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suegeo

(2,573 posts)
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 06:41 PM Jan 2023

2 students dead, teacher injured in shooting at Iowa school program founded by rapper

[link:https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/2-students-dead-teacher-injured-in-shooting-at-iowa-school-program-founded-by-rapper/article_c49eb736-06ab-574a-bdbe-e4813e33d4cf.html|]

Two students were killed Monday and a teacher was injured in what police said was a targeted shooting at a Des Moines school that is dedicated to helping at-risk youth, and three suspects were arrested afterward.

The shooting was at an educational program called Starts Right Here that is affiliated with the Des Moines school district.

Police say emergency crews were called to the school, which is in a business park, just before 1 p.m. Officers arrived to find two students critically injured, and they started CPR immediately. The two students died at a hospital. The teacher who was injured is in serious condition and headed into surgery Monday afternoon.
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2 students dead, teacher injured in shooting at Iowa school program founded by rapper (Original Post) suegeo Jan 2023 OP
This is what Bootlace Jan 2023 #1
the rule when i was in high school d_r Jan 2023 #2
Where and when Bootlace Jan 2023 #3
early 80s d_r Jan 2023 #4
I remember Bootlace Jan 2023 #5
Activist Will Keeps recovering after being shot at Des Moines youth center he founded suegeo Jan 2023 #6
 

Bootlace

(55 posts)
1. This is what
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 06:56 PM
Jan 2023

Societal decay looks like.
I was talking to an old building inspector today. He grew up on the eastern shore of Maryland and in junior high and high-school, he and some of his classmates would take their shotguns or deer rifles, depending on what game was in season, with ammunition to school, secure all of it in the principals office, so they could go hunting after school. Of course this was back in the 60's and 70's. That would be unfathomable today.

d_r

(6,907 posts)
2. the rule when i was in high school
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 07:16 PM
Jan 2023

was you could keep your rifle in your vehicle as long as it was visible.

d_r

(6,907 posts)
4. early 80s
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 07:18 PM
Jan 2023

very rural west florida

eta there was also a student smoking area and dipping was only allowed outside

 

Bootlace

(55 posts)
5. I remember
Mon Jan 23, 2023, 07:42 PM
Jan 2023

Our smoking area was under the bleachers. It wasn't technically allowed but a blind eye was turned.

suegeo

(2,573 posts)
6. Activist Will Keeps recovering after being shot at Des Moines youth center he founded
Tue Jan 24, 2023, 12:17 PM
Jan 2023

[link:https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-activist-will-keeps-injured-during-shooting-at-starts-right-here/42627138|]

DES MOINES, Iowa —
Des Moines Mayor Frank Cownie confirmed on Monday that activist and rapper Will Keeps was injured during a deadly shooting at Starts Right Here in Des Moines.

The shooting was reported at 12:35 p.m. Monday at Starts Right Here, a nonprofit organization focused on helping at-risk youth. Starts Right Here was created by Keeps. The organization started a partnership with Des Moines Public Schools in 2021.

According to police, two students were taken to the hospital with critical injuries. They have since died. Keeps was transported to the hospital in serious condition. Keeps was taken into surgery on Monday afternoon.
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