Wis. Students Chatted With Gunman to Keep Him Clam

In the article “Wis. Students Chatted With Gunman to Keep Him Clam” by Todd Richman if the Associated Press talks about how the students that were trapped in their classroom with a gunman for hours worked together frantically to keep their captor clam by chatting and laughing with him about hunting and fishing.

When the police finally stormed in to the classroom Monday evening the 15-year old gunman shot himself. As of this morning he is in critical condition.

The shooter entered the classroom at around 1:30pm. It wasn’t until two hours after the school day was over that the principle learned that none of the students nor teacher had been seen. When he approached the classroom the teen told him to leave and get of here.

After about six hours the teen let five of his hostages go and then finally let the rest go including the teacher, all un harmed. According to one to the students Zach Campell, he said “the gun man seemed depressed, and he didn’t think he meant his classmates any harm”.

After a total of seven hours students were let go and were taken by bus to a local courthouse to be reunited with family and friends.

The police don’t know what set this teen off to do this. During the long standoff there were no demands or request made. " ‘As far as what caused this, it seems to be a mystery,’ " Marinette Police Chief Jeff Skorik said early Tuesday. " ‘We have not been able to identify anything that precipitated this incident.’ "

This could have been a tragedy, but these students and teacher kept their cool and no one was hurt, thankfully.

By Gina Hughes