apsuki-2006

A Crime in Pennsylvania

Today, duuring dinner, my dad started asking us, "Are there violence in your schools?" My siblings and I all wondered why he asked us that, but we said said yes. I told him that there was at least one fight everyday during my lunch period last year, and he asked me "what kind of fights?" so I said, mostly punching, with the security guards breaking them up at the end, as always. We all wondered why he'd asked that question, so one of my brothers asked, "why are you asking us this?" So, he told us the reason, and I was shocked.

He told us that a man in Pennsylvania had shot 10 girls, killing 5 of them. As the police came into the building, he shot himself and died. He didn't tell us the reason, so I looked it up myself. The article that I read, said that he seemed fine the night before he shot 10 girls and himself, and they can't figure out why he did it. The police found out that he harassed young relatives 20 years ago and was dreaming about harassing them again. They predicted that it was building up inside of him.

When I first heard about this, the first thing that popped up in my mind was, I hope that shootings and those fearful things won't happen to my school. Second thing that came up in my mind was, his children. He had 3 children, a 7 year old, 5 year old, and 13 months old. Thinking about how it will affect their lives forever, is a sad story.

posted by Yoshimi Nomura @ 4:55 PM