Teen opens fire at school prayer meeting
ASSOCIATED PRESSWEST PADUCAH, Ky. — A 14-year-old boy drew a gun and fired on students as a prayer meeting ended in a high school lobby Monday.
Three girls were killed and five other students were wounded.
The boy, who had three spare clips of ammunition and four other guns, surrendered when a pastor's son and leader of the prayer circle grabbed the teen after he stopped shooting.
Afterward, the boy told Heath High School Principal Bill Bond, "I'm sorry."
"He acted just like he had been caught with some minor offense," Bond said.
"Really, the main questions is, why," Sheriff Frank Augustus said. "He stated there was no personal vendetta against anyone. It was just a random shooting."
Ben Strong, who subdued the boy, said the boy hung out with people who claimed to be atheists.
The teen, who was not identified because of his age, carried into school a .22-caliber handgun with three spare clips of ammunition, two rifles and two shotguns. He wrapped the rifles and shotguns in blankets and told curious classmates they were props for a science project.
The guns and ammunition were stolen in a Thanksgiving Day burglary of a neighbors garage, police said.
Kayce Steger, 15, died at a hospital about 45 minutes later. Jessica James, 17, died in surgery. Nichole Hadley, 14, died late Monday. Four other students were admitted to hospitals. An eighth wounded student was treated and released.
The Montgomery Advertiser, Tuesday December 2, 1997
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 07:06:06 0600
From: Frank Grose
To: Rob Weinberg
Subject: Here It Comes!
Rob,
I suppose you heard the news of the shooting of the students participating in a prayer group. Time for the broad brush. The anti-prayer in schools crowd are to blame for this. They bear the same responsibility as do the pro lifers for the abortion doctor shooting. I wonder how the liberal, anti-Christian media will play this one. ; )
Now that I gave you the "hype" reaction, this wasn't a surprise to me. As a Christian who tries to understand what the Bible says about the times we are living in, we know such hostility is coming. The anti-prayer, anti-God movement is part of it. Christians are finding themselves vilified more and more each year. We knew what, just not when.
Comments on the Charlie Reese editorial encouraged.
Frank
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