Oh hey, another school shooting.

[debatethis]

I seem to have misplaced my shocked face.
www.wsoctv.com/news/news/police-1-shot-albemarle-high-school-1-custody/nhYPB/
ALBEMARLE, N.C. —

Police in Albemarle responded to a shooting at Albemarle High School early Tuesday morning.

Officers told Channel 9 that a student had been shot at the school and that another person was in custody. The student’s condition was not immediately available.

Social media updates: Police say 1 shot at Albemarle High School

The police chief told a newspaper reported with the Stanly News and Press told that at 7:40 a.m., police were called to the courtyard at the school.

When they arrived they found a male student with a gunshot wound to the leg.

They put the school on lockdown.

City and count officers put a search team together to find the gunman.

They found the gunman, which was a male student, and took him into custody.

They met with administrators and started to evacuate students from the school.

Police and school officials are asking parents to head to North Albemarle Baptist Church at 401 Park Ridge Road.

WATCH: 8:45 AM UPDATE: Still an active scene after Albermarle school shooting

WATCH: 8:30 AM UPDATE: 1 shot at Albemarle High School


Students are using the hashtag #PrayersForAlbemarle on Twitter to leave messages for other students at the school.

According to the school’s website, the warning bell, which is the last bell before classes start, ran at 7:55 a.m.

There are a total of 466 students at the school.

[Michelle]

With only one shot fired this seems less like a school shooting incident in the sense of the mass casualties and more like a issue between two youths. I wonder what the neighborhood is like? In 1991 I walked out of health class right between two gang members who had pistols pointed at each other. It was a rough neighborhood, pre Columbine. Sounds similar.

And I sound jaded!

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Whether we classify this as a "school shooting" in the sense we're used to now depends on intent to me. Did he shoot the one student with intent to shoot others before he was taken down, or did he specifically target that one student without any intentions of continuing the violence? Either way, guns in school and teen violence is an epidemic. I wouldn't downplay this at all just because "only" one student was injured. But I think calling every act of gun violence at school a "school shooting" cheapens(?) the term somehow. I don't know.

I don't know how to express this without sounding flippant.

[downtoearth]

Google and a local Fox station say...

"WSOC is reporting that the suspected shooter, identified as Jalen Russell and and the victim, Bernard Miller, were engaged in an argument before the shooting occurred."

Which still begs the question...why do kids have guns, let alone why they have them at school?!?!?!

[iammalcolmx]

Damn

[Michelle]

Sept 30, 2014 9:00:38 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

Whether we classify this as a "school shooting" in the sense we're used to now depends on intent to me. Did he shoot the one student with intent to shoot others before he was taken down, or did he specifically target that one student without any intentions of continuing the violence? Either way, guns in school and teen violence is an epidemic. I wouldn't downplay this at all just because "only" one student was injured. But I think calling every act of gun violence at school a "school shooting" cheapens(?) the term somehow. I don't know.

I don't know how to express this without sounding flippant.

this is along the lines of where I was going.
but I might have sounded flippant.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Sept 30, 2014 10:41:18 GMT -5 Michelle said:

Sept 30, 2014 9:00:38 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

Whether we classify this as a "school shooting" in the sense we're used to now depends on intent to me. Did he shoot the one student with intent to shoot others before he was taken down, or did he specifically target that one student without any intentions of continuing the violence? Either way, guns in school and teen violence is an epidemic. I wouldn't downplay this at all just because "only" one student was injured. But I think calling every act of gun violence at school a "school shooting" cheapens(?) the term somehow. I don't know.

I don't know how to express this without sounding flippant.

this is along the lines of where I was going.
but I might have sounded flippant.

Oh yeah, I was agreeing with you. I wasn't trying to imply that you were downplaying it, but it reads that way to me now. Anyway, it sucks.

[penguingrrl]

Ugh, how awful. Whether it was a "school shooting" in the shooting up random people sense or an argument that escalated to a shooting, it's devastating. Where are teenagers getting guns? Why are they bringing them to school?

[summer]

I feel like it's always a "school shooting" if it's in a school. A "mass shooting" could be the other term for something bigger.

If my kid is in school and I get a text saying someone was shot/school is in lockdown/or anything else alarming of that nature, then it's a "school shooting."

[mbcdefg]

Oh, hey, ANOTHER school shooting:

www.cnn.com/2014/09/30/us/kentucky-school-shooting/index.html

Suspect sought in Kentucky high school shooting; student injured

(CNN) -- Authorities are searching for a suspect after a shooting at a high school in Kentucky left one student injured, a spokeswoman said.

The shooting took place Tuesday afternoon at Fern Creek High School in Louisville. It was not immediately clear whether it happened inside or outside the school.

One student was transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries, said Jody Duncan, a spokeswoman for EMA-MetroSafe. She said that at least one suspect was being sought.

"We do have reports that it's a male, about 6-foot-5, wearing a gray hoodie, black pants with a gray stripe, and about 15-16 years old," she said. "We're not sure if he is a student at Fern Creek High School, but we do know that he's a younger individual."

The shooting prompted a lockdown at the high school and at an area elementary school. School officials were in the process of connecting students with their parents, the spokeswoman said.

[lb2006]

Sept 30, 2014 8:53:41 GMT -5 Michelle said:

With only one shot fired this seems less like a school shooting incident in the sense of the mass casualties and more like a issue between two youths. I wonder what the neighborhood is like? In 1991 I walked out of health class right between two gang members who had pistols pointed at each other. It was a rough neighborhood, pre Columbine. Sounds similar.

And I sound jaded!

Albemarle/Stanly County is a little more rural than surrounding areas of that high school (Concord, Charlotte) - so it is kind-of surprising. 

When i was in 6th grade (1993) we had a classmate bring a gun to school because he was "mad" at one of our teachers.  It was unbelievable at the time - but his punishment was suspended for the rest of the year.   (also in the greater Charlotte area)

[Michelle]

Sept 30, 2014 12:36:21 GMT -5 ChillyMcFreeze said:

Sept 30, 2014 10:41:18 GMT -5 Michelle said:

this is along the lines of where I was going.
but I might have sounded flippant.

Oh yeah, I was agreeing with you. I wasn't trying to imply that you were downplaying it, but it reads that way to me now. Anyway, it sucks.

I thought we might have posted at the same time. :-)