Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor
Let us hope the back to school year, does not include another spate of killings, which seem to hit schools in the last few years.
(Photo Inset) By Duncan Mansfield
Associated Press Writer / August 21, 2008
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/08/22/6533151-ap.html
August 22, 2008
Student killed in shooting in Tenn. school cafeteria
By Duncan Mansfield,
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – A student fatally shot a 15-year-old classmate Thursday at a high school, police said, as other teenagers watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor.
Police identified the victim as Ryan McDonald, a sophomore who lived with his grandmother and had alopecia, a condition that left him bald since he was 3 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.”
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