01-15-2014, 10:04 AM
Update - New Mexico Middle School Shooting
Police are investigating reports that the 12 year-old shooter (a boy whose identity has not been released in the media) warned some students not to go to school that day.
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Berrando Middle School - Roswell, New Mexico
Police have executed three search warrants: for the seventh-grade suspect's school locker, the bag he brought to the school and his home.
"We've got the individual we believe is responsible in state police custody," New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas during a news conference Tuesday night. What police don't yet have is a motive.
Student Jordan Moody, who described himself as "friendly" with the suspected shooter, said he wasn't aware of any bullying or any other reason for the shooting. "He just ran in there and just shot, really," Jordan said on CNN's "New Day" on Wednesday.
Police said the 12-year-old suspect, whose identity has not been released, entered the middle school gym, pulled a shotgun out of a bag and opened fire on students waiting for school to start. Two were wounded.
"We've confirmed that it is a 20-gauge shotgun," Kassetas said. "That the wood stock was sawed off."
Both of the wounded students were transferred from a New Mexico hospital to one in Lubbock, Texas.
A 13-year-old girl, Kendal Sanders, was in stable condition Tuesday night following surgery, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said. Kendal suffered injuries to her right shoulder. She is now reportedly in "stable" condition - good news.
A boy (identity not released), 11, was in critical condition, and underwent two surgeries. He suffered injuries to the side of his face and neck, the governor said.
The attack lasted about 10 seconds. It might have gone on longer, authorities say, were it not for the actions of a social studies teacher.
One teacher, John Masterson - an 8th grade social studies teacher and track/soccer coach - walked up to the shooter and persuaded him to put the gun down.
"Mr. Masterson ... was a hero ... who stood there and allowed a gun to be pointed right at him," the governor said at a vigil Tuesday evening, "and to talk down that young boy to drop the gun so that there would be no more young kids hurt."
"It was a harrowing experience," Masterson told a reporter. "All I can say was the staff there did a great job."
Refs:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/justice/ne...?hpt=hp_c2
http://www.krqe.com/news/local/shots-rep...ddle-scool
http://www.13wham.com/news/#.UtaSgrRFZlM
Police are investigating reports that the 12 year-old shooter (a boy whose identity has not been released in the media) warned some students not to go to school that day.
Berrando Middle School - Roswell, New Mexico
Police have executed three search warrants: for the seventh-grade suspect's school locker, the bag he brought to the school and his home.
"We've got the individual we believe is responsible in state police custody," New Mexico State Police Chief Pete Kassetas during a news conference Tuesday night. What police don't yet have is a motive.
Student Jordan Moody, who described himself as "friendly" with the suspected shooter, said he wasn't aware of any bullying or any other reason for the shooting. "He just ran in there and just shot, really," Jordan said on CNN's "New Day" on Wednesday.
Police said the 12-year-old suspect, whose identity has not been released, entered the middle school gym, pulled a shotgun out of a bag and opened fire on students waiting for school to start. Two were wounded.
"We've confirmed that it is a 20-gauge shotgun," Kassetas said. "That the wood stock was sawed off."
Both of the wounded students were transferred from a New Mexico hospital to one in Lubbock, Texas.
A 13-year-old girl, Kendal Sanders, was in stable condition Tuesday night following surgery, New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said. Kendal suffered injuries to her right shoulder. She is now reportedly in "stable" condition - good news.
A boy (identity not released), 11, was in critical condition, and underwent two surgeries. He suffered injuries to the side of his face and neck, the governor said.
The attack lasted about 10 seconds. It might have gone on longer, authorities say, were it not for the actions of a social studies teacher.
One teacher, John Masterson - an 8th grade social studies teacher and track/soccer coach - walked up to the shooter and persuaded him to put the gun down.
"Mr. Masterson ... was a hero ... who stood there and allowed a gun to be pointed right at him," the governor said at a vigil Tuesday evening, "and to talk down that young boy to drop the gun so that there would be no more young kids hurt."
"It was a harrowing experience," Masterson told a reporter. "All I can say was the staff there did a great job."
Refs:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/15/justice/ne...?hpt=hp_c2
http://www.krqe.com/news/local/shots-rep...ddle-scool
http://www.13wham.com/news/#.UtaSgrRFZlM