'Active shooter situation' reported at Colorado high school

'Active shooter situation' reported at Colorado high school

By M. Alex Johnson, Staff Writer, NBC News

Hospital personnel were told to prepare for a "mass injury incident" after two people were reported injured in a shooting Friday at a high school in Colorado.

A nursing supervisor at the Medical Center of Aurora told NBC News that the hospital was on standby for ambulances coming Arapahoe High School in Centennial.

NBC station KUSA of Denver reported that two people were inured in what police described as an "active shooter situation." No one was in custody, the station reported.

The school is part of the Littleton public school systems, based in Arapahoe County — the same county where James Eagan Holmes is accused of having killed 12 people in a movie theater in the town of Aurora.

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Authorities believe at least 2 people injured in shooting at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colo., local sheriff tells KMGH.

Shooter still believed to be inside Colorado school, sheriff says

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<sub>(CNN) -- Authorities believe at least two people have been injured in a shooting Friday at Arapahoe High School in Centennial, Colorado, Sheriff Grayson Robinson told CNN affiliate KMGH.

The shooter is still believed to be inside the school, Robinson said.

Emergency personnel are advising parents to go to King Soopers, a grocery store in the vicinity of the school, to pick up their children, CNN affiliate KDVR reported.

The high school, with a student population of 2,229 students, has 70 classrooms. The school, which was built in 1964, is part of the Littleton Public Schools system.

All schools in the system have been put on lock down, authorities said.</sub>

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At least two people have been injured in the shooting at Arapahoe High School Friday afternoon. Police now say "the danger is over." The suspect is reportedly "down" but it's unclear what their condition is.

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Local police confirm that the suspect in the shooting incident at a Colo. high school is dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, and that two students have been injured.

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Sheriff identifies Friday's school shooter as Karl H. Pierson, 18, a student at Arapahoe High.

Another crazy, entitled, indoctrinated, angry little liberal. He got thrown off the debate team so he threw a temper tantrum.
ARAPAHOE HIGH GUNMAN: REPUBLICANS ARE THE PARTY OF 'LET 'EM DIE'

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Early news reports have identified the Arapahoe High School gunman as Karl Halverson Pierson, an 18-year-old student. Pierson is believed to be responsible for wounding one other student before shooting and killing himself with a shotgun. The Denver Postreports that Pierson had "very strong political beliefs" and that one Facebook post he authored tore into Republicans as political party that wanted to let people die:

"[Y]ou republicans are so cute" and posting an image that reads: "The Republican Party: Health Care: Let 'em Die, Climate Change: Let 'em Die, Gun Violence: Let 'em Die, Women's Rights: Let 'em Die, More War: Let 'em Die. Is this really the side you want to be on?" …

Pierson also described himself in a Facebook post as "Keynesian" when it came to economic thinking, and criticized free market thinkers:

In one Facebook post, Pierson attacks the philosophies of economist Adam Smith, who through his invisible-hand theory pushed the notion that the free market was self-regulating. In another post, he describes himself as "Keynesian."

Pierson's classmates described the suspected gunman's political beliefs as "outside the mainstream," and described Pierson as "an outspoken kid about what he believed and a good political thinker." Another classmate said Pierson held "very strong beliefs about gun laws."

The Los Angeles Times quotes friends who described Pierson as an advocate for gun rights. In its lengthy report, The Los Angeles Times does not, however, include the information about the Facebook posts where Pierson describes himself as Keynesian or mocks Republicans as wanting people to die.

Apparently, Pierson was picked on in school but also "had a multitude of friends." Right now it is believed the shooting was motivated by a confrontation with a teacher, a debate coach who kicked Pierson off the debate team. The Los Angeles Times says "Pierson was kicked off the team and suspended from school in September for a few weeks after threatening the coach."

For an American mainstream media that is always eager to exploit tragedy for political gain, yesterday's horrific shooting will not give them much to work with. The gunman's politics have little in common with the Tea Party, and the state where the shooting took place, Colorado, just passed almost all of the media's gun control wish-list about six months ago.

More bad news for the media came in the gunman's weapon of choice: a shotgun, which is also Vice President Joe Biden's weapon of choice.

As we have seen time and again, the length of the media's fascination with this kind of tragedy is directly connected to how much the media is able to exploit the event for political gain. As of right now, because there is nothing to mine for political gain, it looks as though the media will have forgotten all about this shooting by Tuesday or Wednesday.

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Gunman at Colorado school targeted teacher over debate team demotion, report says

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The 18-year-old gunman who police say opened fire inside a Colorado high school Friday, injuring a fellow student and then fatally shooting himself, was reportedly targeting the teacher who had recently kicked him off the school’s debate team.

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"Apparently that was enough to set him off," the student said.

The teacher authorities said Pierson targeted was credited for making the "best tactical decision" by attempting to lure him away from the school. It was there that a 15-year-old student was critically injured and Pierson turned the gun on himself, authorities said.

Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said a second student, initially thought to have suffered a gunshot wound, was actually not injured and only covered with blood from the first victim.

Robinson also said two Molotov cocktails were found at the scene. One was ignited either "immediately prior to or during the shots being fired," he said, releasing a "significant amount" of smoke. The second was not deployed and rendered safe.
Pierson's body remained inside the school Friday night, Robinson said, "because it is part of a crime scene investigation." He identified Pierson as a student at the school who was not under any suspension.

Robinson said the initial investigation pointed toward what "may have been some controversy or disagreement between the student and teacher. We believe his motive may have been a reaction to that."

He said that after the student entered the high school at approximately 12:33 p.m., near the student parking lot, he asked for the teacher by name. The teacher, he said, made a "wise tactical decision" by choosing to leave the building in hopes of drawing the armed student outside.

Robinson said he did not know if the student was enrolled in the teacher's class.

"He knew he was the target and he left that school in an effort to try to encourage the shooter to also leave the school," the sheriff said. "That was a very wise tactical decision."

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From the article above.

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Pierson's classmates described the suspected gunman's political beliefs as "outside the mainstream," and described Pierson as "an outspoken kid about what he believed and a good political thinker." Another classmate said Pierson held "very strong beliefs about gun laws."

The Los Angeles Times quotes friends who described Pierson as an advocate for gun rights.

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He bought a shotgun because he was under 21:

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Anyone 18 and older is allowed to buy a shotgun in Colorado;
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COLORADO SCHOOL SHOOTING



Lives changed forever in less than 80 seconds
Karl Pierson entered Arapahoe High, fired five shotgun blasts -- including one point blank at 17-year-old Claire Davis -- then shot himself all within about a minute and 20 seconds, authorities say. FULL STORY

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