Authorities in Greensburg, Louisiana, stated a 14-year-old pupil introduced a gun to campus and fatally shot a 16-year-old schoolmate. Per WBRZ, the Tuesday incident occurred at St. Helena School & Profession Academy, and two different college students sustained accidents from the violence.
The scholar who succumbed to his accidents was recognized as 16-year-old Vernon Gordon Jr., an Eleventh-grade student-athlete on the college. Vernon Jr. was the college’s principal’s nephew whereas his father was the soccer crew’s assistant coach, WAFB reported.
“The motive seems to have been from bullying and the investigation in fact remains to be ongoing,” St. Helena Parish Sheriff’s Workplace Chief Deputy Joe Cheney stated. However authorities didn’t present particulars on who the bullying sufferer was and the variety of college students concerned.
WBRZ additionally reported that within the wake of the incident, a young person who sustained a number of gunshot wounds went to the parish hospital and knowledgeable workers that somebody had shot him at college and different individuals have been additionally injured.
Tuesday’s violence is claimed to have left Greensburg residents shaken. “Our parish was shaken yesterday to the core of our hearts as a result of we’re a close-knitted household and we stand collectively prepared to assist anybody,” Chief Deputy Cheney stated.
The college canceled lessons on Wednesday and Thursday in addition to a soccer sport and a faculty board assembly. The college additionally introduced grief counselors can be accessible when college resumes on Friday, WBRZ reported.
“A mindless tragedy that we’ve got seen on campuses across the nation struck right here at residence,” the parish college district stated in a press release. “What ought to have been a routine afternoon dismissal Tuesday at St. Helena School and Profession Academy, became a day that has shaken our close-knit group. However we’re robust — we’re St. Helena Robust — and as we mourn, we’re additionally taking steps to convey our group collectively round guaranteeing the continued security and well-being of our colleges, learners, and workers.”
The 14-year-old pupil linked to the capturing is at present being held on the St. Helena detention heart, per WAFB. The teenager faces a slew of costs together with second-degree homicide, aggravated second-degree battery, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of a firearm in a gun-free zone.
