Our community is in shock.
A prayer vigil is set for 5:30-7:00pm at the Worship Center on New Holland Pike, near Leola on Tuesday.
Offer up prayers for our Amish neighbors.
May the girls souls rest in peace and the injured have God's hands protect them.
If this wasn't a sign of demonic posession, I'm not sure what could be. I mean, how could anyone have anything against Amish girls???
By Brett Hambright
Intelligencer Journal
Published: Sep 26, 2006 5:16 PM EST
LANCASTER COUNTY, PA - Pennsylvania state police said Monday they are investigating a Sunday morning hit-and-run accident on Georgetown Road that killed a 12-year-old Bart Township boy.
Emanuel S. King, of 962 Georgetown Road, was struck and killed by an oncoming pickup truck about 6 a.m., while riding a scooter just yards from his home.
Karie Mitchell, 30, of Bart Township, was driving a Chevy Silverado north on Georgetown Road, police said, when she crossed the yellow line and struck the boy.
Police said Monday charges have not been filed against Mitchell, who allegedly fled the scene following the accident.
Trooper David Fedorshak said police received information on Mitchell's whereabouts following the accident. Shortly after, police found her at a residence.
Fedorshak said Mitchell's actions don't necessarily warrant charges.
"There are mitigating circumstances," Fedorshak said. "She is cooperating. The charges are pending, but we still have to do some more investigating."
A rescue crew found the boy and his scooter in a yard off the shoulder of Georgetown Road. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Lancaster County Deputy Coroner Matt Arnold.
An autopsy Monday morning determined the child died of multiple traumatic injuries found everywhere on his body, according to Lancaster County Coroner Dr. G. Gary Kirchner.
An Amish farmer who lives near the site of the accident said Georgetown Road has become known as the "Amish Interstate." The farmer said more than 50 buggies can pass through a location on the road in an hour.
The segment of Georgetown Road where King was killed is a two-lane road where motorists must cross into the opposing lane to pass buggies.
(The mother of the youth has said she has no ill feelings towards the driver. She would like the driver to come see her, as she wishes to let her know that it was the Lords choosing that took her son.)
What has this world come to????? Another school shooting and three kids are dead. I remember those strings of school shootings from 1996 to 1999 before Columbine.
I believe that the lesson here is that when it's an adult that goes in, the cops cannot wait. At all.
Where are these twisted screwballs getting the idea to go into a school and kill children? Al Qaida, the Taliban, terrorists.........I don't really care what kind of mental problems these creeps have after they kill innocent people. I am beyond angry. I can't say anymore, because I enjoy being able to post on FR.
I am just sick to death of this.......these cowards who shoot themselves after they carry out the murder of CHILDREN....
I am just going to jump in here after reading only 1300 posts or so....
This is tragic on so many levels. It is tragic that the shooting happened. It is tragic the shooter couldn't just kill himself he had to take others with him. It is tragic his wife came out in support of him and thinks he was a good man. It is tragic I don't believe for a minute this man was a good husband and father and this woman is lying out of both sides of her mouth. It is tragic that many men and women too, hate the female gender and take it out in violent ways. It is tragic that some blame the adults that left and we don't know if the shooter didn't point a gun at their pregnant belly and tell them to go. It is tragic that a few young ones were lost that are lights to the world and scum still brings darkness. Sorry for the long post, I have been reading responses for the past couple of hours and it is practically unbearable the amount of pain that is expressed here. I will keep this close, it is the Amish 9/11.
Only a coward would pick an Amish School for girls, knowing there are no phones and that they would not fight back. Ba$tard is in hell with all the muslim terrorists.
I heard today that seven have died. Dear God. The spirit of death in this country is horrendous. We need to pray for our kids.
This is getting sicker by the moment