Fresh on the heels of the Church shooting in Knoxville a couple of weeks ago, today a school kid walked into his school and gunned down in cold blood a kid who went there.
A 16-year-old boy was shot dead by a second student Thursday in a school cafeteria in Knoxville, Tennessee, police said. The student suspected of killing the boy was arrested without incident on a nearby street six minutes after police received the report of the shooting at 8:11 am (1211 GMT). “This was not a shooting that was a random act,” William Roehl, deputy chief of the Knoxville, Tennessee police told reporters. “Both the suspect and the victim knew each other,” Roehl said at a press conference.
And again from AP
Police identified the victim as Ryan McDonald, a sophomore who lived with his grandmother and had alopecia, a condition that left him bald and the target of endless teasing as a child. “He tried to have a tough exterior, like a shield, to fit in,” his uncle Roger McDonald said. “He was a good kid … who was dealt some bad cards in life.” The shooting happened shortly after 8 a.m. at the Central High School cafeteria, Chief Deputy Bill Roehl said, and the suspected shooter was taken into custody minutes later on a nearby street. The suspect and victim knew each other, Knox County School System Superintendent Bill McIntyre said. Jamar Siler, 15, was charged with one count of first-degree murder and was being held in a juvenile court facility, police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said. Silar had an initial appearance in Juvenile Court late Thurday, but his lawyer, public defender Mark Stephens, refused to discuss the case.
Yup- easy access to guns. Death in a box. And evidently what our society desires else it would stomp its foot down and do something about it. Pray for the victim’s family. With the Prophet I lament, ‘How Long O LORD, how long…….???????’
Oh, and don’t worry! They still had football practice tonight at Central High in Knoxville where the murder took place. And the game is still on for tomorrow!!! Because THAT’S what matters!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Godless indifference and heartless cruelty indeed- but the game must go on].
