Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Follow-Up: School Shooting Arrests

(CNN) -- Two students were in custody Tuesday in connection with a shooting outside a North Carolina high school in which another student was injured, police said.

The incident occurred Monday on the grounds of Cape Fear High School in Fayetteville. A high school student was shot in the neck. She was in stable condition at a hospital Monday afternoon, according to school spokeswoman Theresa Perry.

Ta'Von McLaurin, 18, and a 15-year-old boy were arrested at their homes Monday night, Cumberland County sheriff's spokeswoman Debbie Tanna said Tuesday. The juvenile's name was not released because of his age.

Authorities were led to the boys after they reviewed surveillance camera video that showed them walking in a hallway with a rifle, Tanna said. A .22-caliber rifle was recovered inside the school, she said.

I'm glad to hear the victim is stable.  One has to wonder if she was chosen intentionally or if she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.  I'm also wondering how two students walk down a hallway with a rifle and nobody notices.  The footage is certainly helpful, but how did they get that far in the first place?

As always, updates to follow as the news catches us up on the facts.

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