Asa H. Coon,14, Opens Fire In Cleveland School [Archive]

Hotwater

10-11-2007, 12:28 AM

Fourteen-year-old Asa H. Coon Opens Fire In Cleveland School

Police say gunman turned the gun on himself after wounding four

By David Lohr (http://www.crimelibrary.com/about/authors/lohr/index.html)

October 10, 2007

CLEVELAND, OH (Crime Library) — A young man wearing a black Marilyn Manson concert shirt, black jeans, and black-painted finger nails walked into SuccessTech Academy today armed with two .38 caliber revolvers, and opened fire, shooting four people before turning a gun on himself.

Police have identified the shooter as Asa H. Coon, a 14-year-old student who had been suspended from school last week for fighting. Details remain sketchy, however, it appears the shooting first started in a bathroom area after a student identified as Michael Peek punched Coon in the face.

"Coon came out of the bathroom and bumped Mike and he (Mike) punched him in his face," said student Rasheem Smith, 15. "Mike started walking. He shot Mike in the side."

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Officer on Scene

When the gunfire erupted, the principal announced a "Code Blue" alert over the public address system, and students began hiding under desks and in closets. According to eyewitness accounts, Coon worked his way up through the first two floors of administrative offices and to the third floor of classrooms.

Darnell Rodgers, 18, was shot as he made his way through the stairwell in search of safety.

"It took me a couple of minutes to realize that I was actually shot; when I felt my arm burning in the area, that's when I realized that I had got shot," Rodgers said.

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odette

10-11-2007, 09:13 AM

'A Real Angry Kid,' Wounded Teacher Talks to 'Nightline'

abcnews.go.com - October 11, 2007 3:41:57 AM PDT

TRANSCRIPT: Read the Interview With Cleveland Teacher Shot by Student

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Nightline/story?id=3716225&page=1

odette

10-11-2007, 09:17 AM

Student opens fire at Cleveland school, shoots 4, kills self

newarkadvocate.com

CLEVELAND (AP) — A 14-year-old who cussed at his teachers, bickered with students and had a history of mental problems opened fire at his high school, wounding four before killing himself as police arrived.

It was a rampage Asa H. Coon, who had been suspended two days earlier for fighting, had warned classmates of — but none took him seriously. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 09:23 AM

Missed Warning Signs: Cleveland School Shooter Had History of Mental Illness

Student Warned of Retaliation After He Was Suspended, but He Was Ignored

abcnews.go.com - By AARON KATERSKY - Oct. 11, 2007

A 14-year-old Cleveland student, who shot and wounded four people before killing himself Wednesday, had been suspended for fighting two days earlier and was not supposed to be on campus, school officials say. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 09:27 AM

Suspended student opens fire at Cleveland school

4 shot before gunman turns weapon on self

mansfieldnewsjournal.com - By JOE MILICIA - The Associated Press

CLEVELAND -- A 14-year-old suspended student, dressed in black, opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 09:32 AM

School shooting rocks Cleveland

Two adults, three teens injured in spree by suspended pupil, who then killed self.

news-leader.com - Joe Milicia - The Associated Press - Thursday, October 11, 2007

Cleveland — A 14-year-old suspended student, dressed in black, opened fire in his downtown high school Wednesday, wounding four people as terrified schoolmates hid in closets and bathrooms and huddled under laboratory desks. He then killed himself.

A fellow student at SuccessTech Academy alternative school said the shooter, who was suspended for fighting two days earlier, had made threats in front of students and teachers last week. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 09:41 AM

Another school in shock

Cleveland reeling after suspended youth wounds four in high school

columbusdispatch.com - By Brian McIntyre - Thursday, October 11, 2007

CLEVELAND -- For many students at SuccessTech Academy, the first indication of trouble was an alert on the school's public-address system: "Code Blue, Code Blue."

Jeremy Rivers didn't need the warning, a signal to teachers to lock students inside their classrooms.

He knew what was happening; it was unfolding just a few feet away. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 09:45 AM

School shooter warned: 'I got something for you'

freep.com - BY JOE MILICIA - ASSOCIATED PRESS - October 11, 2007

CLEVELAND -- When Asa H. Coon got suspended for fighting Monday, this was the 14-year-old's response to his schoolmates: "I got something for you all." .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 09:52 AM

Gunman Opens Fire at Cleveland High School

nytimes.com - By CHRIS MAAG and IAN URBINA - Published: October 11, 2007

CLEVELAND, Oct. 10 — Disgruntled about having been suspended on Monday after a fight, a 14-year-old student shot and injured two students and two teachers at a downtown Cleveland high school on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself, the authorities said. .....

Excerpt: “Shut up, shut up; I hate this school,” the gunman said, according to Mychael Wilmore-Smith, 14, a sophomore who was in a fourth-floor classroom when the gunman arrived on her floor and began firing.

Mychael said she darted down a flight of stairs before hiding with five other students in a classroom on the third floor. After several minutes, the group, sobbing, decided to sprint down the rest of the stairs, she said.

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odette

10-11-2007, 09:57 AM

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Student Captures Chaotic Scene inside School

fox19.com - Oct 11, 2007 02:18 PM

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odette

10-11-2007, 10:05 AM

5 Hospitalized After 14-Year-Old Goes on Shooting Rampage at Cleveland High School

foxnews.com - Thursday, October 11, 2007

CLEVELAND — When Asa H. Coon got suspended for fighting on Monday, this was the 14-year-old's response to his schoolmates: "I got something for you all." .....

Excerpt: It began, student Rasheem Smith said, after Coon left the bathroom and ran into 15-year-old student Michael Peek.

Coon "came out of the bathroom and bumped Mike and (Mike) punched him in his face. Mike started walking. He shot Mike in the side," said Smith, 15.

Wearing a Marilyn Manson concert shirt, black jeans and black-painted finger nails, Coon walked down the hallway, cussing and firing shots. Witnesses said he moved through the converted five-story downtown office building, working his way up through the first two floors of administrative offices to the third floor of classrooms.

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odette

10-11-2007, 10:15 AM

Ohio school shooter had history of problems

CNN - updated 1 hour ago

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(CNN) -- A teenage gunman who opened fire at a Cleveland high school had a history of trouble inside and outside of school, say authorities, parents and fellow students. .....

Excerpt: "He got beat up and he came back today, and I knew something was going to happen," the student said outside the school Wednesday afternoon. "Yesterday I was like, 'I'm not coming to school, man. This dude might come up here and shoot us up.' "

Another student who said he was friends with Coon said Coon had warned him he was going to snap someday.

"He said if he did shoot up the school he'd let me and some other dude he knew go and all that, but I didn't think he actually meant that," the friend said. "I thought he was just kidding around."

He wasn't kidding around.
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odette

10-11-2007, 10:27 AM

Classmate warned about teen Ohio gunman

‘We talked to the principal,’ student says about shooter who wounded 4

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msnbc.msn.com - Updated: 9:56 a.m. ET Oct. 11, 2007

CLEVELAND - A high school student said Thursday that he and classmates had warned their principal about threats by a classmate who shot and wounded four people before killing himself, and believed the attack could have been prevented.

The student, Rasheem Smith, said on CBS’ “Early Show” that despite their warnings about the student who opened fire Wednesday, Asa H. Coon, principal Johneita Durant told them she was too busy. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 10:39 AM

Student Who Shot Up Cleveland High School Had Troubled Past

CityNews.ca Staff - Thursday October 11, 2007

His name was Asa Coon and he was just 14 when he took his own life. But the troubled student wanted to take a number of others with him before he died. Coon is the teen who entered a Cleveland, Ohio school on Wednesday armed with two revolvers and opened fire, squeezing off eight shots at those inside.

Three teens and two teachers were wounded in the attack, but all survived the onslaught. Police later found Coon dead after he turned one of his weapons on himself, the final victim of his own rampage. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 10:43 AM

Police Say Ohio Shooting Not Random

Komfie Manalo - AHN News Writer - October 11, 2007

Cleveland, Ohio (AHN) - Cleveland Police Chief Michael McGrath said the shooting at the SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday afternoon was not random as the gunman was believed to be shooting at specific targets.

McGrath said 14-year-old Asa Coon targeting specific targets. Coon was upset after he was suspended by school authorities Monday for fighting.

"We do not believe this was a random shooting," McGrath said.

"It may have been the teachers he went to the school looking for. ... I believe they disciplined him in some manner. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 10:50 AM

Four shot at school, gunman kills himself

Students and staff ran, hid in restrooms, closets

cleveland.com - Michael O'Malley and Gabriel Baird - Plain Dealer Reporters - Thursday, October 11, 2007

SuccessTech Academy, one of Cleveland's best public high schools with a 94 percent graduation rate, seemed a highly unlikely place for a Columbine-type outburst of gun violence. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 10:54 AM

Did Asa Coon leave a clue about shooting?

cleveland.com - Posted by Mark Naymik October 11, 2007 10:05AM

Asa Coon, the Cleveland teenager who opened fire Wednesday at his downtown high school, may have posted an ominous message on a social networking site the night before the shooting. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 10:57 AM

Success Tech shooter shot himself in the head

cleveland.com - Posted by Donna J. Miller October 11, 2007 09:51AM

Cuyahoga County Coroner Frank Miller has ruled 14-year-old Asa Coon's death a suicide.

"He died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head," Miller said this morning.

Coon placed a 38-caliber handgun loaded with vermin pellets to the back, right side of his head, over the occipital lobe of his brain.

He died nearly instantly, Miller said. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 11:17 AM

Exclusive: Suspected gunman involved in fight at school days before shooting; Caught on tape

wkyc.com - Updated:10/11/2007 8:28:04 AM

CLEVELAND -- Before the shootings at SuccessTech Academy the alledged shooter was in a fight two days before and its all caught on tape. The fight led to a suspension which some witnesses say may have motivated Wednesday's shootings.
Witnesses say the teen identified by police as the gunman, Asa Coon, and another SuccessTech student were in a fight on Monday.

Channel Three captured that fight on surviellance video. The station is right across Lakeside Avenue from the school. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 11:19 AM

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odette

10-11-2007, 11:21 AM

Rampage aftermath: Officials to hold 11:30 a.m. briefing; watch it LIVE

wkyc.com - Updated:10/11/2007 9:29:36 AM

CLEVELAND -- One day after a teen gunman shot four people before shooting himself, city officials are trying to comfort a city still in shock.
Police say 14-year-old Asa Coon opened fire in the halls of SuccessTech Academy Wednesday.

Mayor Frank Jackson opened up four Cleveland recreational centers this morning so that students, parents, and staff members from the school could meet with counselors.

City officials will hold a briefing at 11:30 this morning. Public Safety Director Martin Flask, Police Chief Michael McGrath, EMS Commissioner Edward Eckart, and City Communications Chief Maureen Harper will update the public on where the shooting investgation stands. .....

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=75909

odette

10-11-2007, 11:27 AM

School shooting: teacher and student look out for each other

wkyc.com - Paul Thomas - Updated:10/11/2007 9:14:03 AM

CLEVELAND -- 57-year-old math teacher, David Kachadourian was wounded as he pulled students out of the line of gunfire at Success Tech Academy.

Shot in the back, Kachadourian grabbed Keith Knox Jr. from a hallway.

Knox was directing screaming students to safe areas when the teacher made a move for a closet and safety. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 11:35 AM

Gunman's MySpace page reveals dark lifestyle

wkyc.com - Updated:10/11/2007 10:38:45 AM

CLEVELAND -- More details are coming out about the life of Asa Coon, the fourteen-year-old gunman who opened fire on students and staff at SuccessTech Academy.
Students tell us Coon was into the goth lifestyle and that's apparent on his MySpace page.

On Tuesday, Coon made his last posting.

An excerpt of that posting reads: .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 11:47 AM

UPDATE at 9:15 a.m. Thursday: Grassie is in fair condition at MetroHealth.

Who are the victims?

cleveland.com - Posted by Damian G. Guevara & Donna J. Miller October 10, 2007 22:45PM

Teacher Michael Grassie, 42
Grassie felt the worst of student Asa Coon's rage. ...... continued

Teacher David Kachadourian, 57
Kachadourian was shot behind his shoulder, said Christine Schmidt, a MetroHealth emergency medicine physician. ..... continued

Student Darnell Rodgers, 18
Rodgers received a cell phone call from his mother in the mid dle of the rampage and told her he was wounded. ..... continued

Student Michael Peek, 15
Emergency crews took the boy to Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, where a throng of loved ones filled the hospital's small emergency area. ..... continued

Student Trinnetta McGrady, 14
Coon's gunfire created another danger: a stampede caused by fleeing pupils. Fearful classmates trampled the girl as they rushed away from Coon. ..... continued

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odette

10-11-2007, 12:58 PM

More from The Plain Dealer

• Gunman shoots four, kills himself at school

• Who was Asa Coon? | Who are the victims?

• SuccessTech Academy has top students

• Worried SuccessTech parents just wanted their children

• Cleveland schools record several gun incidents in a week

• School shooting not random, police say

• Witness saw school shooter loading gun in bathroom

• Shooter "pushed too far"

• Injured teacher described as a good guy

• 60 school-shooting incidents in last 10 years

• School shooting puts Cleveland in bad light again

• Tips for helping kids cope with shooting

• Graphic: Sequence of events

• Graphic: Less damaging ammunition

• An inside account of school shooting

• Cleveland schools closed Thursday

Links For All The Above Are At This Link
http://www.cleveland.com/schoolshooting/

odette

10-11-2007, 01:03 PM

Multimedia report: Photo gallery | PD video | Audio: 9-1-1 calls

http://www.cleveland.com/news/

odette

10-11-2007, 01:12 PM

Multimedia - School shooting - Video

A student at SuccessTech Academy gives an eyewitness account of a shooting that wounded four at this Cleveland high school Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.cleveland.com/news/pdvideo/flash/index.ssf?101007_shooting_video

odette

10-11-2007, 01:23 PM

Rampage aftermath: Police outline school shooting timeline

wkyc.com - Updated:10/11/2007 12:18:18 PM

CLEVELAND -- One day after a teen gunman shot four people before shooting himself, city officials are trying to comfort a city still in shock.

Police say 14-year-old Asa Coon opened fire in the halls of SuccessTech Academy Wednesday.

Mayor Frank Jackson opened up four Cleveland recreational centers this morning so that students, parents, and staff members from the school could meet with counselors.

At an 11:30 a.m. news conference, Police Chief Michael McGrath outlined preliminary information they had about Coon's actions Wednesday.

According to police, after entering the school, Coon went to a bathroom on the fourth floor, changing into new clothes. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 01:31 PM

wkyc.com - VIDEO'S

http://www.wkyc.com/video/player.aspx?aid=45157&sid=75897&bw=hi&cat=2

Hotwater

10-11-2007, 01:39 PM

Asa Coon MySpace page a fake

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/10/creator_of_fake_asa_coon_web_p.html

Posted by Christopher Evans October 11, 2007 12:27PM

A Utah teenager has admitted creating a fake Asa Coon Web page on the social networking site Myspace.com.

Posing as the gunman in Wednesday's shooting at Success Tech Academy in Cleveland, the 19-year-old creator of the fake Web site said in an email exchange with the Plain Dealer: "I don't generally give out personal information ... I, like many others (search for any famous person) make fake profiles on MySpace for the sole purpose of giving people a place to vent their thoughts and feelings."

Several national television news organizations and Web sites have quoted from Coon's page as real. Coon killed himself after shooting two teachers and two students.

"I realize I should put a disclaimer of sorts stating that this isn't the Official Asa H. Coon MySpace, but I believe if I did do that people wouldn't express their feelings," said the page creator who published the information at approximately 9:30 pm Pacific Standard Time, 12:30 am here. "I've been reading the comments on the stories on the major Cleveland News Agency websites, and I hear a lot of anger. When people do believe this is Asa Coon's MySpace, and they know that he will never read these, the people are inclined to express their true thoughts and feelings, if that makes much sense.

The teen, who lives in Orem, said he found a photo of "Asa Coon" after searching for "Goth kid" on www.photobucket.com, a site where people share photos.

The teen also claims credit for creating a fake Myspace profile for the Virginia Tech shooter, Seung-Hui Cho.

"I created that profile late in the event happened, and throughout that week and weekend the page accumulated over 300,000 page views, as well as 20,000 blog comments," he says. "The Seung-Hui Cho profile was removed from MySpace after many people reported it, and I expect this profile will disappear in the next few days."

odette

10-11-2007, 01:42 PM

Gunman's MySpace page revealed as fake

wkyc.com - Updated:10/11/2007 1:06:55 PM

CLEVELAND -- A MySpace page for Asa Coon was revealed to be a fake, the Plain Dealer reported Thursday afternoon.

wkyc.com initially reported that the MySpace page appeared to be legitimate.

However, several helpful viewers pointed out that the page had no comments on it before yesterday.

Here's the Plain Dealer's story: Asa Coon MySpace page a fake. (at below link)

Here is the fake Asa Coon photo the Utah teen who created the page used: photobucket image (at below link)

Video: Images of the fake MySpace page (at below link)

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=75908

odette

10-11-2007, 02:06 PM

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odette

10-11-2007, 03:24 PM

Brother of school shooter taken into custody

wkyc.com - Updated:10/11/2007 2:26:14 PM

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Police have picked up the brother of the Cleveland teen who shot and wounded four people at his downtown school Thursday and then killed himself.

Officers took 19-year-old Stephen Coon out of their home in handcuffs this afternoon. It was unclear why he was being placed in police custody. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 03:36 PM

Asa Coon's brother arrested

cleveland.com - Laura Johnston October 11, 2007 13:50PM

Cleveland police officers arrested Asa Coon's brother, Stephen, about 1 p.m. today at the family's home on West 43rd Street.

Police and officers believed to be from the Adult Parole Authority escorted Stephen Coon out of the house and into an unmarked police car. .....

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Stephen Coon, the brother of yesterday's school shooter, Asa Coon, was
arrested at his home Thursday, October 11, 2007. Asa, a student at
SuccessTech Academy, shot four people yesterday before turning the
gun on himself. - Gus Chan / The Plain Dealer

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odette

10-11-2007, 03:50 PM

Cops nab brother of Ohio shooter

cleveland.com - By JOE MILICIA - The Associated Press - 10/11/2007, 2:58 p.m. EDT

CLEVELAND (AP) — The brother of a high school student who shot and wounded four people before killing himself was led out of his home in handcuffs by police officers on Thursday, as family members looked on and called his name. .....

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Pelicanette

10-11-2007, 06:02 PM

Are there any pix of Asa H. Coon himself?

odette

10-11-2007, 06:13 PM

Police visited Asa Coon's house numerous times

cleveland.com - Posted by Mark Naymik October 11, 2007 13:27PM

Cleveland Chief of Police Michael McGrath said police officers were dispatched to Asa Coon's house five times since 2006 for the following reasons: domestic violence, assault, a property crime, an accident and to investigate Wednesday's shooting. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 06:17 PM

Who was Asa Coon?

cleveland.com - Posted by Scott Stephens and Rachel Dissell - October 10, 2007 22:47PM

Some of the kids called him Jack Black, the loud, chubby, long-haired actor in the movie "School of Rock."

He could be loud sometimes, all right, and his appearance cried for attention: his shock of wavy brown hair, his fingernails painted black, the dog collar around his neck, his faded rock concert T-shirts under a trench coat.

But there was another Asa Coon, an Asa Coon far more menacing than the loopy kid with the unkempt hair and faux Gothic look.

This was the Asa who always seemed to be in fights at school. This was the Asa who slapped around his mother. This was the Asa who talked about suicide. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 06:36 PM

Cleveland school shooting: The victims

wkyc.com - Updated:10/11/2007 5:19:06 PM

CLEVELAND -- Five people were rushed to the hospital following a shooting at a local high school.

Police say, Asa Coon walked into SuccessTech Academy and opened fire Wednesday afternoon.

Hit by his gunfire were:

Math teacher David Kachadourian, 57. Late Wednesday he was released from the hospital. Center.

Social Studies teacher Michael Grassie, 42. He underwent 90 minutes of surgery at Metro Wednesday. His current condition is listed as fair.

Student Michael Peek, 15. Peek is listed in stable condition at Metro.

Student Darnell Rodgers, 18, was treated and released.

Fifteen year-old Trinnietta McGrady suffered a twisted knee trying to escape from the school. She's listed in stable condition.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=75885

odette

10-11-2007, 06:39 PM

Service to pray for school shooting victims set for tonight

wkyc.com - Updated:10/11/2007 5:12:16 PM

CLEVELAND -- A local church has opened its doors to the community in light of Wednesday's shooting at SuccessTech Academy.

The In Touch for Christ Christian Center will hold a special prayer service tonight at 7 p.m. to pray for the victims of today's shooting.

The center is located at 969 East 140th Street.

Bishop Prince Moultry says he has received numerous calls from concerned parents about school violence, particularly today's incident at SuccessTech. So he felt compelled to organize tonight's service.

http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=75880

odette

10-11-2007, 06:54 PM

Ohio school shooter gave many warnings

(CNN) -- Fellow students say they and school authorities didn't take Asa Coon's threats of violence seriously before the 14-year-old's shooting rampage at his Cleveland high school on Wednesday. .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 07:04 PM

Tips for helping kids cope with shooting

cleveland.com -Fran Henry - Plain Dealer Reporter - Thursday, October 11, 2007

Word travels fast, and students will be talking about Wednesday's shooting at SuccessTech Academy, a small Cleveland high school sometimes compared to a close-knit family. And they may return home anxious and worried that a shooting could happen in their schools, too.

What should parents do?

Watch for anxiety:

"Tune in to any anxiety they may have. Listen to them," said Judy Stenta, of Bellefaire JCB's Social Advocates for Youth program.

"Talk to them. What are they concerned about?"

Defuse their fears: .....

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odette

10-11-2007, 07:45 PM

School Gunman Had Access Despite Threats

Associated Press - By JOE MILICIA – 56 minutes ago

CLEVELAND (AP) — Despite 26 security cameras, officials couldn't say Thursday how an armed, suspended 14-year-old student was able to get into his downtown school a day earlier and shoot two students and two teachers before killing himself.

School officials also were investigating how a number of warning signs from the troubled student, including threats made last week, apparently went unheeded.

Police were checking surveillance video Thursday for clues as to how Asa H. Coon, armed with two revolvers, was able to enter the SuccessTech Academy alternative school. Police Chief Michael McGrath said a classmate could have let him in a back door.

Coon was a new student at the school, but the district has a dossier on past problems. He had mental health problems, spent time in two juvenile facilities and was suspended from school last year for attempting to harm a student, according to juvenile court records. .....

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10-11-2007, 09:58 PM

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10-11-2007, 11:45 PM

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10-12-2007, 12:06 AM

Brother detained on unrelated charge

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Excerpt: His older brother, Stephen, was taken into custody at the family home for parole violations, according to prisons spokeswoman JoEllen Lyons. The 19-year-old said his brother did not get any guns from him but wouldn’t answer questions about the shooting.

Lyons said the arrest was not connected to Wednesday’s school shooting, but McGrath said officials would be talking to Stephen Coon and his mother about the weapons Asa Coon used.

McGrath said that since 2006, police had gone to the family’s home five times: for calls about domestic violence, an assault call, a property crime and a hit-and-run accident. .....

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10-12-2007, 12:14 AM

Social workers dealt with Asa Coon

cleveland.com - October 11, 2007 13:31PM

Asa Coon and his family had been on and off the radar screen of county social workers between 1998 and 2002.

Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services records detail at least two incidents: ..... continued

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10-13-2007, 12:03 AM

Asa's life marked by run-ins with police

cleveland.com - Friday, October 12, 2007

Asa Coon's life was marked by a series of run-ins between police and his family, particularly Asa's older brother Stephen. Notable events include:

September 1999
Asa, 5, is shot in the arm by a pellet gun, leaving a cut on his shoulder. He, his twin sister, Nicole, and their older brother Stephen, 11, tell police Asa shot himself. Lori Looney, their mother, tells police that the children's absent father gave them three pellet guns. She asks police to take the guns.

October 1999
Stephen, 11, takes a cap gun to school and gets it taken away.

November 1999
Stephen breaks into a neighbor's house and steals a bottle of champagne.

July 2001
Looney cooks her eldest son, Stephen, 13, steak, potatoes and cheesecake. He throws things, calls her names and whips her with an extension cord. When police arrive she shows them her bruised legs, which she said were caused by Stephen kicking her. .....

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10-13-2007, 12:12 AM

Disturbing crime scene photo from school shooting posted on local DJ's web site

wkyc.com - Bill Safos - Updated:10/12/2007 10:48:43 PM

CLEVELAND -- Questions are being asked after a picture of suspected school shooter, Asa Coon, taken after he committed was posted on a local web site.

For a good part of the afternoon Rover, the morning drive disc jockey on 92.3 had a photograph of Asa Coon on his website. The picture was taken after Coon was dead. He was lying on the floor of the school and it was graphic.

Officers who were the first responders at SuccessTech discovered the body while they were saving lives. Rover's web site says supposedly a cop took the picture but they weren't able to check out it's authenticity. Police say they didn't take it but were able to confirm it was a real picture of Coon.

"That's what I saw," said Officer Greg Kwan.

"That's exactly how he looked," said Capt. Joseph Sadie. .....

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10-13-2007, 12:24 AM

Hotline established for Cleveland schools

wkyc.com - Updated:10/12/2007 7:35:07 PM

CLEVELAND (AP) -- Cleveland public schools plan to place metal detectors and security guards in all schools in response to a shooting rampage that left two teachers and two students wounded before the gunman killed himself.

CEO Eugene Sanders says schools will be required to keep all doors locked and designate a single entrance.

Other changes will be the creation of a confidential hotline students can call with any concerns. The hotline number is (216)-771-SAFE or (216)-771-7233. The hotline is confidential so students can report unsafe or dangerous behavior anonymously. .....

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10-13-2007, 12:30 AM

Cleveland Schools getting metal detectors and security guards

wkyc.com - Tom Beres - Updated:10/12/2007 7:33:48 PM

CLEVELAND -- The shootings at SuccessTech are bringing a security overhaul to all Cleveland Schools.
Schools CEO Eugene Sanders announced all Cleveland schools will be getting metal detectors and security guards. And each school's security plan will get a consultant's review.

But Sanders put emphasis on improved communication and counseling programs as a more effective way to reach out to and communicate with troubled students like Asa Coon, the SuccessTech schooter.

Sanders faces many tough security questions. Did administrators ignore student warnings? Why have some important security jobs gone unfilled for months?

"I take personal responsibility. If you're asking me am I hurt? Am I disappointed? Have I not slept for several days? The answer is yes. My commitment is to work as hard as I can with every fiber of my being to protect our students," Sanders said. .....

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10-13-2007, 12:37 AM

First responders speak out about what they saw at Success Tech

wkyc.com - Caitlin Kollar - Updated:10/12/2007 7:21:59 PM

CLEVELAND -- The men and women who were the first ones on the scene of the school shooting spoke out today about what they saw when they arrived at Success Tech.

They describe what happened as they hunted down the shooter.

Cleveland police say they credit those officers first on scene for getting the situation under control quickly and saving lives.

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10-13-2007, 12:48 AM

Student talks about coming face-to-face with school shooter

wkyc.com - Vic Gideon - Updated:10/12/2007 10:56:02 AM

CLEVELAND -- Sophomore Michael Peek heard the screams of his classmates while he was in the bathroom and, when he walked out, came inches from Asa Coon.

"He pulled the gun up to my face and I reacted so I hit him and I started to run and then he shot me in my side," says the 15-year-old. "As I was running away, I turned to look back and that's when he shot and it hit me in my side. I was scared to tell you the truth."

Michael was able to crawl to a classroom, where teachers and students came to his aid, leaving Michael to wonder how he became a victim.

"I guess I was just in his way. That's pr'y was it, he was wanted to get it out the way way but I never talked to him," he remembers.

"I guess he was just so mad at everybody." .....

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10-13-2007, 01:40 AM

Schools CEO outlines security plan

cleveland.com - Posted by Henry Gomez - October 12, 2007 17:01PM

Cleveland Schools CEO Eugene Sanders outlined on Friday a two-pronged plan to address safety concerns illuminated by the shooting rampage at SuccessTech Academy.

The eight-page plan emphasizes human relations and security measures that Sanders would like to see implemented - some as soon as Monday or Tuesday. It calls for metal detectors to be placed in each school and for the hiring of an unspecified number of security guards.

Sanders, who joined Mayor Frank Jackson this afternoon at a City Hall news conference, said he "would love to turn back the hands of time." The schools chief was asked repeatedly if he had made mistakes dealing with security issues leading up to Wednesday, when 14-year-old Asa Coon shot and injured two teachers and two students before killing himself.

"I am disappointed we had the tragedy," a rattled Sanders said at one point.

"If you're asking me if I'm disappointed, if I'm hurt, if I've not slept for the last several nights ... the answer is yes. I'm disappointed. I'm hurt that we lost a student."

Sanders said SuccessTech will be closed again Monday, giving teachers there an extra day to prepare for the students' return. That evening, the school will hold an open house for parents from 6 to 8 p.m., when school district officials will review the new security plan. .....

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10-13-2007, 01:52 AM

Gunman's Uncle: Teen Upset With Teachers

Associated Press By JOE MILICIA – 7 hours ago

CLEVELAND (AP) — The 14-year-old who opened fire at his high school had been upset with teachers, saying they wouldn't listen to his side of the story regarding a recent after-school scuffle that got him suspended, the teenager's uncle said Friday.

Larry Looney, who lived upstairs from Asa Coon in a duplex, said the two were lifting weights Tuesday when the boy told him about Monday's fight with another student and his three-day suspension.

"He really didn't want to talk about it," Looney said. "He said he really didn't do anything to start it. He said the teachers wouldn't listen to his side of the story.

"I just can't believe he would do anything like that." .....

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10-13-2007, 01:58 AM

RAID Helped Save Lives in Cleveland School Shooting

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CLEVELAND -- Police in Cleveland credit a tactic developed after the shootings at Columbine with saving lives at Success Technical Academy.

Rapid Action Immediate Deployment or RAID training is now taught to all police officers. SWAT Team instructor Lieutenant Bernie Barabas says the training is about getting to the shooter fast.

"The entire concept is different. Instead of waiting outside, you're forming a contact team and going towards a suspect and stopping his violent behavior." .....

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10-13-2007, 02:45 AM

Uncle Says He Talked to Cleveland School Shooter Eve Before

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CLEVELAND (AP) -- More details about what may have prompted a high school shooting in Cleveland this week are coming from the uncle of the 14-year-old shooter.

Larry Looney says his nephew, Asa Coon, told him teachers at his school wouldn't listen to his side of the story regarding a recent after-school scuffle that got him suspended. .....

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10-13-2007, 02:53 AM

Bipolar Cleveland shooter asked for help and got none

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The country was shocked earlier this week when Asa Coon, a 14 year old boy attending Success Tech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio, managed to sneak weapons into school and went on a rampage, shooting four others before killing himself. Sadly, Coon's actions weren't surprising to those that knew him. Why wasn't more done to help him? Coon's story illustrates some of the problems faced by children and adults who suffer from emotional disabilities.

At the outset, let me just say that I find Coon's actions reprehensible, and in no way think that the suggestion that's emerging that he suffered from bipolar disorder is an excuse for what happened. But the reports emerging from Cleveland this week show that his classmates and teachers all knew that Coon was headed for trouble and didn't take what he was saying seriously. Now a boy is dead, four others have been wounded, and the community and parents nationwide have questions.

As it turns out, Asa Coon spent time in and out of detention centers and youth facilities after he was removed from his home for assaultive behavior. This is not uncommon for children with severe emotional impairements. Unfortunately, the systems in most states, including here in Massachusetts, are heavily weighted towards treating youth with mental illnesses as violent offenders -- criminalizing them, rather than treating them.

Coon even attempted to take his own life prior to this incident. Eventually he was suspected of having bipolar disorder, after spending time in a mental hospital. .....

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10-13-2007, 11:23 AM

Arrest warrant issued for Lori Looney, mother of Asa Coon

cleveland.com - Saturday, October 13, 2007

Cleveland police issued an arrest warrant Thursday for Lori Looney, the mother of Asa Coon.

Police said Looney lied when police came to her door on West 43rd Street Thursday looking for Stephen Coon, Asa's older brother. She told police her son was not home, but police saw the young man through the window. ...

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10-13-2007, 01:40 PM

Learn the lessons from Cleveland shootings

mansfieldnewsjournal.com - Saturday, October 13, 2007

The issue: Cleveland student shoots four at school, then killed himself.

Our opinion: Both adults and students can take steps to prevent such incidents in the future

It could have happened anywhere.

The shooting at a Cleveland high school that wounded four people and then saw the shooter turn the gun on himself just as easily could have happened here in Richland County or anywhere else in Ohio or the United States.

But there are a few big reminders we here in north central Ohio should take to heart.

If students see something suspicious, such as a weapon or a fellow student acting strangely or making threats, they should tell an adult.

Just as importantly, those adults must have the sense to stop, turn away from the minutiae of daily tasks and make investigating it their top priority. .....

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10-15-2007, 07:57 AM

SuccessTech parents invited to open house

wkyc.com - Bill Safos - Updated:10/15/2007 6:31:00 AM

CLEVELAND -- A metal detector is the first thing students will see when they walk into SuccessTech.

Friday school officials said they wanted more of them and now found a way to buy them. .....

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10-15-2007, 08:02 AM

District takes steps in response to events

cleveland.com - Monday, October 15, 2007

Cleveland public schools CEO Eugene Sanders has announced some additional security measures and scheduled some meetings with students and parents. They include: .....

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10-15-2007, 08:08 AM

Cleveland schools reopen today, with new security plan

District offers support, has new security plan

cleveland.com - Jesse Tinsley - Plain Dealer Reporter - Monday, October 15, 2007

As Cleveland public school students return to classes today for the first time since last week's shooting at SuccessTech Academy, they will be greeted with emotional support and a $5 million security plan.

Today "is the first official day of healing," said Eugene Sanders, chief executive of the Cleveland public schools, at a Sunday news conference.

When children arrive today and Tuesday, "they will be greeted by teachers, psychologists and support staff ready to listen and provide any reassurances that everything will indeed be OK," he said. In addition, Sanders said, there will be enhanced security at each school today.

Also today, the district could begin buying metal detectors and handheld metal detecting wands for all 111 schools in the district, said the district's chief operating officer Dan Burns. The equipment and installation is expected to cost about $3.3 million, he said.

The cost of added security staff and maintenance of the new equipment is estimated at $2 million per year, Burns said.

All Cleveland schools will open for classes today, except SuccessTech, which will begin regular sessions Tuesday, Sanders said.

Teachers and staff will report to the academy today, to prepare for the reopening of the Lakeside Avenue school. The academy was shut down Wednesday after the attack by 14-year-old Asa Coon. .....

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10-15-2007, 02:10 PM

Police still searching for mother of SuccessTech gunman

wkyc.com - Updated:10/15/2007 12:14:23 PM

CLEVELAND -- Police are looking for the mother of the 14-year-old responsible for the shootings at SuccessTech Academy last week in Cleveland.

A police spokesman says a warrant on a charge of obstructing justice was issued for Lori Looney, Asa Coon's mother. .....

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10-15-2007, 02:14 PM

Students Greeted By Metal Detectors, Tighter Security

newsnet5.com - UPDATED: 12:44 pm EDT October 15, 2007

CLEVELAND -- Students in the Cleveland Metropolitan District are back in class, except for students at Success Tech.

Students at Success Tech will resume classes on Tuesday.

Metal detectors were installed at schools after last week's shooting at Success Tech. Students at South High School have had to deal with metal detectors before the shooting.

Now they also search their bodies and bags.

The teens didn't seem to mind the extra security. .....

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10-15-2007, 02:18 PM

Gregg Chenoweth: Shooter's 'music theology' least discussed

daily-journal.com - 10/15/2007, 10:44 am

On Monday, he didn't know the answer to life's No. 1 question. By 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, he did.

Last week, Asa Coon, 14, was suspended for escalating an argument to a fist fight with a fellow student at Cleveland's SuccessTech Academy. He brewed with rage for two days.

By Wednesday, Coon returned to school with a duffel bag over his shoulder, ascended three flights of stairs to a hall bathroom and changed into a black Marilyn Manson concert T-shirt. Without saying a word, he shot two teachers and two schoolmates with a .38-caliber revolver. Nine shots later, he turned the pistol on himself, the incident's only fatality.

What really aggravated Coon? Most news reports reference outrage over suspension. Some note his temper and habit for cursing at teachers. But virtually no one discusses the conversation content that seeded debate, fostered argument, cultivated a fight, warranted suspension and ultimately provoked gun-slinging.

The dispute was over God. Coon didn't believe, and boasted of worshipping rocker Marilyn Manson. It was his music theology or idol worship or something in between. .....

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10-15-2007, 02:23 PM

Editorial: Preventable Tragedy

rockymounttelegram.com - By Staff - Rocky Mount Telegram - Monday, October 15, 2007

Last week's shootings at a Cleveland high school are another example of why it is necessary to reach out to people who seem troubled.

Larry Looney – uncle of Asa Coon, who injured four people Wednesday before committing suicide – told The Associated Press that his nephew was upset because teachers at SuccessTech Academy would not listen to his side of the story regarding a fight that resulted in his suspension. He also said the 14-year-old was bullied and picked on throughout his life and had been beaten up regularly.

SuccessTech students reported that Coon recently threatened to blow up the school, but neither they nor teachers acted on his statements.

Despite his past troubles, Coon had no excuse to make threats, take a gun to school, shoot people and kill himself. But this incident, like many others, could have been prevented. .....

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10-15-2007, 02:30 PM

Asa Coon's upbringing was violent, chaotic

cleveland.com - Rachel Dissell and Gabriel Baird - Plain Dealer Reporters - October 12, 2007

On the January day police arrested Asa Coon for punching his mother last year, she pointed to the words scrawled on his bedroom wall: "I will kill you all." His name was signed beneath.

Sometimes, it seemed Asa was fighting the world - and losing.

And his home, the place that was supposed to be a haven from the pressures facing a child - whether bullies at school or a bad grade on a test - instead seemed to add to Asa's trouble.

Those pressures and slow-burning hurt bubbled over Wednesday afternoon when Asa shot two teachers and two classmates at SuccessTech Academy in downtown Cleveland before turning the gun on himself. He was 14.

This is the home Asa Coon grew up in:

It was chaotic.

When Asa was 3, his mother, Lori Looney, was investigated by social workers after they were alerted that she often left her four children with drug addicts. Courts in New York found the children were neglected.

Social workers intervened later in Cleveland as well, once after Asa was shot in the bicep with a BB gun, and another time when they noticed he had flea bites that he had scratched into scars.

His home was also violent.

Instead of nurturing Asa, his older brother Stephen picked on him. .....

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10-16-2007, 09:09 AM

Shooter Asa Coon was failing, says wounded SuccessTech teacher Michael Grassie

Student was angry because he was failing

Plain Dealer Reporter - Joseph L. Wagner - Tuesday, October 16, 2007

SuccessTech Academy student Asa Coon was flunking World History and tried to pick a fight with teacher Michael Grassie in the days before the 14-year-old went on a shooting spree at the school, Grassie said.

Meeting with the media before his release Monday from MetroHealth Medical Center, Grassie said he would never forget the look on Coon's face as he confronted him in a classroom flashing two handguns.

"It was something I haven't seen on a 14-year-old's face before," Grassie said. It was a face of "total anger, real hatred." He said he knew that Coon was angry with him earlier because Grassie noted on his school progress report that he was failing the course.

Coon asked during the confrontation: "Now what do you have to say to me?"

Grassie said he was mentoring another student at the time when Coon turned to the student and said "you're cool," then turned his gun on the teacher.

The bullet entered Grassie's torso, hit his spleen and pancreas but missed his aorta before exiting the back. Grassie suffered the worst injuries of Coon's shooting victims. »

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10-16-2007, 09:16 AM

Disturbing Asa Coon photo on Internet

cleveland.com - Posted by Amanda Garrett October 15, 2007 22:58PM

A photo of Asa Coon -- lying dead, blood pouring from his nose and pooling around his head -- is being passed around the Internet.

Who took the disturbing photo and first posted it online is unclear.

Police who saw the image Monday confirmed it shows the troubled 14-year-old on the floor of SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland after he shot four people and then himself Wednesday.

They said the image began popping up online Thursday morning. »

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10-16-2007, 11:57 AM

School shooter had look of hate, teacher says

CNN - updated 2 minutes ago

(CNN) -- A teacher shot by an Ohio high school student last week said he had never seen such hatred in the face of a child before.

Fourteen-year-old Asa Coon shot teacher Michael Grassie and three others at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, Ohio, last Wednesday. Coon then turned one of his guns on himself.

Coon was the only one killed.

"I still remember the expression on Asa's face as he shot me," Grassie, 42, said Monday before leaving the hospital. "Anger, total anger, real hatred. It's something I haven't seen on a 14-year-old's face before.

"I've seen it on older people who've had life experience and maybe had reasons to be angry. But I've never seen a look like this on a 14-year-old's face," Grassie said. »

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10-16-2007, 12:02 PM

SuccessTech Academy students return to class

cleveland.com - Posted by Joseph L. Wagner October 16, 2007 10:31AM

Jasmine Lawrence, a SuccessTech Academy senior, returned to school Tuesday morning saying, "I'm not scared. Asa's not here." Others said the would not mind the metal detector and additional armed guard.

Lavonne Johnikin, mother of Brittani, a 10th-grader, said she was comfortable that the schools have done all they could to make SuccessTech safe.

However, Bria Bellanca, a 10th-grader, said she was nervous and not happy with Cleveland schools because it failed to have metal detectors before Asa Coon, 14, smuggled in two handguns, ammunition and knives last Wednesday and shot two teachers and two students before reportedly killing himself. "All of this could have been avoided," Bellanca said, adding that students had brought weapons into the school before. »

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10-16-2007, 12:08 PM

Cleveland School Reopens After Gunman Wounded 4

foxnews.com - AP - Tuesday, October 16, 2007

CLEVELAND — Students and faculty were greeted with supportive cheers and applause Tuesday morning as they returned to an Ohio high school which had been closed since a classmate shot four people then killed himself last week.

Outside the entrance of SuccessTech Academy, community leaders and civic organizations formed a human pathway as students and teachers entered the school. Inside, additional security measures including armed security guards and a new metal detector were in effect. »

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10-16-2007, 02:20 PM

SuccessTech shooter's mother arrested

cleveland.com - Posted by Donna J. Miller - October 16, 2007 12:18PM

Asa Coon's mother, Lori Looney, surrendered to Cleveland police at the 2nd District about 10:30 this morning. She was taken to the City Jail. »

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10-17-2007, 08:09 PM

School where shooting occurred reopens

cincypost.com - By M.R. Kropko - Associated Press

CLEVELAND - The contrast was clear.

Students and teachers were welcomed back to SuccessTech Academy on Tuesday in what amounted to a community pep rally. Six days before, they had reason to fear for their lives when a suspended student started shooting, wounding four before killing himself.

One boy returning to the high school raised his hands and shouted to cheering supporters, "I love you all."

"We're confident everything is going to be OK," said Kim Middlebrooks, a parent who brought her 16-year-old daughter to school. "This is a very close-knit school."

"We just want them to know we support them and love them and that we want them to get back to the business of learning," said Mickey Brown, a Cleveland schools administrator.

Only 15 students were reported as absent in the school with an enrollment of about 250, school district spokesman Ben Holbert said.

Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson said the greeting, which involved clergy and cheering community leaders, was an effort to show students and staff there is concern for safety in schools.

Returning students filed through a newly installed metal detector and placed backpacks onto a conveyor for scanning. continued:

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10-17-2007, 08:12 PM

Alternative high school in Cleveland where gunman wounded 4 reopens with heightened security

whdh.com - Tuesday, October 16, 2007

CLEVELAND -- Students and faculty were greeted with supportive cheers and applause Tuesday morning as they returned to a high school that had been closed since a classmate shot four people then killed himself last week.

Outside the entrance of SuccessTech Academy, community leaders and civic organizations formed a human pathway as students and teachers entered the school. Inside, additional security measures including armed security guards and a new metal detector were in effect.

"I was scared that day, but I feel that was just one person out of everyone who goes here," said senior Jasmine Lawrence, 17, as she arrived. continued:

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odette

10-17-2007, 08:16 PM

Civic leaders welcome, cheer SuccessTech students

Mayor, clergy, schools chief, civic leaders clap 'em in

Plain Dealer Reporter - Joseph L. Wagner - Wednesday, October 17, 2007

SuccessTech Academy students and teachers were celebrated Tuesday at a school that will never be the same.

A group of business, civic and school leaders surprised the arriving students with cheers and applause, then steered them toward a new reality - a metal detector and hallways guarded like never before.

The security measures are the timeless reminder of the terror that unfolded last Wednesday, when a suspended student slipped into the building, pulled weapons from a duffel bag and shot and wounded four people before killing himself, police said.

The newly secured school, with an enrollment of about 250 students, reopened Tuesday, six days after Asa Coon's rampage.

"It's kind of scary, at first," said Ashlie Cransfield, a sophomore at the downtown public school designed for stellar students.

The community did its best to assuage her fears. The cheering squad of ministers, business executives, youth volunteers and school administrators formed an aisle for the students to enter the school and begin their new day. continued:

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odette

10-20-2007, 12:39 PM

Photo of Asa Coon's body taken by Cleveland policeman

Mark Puente - Plain Dealer Reporter - Saturday, October 20, 2007

The photo of Asa Coon's bloody body that is circulating on the Internet was taken by a Cleveland police officer who snapped the picture with his cell phone camera.

Cleveland police launched an investigation and questioned the officers who entered SuccessTech Academy Oct. 10. Patrolman Walter Emerick admitted he took the photo of the dead 14-year-old student, said Safety Director Martin Flask.

Emerick, a 12-year veteran, sent the photo to other people, but he did not post the picture on the Internet, Flask said. The picture first appeared on the Internet the day after the shooting and is still viewable.

The incident remains under investigation, and Flask said a disciplinary hearing could be held for Emerick. Flask said he is disappointed that a police officer would exchange the photo of a crime scene. continued: »

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1192869961320200.xml&coll=2

odette

10-26-2007, 11:28 AM

Chilling Images Capture Cleveland's School Shooting

Asa Coon Is Seen Lurking as He Appears to Search for Targets During Shooting Rampage

abcnews.go.com - Oct. 26, 2007

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Surveillance images just released reveal a haunting scene from a heartbreaking day in Cleveland.

They are from Oct. 10, the day 14-year-old Asa Coon shot and injured four people inside SuccessTech high school, before shooting himself to death.

The images, gathered from surveillance cameras all over the school, show Coon wearing a T-shirt with a gun in each hand, marching down school hallways, hunting for victims.

Coon first appears on camera shortly after entering the school, on the second-floor landing of the north stairwell. He is wearing a white, hooded sweat shirt with a black bag slung over his shoulder.

Once he reaches the fourth floor, he lumbers down one hallway, then another, keeping his white hood over his head, suggesting an awareness of the surveillance cameras, police say. — continued: » X 2 pages

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This still image from video, captured by a surveillance camera and released by the Cleveland Police Department, shows Asa Coon during a shooting rampage on the fourth floor hallway at SuccessTech Academy on Oct. 10, 2007 in Cleveland. Coon, 14, was a troubled, angry youth who had been suspended for fighting days before he returned to the school and opened fire. The shooting victims, two students and two teachers, survived. (Cleveland Police Dept./AP Photo)

http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3779726&page=1

odette

10-26-2007, 11:44 AM

Caught On Tape: Gunman Stalks School Hallways

All 4 Victims Of Attack Survived

nbc10.com - October 26, 2007

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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Police in Cleveland, Ohio, have released security camera footage of an armed teenager inside a school moments before he went on a shooting rampage.

Asa Coon, 14, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, walked upstairs to the third floor of SuccessTech Academy on Oct. 10, police said.

Authorities said that once hew as there, Coon went into a restroom and came out about four minutes later wearing all black and carrying two guns.

The video shows Coon walking through the hallways and firing gunshots at students and into some classrooms. — continued: »

http://www.nbc10.com/slideshows/14430013/detail.html

odette

10-26-2007, 11:57 AM

Cleveland School Shooting | October 10, 2007

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http://www.10tv.com/?slideshow=sites/10tv/slideshows/clevschoolshoot1010107/&slideshowTYPE=3

Cleveland Shooting | Surveillance Video

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http://www.10tv.com/?slideshow=sites/10tv/slideshows/clevelandshootingvideo/&slideshowTYPE=3

odette

10-26-2007, 12:05 PM

Security footage shows Asa Coon stalking, firing at SuccessTech Academy

Asa Coon is seen stalking, firing in silent security camera footage

cleveland.com - Gabriel Baird - Plain Dealer Reporter - October 26, 2007

He looks like any other high school student - except for the guns 14-year-old Asa Coon holds in each hand.

Coon's rampage was captured in eerie, time-lapse snapshots by security cameras at SuccessTech Academy.

The 82 seconds of soundless footage show him stalking the hallways and students running in fear for their lives. The violence, however, all takes place just out of the camera's view. — continued: » X 2 pages

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odette

10-26-2007, 12:15 PM

Cleveland School Shooting Video Released

Video Shows Student Shooting 2 Victims at Cleveland School; 2 Others Were Attacked Off Camera

abcnews.go.com - THOMAS J. SHEERAN Associated Press Writer - CLEVELAND Oct 25, 2007 (AP)

His face concealed by a white hooded sweat shirt, the student gunman climbs an enclosed staircase with his cache of weapons in a backpack, moments before opening fire on classmates and teachers.

Strikingly clear photos pulled from surveillance cameras and released Thursday show Asa Coon as he moved around SuccessTech Academy on Oct. 10, when he wounded two teachers and two high school classmates before killing himself.

The images show the hallway where students were shot: One is seen lying on the floor, the other is hidden behind a curve in the wall. The scenes are not overtly graphic because the violence is captured by cameras about 100 feet away.

The teacher shootings were inside classrooms, away from the hallway cameras. — continued: »

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In this still image taken from a video captured by a surveillance camera, released by the Cleveland Police Department, students run during a shooting rampage on the third floor hallway at SuccessTech Academy on Oct. 10, 2007 in Cleveland. Asa Coon, 14, was a troubled, angry youth who had been suspended for fighting days before he returned to the school and opened fire, wounding two students and two teachers, before killing himself. (AP Photo/Cleveland Police Department)

http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=3778638

Its just me

08-02-2008, 01:40 PM