1 Person Shot at Indiana Middle School
- Posted on March 25, 2011 at 8:59am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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MARTINSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A teenage boy was shot at a central Indiana middle school shortly before classes began Friday and a suspended fellow student is in custody, state police said.
Sgt. Curt Durnil said the victim and suspect are both students at Martinsville West Middle School where the shooting took place. He said he did not know what led to the suspension of the suspect two days earlier.
It was not immediately clear what prompted the shooting in a vestibule area just after 7 a.m., about 20 minutes before classes usually begin, Durnil said.
“We have no motive at all at this point. We’re talking to witnesses and schools officials to get to the bottom of it,” he said.
Durnil said police believe only one shooter was involved in the incident and that they have him in custody, but that all schools in the district remain in lockdown as a precaution. Martinsville is a small city some 30 miles southwest of Indianapolis.
“We’re still looking at all angles, to be sure,” he said.
Durnil has no details of the victim’s condition.
WTHR-TV in Indianapolis said police believe the shooting stems from a dispute that started at a school dance last weekend.
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Comments (48)
Dons621
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 6:03pmNew York had gun laws back in 1927. So what did the kids do ? made zip guns, so much for laws. Teach your kids about gun handling safety, and also to be a responsible person. Bring your kids up Do not THROW them up.
Report Post »CalvinandHobbes
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 4:57pmA story like this makes me wonder what kind of home this shooter was raised in. He thought the only recourse he had was to bring a gun to school and shoot the other kid? Maybe he ate too many Crunchberries for breakfast….
Report Post »astarrr
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 3:54pmHikinghussie, What a nice thing to say about the Martinsville people, but you should know, you have family here. I live here and resent your statement. Hillbilly redneck heaven. Less crime than Indianpolis, you know, the city. So having family here, what does that make you???
Report Post »Dumbsht
Posted on March 26, 2011 at 12:22amHikinghussie ?? don’t bring my wife into this !
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 2:56pmMeh! I say we have a moritorium on teenage boys, bullets, guns and middleschools till we find out the cause.
Report Post »1minuteman
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 1:01pmat a press conference at the white house the spokesman for obama blamed george bush, palin and the tea party for the tragic incident. in response america just rolled their eyes.
Report Post »Tex Expatriate
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:25pmThe Indianapolis so-called news outlets are having the time of their lives covering this story. It makes you sick to your stomach. Meanwhile, the wounded youth is in the hospital where, thanks to HIPPA, no information can be released, and the shooter’s identity has been protected.
Martinsville is an old-fashioned little town, county seat of Morgan County (where I lieve).
Report Post »marnidawg
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:42pmMy sister about died when she saw the interviews the news was giving. It’s very sickening indeed.
Report Post »swehes
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:11pmMy kids will be home schooled. And they will do their pledge of allegiance and say their prayer every morning. They are learning respect for the elderly and themselves. And there are two parents in the house.
Report Post »FactOrFiction
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:03pmCriminals will always get their guns from the black market, so there’s no point in attacking the rights of common citizens. Libs are just scared to death of honest people that actually carry both a pistol and a set of principles. Sorry, not everyone can be bought with money and empty promises.
Anyway, may that poor boy have a speedy recovery.
Report Post »Kinnison
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:29pm“Black Market”? Hey, why don’t they just buy them from the ATF as part of a “sting operation” like the Mexican drug cartels?
Report Post »Uriel
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:54amI think the story is wrong. The shooting was obviously done by white, anti-immigrant, bible-clinging, racist, tea party radicals.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:36amDid the shooter’s parents or friends suspect anthing? I’m just asking?
Report Post »marnidawg
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:39pmYes. He posted on facebook about it beforehand.
Report Post »jim
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:35amHorrible.
Report Post »VApatriot2
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:07amOh yeah, the airways will be full of this news. Just another way to let you know they’re coming after YOUR guns. Out of my cold, dead, hands!!
Report Post »Mr Spock
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 12:34pmJust tell them the facts – you are 10 times more likely to die from overeating than getting shot (30,000 US deaths from gunshots each year, 300,000 deaths from obesity related illnesses). Out of my cold dead doughnuts.
Report Post »marnidawg
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:27amThis is the middle school I went to as a kid, and the same middle school where my niece will be going next year. It’s very strange to see some place you know so well the scene of horrible news. Please pray for the family and the community as I will be doing the same.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:03amI’ve often wondered why we never hear of shootings at gun shows or police conventions?
Ok, I’m kidding, I’ve never wondered that. But it’s a fun question to toss to my Leftist friends.
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:17amI like that Ghost !! I can see their faces: first, confusion, then anger, then frustration, then their eyes searching for a counter-argument, then an emotional resopnse–never logic
Report Post »curmudgeon60
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:02amDon’t be so quick with the anger….These are kids raising themselves-we have rewarded the “PARENTS” with entitlements for immoral lifestyles! You cannot put a grown up man‘s head on a boy’s shoulders and expect a good outcome!!!!
Report Post »hikinggussie
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:58amsouthern Indiana – hillbilly redneck heaven. sheesh! (I have relatives there, I know!)
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:44amI thought gun laws were in place to stop things like this from happening? Sarcasm!
Report Post »va_magoo
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:35amI shall pray for all that are involved. It is a shame that I have to be thankful that only 1 person was hurt this time. I agree that the majority of youth today have no morals or respect for authority or elders. We have allowed the “government” to program our children into compliant little robots. We must return to local control of local issues. No more 1 size fits all rules from Washington. Return Education to the STATES. If you do not like the way your STATE educates your children, you can move to a better STATE. Under our current method (which isnt working) all education is equally bad.
Report Post »All they try to do is throw more money at the problem as opposed to fixing things.
SacredHonor1776
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:29amWill the tragedy be blamed as a white supremist male, immigration-hating, gun nut?
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:48amYou descibed me to a T, sarcasm!
Report Post »straightshooter1
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:28amWhy was this kid allowed back in the school? Another reason law abiding citizens should be able to carry a concealed weapon ANYWHERE. In an aggressive shooter situation…he could have been taken out!!
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:59amTo hazard a guess…..I doubt they “allowed” him back, and I doubt the school doors are dead bolted from 8 ’till 3…little turd knew where to go.
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:07amI should’ve added…..I agree with you…law abiding citizens should be free to carry…practice, practice, practice…
Report Post »NanaKate
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:26amthe victim will NEVER fully recover … physically hopefully … mentally never …
Report Post »quarter horseman
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:47amI wouldnt say mentally never.
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:15amand I bet the shooter wasn‘t yellin’ “It’s the Constitution !”
I say that because the anti gunners are gonna blame the responsible citizen, and try to disparage the lot of uf
Marylou7
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:30amSo true. To the left it‘s never the shooter’s fault….the tea party made him do it, or Bush made him do it and the latest, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck or Rush made him/her do it. Blame anyone or anything but the shooter.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:12amKids shooting other kids. What else could you expect from school systems which have removed all morality training and the basic rules of civility, The Ten Commandments, and replaced them with, “Outcome Based Education”. Outcome Based Education extolls the principle that the end justifies the means and what ever means you use are basically OK if you can get away with it.
We can blame the NEA, the AFT and the other leftists and Communist oriented unions for the fact that the union leadership along with liberal, communist and athestic judges have outlawed the most time honored set of basic rules of civility . Blame can also be placed with the entertainment and video game industry for glorifying violence.
Please pray for the victim and the shooter.
Report Post »twofoot_trucker
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:11amGreat. Get ready for another round of politicians wanting to grab your guns.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:45amYeah, everyone will be screaming more gun control, more gun control, and no one will think to look at how many laws the shooter already violated. Interesting, no?
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 10:00amThat’s the first thing that crossed my mind. Ironically, liberalism causes the mentality for these people to do what they do!
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:39amYeah, Trucker — I thought about that, too.
Things surely were quiet before The Joker moved into the White House. Discontent is everywhere now, even in the schools.
Report Post »Dumbsht
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:54pmYou think he had a permit?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:09amI pray that the victim will survive and fully recover. As to the accomplice(s) – how stupid do you have to be to aid in something that didn’t involve you to begin with? Now you have ruined you life for what?!!!?
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:43amMy thoughts and prayers to the families and to the victim. As for the accused, baby, you’re on your own. No doubt there will be legal assistance, psychologist and all kinds of people coming out of the woodwork to “help” everyone understand. My words to you – Actions have consequences.
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 9:53amWho‘s to say that prison isn’t a better life for these miscreants…
Hood Rats ,,Ghetto pimps ,,, Gangsta Wannabees
Keep praying for the vermin… Somebody else will actually do something about it…
Ah..WTF …Pray for the guy that is going to end up taking out the trash too.
But keep prayin..
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:03amLockdown? What were all the kids and people walking around outside doing? I know some of them were emergency personnel, but only 10-15. There were students and, I assume, teachers walking around outside.
Report Post »Rearden Steel
Posted on March 25, 2011 at 11:36amSorry, but the act depicted in this story is clearly impossible. You can‘t get shot at a school because it’s a Gun-Free Zone.
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