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10-24-2013, 12:08 AM
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A beloved young math teacher was murdered Tuesday in the bathroom of her high school.
A judge on Wednesday ordered Philip Chism, 14, held without bail on a murder charge at an arraignment hearing in adult court, just hours after the body of Colleen Ritzer, 24, was found in woods near Danvers High School 20 miles north of Boston.
Ritzer's death came just a day after a 12-year-old armed with his parents' handgun killed Sparks, Nev., middle school math teacher Mike Landsberry and wounded two students before shooting himself.
Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said a search began for Ritzer
Tuesday after police were notified that she had not returned to her Andover home from work and was not answering her cellphone.
Investigators found blood in a school bathroom and soon located her body.
Blodgett said the teen, who transferred to Danvers High this year, stabbed Ritzer, then dumped her body in the woods behind the campus.
Investigators said in court documents that Chism's arrest was made based on his statements and corroborating evidence at multiple scenes.
They said they also recovered video surveillance.
Chism is due back in court Nov. 22 for a probable cause hearing.
The youth, a leading scorer on Danvers' junior varsity soccer team, had been reported missing Tuesday after failing to return home from school, Blodgett said.
He was found about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Kyle Cahill, a junior, said he knows Chism from the soccer team. He said the 14-year-old moved to Massachusetts from Tennessee before the school year.
"He wasn't violent at all. He was really the opposite of aggressive," said Cahill, who called Chism a nice, quiet kid.
Danvers police were at the school most of the night. Town officials called parents about 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, saying only that there was a police presence at the school. Classes at all seven schools in the Boston suburb were canceled, boston.com reported.
Mark Nolan, who coached Chism in a Clarksville, TN., youth soccer league, said the teen caused no problems on the field or during practice.
Nolan said he was "absolutely shocked" to hear Chism had been implicated in a murder.
"I find it hard to believe. He isn't anybody I would have thought would be involved in something like that," said Nolan.
link (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/23/danvers-teacher-dead/3169235/)
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Chilling 911 calls made by students and teacher reveal the terror and chaos at Sparks Middle School Monday morning as a teenage student roamed the grounds with a semi-automatic pistol - wounding two and killing a teacher before he committed suicide.
The calls show how violence suddenly interrupted life at the middle school - just minutes before classes were set to begin on Monday.
Police revealed today that the 12-year-old shooter, a 7th grader at the school, got the gun - a semiautomatic 9mm Ruger pistol - from his parents. The boy's family is cooperating with police.
The parents could face charges for allowing the young boy to have access to the weapon, authorities said.
Sparks Police Chief Brian Allen would not release the gunman's name, 'out of respect for the grieving family.'
After he wounded two students and killed teacher Michael Landsberry, he fatally shot himself in the head, police say.
The shootings occurred outside the school building itself. Police said the shooter never made it inside thanks to security procedures.
Police underscored how Landsberry's heroism bought time for other students to escape.
'He calmly walked toward the shooter, putting his hands up in an attempt to stop him,' Mike Mieras, the chief of the school district police department, said.
'Mr Landsberry's heroic actions allowed time for other students to flee the playground area.'
Jose Cazares says he was playing basketball about 7.10am when he heard gunshots. We watched the shooter, a student wearing a school uniform, shoot one classmate in the arm. Then he leveled the gun at Jose's chest.
That's when Michael Landsberry, an eighth grade math teacher and former Marine, intervened.
He calmly asked the student to put the gun down and stop the violence.
Police say the 14-year-old killer shot and wounded two 12-year-old boys before killing Landsberry and then turning the gun on himself.
Authorities believe he took the gun, a semi-automatic pistol, from his parents.
Jose's mother Marisela Cazares said she will never forget Lansberry's heroism.
'I'm forever grateful for everything that he did,' she said.
'Just grateful he was there to help our children out.'
Lansberry, 45, was a former Marine who served two tours in Afghanistan with the Nevada National Guard.
Students described him as tough, but kind-hearted. He spent the past weekend celebrating his wedding anniversary with wife Sharon, family members said. The teacher also has two stepdaughters.
Police have not identified the shooter or hinted at his motives, though witnesses suggest he may have been seeking revenge for being bullied.
Student Alfrancis de Vera told CBS News the gunman poke as he pointed a gun at him and his friends.
'He pointed to us and he said, "You ruined my life and now I'm going to ruin yours,"' Alfrancis said.
Before the shooting student Michelle Hernandez said the gunman may have addressed his tormenters.
'I heard him saying, "Why you people making fun of me? Why you laughing at me?"' she told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
It was announced on Monday evening that police are investigating the school shooting as a homicide.
The shooter's name has not been released and neither has a motive for the shooting which took place around 15 minutes before the school bell rang for the start of classes.
Before the shooting, witnesses said they could hear the gunman saying 'my life is over' and demanding 'Why you people making fun of me?' and 'Why you laughing at me?'
Around 20 to 30 middle school students witnessed the multiple shootings.
There were other reports from school students that the shooter had been a target for bullies.
A school friend of the shooter told CNN: 'He was a really nice kid. He would make you smile.'
Her mother added: 'He was getting picked on regularly... but he was a very nice boy to everybody.'
Two 12-year-old male students were taken to hospital in critical condition after one was shot in the stomach and the other shot in the shoulder.
One young man underwent surgery.
Both students are now said to be in stable condition.
Reggie Landsberry confirmed that his teacher brother, Michael Landsberry had been killed at the school, according to KNRV-T.
Reno Police Department Deputy Chief Tom Robinson said Mr Landsberry died protecting his students.
'My estimation is that he is a hero,' he said.
link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2471551/Sparks-Middle-School-shooting-Teacher-Michael-Landsberry-stepped-gunman-student.html)
shooting, after shooting, after shooting.
personally, i don't chalk this type of pycho behaviour to gun control.
but...i do think N.America's toxic culture is to blame.
that said, these two kids should be tried as adults. fukc 'em.
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A beloved young math teacher was murdered Tuesday in the bathroom of her high school.
A judge on Wednesday ordered Philip Chism, 14, held without bail on a murder charge at an arraignment hearing in adult court, just hours after the body of Colleen Ritzer, 24, was found in woods near Danvers High School 20 miles north of Boston.
Ritzer's death came just a day after a 12-year-old armed with his parents' handgun killed Sparks, Nev., middle school math teacher Mike Landsberry and wounded two students before shooting himself.
Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett said a search began for Ritzer
Tuesday after police were notified that she had not returned to her Andover home from work and was not answering her cellphone.
Investigators found blood in a school bathroom and soon located her body.
Blodgett said the teen, who transferred to Danvers High this year, stabbed Ritzer, then dumped her body in the woods behind the campus.
Investigators said in court documents that Chism's arrest was made based on his statements and corroborating evidence at multiple scenes.
They said they also recovered video surveillance.
Chism is due back in court Nov. 22 for a probable cause hearing.
The youth, a leading scorer on Danvers' junior varsity soccer team, had been reported missing Tuesday after failing to return home from school, Blodgett said.
He was found about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Kyle Cahill, a junior, said he knows Chism from the soccer team. He said the 14-year-old moved to Massachusetts from Tennessee before the school year.
"He wasn't violent at all. He was really the opposite of aggressive," said Cahill, who called Chism a nice, quiet kid.
Danvers police were at the school most of the night. Town officials called parents about 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, saying only that there was a police presence at the school. Classes at all seven schools in the Boston suburb were canceled, boston.com reported.
Mark Nolan, who coached Chism in a Clarksville, TN., youth soccer league, said the teen caused no problems on the field or during practice.
Nolan said he was "absolutely shocked" to hear Chism had been implicated in a murder.
"I find it hard to believe. He isn't anybody I would have thought would be involved in something like that," said Nolan.
link (http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/23/danvers-teacher-dead/3169235/)
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Chilling 911 calls made by students and teacher reveal the terror and chaos at Sparks Middle School Monday morning as a teenage student roamed the grounds with a semi-automatic pistol - wounding two and killing a teacher before he committed suicide.
The calls show how violence suddenly interrupted life at the middle school - just minutes before classes were set to begin on Monday.
Police revealed today that the 12-year-old shooter, a 7th grader at the school, got the gun - a semiautomatic 9mm Ruger pistol - from his parents. The boy's family is cooperating with police.
The parents could face charges for allowing the young boy to have access to the weapon, authorities said.
Sparks Police Chief Brian Allen would not release the gunman's name, 'out of respect for the grieving family.'
After he wounded two students and killed teacher Michael Landsberry, he fatally shot himself in the head, police say.
The shootings occurred outside the school building itself. Police said the shooter never made it inside thanks to security procedures.
Police underscored how Landsberry's heroism bought time for other students to escape.
'He calmly walked toward the shooter, putting his hands up in an attempt to stop him,' Mike Mieras, the chief of the school district police department, said.
'Mr Landsberry's heroic actions allowed time for other students to flee the playground area.'
Jose Cazares says he was playing basketball about 7.10am when he heard gunshots. We watched the shooter, a student wearing a school uniform, shoot one classmate in the arm. Then he leveled the gun at Jose's chest.
That's when Michael Landsberry, an eighth grade math teacher and former Marine, intervened.
He calmly asked the student to put the gun down and stop the violence.
Police say the 14-year-old killer shot and wounded two 12-year-old boys before killing Landsberry and then turning the gun on himself.
Authorities believe he took the gun, a semi-automatic pistol, from his parents.
Jose's mother Marisela Cazares said she will never forget Lansberry's heroism.
'I'm forever grateful for everything that he did,' she said.
'Just grateful he was there to help our children out.'
Lansberry, 45, was a former Marine who served two tours in Afghanistan with the Nevada National Guard.
Students described him as tough, but kind-hearted. He spent the past weekend celebrating his wedding anniversary with wife Sharon, family members said. The teacher also has two stepdaughters.
Police have not identified the shooter or hinted at his motives, though witnesses suggest he may have been seeking revenge for being bullied.
Student Alfrancis de Vera told CBS News the gunman poke as he pointed a gun at him and his friends.
'He pointed to us and he said, "You ruined my life and now I'm going to ruin yours,"' Alfrancis said.
Before the shooting student Michelle Hernandez said the gunman may have addressed his tormenters.
'I heard him saying, "Why you people making fun of me? Why you laughing at me?"' she told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
It was announced on Monday evening that police are investigating the school shooting as a homicide.
The shooter's name has not been released and neither has a motive for the shooting which took place around 15 minutes before the school bell rang for the start of classes.
Before the shooting, witnesses said they could hear the gunman saying 'my life is over' and demanding 'Why you people making fun of me?' and 'Why you laughing at me?'
Around 20 to 30 middle school students witnessed the multiple shootings.
There were other reports from school students that the shooter had been a target for bullies.
A school friend of the shooter told CNN: 'He was a really nice kid. He would make you smile.'
Her mother added: 'He was getting picked on regularly... but he was a very nice boy to everybody.'
Two 12-year-old male students were taken to hospital in critical condition after one was shot in the stomach and the other shot in the shoulder.
One young man underwent surgery.
Both students are now said to be in stable condition.
Reggie Landsberry confirmed that his teacher brother, Michael Landsberry had been killed at the school, according to KNRV-T.
Reno Police Department Deputy Chief Tom Robinson said Mr Landsberry died protecting his students.
'My estimation is that he is a hero,' he said.
link (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2471551/Sparks-Middle-School-shooting-Teacher-Michael-Landsberry-stepped-gunman-student.html)
shooting, after shooting, after shooting.
personally, i don't chalk this type of pycho behaviour to gun control.
but...i do think N.America's toxic culture is to blame.
that said, these two kids should be tried as adults. fukc 'em.