2 dead, 2 boys hurt in Nevada school shooting
 

The identities of the shooter and victims weren't immediately known. The suspect is "down," police said, and school officials say there is no further danger. The first reports of the shooting came in at about 7:15 a.m., about 15 minutes before the first classes were set to begin.

Students from the middle school and next door elementary school were evacuated to the nearby high school, and classes were canceled. At the evacuation center, parents walked with their arms around their children, some of whom were in tears.

"We came flying down here to get our kids," said Mike Fiorica, whose nephew attends the school. "... It's really chaotic. You can imagine how parents are feeling. You don't know if your kid's OK." The shooting happened on the school's campus, but outside the school building itself, according to police.

Spokeswoman Angela Rambo of Renown Regional Medical Center says two boys are in critical condition. Gov. Brian Sandoval issued a statement after hearing about the shooting. "I was deeply saddened to learn of the horrific shooting at Sparks Middle School this morning. My administration is receiving regular updates and the Nevada Highway Patrol is assisting at the scene," he said. Sandoval extended his thoughts and prayers to those affected.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, offered his condolences to students, parents and staff who experienced "a traumatic morning." "No words of condolence could possibly ease the pain, but I hope it is some small comfort that Nevada mourns with them. I stand by to be of any assistance if there is anything that can be done," Reid said in a statement.

The school, located in a working class neighborhood, enrolls about 700 students in 7th and 8th grades. The violence erupted nearly a year after a gunman horrified the nation by opening fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., leaving 26 dead. The Dec. 14 shooting reignited debate over how best to protect the nation's schools and whether armed teachers should be part of that equation.

Washoe County School District held a session in the spring in light of the Connecticut tragedy to educate parents on what safety measures the district takes. Sparks, a city of roughly 90,000 that sprung out of the railway industry, lies just east of Reno.

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'down'.. that's euphemism number three!

thank god they got all those child shooting targets.. i bet this would have been a lot harder

what about the ones that buy a gun and get angry later? there are too many options now to get a gun :2 cents:

Guns don't kill people. Bullets kill people.

well.. even that doesn't make sense

i think what everyone is looking for: PHYSICS KILL PEOPLE

we should ban physics

yeah they do kill :( R.I.P. bones ans sali

Someone should make murder illegal, and then we wont have anymore of these problems.

they should make it illegal for old men to post on gfy too

http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/vi...pect.wfie.html

http://bearingarms.com/gun-myths-des...from-abc-news/

If guns were never invented this wouldn't happen.

That's like saying "Cars don't kill people, people who drive cars do". In that case we don't need to stop selling cars, but instead we need to make sure that people who aren't mature enough or might be suicidal don't drive cars. It's more difficult to get a driver's license than it is to get a gun.

can i have your guns? :helpme i shoot guns :) don't think ive killed anyone maybe shot a few :1orglaugh

And what % of low-lifes in your area don't have a license? Same problem. You can get a gun illegally just as you can drive without a license, insurance ?.. illegally.

Watch an episode of cops none of those nitwits have a license, insurance, current registration. Just like the guns found on these same people.

True Story!!!

not really i bought a .38 special when i was 14

nope the owner of the gun died his son sold it to me.

I could get behind that. Who needs physics anyway?

That's so sad! I only hope this won't be another bloody Christmas like last year's

you cant :1orglaugh would be like banning breathing.

we could wipe out nuclear armaments with one good pogrom!

ALL Oxycodone is purchased legally. And yet it is a huge illegal narcotic problem. Why anyone expects guns to be magically different from other illegal products is beyond me.

The difference is when someone is caught driving without a DL or without insurance it isn't front page news; it's a fine. They aren't trying to kill someone with a car.

In very simple terms we need to find a way to ensure that kids and mentally ill people don't have firearms. In this case, a child walked into school and shot his teacher dead.

I want to be confused about this, but it's easy to understand why this happens. I figured it out in another thread when I was ranting about the NRA.

In the past, guns were used for hunting. They were never toys. Kids never touched firearms without their parents present. Now.... We all live in the suburbs, so few of us hunt, and we treat firearms like toys.

The parents of the children should be charged with murder this point.

i grew up in a heavy gang area. :helpme i had a friend shot dead in front of me. :helpme was for protection you snitch a family member dies or you

We also need to find a way alcoholics don't find liquor and drug addicts don't find narcotics. It's impossible in our society. Idiots and fuck-ups are a part of our society as are guns. The two will find each other despite all the good intentions and dreams of a utopian society.

And if the kid was illegally driving his parents car and killed someone would his parents be charged with murder as well?

Get over it, shit happens, and idiots do stupid things.


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that's the sad truth :2 cents: in your state they charge the parents in some cases

http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1103/vr7p.jpg

Photo from the article, nice sweatshirt the guys wearing to shooting scene.

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320,000,000 million people live in the US and every so often ONE of them does something stupid with a handgun. Wow, imagine that.

its a shirt :2 cents: you think he is trying to be hurtful?

If it was one person, once, not so much of a problem. One person every few weeks is the reality.

that poor bastard. :Oh crap

its a band name take it the way you want

http://bloodhappens.com/bloodhappens/home.html

And an average of 40 homicides per day in the US.

Why don't the other 38 even make the news?

while i didn't know, i was under the impression he didn't put the sweater on, and run to the local shooting..

Guilty of bad timing for wearing the shirt.

Wow Serious?
Hey, storm that machine Gun.

Well wait for the sound of the magazine to hit the floor, then rush the gunman...

F That --- Let Teachers that want to get training and want to carry, carry...

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/30/living...ing/index.html

if they know your armed you take the first bullet :2 cents: no wondering why :2 cents:

because the answer to guns in schools, is more guns...