Update: Armed Student Shot Self After Releasing Wisconsin High School Hostages
- Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:13pm by
Meredith Jessup
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MARINETTE, Wis. (AP) — A student armed with a handgun held nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage in a Wisconsin high school for about five hours before shooting himself when police broke into the classroom, authorities said Monday. No other injuries were reported.
Officers who were outside the Marinette High School classroom said they heard three gunshots shortly after 8 p.m. and busted through the door, said Police Chief Jeff Skorik. The 15-year-old male gunman then shot himself.
Skorik said the teen was taken to an area hospital and his condition was not immediately known Monday night.
Five of the 23 students who had been taken hostage about 3 p.m. had been released about 20 minutes before police entered the classroom because they told the gunman they had to use the bathroom, Skorik said.
The other 18 students and the female teacher, who had acted as a mediator between the male hostage-taker and authorities, were released unharmed once officers were inside.
Skorik said the gunman had refused to communicate with officials during the standoff, but allowed the teacher to speak with authorities by phone.
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Comments (78)
timber wolf
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:49amYeah public school, where evolution and Darwins survival of the fittest is taught as fact.
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:32amWhy are you folks surprised? He s just a product of our public schools turning out more animals
Report Post »AmericanWomanFirst
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:02pmTO:It’s Gonna Getcha…
Report Post »I was there…
You were walking down that the hall, you avoided their eyes, still they saw you coming.
Maybe they ignored you, maybe they made a comment, just snickered something quietly only you would hear. You just kept on walking… do you remember?
I was there…
in that deep blue sea, those long halls… all those fishes you and me.
I was there…but they told you not to believe.
When you walk those halls, remember me.
I am here,
joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea,
joy to those who walk with me.
Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:04pmAwe sweet! (I think)
Report Post »BRAVEHEART
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:46pmAhhh nothing like good Ole public education….Reading Writing and Hostage Survival !!! Don’t worry about prayer in public school, all the students really need is Body Armour!!
Report Post »timber wolf
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:43amEither that or TSA will have adding a special branch for schools everywhere.
Report Post »billwas22
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:43pmYou really are a jerk.
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:36pmTeachers need to carry side arms
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:14pmno, they don’t. parents need to get invoved in the childrens lives and take ownership.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:10pmCommon everybody!! Stop what you’re doing right now and wiggle your fingertips in the air!!! Sprinkle prayers to the world. (joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea, joy to you and me)
billwas22
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:41pmAdd your comments
Report Post »youguysready_letsroll
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:48pmGod answered our prayers as all hostages were released.
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:58pmtaking things seriously, are you??? part of the problem
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:01pmWell, at least one person here heard my prayer, but God heard ALL our prayers. Big sigh of relief for their safety is secured. A thousand pounds off me. Thank you again God for these many miracles as of late.
Report Post »mcFirst
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:48pmi wonder what he wants…
Praying for a safe ending. Parents have to be freaking out.
Report Post »timber wolf
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:41pmI extend my prayer over this matter and hope it ends without injury or harm.
Unfortunately our 2nd amendment liberties are on the hit list to be stripped from the american people, and it is cases like this that will be used against law abiding citizens.
Report Post »13thGenerationAmerican
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:41pm# 1 India: 37,170
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silentwatcher
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:11pmyea,,,and have every law abiding citizen have a gun,,,,there would be more need for undertakers and less police.
Report Post »ThomasUSA
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:29pmGod, Protect and bring calm to the hostages and reason to the gunman.. let this all end peacefully.
Report Post »338lapua
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:26pmThat is an interesting part of our state,lots of asian refugees and not much economic activity. Used to be a big mining area, but not so much now. Maybe just teen angst accellerated by video games. Pray for the best,prepare for the worst.
Report Post »Philo Beddoe
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:11pmNew Governor is pro conceal and carry.
I pray this kid becomes rational for 5 minutes
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:46pmWith any kind of luck he can be made a good kid again, in about 1/2 a second.
Report Post »conservativeone
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:59pmWhat does the “new” Governor being pro conceal and carry have to do with this ???
Report Post »One must be 21 years of age to purchase and receive a conceal/carry permit. So therefore, this law doesn’t apply to this student. FACT is, he broke the law bringing a gun on School Property and possessing a gun as a minor. No Conceal/Carry Law permits a gun to be carried on any Public School Property. So, whether this “right” existed or not, is irrelevant in this case.
Rob
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:03pmHe better be a troubled Muslim youth or he is in BIG trouble!
Report Post »kingssman
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:14pmThe rate that school shootings go, its probably a depressed white kid. (stereotyping of course)
Report Post »bry
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:23pm@ROB
Report Post »LOL!! From your lips to Allah’s ears.
WireWizard
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:57pmIf only guns were banned….
Report Post »Rob
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:04pmThen only criminals would have guns…
Report Post »kingssman
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:12pmLOL
Report Post »wouldn’t be surprised if the kid bought and paid for the gun legally or was a long time gun owner. Can’t stop the nuts with guns.
jdog777
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:17pm… then we all would be sitting ducks.
Report Post »conservativeone
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:08pmThen they’d use a Crossbow … then a Knife … then an Axe … then a Hammer … then a Bat … then a Box Cutter … then a Crowbar … Should we begin proceedings to ban all those items as well ???
Should we ban the “Bic” Lighter because arsonists use them to start fires ???
What about matches, should the be banned too ???
How about banning alcohol ??? More Americans are killed by alcohol related deaths than guns.
Guns don’t jump off the walls or counters and kill people. People “use” guns to kill people. They also use knives, yet we don’t discuss banning them. People use rope to strangle people, yet we don’t discuss banning rope.
Liberals think that by removing guns, they will cure the problem. “Criminals” commit crimes, not lawful citizens that choose to own a gun. Ban guns and you disarm the lawful. All that does is increase the victims for the “Criminals” … The Key Word Here Is: CRIMINAL
Liberals think they can cure all and solve all problems by cowarding down.
Report Post »conservativeone
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:11pmI think ALL Liberals should put a sign on their Front Lawn stating their home is a “Gun Free” Home.
Report Post »If they hate the ownership of guns so much, go ahead and let the Criminals know that their home is not protected by a “lawful” gun owner.
FACT is, Liberals are protected by what’s called “Herd Protection” … The more homes criminals “think” have guns, the better. So, Liberals are provided an umbrella of protection from the very thing they despise.
silentwatcher
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:06pmanother misguided that think it was the guns that did this. will you outlaw baseball bats if that is what would have been used??
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 11:09pmcriminals commit crimes of opportunity. why take guns, knives, bats, etc away? weapons will always be used by the criminal. But hey, thinking on your level, why not just lock EVERYBODY up – there, you have no more crime.
Report Post »hkyfan36
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:55amBan swimming pools and hot tubs. Might as well ban speech and thought.
Quick TIDES foundation give us another 7000 page bill banning every else that you haven’t banned allready.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:56am@conservativeone The reason that those other items aren’t banned are because they have practical uses. A gun is only made to wound or kill. I don’t think that we can ban guns altogether now because yes, criminals would be able to get them.
Report Post »WeTheHomers
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:56pmIf this would have happened back in my day, the sisters/priests would have smacked the crap out of the student.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:55pmJust another “nut-job” or ……. ah, dare I say it, one of those folks from The Religion of Peace!
Report Post »kingssman
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:10pmI’m gonna lean nutjob since the last 5 shootings were non muslim related.
Report Post »pattybbb1
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:51pmpraying here in Alabama.
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:47pmHey, how ya doin’ pointless?
Report Post »NO_POTTERSVILLE
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:45pmWhat the hell is happening to our kids these days to make someone want to do this?
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:26pmIn a word: progressivism.
No God, parents probably absent/irresponsible.
If our economy is Atlas Shrugged, the way we raise our kids has become eerily like Anthem.
Report Post »drago
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:27pmWhats happening to the kids today you ask? Try looking at the parents……….
Report Post »PeterThePainter
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:11pmNo spin zone…in areas of higher population, many, many of these kids have a father in jail, a mother that is on food stamps and struggling with drugs….the last thing of consequence is the kids. Pretty sad. The education system deals with kids that are required to be medicated daily, to reduce aggressive behavior. These children are in the elementary grade levels. By the time their in HS……………
Report Post »megansmom
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 9:22pmkids are not allowed to deal with their emotions naturally nor are they taught how to deal with conflict. My kids attended a school where the boys all carried pocket knives, boys and girls were taught to shoot and if they had to slug it out, teachers stood back let them .After the fight they went to to the office and received their council and left alone for awhile to solve the conflict themselves in the manner of children or age group. No one shot anyone, stabbed anyone and bullies, usually got their nose bloodied and no cops were called or drugs given to make them behave in away as not to bug the teachers.
Report Post »In other words, kids learned to respect each other and their teachers and parents.Either that or they were afraid someone would beat the crap out of them.
silentwatcher
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 10:56pmNot many parents relate with their kids, not many even have much to do with them. Many, many kids are raised by neighborhood societies. Wrong, I know, but I didn’t raise my kids that way, I stays interested, involved, and showed them overwhelming attention.
We are living in a crumbling society.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 7:04amMEAGANSMOM, that sounds like something out of the past – way past. It makes alot of sense but I don’t see it happening in places like LA where gangs are prevalent; they would probably love to be able to fight (of course they would draw guns and shoot each other) but the mediation part would be great. I wish there was more “conflict” training. If kids were getting a real education and were taught from an early age that it was important perhaps their future would look different. Prayers go out to the family of this young man.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:52am@komponist-ZAH no, you can’t have it both ways. Are progressives the violent ones or the peace-loving do nothing hippies? Pick one and stick with it.
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 12:07pm@Mr. Logan3–
Report Post »I didn’t say progressives, I said progressivism–the elimination of traditional morals, to be exact.
mrlogan3
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 1:31pm@komponist-ZAH ok, i‘ll give you no God but the parent situation isn’t progressivism (which my computer is not recognizing as a real word), that’s just a tough break fro the kids.
Report Post »calijohn
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:39pmgee snowleopard hasn’t commented – yet
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {mix art}
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:04pmBeen to busy asking for intervention on the matter to post until now. Please keep praying for the matter to be peacefully resolved.
Report Post »komponist-ZAH
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:13pmAnd you care…why??
Report Post »BlacksAgainstObama
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:38pmImma pray for them. Lord keep them safe.
http://www.watchglennbeck.com
Report Post »VanGrungy
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:34pmmuslims everywhere are preying to allah that the gunman is, I mean isn’t a muslim.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:51amReally now? I‘d love to make a real bet with you that he isn’t a Muslim. Completely serious, name your wager!
Report Post »American Capitalist
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:32pmPray for the hostages, their families, and those sent to help
Report Post »tgarrett369
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:57pmpray they dont MAKE GUNS ILLEGAL
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:31pmLet‘s pray for the safety of all involved and not make judgements when we don’t have facts.
Report Post »RobertCA
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 7:51pmAmen .
Report Post »BMartin1776
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:06pmWe can only hope for the hostages that this all ends peacefully… now for my 2nd amend rant.
If schools werent so scared of weapons maybe a teacher would have been armed and able to confront the kid and stop this. But no schools are in gun free zones which result in events like this leaving the innocent unable to defend themselves! The criminal element will break whatever law they want where the laws est only leave law abiding ppl to be future victims.
Lose the laws restricting law abiding citizens and add massive teeth to laws for crimes committed with a weapon.
Stop playing their game and start playing your game through http://www.savingtherepublic.com
Report Post »tgarrett369
Posted on November 29, 2010 at 8:55pmwe all need to do more than we are doing. call your congressmen and wemon on every issue. get in volved. we are in very troubled times and we need to be as active as we can. join freedomworks.org and act on every issue. please im begging you.
thequeenbee
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:30amI agree with the praying for them but I don’t get the withholding judgment..when is holding kids and a teacher at gunpoint ever remotely understandable for any reason????? What am I missing? Is there ever any good or understandable reason for this kid to do what he did? I say lock him up if he is sick or lock him up for a criminal act, either way he needs to be put somewhere where he can’t hurt innocent people.
Report Post »mrlogan3
Posted on November 30, 2010 at 11:50am@bmartin1776 If the I’m this kid and I know my teacher has a gun, I’m not bringing my own, I‘m taking the teacher’s gun when he or she is not looking.
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