Alrighty ladies and gentleman! I'm back! I didn't forget about you, just been a little busy. This chapter, though a little short, is full of drama, that will later be explored in the chapters that follow. I also want to dedicate this one to rosesilver999, who has recently started reading some of my work, and seems to be enjoying it. Glad you like it!
Another note, this chapter is not in anyones specific POV, you'll understand why by the next chapter.
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This is Lisa Simmons and I'm live on site at Parker S. Shannon high school where a lockdown is currently in progress.
The day started out as normal as any other, but around 9:30 this morning, a gunshot rang clear through the hallways. Every person in the building ran for cover, hoping to avoid serious injury or death. The horror that has befallen the once calm education center, continued on from there.
About an hour ago the Police department was alerted, via phone call from an unnamed teenager, of a situation that has occurred where a student, not yet identified, had pulled a gun and started shooting. They arrived on scene ten minutes later, and are now trying to decipher the situation. It is unclear how many shooters there are, or if this is all just a misunderstanding, but luckily, no one seems to be injured... Yet. We'll have to wait and see, but in the meantime, keep your prayers with the students, faculty, and families of Parker S. Shannon High School, in hopes of getting everyone out safely, with as little damage as possible.
Police are currently on standby outside of the building, trying to take control of the situation, though no one is really sure what is going on inside this school...
Because No one is aware of who the student shooter is, he or she could be anywhere. They may have even merged with the crowd of students in panic, running to safety on campus. That being said, many students made it off campus, and we're hoping, for the protection of the student body here at Parker S. Shannon High School, that the shooter happened to be one of them, or that this is all just some sick, cruel joke.
Needless to say, the area is complete and total chaos, with unanswered questions surrounding it.
I'm Lisa Simmons, live here at Parker S Shannon high school. The school was on lock down earlier today, after a student, now identified as 17 year old Jonah Harper, pulled a gun. Harper ended up taking his own life after unfortunately shooting another student, who was just identified as 16 year old Chloe King. Ms. King was taken to California pacific medical center about an hour ago, but is currently still in critical condition.
Harper was once known as a model student and member of the high schools basketball team, among other clubs, until about two weeks ago.
According to faculty, Harper has had a major behavior change, starting to act out and rebel in the form of skipping school, multiple altercations with other students, and being linked to damage and city of school property.
It is still unknown what caused the change in the once model student's attitude, but sources say he and Ms. King had once been close friends, so we can't help but wonder whether or not she was the initial target in this unfortunate event.
Another student, Alek Petrov, was also involved in the altercation between Mr. Harper and Ms. King. Accordingly, Chloe had been in the bathroom when the lockdown was first initiated. A fellow student, Phillip Carter, stated that "Mr. Russel wouldn't let him out, an he started like yelling at the guy about it, eventually, he just got past him and ran out after Chloe. There really wasn't much anyone could do, but I guess it's a good thing he did, or she could be dead right now." Police reports say Mr. Petrov, 17, got put of the classroom somehow, and found his way to the hallway that Jonah Harper had just shot his fellow student. Petrov got there, only to be met with the scene of Ms. King lying on the ground, with a bullet in her abdomen, and Harper, standing over her. Students from nearby classrooms say there was an argument going on between the three, although it is still unknown the subject of the quarrel, right before another piercing gunshot rang through the halls of their once peaceful high school. Two faculty members finally ran out to find Jonah Harpers lifeless body, gun still in hand, and Alek Petrov crouched over the body of the severely wounded Chloe King. "It was the most disturbing scene I have ever experienced in my life." One of those faculty members, who have asked to remain anonymous, said. "Seeing two of my students lying in their school hallway dying, and another of the teenagers hopelessly trying to bring his friend back to life."
"School is supposed to be a safe place for them," began a concerned parent. "A place they can learn and nothing can harm them. What are we supposed to tell our children now? How are they supposed to feel safe anymore?" Good question.
