Posted on 02/23/2006 12:35:31 PM PST by ferri
ROSEBURG, Ore. -- A gunman at Roseburg High School wounded one person early Thursday, sending the campus into a lockdown, Roseburg Police and school administrators said.
The victim, described only as a male student, was being treated at a local hospital, according to Sgt. Aaron Dunbar with the Roseburn Police Department. The extent of his injuries was not immediately known.
The shooting happened just before 8 a.m., near the courtyard on the south side of the school, Dunbar said. A short time later, police tracked down and cornered the gunman, who police believe was also a male student.
"There was a brief standoff, with the suspect holding a gun to his head and threatening suicide. The standoff lasted three to five minutes and then the suspect surrendered to police," Dunbar said.
No names have been released and no motive for the shooting was disclosed.
"For the time being, the school is in lockdown. No students are being allowed out, and no parents are being allowed in. Parents of students are asked not to go to the high school," Dunbar said, just before 9 a.m.
A nearby elementary school also was locked down as a precaution.
The Roseburg Indians having a few problems...Great football team but fallen on hard times lately and looks like they got more pressing problems than that
I'm so glad he didn't manage to kill anyone.
i agree! here is from another Spokane news site:
Oregon police: student critically wounded in school shooting
Associated Press
Last updated: Thursday, February 23rd, 2006 12:32:47 PM
ROSEBURG, ORE. -- A hospital official says the victim in a school shooting in southwest Oregon is "doing very well" for someone who was shot four times.
The head of Roseburg's Mercy Hospital says the victim is only 16 and can "tolerate this better than the rest of us." He was hit three times in the torso and once in the elbow in the shooting at Roseburg High School.
Police are holding a suspect. Local TV reports police describe the shooter as a 16-year-old.
Police say when they cornered the suspect, he put the gun to his own head.
A witness to the capture says the gunman had a long-barreled revolver.
LOL!!! sort of like the Drug Free Zone. i see a lot of dealers stop at those signs and just empty their pockets before they get near school...</sarc>
Not to mention, you have to be 21 to own a handgun! The cops must have gotten the wrong guy!
no, they took him into custody. i bet the other guy had it coming. probably made fun of him or something. poor dear.
LOL. "He ain't bluffin'"
that one of those 'new' cowboys??? lol
"As mayor, I hereby present this laurel... and hearty handshake... to our town's new..."
who police believe was also a male student
What, they couldn't tell his gender?
ohhhhh maybe he IS one of those 'new' cowboys...lol
"Hep me! Hep me!"
So you are against kids attacking their abusers. Jail time for a few year perhaps, but you want triple the amount of time in jail that rapist murderers get.
brokeback or prozac?
i was thinking brokeback, but maybe all of the above.
"Oh baby, you are so talented, and they are so dumb."
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