Shooting at Taft California high school

UPDATE from CNN
04:46 PM ET
Police: Teen shot 1 student, missed another in California high school
One student, 16, fired at two students with 12-gauge shotgun, critically wounding one and missing the other at Taft (California) Union High School on Thursday morning, police say
Police: Suspect put gun down after teacher and someone else talked to him; wounded student airlifted to hospital
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Report: 2 shot at Calif. high school; shooter detained
USA Today
1p.m. EST January 10, 2013

KERO-TV says a shooter has been taken into custody as deputies go room-by-room

At least two people have been shot Thursday at a high school in Taft, CAlif., KERO-TV reports.

The condition of the victims was not immediately clear.

The shooter was taken into custody at Taft High School around 9 am. local time, says KERO, which reports that it got a tip on the shooting from people hiding in closets inside the school.
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Football coach fatally shot at Iowa high school

UPDATE June 25th

Family of Iowa suspect urges prayers after coach's killing
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Mark Becker accused of murder in death of longtime football coach Ed Thomas
Becker's family "wishes to express our deepest sympathy to the Thomas family"
Becker is a former football player, former student at coach's high school
"It's just too early to speculate" on motive for shooting, law enforcement official says


(CNN) -- The family of a man suspected of fatally shooting an Iowa football coach urged the community Thursday to pray for the victim's family.

Mark Becker, 24, faces first-degree murder charges in the death of Ed Thomas, 58, a longtime football coach at Aplington-Parkersburg High School.

Investigators believe Becker walked into the school's weight room, where Thomas was overseeing athletes' training Wednesday morning, and shot him several times as about 20 horrified students looked on. Thomas was flown to a hospital, where he later died.

"Our family wishes to express our deepest sympathy to the Thomas family," the Becker family said in a statement to CNN television affiliate KWWL.

The community has lost an icon, a leader and a teacher, the statement said.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/25/coach.shooting/index.html

Football coach fatally shot at Iowa high school
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NEW: Coach Ed Thomas has died after being shot inside a school

He was flown to a hospital after the incident

An adult has been taken into custody in connection with the shooting

About 50 high school students present during the shooting; none were injured


(CNN) -- An Iowa high school football coach died Wednesday after he was shot inside the school as athletes were lifting weights, the district superintendent told CNN.


Ed Thomas had been with the school district for more than 30 years and was well-known in the region.

Ed Thomas died shortly after he arrived at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo, Iowa, according to a hospital statement.

He was flown to a hospital after he was shot about 8:30 a.m.at Aplington-Parkersburg High School, said Holly Fokkena, Butler County auditor.

No students were injured, although about 50 students were present at the time of the shooting, she said.

One person, an adult, was taken into custody, Fokkena said.

Superintendent Jon Thompson of the Aplington-Parkersburg Community Schools said crisis counselors were on scene to assist students who witnessed the shooting.
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Student shot at Tennessee high school dies

Student shot at Tennessee high school dies
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Student shot just before start of classes at Knoxville Central, police say

Suspect, another student, apprehended three blocks away

Attack not random, police chief deputy says

School canceled for day, lockdowns lifted, superintendent says

(CNN) -- A student died Thursday after being shot at Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee, police said.

Knoxville Police Chief Deputy Bill Roehl told reporters that the suspect, also a student, had been taken into police custody three blocks from the school soon after the shooting.

Police also recovered a weapon the suspect was carrying, Roehl said.

The incident occurred at 8:11 a.m., just before school began, the chief deputy said.

The victim was taken to University of Tennessee Medical Center, and died later.
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