California School Shooting



On March 5, 2001 a fifteen year-old freshman at Santana High School in Santee, California shot and killed two classmates and wounded thirteen other people. The San Diego Country District Attorney, Paul Pfingst says, "The fifteen year-old will most likely be tried as an adult". One student John Schardt saw the shooter stepping out of the bathroom with a smile on his face while shooting rounds at people.
When the shooting started the faculty tried to evacuate the school before anyone was injured and it was said that it was utter chaos by some of the students and some off the students had no idea what was going on. One student, Alicia Zimmer said "there was a girl near her that was covered in blood and another that had blood on her arm." She also said "when the shots were being fired it was almost like a cap gun."
President Bush said that the shooting was a "disgraceful act of cowardice" and "when America teaches our children right form wrong......

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