In the worst school shooting spree since the April 1999 Columbine High School massacre, a Minnesota student went on a rampage and killed his grandfather and his grandfather’s girlfriend before he drove to his school, killed an unarmed school guard and six others before killing himself.
Seven others were wounded at the school, which is in the Red Lake Ojibwa Nation. Police were also fired on as they stormed the building to save the students and staff. One officer was said to have returned fire.
With heavy hearts we again find ourselves asking “why did this happen again?”
The metal detectors at the school worked fine but didn’t stop this kid from killing the guard manning the checkpoint and opening fire on his fellow students.
Armed guards might have stopped the shooter, but then again, they might not have. Do we turn our schools into fortresses to stop things like this from happening?
It’s a very disturbing question to a very serious problem.
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