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As the gunshots were heard, the school went on "lockdown", with students still in the building sheltering behind locked classroom doors. Police responded to the scene and recovered the gun believed to have been used. Several potential eyewitnesses were interviewed while other students were allowed to leave. Early indications suggested that the shooting may have been accidental. Speaking to the press at the hospital, the boy's mother said she didn't believe her son owned a gun. Friends of his told reporters that he had been robbed the previous day, which may have prompted him to obtain the weapon. | As the gunshots were heard, the school went on "lockdown", with students still in the building sheltering behind locked classroom doors. Police responded to the scene and recovered the gun believed to have been used. Several potential eyewitnesses were interviewed while other students were allowed to leave. Early indications suggested that the shooting may have been accidental. Speaking to the press at the hospital, the boy's mother said she didn't believe her son owned a gun. Friends of his told reporters that he had been robbed the previous day, which may have prompted him to obtain the weapon. | ||
According to Superintendent [[Lisa Herring]] the school | According to Superintendent [[Lisa Herring]] the school has two metal detectors, but they were not in use on the day of the shooting. Three school resources officers were on campus at the time. | ||
The high school remained closed on Thursday, March 8, allowing time for a full security sweep of the campus and for a "crisis team" made up of representatives from community organizations to begin working with those affected by emotional trauma. | |||
The shooting took place during a national debate about gun violence in schools which followed a mass shooting with seventeen fatalities at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14. Students from that school publicly confronted politicians and gun lobbyists as they built up a national "Never Again" movement with marches and demonstrations. Several states, including Florida and Alabama, considered new gun and school security policies, combining small efforts to close loopholes allowing high-risk individuals to obtain guns with larger efforts to put more armed security officers into schools. The incident at Huffman High School was the first deadly shooting at a grade school since the Florida mass murder. | The shooting took place during a national debate about gun violence in schools which followed a mass shooting with seventeen fatalities at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14. Students from that school publicly confronted politicians and gun lobbyists as they built up a national "Never Again" movement with marches and demonstrations. Several states, including Florida and Alabama, considered new gun and school security policies, combining small efforts to close loopholes allowing high-risk individuals to obtain guns with larger efforts to put more armed security officers into schools. The incident at Huffman High School was the first deadly shooting at a grade school since the Florida mass murder. | ||
Revision as of 09:29, 9 March 2018
The 2018 Huffman High School shooting was a fatal incident that took place after classes dismissed at 3:45 PM on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at Huffman High School. The circumstances that led to the shooting remain unclear, but the result was the death of 17-year-old Courtlin Arrington, a senior who had already been accepted to nursing school.
Another student, a junior member of the Huffman Vikings football team, was treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the leg. After he was released from UAB Hospital, he was taken to Birmingham Police Headquarters for questioning. He was held overnight as a "person of interest" while investigators and prosecutors worked to determine what happened, and whether charges would be filed. A school employee was also treated at the scene for a minor injury.
As the gunshots were heard, the school went on "lockdown", with students still in the building sheltering behind locked classroom doors. Police responded to the scene and recovered the gun believed to have been used. Several potential eyewitnesses were interviewed while other students were allowed to leave. Early indications suggested that the shooting may have been accidental. Speaking to the press at the hospital, the boy's mother said she didn't believe her son owned a gun. Friends of his told reporters that he had been robbed the previous day, which may have prompted him to obtain the weapon.
According to Superintendent Lisa Herring the school has two metal detectors, but they were not in use on the day of the shooting. Three school resources officers were on campus at the time.
The high school remained closed on Thursday, March 8, allowing time for a full security sweep of the campus and for a "crisis team" made up of representatives from community organizations to begin working with those affected by emotional trauma.
The shooting took place during a national debate about gun violence in schools which followed a mass shooting with seventeen fatalities at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida on February 14. Students from that school publicly confronted politicians and gun lobbyists as they built up a national "Never Again" movement with marches and demonstrations. Several states, including Florida and Alabama, considered new gun and school security policies, combining small efforts to close loopholes allowing high-risk individuals to obtain guns with larger efforts to put more armed security officers into schools. The incident at Huffman High School was the first deadly shooting at a grade school since the Florida mass murder.
References
- Robinson, Carol (March 7, 2018) "Huffman High School shooting: Courtlin Arrington killed; Birmingham police question injured teen." The Birmingham News
- Robinson, Carol (March 8, 2018) "Huffman High School shooting: Student held in death of 17-year-old Courtlin Arrington." The Birmingham News