Summary:
Sixteen-year-old sophomore Jatwan Craig Cuffie allegedly shot and killed sixteen-year-old Bobby McKeithen after a disagreement in the hallway. McKeithen was taken to Carolinas Medical Center Main and later died from his wounds. A suspect has been taken in and the school responded in lockdown. Witness Jorge Sanchez said that he saw the student open fire and ran. "I just processed everything, what's going on, I saw the gun and I had to run." Jatwan has now been charged with first-degree murder.
Analysis
School shootings have been increasing more and more in the United States. In the first 21 weeks of 2018 there were already 23 school shootings, which averages one school shooting a week and we're about to go in our eleventh month. That is insane. The first recorded school shooting in America was in 1840 but the biggest one was in 1999 where two students had shot 13 of their peers. There are so many young people now who are left with scars that they're stuck with for the rest of their lives.
Sources
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/student-dies-after-being-shot-classmate-north-carolina-high-school-police-say/Fr7vYeiKQXSBygmANm29VL/
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/29/cnn10/north-carolina-high-school-shooting/index.html
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/school-shooting-survivors.html
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