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Ohio high school shooting: suspect held after four students injured Ohio high school shooting: student dies from injuries, four others hurt
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A gunman is being held by police after four students were wounded in a shooting at an Ohio high school. One student was killed and four others wounded when a lone gunman opened fire on fellow classmates at an Ohio high school.
FBI agent Scott Wilson said after Monday morning's shooting that there was one suspected culprit. He would not discuss the extent of the students' injuries, according to the Associated Press. The gunman began shooting at students in the Chardon High School cafeteria before 8am on Monday. Special agent Vicki Anderson said the gunman, who has not been named, was taken into custody near his car about a half mile from the school.
Erin Knife, the civil deputy with the Geauga County Sheriff's office, said the shooting was reported around 7.30am at Chardon High School about 30 miles east of Cleveland. Knife said she did not yet know the number of victims. One of the injured students – 17-year-old Nick Walczak – was shot several times but is in stable condition, his uncle told a local newspaper.
Chardon schools superintendent Joseph Bergant told local media the shooter was believed to be a student. Morgan Stevenson, a classmate, described Walczak as one of the nicest kids in school.
A local newspaper, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, quoted local officials as confirming that four students were injured – three boys and a girl. The newspaper said four ambulances were waiting at the door of the high school at 8.15am. "I don't know why someone would choose to do this," Stevenson told the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper. "He could have solved whatever problem a better way than this."
There were unconfirmed reports that the a teacher had given chase to the gunman. After the shooting, two students were taken to Cleveland Clinic's Hillcrest Hospital. The other three were taken to a Cleveland hospital, according to a spokeswoman for the Cleveland MetroHealth System.
Jeannette Roth, a mother who had heard from her son Joshua, a junior, told the Plain Dealer the shooting happened while students were eating breakfast in the cafeteria and waiting for first period. Suddenly, a boy "stood up and started shooting, and then it was chaos," she said. Following the grim news that one of the five students injured in the attack had died, students and their parents began gathering at the school.
A parent, Jessica Bryant, also told the Plain Dealer that the shooting happened in the cafeteria. She said her daughter, Allison, witnessed the shootings and had told her by text message. Students and parents waiting to pick up their children told reporters from the Cleveland Plain Dealer that the high school had been a calm place until last year when there had been a lot of fights, including a rash of five brawls during one week in November. They spoke of a problem with bullying.
The station said there were reports of students barricading themselves in rooms in the school. Governor John Kasich released a statement about the incident.
Cleveland's MetroHealth System dispatched a medical helicopter to the high school, a spokesman said. Schools in the area were locked down. "Please join me in praying for the students who've been injured in this horrible crime," Kasich said. "Praise goes to the Chardon Police and Geauga County Sheriff's office for quickly getting this situation under control. I've pledged Ohio's full support to them, the school and the local community in this difficult time."
FBI agent Scott Wilson said after Monday morning's shooting that there was one suspected culprit.
Erin Knife, the civil deputy with the Geauga County Sheriff's office said the shooting was reported around 7.30am at Chardon High School.
Bob Herp, a Chardon trauma nurse, was at a command scene at a local Wal-Mart store where he said helicopters were on the ground.
Television news footage showed anxious parents escorting children away from a school building, and multiple ambulances could be seen outside.Television news footage showed anxious parents escorting children away from a school building, and multiple ambulances could be seen outside.
Joseph Bergant, superintendent of Chardon schools, told WKYC-TV that the school had reacted quickly to the incident.
"The school district has done a great job in its testing in these kinds of disaster drills and everything that was put in place with testing. It has been activated right now for such a horrible incident."
Chardon is a city of about 5,100 in north-east Ohio, about 30 miles east of Cleveland.Chardon is a city of about 5,100 in north-east Ohio, about 30 miles east of Cleveland.
About 1,100 students attend the high school.About 1,100 students attend the high school.