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Gunman kills self at Colorado high school; two other students shot
U.S. News on NBC News ^ | 12/13/2013 | M. Alex Johnson

Posted on 12/13/2013 2:20:12 PM PST by mykroar

A gunman opened fire at a high school in Colorado on Friday, wounding two fellow students before killing himself, authorities said.

One of the students who was wounded confronted the gunman at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, who shot the youth, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said. That student was in surgery in serious condition, he said.

The student was reported in good condition with a minor gunshot wound.

The shooter, a male student, said he was looking for a specific teacher by name when the incident began about 12:30 p.m. (2:30 p.m. ET), Robinson said.

"The teacher exited the school immediately, which was, in my opinion, the most important decision he could have made," Robinson said. "It was a very good tactical decision to try to take the student with him."

Police found the shooter in a classroom about 20 minutes after they began their search, Robinson said. He said investigators knew his identity and were talking to his family.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: arapahoehigh; banglist; colorado; guncontrol; gunman; karlpierson; school; shooting
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Major points - shooter dead, 2 students wounded.
1 posted on 12/13/2013 2:20:12 PM PST by mykroar
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I'm always fascinated by the media term "gunman". If he used a knife, would they call him a "knifeman"? If he swung a baseball bat, would they call him a "batman"?

The terms shooter or perp or POS should be sufficient.

2 posted on 12/13/2013 2:23:25 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: mykroar

CO gun laws are not severe enough, obviously.


3 posted on 12/13/2013 2:23:39 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Paladin2

Killed himself, well that’s convenient


4 posted on 12/13/2013 2:24:24 PM PST by GeronL (Extra Large Cheesy Over-Stuffed Hobbit)
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To: Vigilanteman
"Gunfighter and gunslinger /ˈɡʌnslɪŋər/, are 20th-century words, used in cinema or literature, referring to men in the American Old West who had gained a reputation as being dangerous with a gun. Gunman was a common term used for these individuals in the 19th century."
5 posted on 12/13/2013 2:26:39 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: mykroar

:: he was looking for a specific teacher by name...The teacher exited the school immediately ::

George Costanza at the ATM?


6 posted on 12/13/2013 2:26:41 PM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: mykroar

One of the students shot actually stopped the shooter.
The shooter when confronted shot the kid, then killed himself.
The student who stood up to the shooter deserves an award, given how liberals think he will probably be suspended for it.


7 posted on 12/13/2013 2:30:09 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: mykroar

Impossible, I don’t believe it. This school is a gun free zone.


8 posted on 12/13/2013 2:30:34 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (What do we want? Time travel. When do we want it? It's irrelevant.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

No, at the little girls birthday party, remember when the stove caught fire?


9 posted on 12/13/2013 2:30:51 PM PST by svcw (Not 'hope and change' but 'dopes in chains')
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To: svcw

LOl. Yup!


10 posted on 12/13/2013 2:32:21 PM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: mykroar
Real people are getting real angry.

Yes, there is the occasional nutball that attracts all the news media attention, but I know middle-aged middle-class mature surbanites that are about ready to twist off.

11 posted on 12/13/2013 2:32:45 PM PST by elkfersupper
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To: mykroar

Isn’t “gunman” a highly bigoted term.


12 posted on 12/13/2013 2:33:48 PM PST by rsobin
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To: mykroar

As the article points out, this shooting not only took place near Columbine, but “it’s also in the same county where James Eagan Holmes is accused of having killed 12 people in a movie theater in the town of Aurora last year.”

Must be something in the water around there. They should limit all students to bottled water until further notice.


13 posted on 12/13/2013 2:34:24 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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“Because of all the media hype, and the glorification of past murderers, there will be more of this.”

I said that after the last mass murder.


14 posted on 12/13/2013 2:35:28 PM PST by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible traitors. Complicit in the destruction of our country.)
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To: rsobin
Isn’t “gunman” a highly bigoted term.

No. But it may be sexist. :-)

15 posted on 12/13/2013 2:36:12 PM PST by mc5cents (Pray for America)
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16 posted on 12/13/2013 2:36:49 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (From time to time the.tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: Vigilanteman

exactly ....continuous propaganda year after year...

on a lighter note...
http://beforeitsnews.com/crime-all-stars/2013/12/knockout-game-goes-terribly-wrong-as-man-gets-massive-beatdown-by-intended-victim-video-2447874.html


17 posted on 12/13/2013 2:38:11 PM PST by Therapsid (t)
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To: svcw

Liberals are cowards. Every one of them. They only feel brave when they are hiding behind a computer or they outnumber you by at least 10:1.


18 posted on 12/13/2013 2:38:34 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (From time to time the.tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

George Costanza at the ATM?


Was Bosco involved?


19 posted on 12/13/2013 2:38:51 PM PST by Yaelle
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To: elkfersupper

The portions of the autopsy that involve whatever drugs, such as Ritalin, were in the kid’s system need to be made public.


20 posted on 12/13/2013 2:39:07 PM PST by ErnBatavia (The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
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