Thursday, October 11, 2007

School Shooting in Cleveland

A Cleveland area high school has become the victim of a school shooting that left four wounded and the gunman dead.

Asa Coon, 14, was out of school on suspension for fighting Monday, when he entered SuccessTech Academy with two weapons, walked up stairs to the fourth floor and opened fire. Coons had previously promised to shoot up the school because of his suspension.

Two male teachers and two male students were shot. A 14-year-old girl was hurt during a panicky stampede.

Coon, a "Goth" who decked himself out in black nail polish, a trench coat and Marilyn Manson T-shirts, and who claimed to worship the Devil, had been beaten up for saying "f--- God," one student said.

Coon's rampage lasted only three minutes. He shot himself before police arrived at the school.

Coon was one of the few white students that attended the mostly black high school for high achieving teenagers with a talent in technology. The school is partly funded by Bill Gates. All 59 of last years senior class went to college.

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