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LAROSE, La May 19 2009 ― The 15-year-old 8th grader who fired a shot into a ceiling at Larose-Cut Off Middle School before turning the gun on himself may have had more ambitious plans that were detailed in a loose-leaf journal found inside his backpack.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said a backpack found at the scene contained a journal that included writings about how he was going to kill people and a diagram of the area he was planning to occupy.
The student wrote in the journal that he planned to go to art class and then excuse himself to go to the bathroom, where he would “gear up” before heading to the back of the main building and into the first classroom to begin his attack.
At the end of the note, Webre said the student wrote, “I am King. F— you all. All will die.
The student’s parents told Webre they had no indication that their child had any issues, telling the Sheriff he had not been a discipline problem at the school.
The gunman was dressed in an AC/DC Highway to Hell T-shirt and, despite the elaborate plans in the journal, was armed only with a lone gun and four bullets, two of which were used in the school.
Also in the journal was a drawing of the gunman in camouflage pants, which he apparently changed into before going into the classroom.
Authorities have not released the name of the student, who attended Larose-Cut Off.
Webre said the student brought a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun to the school, where he walked into an English class taught by a teacher he had never had before.
According to three students who were in the English class, the 15-year-old walked in before 9:20 a.m., ordered everyone down on their knees and told the teacher to bow to Marilyn Manson.
Webre said the student first pointed the gun at a whiteboard before pulling the trigger. The gun failed to go off, though, and he pointed the gun at the teacher before he fired a shot into the ceiling.
The shooter then called a fellow student by name to come with him, but the student didn’t follow and the shooter immediately left the classroom, heading for a boys bathroom where he shot himself in the head.
Students at Larose-Cut Off were escorted out of the classrooms with their hands over their heads as a security precaution, Webre said.
They were taken to a safe location where school board officials said crisis counselors would be available to help them.
The shooter has been taken to a second hospital where he is listed in stable but critical condition as of Monday night.
Webre said the school has more than 500 students and that parents are asked to call the VFW Hall to arrange for pickup of their children.
According to the Associated Press, the middle school has metal detectors but they weren’t in use.
Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre said a backpack found at the scene contained a journal that included writings about how he was going to kill people and a diagram of the area he was planning to occupy.
The student wrote in the journal that he planned to go to art class and then excuse himself to go to the bathroom, where he would “gear up” before heading to the back of the main building and into the first classroom to begin his attack.
At the end of the note, Webre said the student wrote, “I am King. F— you all. All will die.
The student’s parents told Webre they had no indication that their child had any issues, telling the Sheriff he had not been a discipline problem at the school.
The gunman was dressed in an AC/DC Highway to Hell T-shirt and, despite the elaborate plans in the journal, was armed only with a lone gun and four bullets, two of which were used in the school.
Also in the journal was a drawing of the gunman in camouflage pants, which he apparently changed into before going into the classroom.
Authorities have not released the name of the student, who attended Larose-Cut Off.
Webre said the student brought a .25-caliber semiautomatic handgun to the school, where he walked into an English class taught by a teacher he had never had before.
According to three students who were in the English class, the 15-year-old walked in before 9:20 a.m., ordered everyone down on their knees and told the teacher to bow to Marilyn Manson.
Webre said the student first pointed the gun at a whiteboard before pulling the trigger. The gun failed to go off, though, and he pointed the gun at the teacher before he fired a shot into the ceiling.
The shooter then called a fellow student by name to come with him, but the student didn’t follow and the shooter immediately left the classroom, heading for a boys bathroom where he shot himself in the head.
Students at Larose-Cut Off were escorted out of the classrooms with their hands over their heads as a security precaution, Webre said.
They were taken to a safe location where school board officials said crisis counselors would be available to help them.
The shooter has been taken to a second hospital where he is listed in stable but critical condition as of Monday night.
Webre said the school has more than 500 students and that parents are asked to call the VFW Hall to arrange for pickup of their children.
According to the Associated Press, the middle school has metal detectors but they weren’t in use.
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