlin has, indeed passed. A son of a well loved teacher from another local school.

Thanks! The Plain Dealer must have independently confirmed the story. What I was looking for.

 

[daisy7]

CHARDON, Ohio -- In the chaotic and critical minutes following the shootings at Chardon High School, text messages among students and to their parents almost
instantly conveyed news of injury and death - and also messages from
those who hid in safety.

In this era of rapidly spreading social media, many of the parents who showed up at Chardon High knew their children were safe because they received text messages from them minutes after the chaos began. (An account of the flurry of information on social media was compiled on Storify by the Daily Beast on Monday.)

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http://www.cleveland.com/chardon-shooting/index.ssf/2012/02/chardon_high_school_shooting_n.html

Here is the link to the the social media posts from students:
http://storify.com/thedailybeast/chardon-students-tweet-about-school-shooting

 

[passionflower]

http://www.19actionnews.com/

update

 

[angela]

FB pics and violent Wall post:

http://hypervocal.com/news/2012/cha...gun-wielding-facebook-pics-violent-wall-post/

The story at this link has been edited to say the pics with the gun are not TJ. Maybe I'm misreading?:waitasec:

 

[momtective]

The chilling actions of a teenager as he systematically shot Chardon High School students sitting at a cafeteria table were captured by surveillance video at Chardon High School, which also showed the chaos afterward.


The video shows Lane raising his gun and shooting, the source said. Russell, who students say was shot in the back, is at MetroHealth Medical Center. Demetrius, who students say was shot in the back of the head, is also at MetroHealth. Nick, who was shot numerous times, is in stable condition at Hillcrest Hospital.

http://www.cleveland.com/chardon-shooting/index.ssf/2012/02/chardon_high_school_video_show.html

 

[passionflower]

R.I.P. Demetrius Hewlin

 

[Inspector Gidget]

Does anyone know how to get a Facebook page taken down.I came across this on a website and tried to report it to FB.I can't believe someone did this to begin with,what is wrong with these kids.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/TJ-Lane-Ohio-school-shooter-is-a-HERO/254611201287093?sk=wall

 

[ynotdivein]

The story at this link has been edited to say the pics with the gun are not TJ. Maybe I'm misreading?:waitasec:

You're not misreading. There is a link in the article you linked to, that explains how that rumor got started. It's a hotlink in the text, right above the first pic of TJL.

 

[i.b.nora]

The Plain Dealer article does NOT SAY that Demetrius is dead. It isn't a very well written article but it sure doesn't say the kid is dead.

 

[passionflower]

•Chardon shooting victim Demetrius Hewlin liked to workout at the gym 8:15PM

 

[i.b.nora]

Here is a recent well written, generally reliable source article:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/28/us-shooting-ohio-urgent-idUSTRE81Q1AD20120228N

No mention of a second dead victim.

 

[ynotdivein]

http://www.cleveland.com/chardon-shooting/index.ssf/2012/02/chardon_shooting_victim_demetr.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/br...-school-shooting/story-e6frf7jx-1226283644519

It's all over the news here locally. The second student Demetrius Hewlin has, indeed passed. A son of a well loved teacher from another local school.

Read both articles and maybe they just haven't been updated... but neither currently (10:27 pm eastern time) says another student has died. I do see that the Herald-Sun headline has changed to "2 dead" but the stories so far don't support that. Hoping DH is still fighting hard.

 

[wfgodot]

The Plain Dealer article does NOT SAY that Demetrius is dead. It isn't a very well written article but it sure doesn't say the kid is dead.

Yep, entirely right - finally got around to reading it instead of skimming:

Some students said he was shot in the stomach. He was in critical condition at MetroHealth Medical Center, police said.

Plus, the heraldsun.co.uk, while it does say two are dead, is a Rupert Murdoch/News Corp owned paper, very likely relying on the Murdoch owned Fox Network's Fox19 and its "two dead" reporting.

 

[hollyblue]

Coming in late, but do they know where he got the gun from? TIA

 

[cece5300]

There are rumors that Russel King is dead (via twitter/ texts from a friend in a neighboring town); it's unclear whether Demetrius, Russel, and Danny are all deceased, or whether it's just two of them, or whether it's just Danny. Hopefully overnight everything will get cleared up. My deepest, sincerest prayers are with everyone who's had to suffer from this tragedy; what an unimaginable nightmare.

 

[passionflower]

Lane walked around his table and stood behind students identified by classmates as Russell King, Demetrius Hewlin and Nick Walczak, all juniors and friends. Russell and Nick were waiting there before catching a bus to Auburn Career Center.

oh my he was right behind them......I thought he fired into a crowd...........OMG

 

[i.b.nora]

The Herald Sun is a Murdoch owned Australian newspaper and it clearly cites WOIO as its source for its (wrong) information.

 

[momtective]

If you'd like to support the community during this time of need, we will be presenting the students and staff a copy of your comments.

http://rememberingchardon.com/