Current Events Blog for Mrs. Countryman's AP United States History class at Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
"North Carolina college employee shot dead" Brett Akop
"A gunman walked into a building on the campus of Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, North Carolina, on Monday and shot the school's print shop operator, killing him, authorities said.
The school was placed on lockdown, and the gunman remains at large. All buildings have been cleared, Maj. Tom Effler of the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said.
"This is not a random situation. It is an isolated situation," he said.
The victim, Ron Lane, was a longtime employee. The suspected gunman, identified by law enforcement as 20-year-old Kenneth Morgan Stancil III, worked at one time for the victim and is a former student at the school.
The Goldsboro Police Department described Stancil as "armed and dangerous."
"This is indeed a sad day for Wayne Community College and this close family and community," school President Kay Albertson said.
"Our hearts are heavy at the loss of an employee -- a valued employee -- and we will soon be reaching out to the family.""
I see a definite similarity in this context to the innocent lives lost in the 60's regarding racism and unjustified brutality against blacks. Although this isn't the same kind of discrimination, the loss of innocent lives is present in both situations. I don't want to compare the two on an equal caliber because one clearly outweighs the other; however, these kind of crimes only fears our nation and innocent bystanders.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/13/us/north-carolina-college-shooting/index.html
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Ok what in the world, why does this have to happen. I also did not see any connection to US history...
ReplyDeleteBecause this is US history.
ReplyDeleteLauren Kuehmeier, per. 2