“I really want to know: How did that man get inside the school?” he told KSDK.Īuthorities have said the doors were locked. David Carson/APīell, the father of the slain teen, said he’s struggling to get answers about what happened. Students grieve near Central Visual and Performing Arts High School, where two people were killed. ‘How did that man get inside the school?’

Louis, and that die, quite frankly, as a result of incidents that happened outside of the school environment,” he said. “The gun safety initiative, quite frankly, was a plan put together to try to address the kind of issues that happen outside of our school district, outside of our school buildings, in terms of the number of students who have been shot in the city of St. It could take up to two months before the school will be ready for in-person classes, he said.Īdams also said the district is planning to add gun safety to its curriculum. Students will be able to return to the school as early as Thursday to retrieve their belongings and will attend online classes until the school reopens, St. He joins a growing list of parents grappling with the reality of their child being killed at school.Īcross the country, at least 67 shootings have happened on school grounds so far this year. I need somebody – police, community folks, somebody – to make this make sense.” Kuczka was looking forward to retiring in just a few years, her daughter Abigail Kuczka told CNN.Īlexandria was looking forward to her Sweet 16, her father Andre Bell told CNN affiliate KSDK. “For us, we thought it’s best for our officers, for the normalcy of school for kids, to not have officers armed in the school.”Ī talented dancer and a heroic teacher were killed

“For some people that would cause a stir of some sort,” Davis said Tuesday. Louis Public Schools.ĭavis also said the security guards stationed in the district’s schools are not armed, but mobile officers who respond to calls at schools are.

Given the gunman’s extensive arsenal, the tragedy could have been “much worse,” the police chief said.Īuthorities credited locked doors and a quick law enforcement response – including by off-duty officers – for preventing more deaths at the school.īut the shooter did not enter a checkpoint where security guards were stationed, said DeAndre Davis, director of safety and security for St. “This was the perfect storm for a mass shooter.” I’ve been an isolated loner my entire life,” the note said, according to Sack. Alexandria Bell, left, and Jean Kuczka Andre Bell, Family HandoutĪ teacher died trying to save students from a school shooter who killed a girl just before her Sweet 16

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