Increase in School Shooting Incidents
Alicia Arnold
September, 16th, 2012
CSYW
W.R. Myers High School
Alberta Taber School Shooting:
A 14 year old boy who had been bullied at W.R. Myers High School in Taber Alberta had entered the school on April. 28. 1999 with a .22 Calibre rifle and opened fire. He killed a 17 year old young boy named Jason Lang. Another 17 year old boy was shot, but fully recovered after the shooting. 14 year old “Todd Cameron Smith” a high school dropout showed signs of depression before the school shooting. Todd Smith had been bullied since grade one.
The shooting happened 8 days after the Columbine shooting. It was the first fatal shooting in a high school in nearly 2 decades in Canada. “Todd Smith” saw about the Columbine shooting on the news and snapped. He went to the school opened fired leaving one dead and one severely injured. Who has now recovered from the shooting.
After “Todd Smith” was arrested he underwent two-open heart surgeries. Under his last open heart surgery he had a stroke which left him brain damaged and he slipped into a coma. After his stroke he had trouble with speech and also had difficulty eating and swallowing, so he had to be tube feed. It also left him with a loss of mental capacity and dropped his maturity.
“Todd Smith” went under trial for “one count first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.” The courts wanted to tried as an adult, but he was tried as a juvenile. In November he pleaded guilty to his chargers and was sentenced to 3 years in jail. After the time spent in jail a Psychologist who talked to “Todd Smith” said that he was obsessed and delusional with the violence in movies and video games. Dr. John Satterberg said that Todd didn’t show any remorse and that there is an “extremely high risk that he will lash out again.” Todd Smith’s lawyer said “he is ready to be released and that he can manage his own problems with the help from his doctors.”
Todd was released from jail and sent to a halfway house in Toronto in
September, 16th, 2012
CSYW
W.R. Myers High School
Alberta Taber School Shooting:
A 14 year old boy who had been bullied at W.R. Myers High School in Taber Alberta had entered the school on April. 28. 1999 with a .22 Calibre rifle and opened fire. He killed a 17 year old young boy named Jason Lang. Another 17 year old boy was shot, but fully recovered after the shooting. 14 year old “Todd Cameron Smith” a high school dropout showed signs of depression before the school shooting. Todd Smith had been bullied since grade one.
The shooting happened 8 days after the Columbine shooting. It was the first fatal shooting in a high school in nearly 2 decades in Canada. “Todd Smith” saw about the Columbine shooting on the news and snapped. He went to the school opened fired leaving one dead and one severely injured. Who has now recovered from the shooting.
After “Todd Smith” was arrested he underwent two-open heart surgeries. Under his last open heart surgery he had a stroke which left him brain damaged and he slipped into a coma. After his stroke he had trouble with speech and also had difficulty eating and swallowing, so he had to be tube feed. It also left him with a loss of mental capacity and dropped his maturity.
“Todd Smith” went under trial for “one count first degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.” The courts wanted to tried as an adult, but he was tried as a juvenile. In November he pleaded guilty to his chargers and was sentenced to 3 years in jail. After the time spent in jail a Psychologist who talked to “Todd Smith” said that he was obsessed and delusional with the violence in movies and video games. Dr. John Satterberg said that Todd didn’t show any remorse and that there is an “extremely high risk that he will lash out again.” Todd Smith’s lawyer said “he is ready to be released and that he can manage his own problems with the help from his doctors.”
Todd was released from jail and sent to a halfway house in Toronto in