Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Finnish Shooting


There was a shooting in Finland that resulted in 8 deaths and 10 hospitalizations. The teen who committed this crime posted videos on youtube that fortold what he was going to do. There were even pictures of the school he attended and the words Jokela High School Massacre. He warned about a bloodbath at his school, but nobody did anything. Before authorities got to the building, the boy shot and killed 8 people and turned the gun on himself. A teacher said that he had his students stay in the classroom with the door locked while he went out in the hall to investigate. When he got to the hallway, he saw the boy down the hall with a loaded gun. He fled the building after telling his students to escape through the windows. This teen was an experienced hunter and was a prized sharp shooter at a shooting club nearby. He used a fully licensed gun in the shooting. The legal age in Finland for owning a gun is 18 and he passed this age earlier.


I think it is awful that things like this happen. I feel bad for the families and friends of the victims of the shootings. This teen was definately troubled and i wish that something could have been done before this horrible event happened. It hurts me to think that this could have been stopped. He posted videos on the internet! People should have been worried and warned others in the area of the threatening videos that he made. I really hope that nothing of this sort ever happens in Alexandria. That would be awful.

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