Seraphim
09-25-2003, 02:52 PM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030925/ts_alt_afp/us_shooting_030925160244
COLD SPRING, Minnesota (AFP) - One of two teenagers shot by a fellow student in one of the latest school shootings remained remained hospitalized in critical condition, hospital officials said.
The 14-year-old suffered head and chest wounds after a fellow student opened fire with a handgun at a high school in Cold Spring, central Minnesota, early Wednesday, authorities said.
A second, 17-year-old victim, died of his injuries in hospital.
The 15-year-old suspect apparently picked his targets at random and was eventually persuaded to give up the gun by Rocori High School's burly former football coach.
Students and neighbors identified the shooting suspect as John Jason McLaughlin, the son of a sergeant in the local sheriff's office and a quiet and withdrawn teenager, who was teased by his peers because of his acne.
Police declined to identify the suspect. Sheriff John Sanner of the Stearns County Sheriff's Office said the boy had given a written statement and was cooperating with authorities.
No charges had been filed in the matter as of early Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office said.
Parts of the high school have been designated a crime scene and will be off-limits to staff and students until Friday, according to Scott Staska, superintendent of Rocori Area Schools.
The shooting was the first such incident of its kind in this Midwestern state, and shocked the small community of Cold Spring, population 3,000, about 80 miles northwest of the twin cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul Minnesota.
COLD SPRING, Minnesota (AFP) - One of two teenagers shot by a fellow student in one of the latest school shootings remained remained hospitalized in critical condition, hospital officials said.
The 14-year-old suffered head and chest wounds after a fellow student opened fire with a handgun at a high school in Cold Spring, central Minnesota, early Wednesday, authorities said.
A second, 17-year-old victim, died of his injuries in hospital.
The 15-year-old suspect apparently picked his targets at random and was eventually persuaded to give up the gun by Rocori High School's burly former football coach.
Students and neighbors identified the shooting suspect as John Jason McLaughlin, the son of a sergeant in the local sheriff's office and a quiet and withdrawn teenager, who was teased by his peers because of his acne.
Police declined to identify the suspect. Sheriff John Sanner of the Stearns County Sheriff's Office said the boy had given a written statement and was cooperating with authorities.
No charges had been filed in the matter as of early Thursday, a spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office said.
Parts of the high school have been designated a crime scene and will be off-limits to staff and students until Friday, according to Scott Staska, superintendent of Rocori Area Schools.
The shooting was the first such incident of its kind in this Midwestern state, and shocked the small community of Cold Spring, population 3,000, about 80 miles northwest of the twin cities of Minneapolis, St. Paul Minnesota.