Yes
latest info:
- the 16-year-old student shot himself and died at the hospital.
- he shot himself in the school's courtyard during his lunch break. So, FWIW, he did it outside, in a place where he wouldn't hurt anybody else. However, it was in full view of one cafeteria.
- A note was found at the scene, according to authorities. So it was a suicide.
According to one radio site, since District schools don't have metal detectors and doesn't conduct routine searches, several parents are demanding that these ideas be put into effect immediately.
lincoln
"Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
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