Face of a Killer? Suspect Identified in Ohio Shooting as Third Student Declared Dead
- Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:52am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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CHARDON, Ohio (The Blaze/AP) – The death toll rose to three Tuesday in the shooting rampage in an Ohio high school cafeteria as schoolmates and townspeople grappled with the tragedy and wondered what could have set the teenage gunman off.
The teenager under arrest in Monday’s attack, T.J. Lane, faced an afternoon hearing in juvenile court.
Shaken residents offered condolences and prayers to the families of those killed and wounded at 1,100-student Chardon High School in suburban Cleveland. All three of the dead were students, as are the two people wounded.
A Cleveland hospital said Demetrius Hewlin, who had been in critical condition, died Tuesday morning. The news came shortly after Police Chief Tim McKenna said 17-year-old Russell King Jr. had died.
Another student, Daniel Parmertor, died hours after the shooting, which sent students screaming through the halls and led teachers to lock down their classrooms as they had practiced doing so many times during drills.
Both King and Parmertor were students at the Auburn Career Center, a vocational school, and were waiting in the Chardon High cafeteria for a bus for their daily 15-minute ride when they were shot.
Parmertor (L) and King (R)
The police chief would shed no light on a motive.
“I feel sorry not only for that family but all the families that are affected by this,” McKenna said. Characterizing himself as a “hometown boy,” he added: “Chardon will take care of Chardon.”
A student who saw the attack up close said it appeared that the gunman targeted a group of students — one who may have been dating Lane’s ex-girlfriend — sitting together and that the one who was killed was gunned down while trying to duck under the cafeteria table.
Lane’s family is mourning “this terrible loss for their community,” attorney Robert Farnacci said in a statement.
An education official said the suspected shooter is a Lake Academy student, not a student at Chardon High. Brian Bontempo declined to answer any questions about the student. Bontempo is the superintendent of the Lake County Educational Service Center, which operates the academy.
T.J. Lane, the suspected killer in the Ohio school shooting.
The alternative school in Willoughby serves 7th through 12th grades. Students may have been referred to the school because of academic or behavioral problems.
The FBI said the suspect was arrested near his car a half-mile from Chardon. He was not immediately charged.
Lane, however, did show some warning signs before the shooting. Besides tweeting an apparent threat, he also posted a message on Facebook:
In a time long since, a time of repent, The Renaissance. In a quaint lonely town, sits a man with a frown. No job. No family. No crown. His luck had run out. Lost and alone.
The streets were his home. His thoughts would solely consist of “why do we exist?” His only company to confide in was the vermin in the street. He longed for only one thing, the world to bow at his feet.
They too should feel his secret fear. The dismal drear. His pain had made him sincere.
He was better than the rest, all those ones he detests, within their castles, so vain. Selfish and conceited.
They couldn’t care less about the peasents they mistreated. They were in their own world, it was a joyous one too. That castle, she stood just to do all she could to keep the peasents at bay, not the enemy away.
They had no enemies in their filthy orgy. And in her, the castles every story, was just another chamber of Lucifer’s Laboratory. The world is a sandbox for all the wretched sinners.
They simply create what they want and make themselves the winners. But the true winner, he has nothing at all. Enduring the pain of waiting for that castle to fall. Through his good deeds, the rats and the fleas.
He will have for what he pleads, through the eradication of disease. So, to the castle he proceeds, like an ominous breeze through the trees. “Stay back!” The Guards screamed as they were thrown to their knees. “Oh God, have mercy, please!”
The castle, she gasped and then so imprisoned her breath, to the shallow confines of her fragile chest. I‘m on the lamb but I ain’t no sheep. I am Death. And you have always been the sod. So repulsive and so odd.
You never even deserved the presence of God, and yet, I am here. Around your cradle I plod. Came on foot, without shod. How improper, how rude. However, they shall not mind the mud on my feet if there is blood on your sheet.
Now! Feel death, not just mocking you. Not just stalking you but inside of you. Wriggle and writhe. Feel smaller beneath my might. Seizure in the Pestilence that is my scythe. Die, all of you.
Video taken in the area apparently shows Lane being apprehended:
Teachers locked down their classrooms as they had been trained to do during drills, and students took cover as they waited for the all-clear in this town of 5,100 people, 30 miles from Cleveland. One teacher was said to have dragged a wounded student into his classroom to protect him. Another chased the gunman out of the building, police said.
Fifteen-year-old Danny Komertz, who witnessed the shooting, said Lane was known as an outcast who had apparently been bullied. But others disputed that.
“Even though he was quiet, he still had friends,” said Tyler Lillash, 16. “He was not bullied.”
Farinacci, representing Lane and his family, told WKYC-TV that Lane “pretty much sticks to himself but does have some friends and has never been in trouble over anything that we know about.”
Long before official word came of the attack, parents learned of the bloodshed from students via text message and cellphone and thronged the streets around the school, anxiously awaiting word on their children.
Two of the wounded were listed in critical condition, and another was in serious condition.
“I looked up and this kid was pointing a gun about 10 feet away from me to a group of four kids sitting at a table,” Komertz said. He said the gunman fired two shots quickly, and students scrambled for safety. One of them was “trying to get underneath the table, trying to hide, protecting his face.”
Slain student Daniel Parmertor was an aspiring computer repairman who was waiting in the cafeteria for the bus for his daily 15-minute ride to a vocational school. His teacher at the Auburn Career School had no idea why Parmertor, “a very good young man, very quiet,” had been targeted, said Auburn superintendent Maggie Lynch.
Officers investigating the shooting blocked off a road in a heavily wooded area several miles from the school. Federal agents patrolled the muddy driveway leading to several spacious homes and ponds, while other officers walked a snowy hillside. A police dog was brought in. It wasn’t clear what they were looking for.
Teacher Joe Ricci had just begun class when he heard shots and slammed the door to his classroom, yelling, “Lockdown!” to students, according to Karli Sensibello, a student whose sister was in Ricci’s classroom.
A few minutes later, Ricci heard a student moaning outside, opened the door and pulled in student Nick Walczak who had been shot several times, Sensibello said in an email. Ricci comforted Walczak and let him use his cellphone to call his girlfriend and parents, Sensibello said. She said her sister was too upset to talk.
Heather Ziska, 17, said she was in the cafeteria when she saw a boy she recognized as a fellow student come into the cafeteria and start shooting. She said she and several others immediately ran outside, while other friends ran into a middle school and others locked themselves in a teachers’ lounge.
“Everybody just started running,” said 17-year-old Megan Hennessy, who was in class when she heard loud noises. “Everyone was running and screaming down the hallway.”
Farinacci said Lane’s family was “devastated” by the shootings and that they offered “their most heartfelt and sincere condolences” to Parmertor’s family and the families of the wounded students.
“This is something that could never have been predicted,” Farinacci told WKYC-TV.
Rebecca Moser, 17, had just settled into her chemistry class when the school went into lockdown. The class of about 25 students ducked behind the lab tables at the back of the classroom, uncertain whether it was a drill.
Text messages started flying inside and outside the school, spreading information about what was happening and what friends and family were hearing outside the building.
“We all have cellphones, so people were constantly giving people updates – about what was going on, who the victims were, how they were doing,” Moser said.
The school had no metal detectors, but current and past students said it had frequent security drills in case of a shooting.
Anxious parents of high school students were told to go to an elementary school to pick up their children.
Joe Bergant, Chardon school superintendent, said school was canceled Tuesday and grief counselors would be available to students and families.
“If you haven’t hugged or kissed your kid in the last couple of days, take that time,” he said.
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AP writers Dan Sewell in Cincinnati and Julie Carr Smyth and Andrew Welsh-Huggins in Columbus contributed to this report.
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Comments (173)
whatthecrazy
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:06amLook at the world he is being raised in.Look at the movies and games these kids are exposed to that litterly teach acceptence of murder and violence.No im not surprised at this news it‘s horrible and it’s only going to continue.I’ll just continue asking God to protect my son and keep him from harm every morning as he leaves for school.
Report Post »BobSevenEleven
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:28amIt is too easy to blame video games. I am in my late 20s play video games and watch movies that would be deemed violent. However, there is a disconnect between fantasy and reality. Playing those games and watching those movies doesn’t make me any more desensitized to violence or make me want to commit any violent acts. When something is real you view it completely different. My parents were involved and monitored what I played/watched when I was younger, so that would differ me from others, but you can’t just blame violent games and movies. If it was only down to those then every young kid would be jumping out of a window thinking they can fly because they saw it in some movie.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:39amI will also pray everyday for the safety of my son and others children as well when they set off for school each day. My neice was a witness to one of the attacks at schools this year, the one where the mentally ill girl was released from the mental hospital and stabbed the 2 girls. I am heart sick for all involved in this current story. This child, the shooter, was doomed to failure like so many other young ones who’s parents and community fail them, fail to recognize the hurt. This boys father and mother are to blame, yes he should never in a million years hurt anyone but child abuse has proven to stunt the development of the brain from the year the abuse begins. It should make us all wonder what a kind word can do to help someone in need, this is what I try to pass on to my child, kindness and love. Prayers for the kids who were shot, their families etc. Kids in these broken homes with derelict parents need societies help, even with it the damage done by the parents may be too great.
Report Post »Rick 43
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:08amBob your in your late 20s playing video games wow….that in itself seems like a problem
Report Post »Faith1029
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:38amRick 43: “Bob your in your late 20s playing video games wow….that in itself seems like a problem”
My two sons are married and have children and they all play video games, wives included. A problem? I don’t think so.
Report Post »RightyTightyLeftyLoosey
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:39amHow so, Rick? There’s nothing wrong with playing video games. They can be quite entertaining.
Report Post »L0WRYDER
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:56amIts ez to blame movies and video games what about the mom and dad thay did not want to be a part if this kidds life thay did not even want to bring him up just into the world thats where the problem is
Report Post »People watch and love your kidds be apart of there lives show them right from wrong and tell them you love them and will help them through live and will help them with any problem thay have
FaithFamilyandFriends
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:10pmI‘m not sure if it’s the video games that scare me the most or the horrible grammar posted in this thread.
Report Post »OniKaze
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:14pmAgreed with many posters here.. Video Games are not the problem, and violent movies are not the problem. Kids who lack their parents supervision are the problem. I am 29 years old, and have played video games since the Caleco Colorvision came out (pretty much the same time as Atari I believe) and I find it to be a pleasant way to pass the free time.
Are video games violent, Yes! Are they full of “Mature Content”, Yes! But you know, that is what makes them fun. At no point in my life have I EVER mixed the “fun” of video games with the “horror” that is reality when you apply video game logic to the real world. Anyone who blames video games or television for their children growing up to become monsters, needs to take a good long look in the mirror, and realize the the person staring back at them IS the problem.
If you don’t like your children playing violent video games (because you have allowed your children to become little impressionable robots, due to YOUR lack of parenting skills) then MAYBE you should consider spending some good quality time with your children in order to help ensure that their “world” is one based in reality.
But remember, no matter what you do, or how you raise your children, sometimes good people just go nuts…
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That aside, I feel horrible that these kids have died due to the mental instability of one psychotic little punk. May they find their eternal rest, and may the punk find his eternal torment…
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:36pmit’s that dam rock music…now get the heII off of my lawn.
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:43pmWHATTHECRAZY -
You must be one of those nutty social conservatives that think violence propagates violence — lame.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWr4htYp9dM
Report Post »RonmeyPaulBotsrOdd
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:29pm@bobseven and the rest of the “gamers” – you sound so much like the marijuana commercials where the person states marijuana never hurt anyone or that the person has not changed (while still living in the house with mom!). LOL
Report Post »The military pushes these games and why? Desensitization and the ability to utilize weapons to kill indiscriminately. Keep telling yourselves there is nothing wrong as your kids grow fat, the high score is more important than reading and a myriad of other issues. I had an employee that was about to lose his wife and did lose his job due to gaming. She pleaded for assistance as he was up all night and slept a chunk of the day instead of working.
EpsilonEridani
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:52pm@rick 43 – The average game player is 37 years old and has been playing games for 12 years. The average age of the most frequent game purchaser is 41 years old – You should google it, this was done by polls by the entertainment software association.
It sounds like your not a gamer, so you judge those that are as childish, your actually in the minority.
I‘m in my 40’s, and have been gaming since the days of Pong. I love violent games but I’m not a violent person. I have never been arrested, have a great career, have done very well relationship wise, and well adjusted. I grew up around guns and had access to them growing up, but I never shot anyone or went crazy. Blaming music, games, movies, and books is stupid. If your crazy or mentally mixed up, it doesn’t take much to make you erupt like this kid.
Report Post »Dancing_In_The_Ruins
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:14pmThe problem is not the video games or the music perhaps it’s the upbringing. He was already going to an alternative school ( bad kids ) . This kid looks like a punk and the press is painting him as an angel that was bullied. I call ********.
Report Post »Tickdog
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:18pmheck i am 46 and i still video games.. playing video games is not the problem.
Report Post »skitrees
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:55pm@Razorhunters…great post! …but I blame that darned “Jass” music!
Report Post »drago
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:58pm@whatthecrazy.
Report Post »STOP with the blaming of video games, society,cigarette adds and everything else in the would.This kid killed because he wanted to, and though his parents bare some responsibility,he is responsible, and should forever be removed from society.This type of thing has to stop, and one of the reasons it continues, we as a people, (Americans), no longer have morals….
MONICNE
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 3:00pmThis as a working class violence tale that ended so many young lives, but was not avoidable in this Union controlled town, where concealed carry is not universally available, and bullying is rampant.
If everyone had to wonder who was carrying a concealed handgun, this never would have happened.
After praying for the families of the dead, take a moment to petition the legislature and demand that everyone in the Cardon, Ohio public school be registered automatically for NRA personal firearm training and be issued a concealed carry handgun permit.
TEA
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 3:32pmI grew up with video games, violent movies, heavy metal thrash music, and despite somehow getting involved in the theater, (Shakespeare is my weapon of choice) I come from a very God-loving family. It’s the morals, the strong family values…the very things that this administration and progressives in general are trying to breakdown that is the bane in this society.
Report Post »rose-ellen
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 3:49pmanother example of americanism-the religion of peace. at least those muslim afghans have the excuse of living in the 12th c as illiterates and the excusse of having been invaded and occupied .the only rationale enlightened educated americans need is you looked at them the wrong way.
Report Post »inblack
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 3:50pmAs usual some Blaze readers jump to conclusions, judging and throwing accusations.
Pray, listen and see if you can determine if there is a way to help.
Jesse James, Bonnie and Clyde did not have video games or TV. I don’t think that you can fix everything by rooting out the latest popular target.
This is a sad event, but it happens every day on the streets. Outlaw guns! Outlaw alcohol! Outlaw poetry!
I don’t have a knee jerk reaction nor do I have the answer – so I pray.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 3:59pmRick 43
Ricky, what the heck? Looks like you went and peed in everyones oatmeal. what is next , you going to start preaching about the rock and roll?
You touched on a truth that just smacks way to many people in the face my friend. Just because a kid plays a video games does not mean they will grow up to be a mass murder, but you have stepped on toes when your are observant enough to notice that many of these school shootings come from kids that have emerced themselves in violent video games, violent rap music, violent movies, and have little to no supervision at home.
I am with you in that I find it odd when grown men sit around playing video games. To each his own, but I think on multiple fronts, our society is crumbling. We have beomce a nation of watchers that live in a fantasy land.
Good comments from you, hang in there.
Report Post »Maxim Crux
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:00pmBobSevenEleven, sounds like you might get angry and hurt someone if they take away your video game. You are too young to understand how things play on a persons mind. Join the military and after boot camp, you will be a changed person. It is called indoctrination and hit happens as a matter of direct or indirect conditioning of the mind.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:14pmMONCINE-
It is tough to be a lib when stuff like this happens. You Pelosi, Boxer, Fenistein, Hillary and crowd so much want to make it look like it is the kids from NRA members that are out doing these types of shootings, but it never is. Check those crime stats, The cities with the toughest gun control have the worst gun violence. check what happened in Australias biggest cities when they complety outlawed handguns. gun violence trippled overnight.
Majority of shootings done by teens in this country are commited by minority kids in large cities. Check the FBI crime stats, and see how many young black males are murdered each year by other young black males. But we know that it is not your goal to prevent such violence, or you would be looking to limit welfare, rap music, and other contributing factors.
You fear the Bible reading gun owning, constitution believing American. You can not own him. The differnece between a serf and a citizen is the ownership of a rifle.
when we do see white kids commit these crimes, it is not the country kid that goes to church and shoots competitively in the 4H club. It is always that kid that lives in the home with no discipline, a home with out a father, or a real weak one. A kid that is neck deep in MTV, violent video games, weird fantasy games, and generally a kid that did not learn proper gun safety from his father or grandfather.
Keep trying and you might get someone to buy the crap your are selling, or just run
Report Post »netmail
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:15pmThe unbalanced, irrational, psychotic and predators create news cycles today. Most of the rest of us are as RangerP said: “Watchers”…..That’s EXACTLY it right there!!
Report Post »Ruler4You
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:21pmA face that should be imprinted on every sheet of toilet paper for the next 10 years.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:22pmfor those that think violent video games, rap music, violent movies…. do not impact a teen or child, and can influence to act out.
How much money do TV stations charge a company to air a 60 second commercial during the super bowl? If you said millions, you are correct. Why does a company willingly pay that much money for just 60 seconds of air time? It is because it helps sell their product.
If we kind of brake it down barney style, in just 60 seconds of the right phrases, the right jingle, the right slogan, a company can influence viewers to spend their hard earned money on a product. People are that easy to influence.
Now, if we can influence people to spend money in just 60 seconds, how much influence can be passed on by literally hours and hours playing the same game, listening to the same rap music, watching the same violent video?
What is the goal of those that create the games (other than make money) who is behind the games? who is behind MTV? Other kids channels? The rap music producers? Who makes up most of Hollywood?
SO when folks tell me that video games and movies and music do not influence, I ask them to explain the advertising industry to me.
Report Post »marvel
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:52pmI am married, with six children, I have a great job, I store food, I prepare, I own and shoot guns, I teach my children about guns, I have friends and neighbors, I go to church every Sunday, my father and two of my brothers both served (one is still serving) active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, I help those in need through contributions of time and money through my church and also directly, I pray, I read the scriptures daily with my family and by myself, I teach others about my religion, my boys are in scouts, I am involved in scouts, I cook food, smoke some good pork spare ribs, change diapers, wash dishes and clothes, pay my bills on time, have minimal revolving debt, and for fun… I play video games.
It’s one of the things I have done for fun since I first learned how to program my TSR-80 when I was a kid. Video games and the Internet keep me in touch with my family members through out the world, and allows us to “hang” together even when we are apart. Now, a person has to do more than just one or two things to remain balanced, I don’t blame the choices a person makes on video games, or even parents. Each person is responsible for their own actions, unless they a missing a few marbles.
Report Post »tmplarnite
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:08pmThese Kids mostly come single parent liberal no rules welfare vacant culture. They are listening to Violent RAP, revel in it‘s violence and are embracing it’s violent thug and drug culture….they are misguided into believing it is ‘the hip’ culture…when in reality it is lie. There are to many illegals collecting freebies and the black culture is 85% gone. We have a Thug in the white house and most of politicians are crooks…they have sold out the younger generation’s future and the present with their outrageous spending and wars…..what do you all expect.
Report Post »skippy6
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:25pmVideo games do not make murderers out of kids, It’s more likely the lack of moral parenting that makes these nutcases….
Report Post »ChiefGeorge
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:46pm1-2 more of these horrific events in the coming weeks by copycats will send this country into a tizzy.
As for this punk! He destroyed three good human beings and for what? Because he’s in some kind of pain he cannot deal with? Really? These three boys will never have families of their own because this punk took it all away from them. He broke their collective family trees. If the only son, he stopped their family name in its tracks. I have no pity for this punk and he should not be shown any mercy.
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:02pmNothing wrong with rock music or video games … but if you’re a believer consider the eternal value or lack there of … not many rewards given for gamers …lots given for just a glass of water offered in love. You many not be “out there” shooting people and stealing cars but you could also be helpful in preventing some of it if you were “out there” … yo, Jesus was OUT THERE, that’s why he was accused of being a drunkard and glutton … peace
Report Post »whatthecrazy
Posted on February 29, 2012 at 1:35amWOW all the feed back to my comment was expected,I stand by my comment and all that disagree well that is your right.I have raised three decent human beings, the last being my seventeen yr old boy who by the way has quit playing the games and has totally changed his attitude in life.Oh and the movies that are advertised are hiddeous and IN MY OPINION only evil people can come up with this GARBAGE. I know evil because as a 17 yr old i was offered repeatedly to satanic worshipers one night along with two girlfriends and were it not for the grace of GOD i would not be here.Sometimes you just gotta live it to understand it.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:04amSad beyond words. More young lives snuffed out because of crazy thoughts and impulses acted upon. Many Prayers go out to all involved in their time of grief and confusion.
Report Post »GlennaBeckski
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:03amAs a man thinketh … so he is … Look at the disturbing things these kids AND adults fill their minds with.. should we really be so suprised at the direction they choose to go…
Comfort all involved as only You can Father God.. Turn this tragedy into a blessing .. not sure how You‘ll do it but I know it’s one of Your many specialties.
COME QUICKLY LORD JESUS
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:01amSo..he was sent to the alternative school and shot kids at the “normal” school, yes?
Report Post »Was the “castle” the “normal” school/life he longed to have..?
There is never an acceptable reason for murder(only defense). I have no desire to excuse the actions of this shooter, but I have to say that he quite plainly seems to be on different level than most teenagers. Take that as you will. His writing intrigued me, too bad he turned to murder instead of writing to continue his expression of frustration. Hopefully the remaining injured students recover quickly and swift justice is served to this killer.
justangry
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:08amI get what you’re saying and agree. The loss of life and a gifted mind in a few seconds. What a waste. Very sad.
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:54amI agree. I read his posting and thought he could have used his angst to become a fantastic writer. It’s very sad he chose a different path and that path lead to the death of others. Really sad.
Report Post »Jenny Lind
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:55amI feel the same way-what a waste, some brilliant kids get derailed in this world. Wish we could fix it, but this is a world I didn’t grow up in, and I still stand amazed. Know for sure, what can be used for great good, can beused for great evil, it’s a two edged sword. Prayers for everyone involved in this horrible tragic event.
Report Post »George Patton
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:00pmHe was a terrible writer. Every teenager writes like this. It is nothing more than typical teenage angst puked out on paper with flowery words. It is absolutely awful writing. Every 14 year old girl’s diary contains prose similar to this. He was a horrible writer and conceived horrible and evil things in his mind.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:42pmIf you say so, champ. I don‘t read a lot of teenage girls’ diaries myself.
Report Post »inblack
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:02pmIt seems inappropriate to praise the murderer of peoples children.
Did you think that every murderer, bad person or insane person is a caricature?
… that it was going to be black and white, that there would be a sign over his head that said bad in every way?
Grow up. Of course he had good qualities and of course the victims had bad qualities, but praise and “oh my what a waste” comments really seem poorly timed.
Report Post »eifer
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:00amKids: Don’t bully people
Report Post »Parents: Pay attention to how your kids are doing. If they’re having a bad time in HS, maybe you should home school them or switch schools
Outcasts: Don’t shoot people. High school doesn’t last forever.
tmplarnite
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:11pmHigh school doesn’t last forever???? ….clearly you have not been to a40 or 50 year HS reunion…many still think that the pecking order is the same….total juvenile illusion on their part.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:58am.
Report Post »This is what happens when everybody gets a prize in school. When they fail in life, they tend to fall hard…….
RightPolitically
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:55amSounds like an angry young man who has bought into the whole class-envy, “I’m a victim” mentality. This is what anarchists do; this in what Occupiers do. This is what liberalism and far left ideology in our schools have wrought!
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:03amExactly my thoughts. He paints the life of success as the castle life, seems quite jealous and bitter. Typical.
Report Post »1SSF
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:51amMy thoughts exactly. In the end, to press their radical agenda, the left will blame everyone and everything but the demon that pulled the trigger.
Report Post »EchoHawk
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:56amAnd then he went all right wing extremist and exercised his second amendment right.
TOMSERVO
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:24pmYes, no doubt liberals are at fault for this!
You are demented.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:58pm@EchoHawk
Troll. There is no right to commit murder. Unless you‘re a Liberal and don’t want the baby you made.
Report Post »4truth2all
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:12pmYo Echo:
Show me the right wing admendment that justifies murder, or to justify it …
Report Post »I can show you the commandment of the radical right that says .. “thou shall not MURDER”.
Bamabelle
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:48amHe was crazy pure and simple. Some people are. Parents just don’t see it until it is too late because they love their kid. That is their failure. I am sure they tried. He was in a special school, what else could they do? Sometimes it doesn’t matter, even if you make a kid pay for his actions, if the chemical makeup it bad, it is just bad.
Report Post »turkey13
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:58amDoes everyone forget this creepy picture of him is like the one Anthony Weiner lost his CONGRESS position over a simular picture. Weiner got canned and has to see a nut Dr. The people that saw his facebook rant and this picture should have done somrthing.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:43pmUh Oh! Obama has that same look. Uh Oh!!!!!
Report Post »Big_tuna
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:47amLet him and his parents swim with fishes!
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:44amThis is sad. I would hate to lose any of my children. I wonder if Lane’s family includes a father? My prayers go to the family of these two young men.
Report Post »ashestoashes
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:55amIt didn’t sound to me as if Lane had any family..he felt alone and rejected…So much of this has happened..because we have allowed bible teachings and prayer to be taken out of school..In turn..the love and acceptance left. In the garden..Adam and Eve were made in God’s image..Satan fooled them in telling them that if they would eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil..that they would be like YHWH..they already had the blessing..but lost it because they believed a lie..
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:59amHis parents are divorced and he was living with grandparents.
Report Post »Hrothgar
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:53amAshes: Seriously you attribute this to lack of religion in school? What kind of crack do you smoke? This kid has deep emotional problems and I doubt that any god or religion could have helped him. Judging from his poem, I would say he may have turned to God or some other divine form, but it was not enough to ease his anguish. There is good and bad in everyone regardless of their religion. Sometimes the bad can manifest into something like this shooting. I learned a long time ago never to pick on the “spooky” kid or the “quiet ones”, as they appear to be the types involved in school violence like this. Stereotype? Maybe, but still something to think about.
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:21pm“A student who saw the attack up close said it appeared that the gunman targeted a group of students — one who may have been dating Lane’s ex-girlfriend.”
The Bible warns daughters not to awaken their love too soon. Do you know why, Hrothgar? The Bible is a relevant set of books from God Who has infiinite wisdom. They are not simply stories and history. Our country has deprived our kids for 50 years now of learning God’s Word. We will continue seeing kids with serious emotional problems because they have no peers who can tell them of God’s love.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:43amWhere did he get the gun?
P.S. I’m pro-gun CCW. Not advocating gun laws. He isn’t old enough to have a handgun. He had to get it from somewhere.
Report Post »THX-1138
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:38am“He longed for only one thing, the world to bow at his feet.”
The same story. Over and over.
And they never seem to learn.
Report Post »auntbea
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:49pmHe was a big man for a moment and then he ran like hell.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:34amThe first word we hear of the shooter is from a “family lawyer.” Obviously, this kid was a troublemaker for sometime. And stop with the bullying garbage. The psycho didn’t even go to that school. Yet another instance were our society focuses on the misfit exception instead of the mainstream.
Report Post »Flashdancer
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:32amHere we go again, The schools must do a better job! He was bullied! Society did not see the warning signs! The real answer is in the family. We cannot have a good society if we do not have the foundation built on rock. America is paying for the breakdown of the family. We don’t need Church, we don’t need traditional families, we don’t need Christian morals; so we replace them with drugs, violence, work place killings, sex, school killings, occupy (for free stuff) protests. Who took a stand and said no! This is a forty plus year old problem coming to a head. It used to be unacceptable to be divorced, having children out of wedlock, drug addicted (alcohol included). Today they all must be understood and accepted as if their shortcomings were not of their own doing. Bad stuff happens to everyone. It’s how you deal with it that matters. Today thats an excuse to engage in one devient behavior or another. I know, I got close to the edge but decided to pull back and be a responsible human being. I did not find the strength through a bottle, needle, violence, or sex, but from the Bible and my responibility to my family.
Report Post »NickyLouse
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:24pmIn 1962, a majority of Justices out of 9 declared our schools off-limits to God. I am sure they are wishing right now that a millstone would take them to the bottom of the sea.
Report Post »elkslayer
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:28amMy prayers go the famileis and the parents of the offender.
Report Post »guntotinsquaw
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:09amMy oldest was bullied, 37 stitches to his face. We carried a bag of meds for anxiety, ulcers, nausea, spastic colon and depression. He is now off all meds, in college with straight A’s. The school and I went round and round, they did nothing, I filed charges. He wasn‘t the only one and it’s not always other kids bullying. We had staff that was just as guilty. My heart breaks for this child and his family.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 12:44pmit’s called self defense…everyone should learn some type.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:44pmMy son was bullied some because he was an artist, not a jock. Middle school was horrible for him, but he found some like minded friends in high school so he survived. He has his own business where he uses his art and is very successful. Not everyone who is bullied ends up a murderer.
Report Post »mountainmover101
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:24amThis kid is profoundly disturbed. Why would a person shoot someone simply because they don’t like them? It must be something in the culture.
This is yet again a product of the socialist agenda otherwise known as the Civil Rights Act. It apparently is doing exactly what was intended.
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:43amDisturbed or not, the young man has free will and could have chosen NOT to do this. I am tired of having those who commit horrible crimes made out as victims. There are plenty of people who have mental problems and bad backgrounds who use self-control. Perhaps if we stopped excusing and being sympathetic to criminals like this we wouldn’t have as many of them. Too many people give them what they want – notoriety, sympathy, excuses while they give themselves the revenge they seek.
Report Post »lgccac
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:22amThis is a very sad situation. But the control nuts will come out now.
Remember, guns kill people like pencils misspell words.
Report Post »IBLEEDREDWHITEANDKENTUCKYBLUEGOCATS
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:21amohhh well we better take everyones guns now thats what we will hear from big brother
Report Post »Constructionist
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:19amAngst ridden drivel, all bitter and whining
Report Post »I found his prose plodding and overly rhyming
tank79_83
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:43amThankfully, the good people of Ohio will pay for remedial tutoring, for the next 50 or 60 years, so this killer may improve his writing skills /sarc off. While, of course, the families of the dead victims will never forget the tragedy that occured for them on Feb 27, 2012.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:41pmSounded more like rapping to me.
Report Post »kim
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:13amno its just someone getting bullyed and got tired of it they might said that he wasnt but they dont know what was going threw he mind and why he did it
Report Post »isur5ed
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:12amMy knee-jerk reaction was to give more thought to homeschooling my kids.
Report Post »becauseitmatters
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:38amYou should seriously consider it. Not just becaus of this of course. We did, and it‘s one of the BEST decisions we’ve ever made. The kids are doing great, and we enjoy the extra time with them. I wouldn’t miss out on this for ANYTHING!!! It’s well worth the sacrifices we make.
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 1:41pmDo it if you can.
Report Post »AllAmericanGirl22
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:10amMy thoughts and prayers are with all of these kids, their families, and their community. God Bless!
Report Post »just slap me
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:04amJeremy’s spoken.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:02amGod be with the family of the lost ones – comfort and guide them, and heal rapidly and wholy the others who have suffered such injuries in this matter. Lend a healing to them and their families and the community as a whole. Amen.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:23amAmen
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:36amBeautifully said, SNOW. Amen. I don’t know if you were aware, but we lost SISSYKATZ on Dec. 27th. I left a message on her phone, as I had not heard from her, and her husband called back to tell me. She was a beautiful soul and a true patriot and friend. I know she is in Heaven and that gives me peace.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:41am@Grandmaof5 – no I did not hear; thanks…the Blaze has lost a great member. May she rest in the arms of the Lord for eternity and be at peace. She probably was there to welcome these two to their eternal home.
Report Post »drago
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 3:00pm@Grandmaof5.
Report Post »Thats truely sad to hear,may she rest in peace, and prayers for her husband.
grandmaof5
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:28pmDRAGO, thank you so very much.
Report Post »The_Plumber_Says
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:01amJust another dumbass.
Report Post »Are we really suprised?
hatchetjob
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:14pmThe photo of the creep looks extremely arrogant.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:24pmThe photograph from this story shows another side. Does he look arrogant in the facebook picture from the CBS story?
I think CBS did a better job of capturing where the young man was. In the Blaze picture he is contemptuous of people. In the CBs picture he looks alone, lost.
With two pictures instead of one you can get a range of where he was at.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57386904-504083/report-tj-lane-alleged-school-shooter-grew-up-with-family-violence/
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