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Subscribe to RSSPolice have released the 911 calls made moments after a teen gunman opened fire at an Ohio school, killing three students and injuring two others. NBC's KevinTibbles reports.
Police have released 911 recordings from the school shooting in Chardon, Ohio, revealing the chaos and fear from Monday’s incident that left three students dead and two others wounded.
"We just had a shooting at our school. We need to get out of here. Oh, my god," one crying female caller told a dispatcher.
"Everyone's running away," the caller added.
Another caller, a male student, instantly identified the gunman as Thomas Lane, a student, and said he appeared to be shooting at random.
"What was his beef with these kids? Do we know?" the dispatcher asked.
"I have no idea," he said, adding: "He's very quiet and he doesn't really talk to anyone."
In a separate call, an adult pleads with the dispatcher: “Chardon High School. We got shots fired. Gunshots. Multiple gunshots. We need help. We need help badly.”
By the time the 17-year-old shooter was in custody, he had fired at five teens in the close-knit community of 5,000 residents, located about 35 miles outside of Cleveland.
The calls, recorded by the Chardon Police Department and Geauga County Sheriff’s Office and released on Tuesday, describe a scene of panic as students ran for cover in the cafeteria, where Thomas, known as T.J., allegedly opened fire just after 7:30 a.m.
“We are in lockdown. We need assistance right now!” another female cries in a separate call.
NBC affiliate WKYC.com published a string of 911 calls, from the initial reports of a gunman on school property to the high school principal confirming T.J. Lane’s identity as the alleged shooter.
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“Hey, it’s the principal at Chardon again. The alleged shooter ran out the back door… past the pool, alright?”
The dispatcher asked for a description of what he’s wearing. The principal told her he has a white t-shirt on and then said, “We have a name, we think.”
“Is that Thomas?”
“Yup,” he responds.
Lane did not attend Chardon High, instead attending nearby Lake Academy, a school for students with academic or behavioral problems.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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I agree womenonguard. This serves no purpose what so ever!
Then dont listen to it!! Idiot!
Tgilmour,
If you don't want to read people's opinions don't log on to newsvine or scroll down to the comments. Einstein!
Tgilmour
Enjoy your ban ;)
schoolyard----I guess it does serve a purpose, it brings out the lowest common denominator like Tgilmour---this is the type of person that probably watched reality TV all day every single day. Just smart enough to function but not much else.
My comment above better shows my disdain for this story.
Tgilmour, you are suspended for a day for violating rule # 1 of the Code of Honor.
I was going to say the same thing! I heard this headline on my local news last night and said: WHAT THE #$%*!!! and changed the channel...we all know what happened -'nuff said and I mean -ENOUGH SAID!!! :-(
Good lord, you're all a bunch of Sensitive Sallies, aren't you?
Obviously it's not about sensitivity. It's about fueling Americas morbid desire for drama and violence.
This is more news worthy than a washed up crack addict drowning in her own bath tub. So at least it deserves equal air and print time.
well, someone needs to be, with all these Heartless Henrys running around these threads.
You had a choice to listen, to click. Goodness! If you didnt want the extra "drama" on this horrible news, simply click on the story about kittens.
Chris, way to properly pluralize the same Sally. Big props on showing off your level of intelligence to go along with your comment. All this sensationalism is quite popular with the lower end of the intelligence spectrum.
My only purpose for clicking---the headline--- was to come straight to the comments section. The headline is on the main page for all to see whether you like it or not. I have friends that have kids in the Chardon school system so this hits home. These kids don't need to look up every five minutes for the next two weeks and see or hear something new.
Let's make these kids and families put their healing process on hold so news organizations can make a couple extra bucks off the story.
It's got nothing to do with being sensitive "Sallys" and if you knew me you would know I don't fit that mold. It does, however, have a lot to do with being human.
There was a story about kittens???? I missed it!
It was actually about a hot blond in a thong.
Thank goodness there were no law-abiding private citizens carrying firearms.
Chris-629698 said
I know, shame on msnbc for jamming your face against your speakers and forcing you to listen to them. It's not like you had a choice at all.
Well there is after all a predominantly liberal bias by msnbc and it's readers/listeners. And self responsibility doesn't usually appear to be something in the realm of understanding for many of them.
Yeah, totally. And you know what else I've noticed? On like every freaking article, regardless of what it's about, there's guaranteed to be at least one complete moron who tries to bring politics into everything. Don't you hate that?
Wow Chris, now I have to give you some props for nailing another political troll. The people that make everything about all life political.
How do you look away from CSPAN long enough to type a comment? I mean JJ, you are a political genius right? You actually believe that one party is better than another. Most everyone believe that one party might have a better line of BS than the other. That's about it. If you seriously beleive that polititians run this country, get your head out of the sand and pay attention to what they all say.
Yeah, can't that stuff just stay locked away in the evidence room? Do these people really need to re-live their nightmare? There will alway be those people out there that will listen though unfortunately.
Thank goodness; if not for them, who would you look down your nose at?
same people who stop and watch a car accident
Chris is it just in your nature to be a butthole? Just about every comment on here you take a smart@$$ jab at. Geez.
911 calls can be found for every shooting, not just this so who cares that they have it posted on the front page, dont listen to it. Its another school shooting with a mentally unstable kid whohas no business ever being out in public again. This happens so much now a day, gotta love our future leaders.
In agreement with all of the above, sadly, but that's the nature of the beast.
Here is the strange thing. He attend another school. Why did the parents of this kid weren't notified that he was not in school, second how was he able to get in to school and un-notice and if someone saw him why didn't someone said anything, like aren't in the wrong school?
He was waiting for a bus to take him to the alternative school. Google is your friend.
Go back and read all the stories... He was waiting for the bus, just like every other day of the week.. That school is where the bus pick up is for the Alternative School.. The kids at Chardon knew who he was.. He wasn't a 'stranger'...
There's two things here. The first, the media usually publishes these things to sensationalize the story. The second, often these things are made public to show that the police did their jobs.
Of course it will be a circus, though. Everyone likes to feel closer to the tragedy. This is why you read this article to begin with.
I grew up in Akron, Ohio about an hour away from Chardon. I remember Chardon, it was considered one of the better areas to live. This is a damn shame...how many times does this have to happen? I swear, I'm seriously thinking of home schooling my child.
Probably a very good call Val in this day and time..
That's a great idea. And since your child has a better chance of being struck by lightning than being shot at school, you should probably raise him in an underground bomb shelter. You know, better safe than sorry.
Valgal ignore Chris...he's a troll and likes to make people feel stupid.
You notice how I don't have to try very hard?
While I don't see the purpose in publishing the 911 calls; I read the artilce of my own free will. Mostly to see what you jokers had to say.
I'm with you 100%!
We must start dealing with “HIGH RISK STUDENTS” instead of kicking the can down the road!
Sterilizing the school of affection and zero tolerance policies don't work!
If the Parents, Teachers, Principles and the rest who are in authority, don't start listening to these kids who are being bullied, this problem isn't going away. I don't understand why kids that do all the bullying don't get disciplined or take some responsibility. Bullying has been around for ever and with today's technology, it's easier to bully and obviously more dangerous. No one likes to be bullied! What's really disturbing, is what these kids watch on t.v. and in the movies today. For example, if you watch Top Chef on Bravo, you'll see how three female chefs attack one of the other female chefs, and nothing was done to stop it. Ratings, go figure. My point is, kids copy what they see.
Shame on the media, with everything going on around the world, they seem to have nothing better to do than repeat the same news over and over. I call the news today "fluff news", nothing worth watching.
By all accounts, this wasn't a case of bullying. This was a case of a kid with anger issues whose girlfriend started dating another student, so he shot the kid and some of his friends.
Maruka, nowhere in the article does it say that his random shooting had to do with bullying, in fact the say they don't know why this happened, plus he didn't even attend that school.
Parents abdicating their roles as parents.
Kids with guns. Where are the parents?
Chris, I haven't seen the details yet, but do we know if he actually shot the student dating his ex?
Come on everyone, you know the media jumps all over this **** when it happens!
No trial, shoot this f-cker today. In the head.
Yeah, because the only thing that makes a shooting better is MORE shooting.
Only if we can read or hear the 911 call.
""We just had a shooting at our school. We need to get out of here"
This is the rest of the quote , but I guess just putting "god" in the headlines is all it takes.
I didn't even read the article because it's the same old crap that MSNBC and NBC thinks we want to read or hear.
But then I ask, what is the point of releasing the 911 calls?
Is it just for media sensation or is it putting something out before the the other media outlets get it?
I would think the majority of the people are really not interested in hearing someone scream over the phone there's been a shooting.
Normally you hear people in such a panic they don't know their saying and the person listening is trying to figure out what they are talking about.
Someday I would hope the media would spend the same amount of time reporting on the good that happens in the world rather then all of the bad.
But then again, the MEDIA probably think's we are not ready for that.
Hide your head then hoss. Pretend kids don't kill kids with guns. You a gun dealer by the way? Maybe someone like you sells kids guns?
WHT3 - he stole the gun from a relative. The Columbine shooters got their guns illegally. Fix those problems...
If you don't want to hear it then don't hit the play button.
the press feed off of horrible situations,look at the news when a someone dies and they are in the families faces with a ton of cameras and wanting to ask a million questions. They are leeches who dont give a damn about anyones feelings during a time like this! They just want their $$$
They give the public what they want. They watch the ratings, and since the lowest common denominator runs everything, they produce what sells. They are doing a job. One, appartently, you benefit from, if only for entertainment purposes.
I don't believe Lane shot any females. So, how is this considered random? .... I just want to know where the dam gun came from! Give me the make, model, and serial #, and I will look it up myself!!!!
He stole it from his uncle, who purchased it legally.
He did shoot a female. She was released from the hospital today. I believe CBS has her name in an article.
Uh, yes he did shoot a female. She has since been released from Hillcrest Hospital. Whether this is the ex-girlfriend, I don't believe has been said, one way or the other.
Why does the news media have to overdo it everytime one of these situations arise? "We have the 911 tapes of the latest ........" The people who made these calls are having their privacy violated. Why do WE need to hear their terror?
We live in a sick society, revelling in others worst moments. TV and radio media just can't wait to play "911 tapes". These incidents are horrendous enough with you vultures circling for the sound bites.
What's more sick than a kid killing kids at school? Oh, knowing about it is more sick tham doing it?
This is not a debate about guns or bullying. This is about parenting and personal responsibility in a culture that does not value life. This "boy" is lost, and has been all his life; he is now and always has been a worthless piece of s--t. First, put him quickly out of his misery (and ours) -- yes, I mean execute him -- no point wasting pity or compassion on him -- he gave none nor does he deserve any; he ceased being a "child" when he made the decision to take that gun (BTW, where did he get it?) to school. Next, hold his stupid, worthless parents responsible for his senseless and heinous crime. Lock them both up and throw away the key.
Easy access to guns too.
Well this dude got exactly what he wanted, tons and tons of media coverage and we gobbled it up!
Sorry, new user - this post was supposed to be in reply to someone saying no females were shot "so how was this random?"...
One girl was shot - I believe she is the one who went home yesterday.