Guest Felonies! Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 CAZENOVIA, Wis. -- A ninth-grader shot his principal three times in a rural school just before classes were to start Friday, after a custodian wrested from the boy one of the two weapons he had carried into the building, the sheriff said. No one else was hurt. The custodian took a shotgun from the 15-year-old before the student shot Weston Schools Principal John Klang with a handgun in the hallway near the school's main entrance, Sauk County Sheriff Randy Stammen said. The student was in custody, he said. Klang was in critical condition when he was taken by helicopter from Reedsburg Area Medical Center to UW Hospitals in Madison, hospital spokespeople said. Authorities did not know the student's motive and did not know if Klang was the intended target, Stammen said. The student walked into the school about 8 a.m. and shot Klang three times as the principal approached and others tried to disarm the teenager, Stammen said. Junior Timmy Donovan saw the student walk into the school with a shotgun. "The janitor grabbed it away from him," Donovan said. "And as he was walking away he pulled a .22 pistol out of his pants, and then started shooting the principal. And at that point, I guess the principal ran and tackled him to the ground, and then he had other teachers going over and helping him." Children from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade attend the small school near Cazenovia, a community of about 300 people about 60 miles northwest of Madison. Sophomore Shelly Rupp said she heard five shots and ran out of the school, but turned around and saw Klang as he was shot. "He was laying on the ground in the hallway," the 16-year-old said at a nearby gas station where students and townspeople gathered following the shooting. "He had just a pile of blood by his leg." Rupp described the shooter as a freshman with few friends and said he was "just weird in the head." "He always used to kid around about bringing things to school and hurting kids," she said. Investigators were interviewing witnesses, but other high school students were brought into the elementary school gym to talk to counselors if they wanted, authorities said. Younger students were bused home. The shooting took place two days after a gunman took six students hostage in a Colorado high school and killed one before shooting himself. School officials said Klang has more than 20 years of experience with the district, beginning as a school board member, and described him as kind, compassionate and soft-spoken. Rupp called Klang a good principal who always listened to his students. Resident Laurie Rhea, 42, said Klang had spent last weekend at the gas station washing cars for a homecoming fundraiser. "It's horrible. All the kids just loved him," she said. The shooting happened as the school was preparing for homecoming weekend. School officials said all homecoming activities, including a parade, a football game and dance, have been canceled or postponed.
Slayer Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 A school shooting is hardly out of the ordinary. I thought we were looking for more twisted shit to hang on Wisconsin. One thing I can think of is back in '99 when Barry Alvarez's kid nuked his frat brother's parrot because it annoyed him
Guest netslob Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 They all have dainty noses. and not an ounce of skin pigment among them.
snuffbox Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 Weston is about a half hour from me. I had to wrestle there a few times back in the day.
Guest Felonies! Posted September 29, 2006 Report Posted September 29, 2006 A school shooting is hardly out of the ordinary. God Bless America.
snuffbox Posted September 30, 2006 Report Posted September 30, 2006 Just before the Weston principal was shot this morning a 16 year old student there died in a car crash.
Art Sandusky Posted September 30, 2006 Report Posted September 30, 2006 When I saw this was the visible CE topic on the index, I immediately said "aw fuck, now what?" Here's hoping that Donovan McNabb has severe indigestion and can't play on Monday night.
Guest Felonies! Posted October 3, 2006 Report Posted October 3, 2006 'Disbelief' reigns after student's body recovered Homan is 8th found in river since '97 By SARAH LARIMER Posted: Oct. 2, 2006 The discovery of student athlete Luke Homan's body Monday in the Mississippi River left a legion of his family, friends, coaches and even former competitors in disbelief that he had met the same mysterious fate as seven other young males in recent years. "No one knows what to do," teammate Scot Effenheim said Monday. "No one can come to realize what is happening here and what has happened. And, like I said, everybody just doesn't believe in it and doesn't believe what people are trying to say happened here. It's just a state of shock." Homan, a 21-year-old former Brookfield Central basketball star, was the eighth young man since 1997 found dead in the Mississippi River in the La Crosse area. He disappeared Saturday morning after celebrating the city's annual Oktoberfest and was last seen at a downtown La Crosse club, The Vibe. Mayor Mark Johnsrud said the death was another reminder that the city and campus had not yet come to grips with dangerous drinking that appears to be at the heart of each of the deaths and the problem of bar patrons wandering off alone. Homan's blood-alcohol content has not been released, but authorities said he was seen at several bars Friday night. "Certainly, that is something that I think needs to be the focal point of this whole issue," he said. "People need to look out for one another to make sure that these things don't happen in the future." Rumors circulate As was the case two years ago after the death of UW-La Crosse student Jared Dion, who drowned in the river, rumors of foul play in Homan's death are circulating. God, these LAX kids keep falling in the river. Like a bunch of lemmings.
Guest Felonies! Posted October 3, 2006 Report Posted October 3, 2006 The city of La Crosse should just be like one big experiment in survival of the fittest.
Slayer Posted October 3, 2006 Report Posted October 3, 2006 The state of Wisconsin should just be like one big experiment in survival of the fittest.
Guest Felonies! Posted October 3, 2006 Report Posted October 3, 2006 (ring) Snuffy, it's Czech. I've just obtained legal permission to hunt men for sport, and I wondered if you'd like to come to my ranch tomorrow. Bring your jogging shoes.
snuffbox Posted October 3, 2006 Report Posted October 3, 2006 But all I own for footwear are steel-toe boots, cowboy boots, & rubber boots.
snuffbox Posted October 4, 2006 Report Posted October 4, 2006 No...did I steal a joke somewhere by mistake?
Open the Muggy Gate Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 It was reported the guy that on a website said he would blow up 7 NFL stadiums is in Wisconsin. Oh you wacky Packer fans...
snuffbox Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 You're reaching. There's plenty of worse creatures in Wisco than some guy with a silly hoax.
Open the Muggy Gate Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 You're reaching. There's plenty of worse creatures in Wisco than some guy with a silly hoax. It made national news and go people's attention. What else do you want?
snuffbox Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 A guy in NOLA strangled, chopped up, then cooked her girlfriend. He then killed himself. But yeah, talk about some moron in Milwaukee making up nonsense about a bomb.
Guest netslob Posted October 20, 2006 Report Posted October 20, 2006 It was reported the guy that on a website said he would blow up 7 NFL stadiums is in Wisconsin. Oh you wacky Packer fans... GO PACKERS!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Xavier Cromartie Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 Bail set for double-murder suspect STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) - Bail was set at $6 million Wednesday for a Wisconsin man charged with killing his former girlfriend and her new boyfriend at the woman's home near Stillwater. Steve Van Keuren, 46, of River Falls, Wis., was arraigned in Washington County District Court on two counts of second-degree murder. He wore a neck brace and what appeared to be a cast on his left arm, and spoke in a weak, hoarse voice. Van Keuren was shot three times by a police officer who stormed the home where Teri Lee, 38, and Timothy Hawkinson Sr., 47, were killed Sept. 22. He was released from the hospital and booked into the Washington County Jail Tuesday. Prosecutors said they intend to seek first-degree murder indictments, which would carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole. Just two days before the killings, Van Keuren allegedly violated a no-contact order Lee obtained this summer. Judge Mary Hannon imposed several conditions for release if Van Keuren is freed on bond. Under her order, he must surrender his passport and either move to Minnesota or waive protections from extradition from Wisconsin. He also is prohibited from contacting the victims' families or being near their residences. Hey Wisconsinites, stay on your side of the St. Croix.
snuffbox Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 Yeah, Wisco has a patent on homicide.
2GOLD Posted October 30, 2006 Report Posted October 30, 2006 Yeah, Wisco has a patent on homicide. Imagine the money you'd make if you did. Hell, Wisconsin would have enough money to turn themselves into Atlantis! Only with more beer and cheese.
Guest George's Box Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 By Nancy Kercheval June 10 (Bloomberg) -- Six people were found shot to death at a Delavan, Wisconsin, home, and a seventh, a child, was critically wounded, police said. The Walworth County SWAT team responded to reports of gunfire at the home at 10:36 p.m. local time last night, police said. The child, who was found in a car, was taken to Rockford Memorial Hospital in critical condition, authorities said. Six people inside were confirmed dead. The dead included two juveniles, according to WTMJ News, which reported police were checking the hands of the dead for gunpowder residue to determine if the incident was a murder- suicide. Delavan is 45 miles southwest of Milwaukee. There's more in-depth coverage at www.chicagotribune.com http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/c...1&cset=true One of the dead was a freshman when I was a senior, so that's something, I guess. This was a particularly gruesome case. Two infants and a two-year-old? Horrid.
2GOLD Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 I didn't hear whether or not they found a gun at the scene but since they are checking the hands for gunpowder, that answers my question. I doubt they would be doing that if they didn't have a gun in the house on the floor near one of the dead bodies.
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