Roth, Wendy D., and Jal D. Mehta. December 4, 2008, pp. He also admitted that at the time he was arrested, he was in possession of marijuana. [7] Another teacher had been checking off students on her class list, when she heard pops, "like firecrackers", and thought it was an ill-advised attempt to frighten the children, to potentially make them take the drill seriously. Web6.8K Followers. An investigation by the police determined that three handguns were taken from Goldens residence and an additional four handguns and three rifles came from Goldens grandfathers residence. According to police, five students from Edmondson Westside High School were shot around 11:18 a.m. Wednesday in front of the Popeyes and Rita's. Additional support provided by the Arkansas Humanities Council. All ten of those injured survived their injuries and among the wounded students was Tristan McGowan, Golden's cousin. Phone: 281-920-8000. This act allowed prosecutors to charge juveniles under the age of fourteen as adults for offenses of capital murder and first-degree murder, and to include adult sentencing guidelines commensurate with the seriousness of the offense. Right now there are no suspects, but police say theyre speaking with witnesses. Grant applied for a concealed carry handgun permit in 2008, but his request was denied by the Arkansas State Police, according to NBC affiliate KAIT. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. 1214, 16. The four others are believed to have non-life-threatening injuries, he said. In addition to the large contingent of deputies, dozens of worried parents lined the street across from the school. At the time, it was an anomaly and seemed to jolt the entire country. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. However, apparently unbeknownst to his family, Golden reportedly demonstrated violence by firing his BB gun at animals and other children. The ruling was seen as largely symbolic; neither Golden nor Johnson appeared in court to contest the judgment. Probation Office for the Southern District of Texas and placed in a drug rehabilitation program. Sadly, one of the students has passed away. WebUpdated: Dec 1, 2022 / 09:44 AM EST AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) Dozens of first responders and law enforcement responded to a shooting threat at Westside High School around [4] A student reported that the sounds were at first dismissed by some as construction workers had been working on the new fifth-grade building nearby. It deserves better than a shopping center that seems to not care about it from an investment standpoint. During the trial, Johnson hung his head and read a letter of apology he had written to victims' families. [19][20], In 2017, the victims families were awarded $150 million after filing a lawsuit against Johnson and Golden seeking damages and to prevent the two from profiting from the shooting.[21][22][23]. WebAUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Deputies, SWAT officers, a bomb squad, and other first responders rushed to Westside High School after an active shooter was reported By all accounts, the two suspects were not close friends. The Chevrolet driver, identified as Daniel Petty, 59, of Essex, Missouri, was also killed in the crash, according to an Arkansas State Police preliminary summary of the wreck. The Columbia County School System released a statement Wednesday afternoon saying it is aware of fake threats being made in school districts across the state, but no threats have been made against any of its schools. MSP's G Concourse will be improved; new terminal planned in Duluth. The 16-year-old died at the hospital, according to police. He was very close to his family and shared the familys interest in firearms by competing and winning marksmanship awards. On December 15, 1997, a fifteen-year-old student in Stamps (Lafayette County) conducted a similar ambush-style attack, firing upon students from a nearby wooded area. We will continue to monitor these situations as several of the threats made have been determined to be a hoax. Our Friends Have Given Consolation: Communal Response to the Jonesboro School Shootings. Southern Folklore 56.2 (1999): 161179. Our entire school community is disheartened by this news, and were praying and hoping for a thorough recovery for the student.. After two days of testimony from the prosecution and the defense witnesses, Johnson was found guilty on a charge of possessing a weapon while being a drug user. Walden was unable to charge the suspects as adults because they did not meet the minimum age of culpability, which is fourteen, at the time of the incident. Johnson and Golden were both students at Westside Middle School. Officers were called to the Wellstone Center on the citys West Side at 7:42 p.m. on a report of a shooting with multiple victims. Joe Biden joins Sandy Hook families nearly a decade after the shooting. Around 11 a.m. Wednesday, the Baltimore Police Department received reports of a shooting at a shopping center across the street from Edmondson Westside High School insouthwest Baltimore,Commissioner Michael S. Harrison said at a news conference. "At this point, the GBI is on standby with investigative teams ready to assist," Miles wrote in an email to the Savannah Morning News. Ten others were wounded. Tonight on @wjz, she saw 16yo Edmondson Westside High student Andres Moreno Junior drop to the ground after he was shot last night. The teen was taken to Welcome to Westside. In rapid succession, Golden and Johnson fired thirty rounds at the group. [27], In September 2008, US District Judge Jimm Larry Hendren sentenced Johnson to four years in prison on the weapon and drug charges. She said, I was scared.. "This did not have to happen," he said. "We are now looking for video," he said. Teachers would still be required to report to work by 9 a.m. though, school officials said. Dr. Alisa C. Zapata began her career with the Houston Independent School District in 1995 as a mathematics teacher and went on to serve multiple schools within the district as assistant principal and principal until 2013. [8] The boys evidently planned to run away, as they had food, sleeping bags and survival gear in the van. Golden then ran back to the woods where Johnson had taken the weapons. [33] He was living in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the time and attending Batesville Community College. Considering todays events, classes at Edmondson-Westside are canceled for Jan 5. Golden legally changed his name to Drew Grant; this fact became public when, in 2008, he applied for a concealed carry permit but was denied. Grant and Mitchell Johnson, who was 13, set off a fire alarm at Westside Middle School near Jonesboro, Arkansas, on March 24, 1998, and shot at people as they fled the building. A hoax on Wednesday sent Augusta police and emergency workers to Westside High School. Online at https://scholarworks.uark.edu/etd/1321/ (accessed July 6, 2022). First published on January 4, 2023 / 11:45 AM. 72201. He has also worked as a sports betting analyst for MSG Networks and Cheddar News. Graduates and guests were exiting the stadium when shots erupted outside of the Students who would like to stop by the school for a meal will be served at 11:30 a.m. too, according to school officials. On November 14, 2019, at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, California, United States, a school shooting occurred when a student with a pistol, identified as 16 ABC13 Houston 24/7 Live Stream HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- HISD sent a call out to all the parents of students in Westside High School on Wednesday due to a gun confiscation. We take all threats seriously, the district said. If you can, provide 1-2 sources of information backing up this correction. Even just seeing him, Im still scared, trying to hold it together. Almost 9,000 mourners attended, including Janet Reno, the attorney general of the United States. 20 Years Ago, Sad Day at Westside. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, March 18, 2018, pp. Johnson was arrested and charged with a variety of drug, theft, and weapons crimes starting in 2007. Johnson and Golden were tried as juveniles and were released at the age of 21 in 2005 and 2007, respectively. A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder. BALTIMORE The principal of a Baltimore high school shared deep reflection and remorse Wednesday, one week after one of his students was killed in a mass shooting near campus. The threat was posted on social media and quickly went viral Wednesday night. The shopping center is a "hot spot" that has "had some problems" in the past, Harrison said. While there wasnt a gun found on Westside Highs campus on Friday, the situation frightened a lot of parents, and many came to retrieve their students. Three teenage boys were shot and injured. Little Rock, AR. Three months before the incident, a student reported to a school counselor that Golden had stated he intended to shoot some people at the school. Hear more from them on @wjz at 4. pic.twitter.com/iQBNEOross. The shooters, Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson, were arrested and prosecuted for the crime. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday entitled Oversight of the Department of Justice, featuring testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland. Services will be offered in the library, auditorium, wellness room, guidance suite and the Westside Skill Center Guidance Suite starting at 11:30 a.m., school officials said. / CBS Baltimore. On August 14, 2017, Judge John Fogleman of the Craighead County Circuit Court awarded the families of the Westside victims $150 million in damages as resulting from the 1998 shooting. The CALS Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization. Coming out of the school, she said she felt nervous. Investigators believe two shootersopened fire at a crowd gathered in front of aPopeyes restaurant at the mall before fleeing behind the building, Harrison said. SANTA FE, Texas (AP) An emotional audition on American Idol by a survivor of a Texas high school shooting prompted tears from the judges and criticism of the countrys response to gun violence.. Trey Louis was one of the students at Santa Fe High School in May 2018 when another student fatally shot 10 people on campus.. After James said she rushed to the school to pick up her son, who is a sophomore. Sadly, one of the students has passed away. Jenn is a lawyer-turned-author and true crime writer. Our campus remains safe. WebA man who was 11 when he and a friend gunned down a teacher and four students at their middle school in 1998 died Saturday in a car crash on an Arkansas highway, according Two people were shot and wounded after a high school graduation ceremony Sunday in Gary, Indiana. AUGUSTA, Ga. - The psychological damage can linger even though class is back in session at Westside High School after a hoax report of a school shooter. Though they were generally calm, multiple other students came out in tears, and the boys parents were deeply upset by the situation and how it was handled. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is "aware of reports" of the incidents along the coast, according to Nelly Miles, director of the public and governmental affairs for GBI. Arkansas Army National Guard. "[14], Due to their age, they were tried as juveniles, and were found guilty of five counts of murder. Please enter valid email address to continue. Andrew Golden, 33, who had changed his name to Drew Grant and was living in Missouri, died when the driver of a Chevy Tahoe collided head-on with his Honda CR-V on Highway 167 near Cave City, about 100 miles north of Little Rock, according to state police. Theyre going to make sure that those people in the building are safe and secure before we get to communication.. After he was released from prison on May 25, 2007, Golden's whereabouts were unknown until he applied for a concealed weapon permit in Arkansas on October 7, 2008, under the name he used until his death, Drew Douglas Grant. Pierce said that is likely because the parents contact information is not updated with the school. Investigators did not have descriptions of the shooters, Harrison said. Authorities didnt know the source of the call or whether the voice on the other end was a human or a computer. A hoax on Wednesday sent Augusta police and emergency workers to Westside High School. 2023 Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Its scary. This week, seven high school students have been shot. A student who had sought shelter in the school told a teacher with them that they believed the shooter was Mitchell Johnson, as they had been told by him not to come to school that day. That brought Johnson's combined state sentences to 18 years. The Ghosts of Jonesboro: Fifteen Years after a School Shooting, a Small Town Is Still Recovering. BuzzFeed. Although some speculated the suspects targeted specific students or teachers based upon past interactions, this theory was never proven and the victims association to the suspects was eventually considered coincidental. Burns, Richard Allen. Westside Welcomes New Principal. The ruling was seen as largely symbolic; neither Golden nor Johnson appeared in court to contest the judgment. On October 7, 2008, Johnson pleaded guilty to a felony theft charge and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Major support provided through a partnership with the Arkansas Department of Parks & Tourism. By about 12:35 p.m., parents with IDs were allowed to pick up their kids after law enforcement agencies had searched and cleared the school. The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing starting at 10 a.m. Wednesday entitled Oversight of the Department of Justice, featuring testimony from Attorney General Merrick Garland. A supervisor at the scene will try to understand the situation and decide if more units are needed. The incident at Westside Middle School was not the first school shooting to occur in the state. Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said one of his primary initiatives was for the city to invest in the Edmondson Village Shopping Center, which has been a hotspot for crime. Federal Correctional Institution, Memphis, List of school shootings in the United States (before 2000), "March for Our Lives falls on 20th anniversary of deadly Jonesboro school shooting", "VPC - Where'd They Get Their Guns? JACKSONVILLE, Fla. A Westside High School student is in the hospital after he was shot at an apartment complex off Collins Road early Thursday morning. [24] Together, they were known to bully other students, and people recalled Johnson talking of wanting to belong to the Bloods and to smoke marijuana. [6], Students who had initially evacuated for the drill were brought back into the school's gymnasium, where students could hear the bullets ricocheting off the outside bricks and walls. A Westside High School Student is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after he was shot off campus early yesterday morning. The police discovered that the boys were attempting to make their way back to a van parked almost half a mile away from the school. Out of an abundance of caution, the school was placed on lockdown, the district said. At 12:41 p.m., as eighty-seven students and nine teachers evacuated the building, Golden and Johnson began firing at the group with various weapons, including handguns and semi-automatic and bolt action rifles. During his sentencing, the judge expressed dismay that Johnson had not taken advantage of the chance he had to reform. After the convictions, both suspects were placed in the Department of Youth Services Facility in Alexander (Saline County). Koon, David. Within two weeks of the shooting, Arkansas State University (ASU) hosted a memorial service for the victims. In contrast to Johnsons overt behavioral problems, Golden led a kind of Jekyll and Hyde lifestyle. In the early afternoon of March 24, 1998, two students from Westside Middle School, located approximately two miles west of Jonesboro (Craighead County), conducted an armed ambush on teachers and students, which resulted in five dead and ten others injured. Andrew Douglas Golden was born May 25, 1986, in Jonesboro, Arkansas to Jacqueline and Dennis Golden; and died July 27, 2019, near Cave City, Arkansas. By all accounts, he came from a stable household, having a good relationship with both his parents, and he regularly visited his grandparents and great-grandmother. Multi-media journalist with a special interest in Georgia issues. Threats of this kind are and will always be taken seriously.. This location had a clear view of the exit doors used during a fire drill. His mother soon remarried to Terry Woodward, an inmate at the prison where she was employed as a Correctional Officer. The first priority of the staff and the principal and the leadership in the building is the safety and security of students, Pierce said. School shooting hoax leaves Westside teens, parents shaken. However, in an email sent at 1:15 p.m., sheriff's Sgt. 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Golden was not a disciplinary problem at school and was regarded by many adults as a well-mannered and cheerful student. Roundtree says they had a school resource officer already stationed at the school, who was then told about the threat. Creating an account gives you access to all these features. WOWt 6 News has confirmed the gun used in a social media threat against Westside High School was a fake. "We're talking about the prevalence of guns. Gweniece Gibbs got a text from her freshman son, saying somebody has a gun on campus. She said she was petrified. Westside and multiple other schools throughout Georgia were targeted as part of a hoax claiming active shooters were at the schools. Police did not provide a motive. Pierce said thats what student text messages will often reach parents earlier than school or district notice of an emergency situation on campus. The driver of the Chevy, Daniel Petty, 59 who was driving south when he swerved over a center line, a turning lane and two northbound lanes before crashing into Grant's Honda also died, according to a police report. Following the shooting, Johnson's attorney claimed that he had been sexually abused when he was 6 and 7 years old by a "family member of the daycare where he was placed". AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Westside High School was evacuated Thursday and the bomb squad was called to the campus, but no danger was found. Our campus remains safe. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Our students and staff are safe, the Richmond County School System said in a statement. Fifth period was just starting at 12:35 p.m. when a fire alarm caused the student body and faculty to evacuate the building. Classes for Edmondson High School students are cancelled Thursday after 5 students were shot, with one of the 16-year-old victims succumbing to their injuries Wednesday . Webshooting detroit west sidenixon high school yearbooks shooting detroit west side. [30], On January 23, 2009, Johnson was sentenced to six additional years in prison for a further charge of theft by receiving and financial identity fraud for using the stolen card to purchase a meal from a local Burger King. He had particularly threatened to kill sixth-grader Candace Porter, his former girlfriend who ended their relationship. As the father of three daughters, the possibility of an active school shooter is a concern that I ask God to guard against every day, he said. Among the wounded students were Candice Porter (age eleven), who reportedly dated and broke up with Johnson, and Jennifer Jacobs (age twelve), who reportedly dated and broke up with Golden prior to the shooting. [38] Three other people, including Golden's wife, another adult, and Golden's son, were injured and taken to hospitals in Little Rock and Batesville. WebThe shooting took place around 6:30 a.m. at a light rail facility in San Jose next door to the sheriff's department and across a freeway from the airport. "This tragedy is likely to raise many emotions for our students and staff members, and we are here to help. [36][37], Andrew Douglas Golden died on July 27, 2019, after a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe departed its lane, crashing head-on into Golden's 2017 Honda CRV on U.S. Route 167 in Independence County, Arkansas near Cave City, Arkansas, about 65 miles (105km) west of Jonesboro and 100 miles (160km) north of Little Rock. BALTIMORE . Tomorrow, students and staff may come to the school for support. Five people were shot. [15], The two youths were among[vague] the youngest people ever charged with murder in the United States. WebUnknown. Special thanks to the Department of Arkansas Heritage. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. Rest assured, for the criminals who orchestrated these hoaxes, we will go after them with every single resource available, he said. Officers were called to the Wellstone Center on the West Side at 7:42 p.m. on a report of a shooting with multiple victims. Weathingtons mother Amanda said she also was only told about this incident through another person, not the school system. Major funding provided by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation. Give a donation in someones name to mark a special occasion, honor a friend or colleague or remember a beloved family member. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Mitchell Johnson was born August 11, 1984, in Rochester, Minnesota to Gretchen and Scott Johnson. 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