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| People hold candles during a Feb. 28 vigil in St. Mary's Catholic Church in remembrance of the victims of a school shooting that morning in Chardon, Ohio. |
People hold candles during a Feb. 28 vigil in St. Mary's Catholic Church in remembrance of the victims of a school shooting that morning in Chardon, Ohio.
Ohio community mourns after 'senseless tragedy' at high school
Here is a Catholic News Service report of the school shooting in Ohio. The community may call it a "senseless tragedy," but what would an impartial outsider think of a community that by its actions (so many people having and carrying guns) inevitably downplays the seriousness of deadly weapons?
Wearing Chardon High School colours of red and black and carrying candles and red flowers, more than 3,000 people from Chardon and neighbouring communities gathered inside and outside St. Mary Catholic Church for an evening vigil Feb. 28 to pray with and comfort one another after the tragic shooting at the high school.
Five students were shot Feb. 27 when a teenager opened fire around 7:40 a.m. in the cafeteria at Chardon High School in the Cleveland suburbs. The shooting victims were rushed to the hospital, where Daniel Parmertor, 16, a St. Mary parishioner, was declared dead. Demetrius Hewlin, 16, died later that day. His mother Phyllis is a member of St. Mary Parish. The other victims were Russell King Jr., 17, who died, Nick Walczak, 17, still in hospital March 1, and Joy Rickers, 18, released from hospital Feb. 28.
For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.
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