1 dead, 1 injured, 1 arrested. Expelled student from last year.

-- Anonymous, March 30, 2001

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Mar 30, 2001 - 01:00 PM

Fatal Shooting Reported at Gary High School The Associated Press

GARY, Ind. (AP) - A former student walked up to a 10th-grader in a high school parking lot and shot him in the head Friday, killing him, authorities said. The 17-year-old suspected gunman was taken into custody.

The shooting happened at 8:15 a.m. outside Lew Wallace High School, before school started.

"The suspect walked up to the victim, put a gun to his head and shot him," Police Chief John Roby told CNN.

The Post-Tribune newspaper reported that the student was shot in a crowd of other students. No other injuries were reported.

"I suppose if there had been a desire to shoot someone else he would have," Gary School Superintendent Mary Guinn told Chicago radio station WBBM. "So we believe this is an isolated incident involving the suspect and the individual who was fatally shot."

Guinn said the school's more than 1,000 students were working with a district-wide crisis team.

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-- Anonymous, March 30, 2001