School Shooting in Ohio

[revnecro1273]

CLEVELAND - A gunman opened fire in a downtown high school on Wednesday, and five people were taken to a hospital, the mayor said.

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Mayor Frank Jackson said three young people and two adults were hurt. SuccessTech Academy had been secured and there was only one suspect, he said.

"They have the shooter," Jackson said. He did not elaborate.

Ronnell Jackson, 15, said he saw the shooter running down a school hallway.

"He was about to shoot me but I got out just in time," he said.

Another student, Doneisha LeVert, said she heard the principal say "Code Blue" over the public address system, and the students started running. She said she hid in a closet with some of her friends.

Students stood outside the building, many in tears and on cell phones. Family members also stood outside, anxiously waiting for their children to be released.

"I'm scared. I'm hoping no more people got hurt," Jackson said.

Tammy Mundy, 38, who has a son and daughter at the school, told The Plain Dealer of Cleveland that her daughter called when the shooting started.

"She said, 'Mom they're shooting in here, kids are running out, I'm hiding in the closet,'" Mundy told the newspaper.

Then she called her 18-year-old son, Darnell Rodgers, on his cell phone, and he told her he had been shot in the arm.

"He said, 'Mom I got shot,'" Mundy told the newspaper.

The small, alternative high school is in the center of downtown across from the FBI's offices and three blocks from where the Cleveland Browns play football. The school enrolls 240 students grades nine through 12 and emphasizes technology education. All the students are poor under federal poverty guidelines.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

Tammy Mundy, 38, who has a son and daughter at the school, told The Plain Dealer of Cleveland that her daughter called when the shooting started.

"She said, 'Mom they're shooting in here, kids are running out, I'm hiding in the closet,'" Mundy told the newspaper.

Then she called her 18-year-old son, Darnell Rodgers, on his cell phone, and he told her he had been shot in the arm.

All the students are poor under federal poverty guidelines.


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if these people are so poor, how does a family provide a cell phone for each of their kids?

[skippy]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

if these people are so poor, how does a family provide a cell phone for each of their kids?

Those phones are HOT.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by skippy

Those phones are HOT.

still have to pay for the service

[Gobbler's Knob]

Isn't even on CNN right now, These kids are gonna have to try other things to get on tv. School shootings are so last year.

[skippy]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

still have to pay for the service

Jack the phones on the 1st of the month and its a free service for 30 days.

[cman]

wow does it ever stop


wde

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by Gobbler's Knob

Isn't even on CNN right now, These kids are gonna have to try other things to get on tv. School shootings are so last year.

inner city, low income...you really think the media will show big coverage of such an incident?

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by skippy

Jack the phones on the 1st of the month and its a free service for 30 days.

the people they would have jacked them from, would have stopped service by then

[skippy]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

the people they would have jacked them from, would have stopped service by then

How???

They just lost their phone.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by skippy

How???

They just lost their phone.

i guess that is true..but i doubt such types of people would really go to school and phone their momma's immediately when something went wrong...still want to know how an impoverished bunch of people can afford mobile phones for thei kids

[Big Pimpin]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

i guess that is true..but i doubt such types of people would really go to school and phone their momma's immediately when something went wrong...still want to know how an impoverished bunch of people can afford mobile phones for thei kids

Impoverished peeps priorities

1.Nice car/truck

2. Cell phone

3. 50 rock and 40 ounce

10. pay bills

[TCD619]

Brother supposedly taken into custody today.

[revnecro1273]

Originally Posted by Big Pimpin

Impoverished peeps priorities

1.Nice car/truck

2. Cell phone

3. 50 rock and 40 ounce

10. pay bills

true

[skippy]

Originally Posted by revnecro1273

true

That list should be updated.

The #1 thing on that list is now: Mom buys gun for son.