Gardena High student had brought gun to school previously for protection, friend says

[marmar]

from the Los Angeles Times:



Gardena High student had brought gun to school previously for protection, friend says
January 18, 2011 | 2:32 pm


The Gardena High School student who police believe accidentally discharged a gun and wounded two other students had brought a weapon to campus “a couple times” before, one of his friends said Tuesday.

Andrea Tibbs, who described herself as a “good friend” of the student, said that he started bringing the gun to campus to protect himself after he had been in a fight outside of school –- an incident, she said, that made him fear for his safety.

Imami Moses, another classmate who knows the student, said, “I saw him today. It was just a normal day. He’s always been nice to me. He’s always been cool.”

....(snip)....

L.A. Unified Police Chief Steve Zipperman said, “It appears to be a possible accidental discharge.” He thinks the gun could have accidentally gone off. When asked about how the gun could have gotten past the school’s metal detectors, Zipperman said officials were looking into how the backpack got into the school. (Updated, 3:45 p.m.: An earlier version of this post incorrectly identified Zipperman as an LAPD captain.) .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/01/student-had-brought-gun-to-school-before-for-protection-after-fight-friend-says.html

[msongs]

1. the "good friend" knew he had a gun and said nothing so innocent people got shot nt

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[abelenkpe]

3. Just what the world needs

paranoid insecure people walking around with guns.

[Odin2005]

4. This is what happens when you don't deal with bullying.

[Motown_Johnny]

5. All I see there is "a fight", that does not automatically make it bullying

You may be right but I don't see anything in the OP to support it.

[Raine]

6. There needs to be zero-tolerance to bullying

this the end result of it what happens when bullying continues.

[LisaL]

7. There are also needs to be zero-tolerance of students

bringing guns to school for whatever reason.