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Colorado high school gunman had intended to attack five classrooms
Source: Reuters
Colorado high school gunman had intended to attack five classrooms
BY KEITH COFFMAN
DENVER Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:56pm EST
(Reuters) - The teenage gunman who stormed a Colorado high school last week, critically wounding a classmate, intended to attack five classrooms and scrawled on his forearm the Latin phrase meaning, "The die has been cast," investigators said on Tuesday.
Karl Pierson, an 18-year-old senior at Arapahoe High School in suburban Denver, had written on his arm the numbers and letters that correlate to specific rooms in the building, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said in a statement.
He also wrote on his arm the Latin phrase, "Alea iacta est," which translates into English as "The die has been cast," the sheriff said.
Investigators are looking into whether any specific individuals in those rooms may have been potential targets.
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BY KEITH COFFMAN
DENVER Tue Dec 17, 2013 6:56pm EST
(Reuters) - The teenage gunman who stormed a Colorado high school last week, critically wounding a classmate, intended to attack five classrooms and scrawled on his forearm the Latin phrase meaning, "The die has been cast," investigators said on Tuesday.
Karl Pierson, an 18-year-old senior at Arapahoe High School in suburban Denver, had written on his arm the numbers and letters that correlate to specific rooms in the building, Arapahoe County Sheriff Grayson Robinson said in a statement.
He also wrote on his arm the Latin phrase, "Alea iacta est," which translates into English as "The die has been cast," the sheriff said.
Investigators are looking into whether any specific individuals in those rooms may have been potential targets.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/17/us-usa-colorado-shooting-idUSBRE9BG1FT20131217