We had a school shooting in the neighborhood today. It was at Discovery Middle School in Madison. (This is the same facility in which I attended high school.) The shooter and victim are both ninth graders, and all indications are that it’s an isolated incident.
The victim, Todd Brown, was shot in the head and is in critical condition. However, as I type he was shot more than four hours ago, and it seems encouraging that he’s alive that long afterward. (UPDATED: I just read that he died.)
God be with all those close to Todd and with everyone touched by this tragedy.
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Heard it was gang-related, and that the shooter had recently been in alternative school. I would like to know what he did to land there – possibly something to indicate violent tendencies? If so, the BOE and administrators will need to do some explaining.
So sad and senseless… it’s hard to believe something like that could happen in the same hallways you and I used to walk every day.
My prayers are with the families involved, and with the kids who have to go back there on Monday and pretend like they feel safe.
Jenny: Indeed. It’s hard to believe, isn’t it?
I’ll tell you what I thought of today (thinking of those hallways) was one morning when the power was off when I got to school. I thought “well, no problem, the hallways are pretty easy to navigate; I can find my locker, I’m sure.” So headed to go, and of course Mr. Dooley and a couple of others were standing in the way, yelling at me to turn around. It was jarring. It had never occurred to me that such was an opportunity for mischief. 🙂