Update: Suspect in Campbell County High School shooting taken into custody
The suspect is 15-year-old Kenneth Bartley, a freshman at Campbell County High School. According to the article he was treated at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Lafollette for a gunshot wound to the hand. A .22 caliber handgun has been recovered by authorities.
They also have updates on the conditions of the two surviving victims…
Assistant Principal Jim Pierce was released from surgery at UT Medical Center around 5:45 p.m. and has been upgraded from critical to stable condition.
A spokesman for UT Medical Center says a bullet remains lodged behind Pierce’s heart. Doctors are examining x-rays to determine the best way to remove the bullet.
Principal Gary Seale, also wounded in the shooting, has just been taken into surgery at UT Medical Center; he is listed in serious condition.
Something I forgot to mention is that my prayers and condolences go out to the friends and family of Ken Bruce.
A huge thanks to Tina.
One dead in Tennessee school shooting:
According to CNN, the suspect is 15-years-old and allegedly slipped a gun under a napkin and fired at administrators. Still no name of the suspect or motive.
UPDATE: The AP is reporting that students identified the shooter as a 14-year-old freshman.
Student Kills Asst. Principal in School Shooting:
The Associated Press is reporting that Assistant Principal Ken Bruce was killed in the Campbell County High School shooting. Still no name on the suspect and still no motive.
Faculty members shot at Campbell County High School:
A school shooting has happened at Campbell County High School in Jacksboro Tennessee. 3 faculty members, Principal Gary Seale, Assistant Principal Ken Bruce, and Assistant Principal and Athletic Director Jim Pierce, have been shot. No word on their conditions yet. No students were injured. A male student is in custody. More on this as it becomes available.
TOF to Magnolia.
Jourdain Red Lake shootings trial to be delayed:
The trial of Louis Jourdain, who was arrested in conjunction with the Red Lake shooting, has had his trial postponed…
Originally scheduled to begin Nov. 14 in federal court in Minneapolis, the trial is now targeted to start sometime in mid-December, the source said.
Jourdain is facing charges for his alleged role in the March 21 fatal shootings at Red Lake High School in which his cousin, 16-year-old Jeffrey Weise, killed nine people and then took his own life.
Prosecutors have not said what Jourdain is accused of doing. Sources with knowledge of the investigation have said he is charged with conspiracy to commit murder.
Star Tribune, AP sue to open Jourdain trial:
Both the Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune are suing to have the trial of Louis Jourdain open to the public. Jourdain was arrested in conjunction with the Red Lake shootings but the proceedings have remained close since he is being tried as a juvenile.
I’m torn on this because on the one hand, I think a trial of this magnitude should be open to the public whether the suspect in question is a juvenile or not. On the other hand, though it irks me to no end to see the arrogance of the media who think it’s their God-given right to have complete access to any and all information no matter how sensitive the information is. As much as I personally would like to see the case opened up I think the media is once again way off base. They are not entitled to know everything.
Rumors prompt Red Lake school district to restrict movements:
Unspecified rumors at Red Lake High School District prompted school officials to restrict student movements throughout the district today. Students were restricted to their classrooms and were not allowed to use the restrooms without an escort. School administrators were tight-lipped as to what exactly the rumors were.
The Taber, Alberta school shooter is back in an open-custody facility in the Toronto, Ontario area. The shooter who is unnamed by the Canadian media, but we know as Todd Cameron Smith, previously escaped from such a facility back in August. He was allowed to go to a halfway house even though Canadian authorities still believed he posed a threat to the public. At that time of his escape, Smith vowed that he would not be taken alive. Luckily he was recaptured without incident. So what do Canadian authorities do? Put him back in the same kind of facility he escaped from before. Was there no additional punishment at all for his first escape? Oh, I’m sorry, he received a suspended sentence for his escape or as they call it being unlawfully at large. What would they have done if he killed someone while he was unlawfully at large? If Canadian authorities still believe that he poses a threat to the public then he needs to be put in a secure facility.