A gun-toting teen opened fire on a rival outside a Brooklyn high school, just days after police found five guns that were carried into city schools last week. Three students recounted what they saw when the shooting started at Oxford High School on Tuesday. I didnt really know how to respond.. These things happen all the time in tons of communities, and Im hoping that people start talking about it in an intersectional way.. Of the 719 people who responded to the questions, including students, staff, community members and others, 72% supported hiring a school resource officer for the school district. He planned to return to the school, but it would take some time before he was ready. Scott Atkinson,Mitch Smith and Neal E. Boudette. We dont want them to live in fear and literally be terrorized, Roberts told Fox News. Mayor de Blasio and Schools Chancellor Meisha Porter praised school safety agents for their role in recovering the weapons. Womens March Youth EMPOWER, the organizers of the March 14 demonstration, say the walkout is to protest Congress inaction to do more than tweet thoughts and prayers in response to the gun violence plaguing our schools and neighborhoods.. New York, NY 10007 Her peer, Drew Myers, noted that the school has lockdown drills about three times a semester. "We continue to ask you all to help us help you help us. The NYPD responded to shots fired and recovered a gun at a private residence, the Education Department said in a statement. A junior at Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York some 1,200 miles away from Marjory Stoneman Douglas,the Florida high school where a gunman murdered17 students and facultyon Feb. 14 Giancola immediately thought the tragedy could have easily happened at her own school. Aiden texted his family and told them he loved them. Its devastating, said Tim Throne, the Oxford Community Schools superintendent. The school which services almost entirely students of color that have failed the ninth grade and are at risk of dropping out is still new to the area. The authorities said that they did not believe that the student had planned the shooting with anyone else and that they were still investigating whether it was a random or targeted shooting. Hes like, Help, hes right by me., I sit right next to the door, and I heard boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom., Theres like loud noises in the school a lot. Gunfire rang out outside the Urban Dove charter school on East 21st Street in East Midwood around 2:45 p.m., according to police. She said she hopes the protest will shed light on the issue of gun violence in general. The Womens March has asked that all actions be inclusive & non-violent during the walkouts. Once I realized he wasnt joking, it was, it was terrifying. Leyko said the district is receiving a state safety grant of approximately $436,600 that can help pay for some costs. He said he always felt safe at the school, and he didnt know the gunman or his motive. Wilentz attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York, and earned one B.A. or redistributed. The plan includes changes that have already been implemented, like increasing hallway and bathroom supervision, restricting hall passes during the first and last 10 minutes of every class period and assigning additional security and supervision at athletic events. For issues specific to a neighborhood, it's best to contact the Council Member representing that community. Leyko said the funds that paid for those positions were "repurposed" to instead provide personnel who could help monitor hallways and support students and families. Students at Packer Collegiate Institute, an independent college preparatory school in Brooklyn Heights, credited the survivors of the Parkland shooting for their own activism and involvement in the walkout. statistics class had just started when Aiden Page, a senior at Oxford High, heard the sound of two gunshots. Monday - Friday | 9 A.M. - 5 P.M. 250 Broadway, Suite 1810 He later died from his injuries at Kings County Hospital. For scheduling requests, please email: DHeredia@council.nyc.gov. The gun had 15-round magazines, we found two of them. It makes me want to contribute any way I can.. The district has finalized a deal with Grand Rapids-based DK Security to provide three security officers at East Lansing High School but has not yet chosen the officers. I am in full support of stopping school shootings, but thats not what the people are going out there [for] Theyre trying to stop people from being able to have guns.. He was not injured, and hes currently lodged at Childrens Village on campus here. Some parents and advocates called on the city to boost the number of school safety agents and metal detectors in response to the weapon scares. As school shootings have become more common, if a shooter, God forbid, got into the school, theres really no protection for students, Sarah Desouza, a 17-year-old senior at Packer Collegiate, told Fox News. The rampage at Oxford High School, north of Detroit in Oakland County, was the deadliest shooting on school property this year, according to Education Week, which tracks such shootings and has reported 28 of them in 2021. WebBryan Smith is a 6-2, 195-pound Shooting Guard from Brooklyn, NY. Its just insane.. She also questioned why the district had not brought all the students together, rather than meeting with students connected to both groups that had been fighting individually. Parents reunited with their children in a grocery store parking lot after the fatal school shooting. The last time I was inside the walls of Oxford High School, it was for an active shooter drill. WebFor Sale: 0 Midwood E, Lansing, MI 48911 $9,500 MLS# 250653 Very nice lots with some mature trees at a low low price. The gun used in the Michigan school shooting was purchased by the suspects father. The authorities received the first of more than a hundred 911 calls about the shooting at 12:51 p.m. on Tuesday, Michael McCabe, the Oakland County undersheriff, said. I have concern that it couldve been anybody. The threats involve Edward R. Murrow High School, at 1600 Avenue L in Midwood; James Madison High School, at 3787 Bedford Ave. in Marine Park; and Midwood High School, at 2839 Bedford Ave. in Flatbush. The groups tally for 2021 is already over 650, with a month left to go in the year. Its not for you all to do it on your own, its for you all to help us work with this administration to bring some resolution. Officers from the 70th Precinct responded to the scene at around Today, a parent lost their child and a student body must now cope with the loss of their classmate. But to do just in case. WebA gunman fatally shot a Canarsie teen while he was leaving his Midwood high school on Thursday afternoon. No one was hurt in WebTwo Brooklyn teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy in an ambush outside the victims Midwood charter When they took it from him, he had a loaded firearm and he was coming down the hall. The gunfire at Oxford High School on November 30 left four students dead. School shootings are becoming more frequent, after a lull during the pandemic. The threats involve "Nothing could have prevented this person from waking up and starting this thing first thing in the morning instead of 8 p.m. at night. The firearm was a 9-millimeter Sig Sauer pistol, and there were remaining rounds loaded in the gun when the suspect was arrested, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said at a news conference on Tuesday night. She is also a member of the committees on Civil Service and Labor; Economic Development; Education; Finance; Housing and Buildings; Youth Services; and Justice System. Phone: 718-629-2900 Multiple colleges and universities have said they will not reject students who participate in the protests and walkouts, Reuters reported. Catch up on the days top five stories every weekday afternoon. Legal Statement. Robert Sean Wilentz was born on February 20, 1951, in New York City, where his father, Eli Wilentz, and uncle Theodore "Ted" Wilentz, owned a well-known Greenwich Village bookstore, the Eighth Street Bookshop. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Thanks for contacting us. Will Walker, a 16-year-old sophomore at Cadillac High School in Michigan, told HuffPost he will continue with his school work even if the teacher leaves the classroom. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. The deadly gunfire in Oxford, Mich., on Tuesday added one more episode to a growing list of fatal shootings on school property in the United States this year, following a lull in shootings earlier in the coronavirus pandemic. The injured students ranged in age from 14 to 17, officials said, including three who were in critical condition and another who was in serious condition. Members have pushed the center to pull out of the lease and find a Jewish school to occupy the space instead. The launch of Safe Summer NYC and our ongoing work with Cure Violence groups will be instrumental in de-escalating tensions to prevent shootings while connecting our youth to opportunities and programming. By that Friday, Feb. 3, the parents then partnered with The Village Lansing, a nonprofit organization that focuses on youth gun violence prevention, intervention and support. We want [students] to know that they matter.. For press and media inquiries, please email: PSoriano@council.nyc.gov. WebFor Sale: 0 Midwood W, Lansing, MI 48911 $9,500 MLS# 250654 Very nice lots with some mature trees at a low low price. He tried to load him into the car to get him as fast as he could to a hospital, and he expired in the car.. The cafeteria that hosted after-school dances. Police made arrests in all five of the cases. Those participating are encouraged to wear orange the color used by many who support gun control. There was no police activity outside James Madison High School Thursday night. At this point all we want to do is honor these peoples lives.. WebThe property associated with 76 Midwood St, Valley Stream, NY, 11580-5106 is 86 years old. Hoping the victim recovers & NYPD catches the attempted murderers. Gretchen Whitmer spoke near Oxford High School on Tuesday evening. The student who was shot died of his injuries. It is the only high school in the Oxford Community Schools district, which says that it offers families a small town feel within the metro Detroit area.. But other types of shootings including homicides in which the killer knew the victim appeared to have been more frequent in 2020 than in 2019. Oxford High School is about 30 miles north of Detroit in Oxford, Mich. The shooting was carried out by people outside of our school community, said Urban Dove executive director Jai Nanda. On the following Wednesday, Feb. 1, they took some of those boys out to dinner and by the end of the night, they were singing karaoke together, Brooks said. WebEAST LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - An Okemos High School graduate was one of the five students injured during the mass shooting at Michigan State Universitys campus two Police officers blocked access to roads near the high school. The boy suffered multiple gunshot wounds in his chest and in his hand. Us as students have to speak out about it and try to get our voices heard because I personally cant imagine losing 17 people that I know in a school community, Paterna told Fox News. According to the news outlet Education Week, there have been 28 school shootings resulting in injury or death so far in 2021, with 20 of them reported since Aug 1. He has a gun!. "All we want to do is honor these peoples lives. His wounds were not believed to be life-threatening, police said. I heard boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.. Urban Dove has never experienced an act of violence such as this. The City Council put a hiring freeze on school safety agents. Some in the neighborhood are still angry that city officials did not listen to their fears. Former Board of Education chair Kath Edsall, who has argued that security at the high school hasn't been compromised since the removal of the school resource officer several years ago, said she supported the discontinuation after a police officer used a Taser on a student for being disrespectful and another incident that left a former student disabled after they were not allowed access to an inhaler. A spokesperson for this walkout confirmed to Fox News that it is not directly affiliated with the March event. Superintendent Dori Leyko and Assistant Superintendent Glenn Mitcham on Monday reviewed a list of safety enhancements being made at the high school with Board of Education members. College students at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., also plan to participate in the walkout. Nothing, other than random grace, prevented this person from walking down Abbot Road instead of turning left on Burcham.". Inside one classroom, students barricaded the door and grabbed scissors. A 17-year-old boy took a bullet to the stomach in front of a Brooklyn charter school Thursday afternoon, police said. The Department of Education says the shooting was not school-related and did not happen on school property, but parents were concerned as the incident took place within a few blocks of four Midwood schools. WebLeyko and Mitcham initially were expected to review the new safety measures at a meeting on Feb. 13 before the shooting at Michigan State University that left three students dead I hope that we can all rise to the occasion and wrap our arms around the families, the affected children and school personnel. My heart goes out to the families enduring the unimaginable grief of losing a loved one. Were hearing all kinds of rumors about warning signs. This is a time for us to come together and help children feel safe at school., President Biden, speaking at an event in Minnesota, said, My heart goes out to the families enduring the unimaginable grief of losing a loved one, adding, That whole community has to be in a state of shock right now.. Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. The incident occurred after five guns were taken out of city schools in the last week. When news of the Parkland school shooting first broke, it resonated with 17-year-old Naomi Giancola. President Biden also offered condolences to the victims of the shooting. And then just a bunch of kids start running at me. With your insight, the Council discovers ways to improve the City we all call home. They do drills for shootings like this several times a year. A 15-year-old sophomore was taken into custody with a semiautomatic handgun that was bought by his father four days before the fatal shooting. Jared Roberts, who has a son in the seventh grade at MacDonald Middle School in East Lansing, two weeks ago was advocating for the district to hire a school resource officer at a school board meeting minutes before a gunman came to the nearby Michigan State University campus, killing three students and injuring five. Police investigate a shooting outside a school on East 21st Street near Avenue K in Brooklyn, New York City on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Teamsters Local 237, the union representing school safety agents, has complained of a labor shortage after 8% of agents didnt comply with the citys vaccine mandate and the officials hired a smaller incoming class this year. Before Tuesday, none of the shootings in the publications list involved more than one death. And then I hear gunshots coming from close by and my mood just switched. The A.P. School shootings are tallied in different ways by different organizations, but the trends are similar. This story has been shared 107,917 times. Council Member Louis is the Co-Chair of the Womens Caucus and Vice Co-Chair of the Black, Latino, and Asian Caucus. Everytown for Gun Safety, a gun-control advocacy group that uses news reports to track gunshots being fired on or into school property, recorded 138 such episodes in 2021 through mid-November. Im hoping it will bring more focus to the larger issue of gun violence as a whole because gun violence is something that affects people from all walks of life, all over the country, and disproportionately black and brown communities," Whitman told Fox News. Several changes have already been made and others are in the works. Submit a "Freedom of Information Law" (FOIL) Request. The states attorney general, Dana Nessel, said her office had reached out to the local authorities and offered to assist with the investigation. The school, which serves older students who have struggled in traditional schools, ignited racial and religious tensions in 2019, when it was still planning to move to its Midwood location, which is owned by a synagogue. The four victims killed in the school shooting were all students. Were here, were here.. District officials said the small number of survey results may not accurately reflect the thoughts or opinions of a majority of the school district and they are working to get more people to complete the survey, including East Lansing Public Schools staff, only 59 of which completed the survey. Follow our live coverage of the Michigan school shooting. There was no time to wait, Sheriff Michael Bouchard of Oakland County, Mich., said late Tuesday. The deputies removed from the suspect, a 9-millimeter Sig Sauer SP-2022 pistol. Police investigate a shooting outside a school on East 21st Street near Avenue K in Brooklyn, New York City on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Michigan High School Shooting: 3 Students Killed and Several Critically Injured. WebAbout 5634 Midwood Ave Unit 2. NEW YORKCouncil Member Farah Louis (D-Brooklyn), Vice Co-Chair of the Black Latino So along with 16-year-old MadelinePaterna, Giancola arranged for her school to participate in the National School Walkout, a protest led by students demanding action against gun violence, on March 14 one month after theParkland school shooting. Protesting students walked out of classrooms across the country to demand safer schools and stricter gun control; Phil Keating reports from Ft. Lauderdale. Extra cops were assigned Friday to three Brooklyn high schools after learning of a Facebook threat promising a shooting. Hes a 15-year-old male, sophomore, a resident of Oxford Village. Additionally, Students of Georgetown Inc. ("The Corp"), a student-run non-profit, will close its businesses for 17 minutes, Ricardo Mondolfi, a junior international politics major and chairman of "The Corp," told Fox News. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, All rights reserved. (Gardiner Anderson/for New York Daily News). comprises Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, Flatlands, & Kensington in Brooklyn, NY. With the police investigation underway, it is paramount that we remain focused on addressing the gun violence that continues to plague our community rather than further scrutinizing an academic institution that is dedicated to providing our youth with a second chance to pursue higher education and lead meaningful lives. A sheriffs deputy tried to rush Tate Myre, a 16-year-old who had recently won honors as a linebacker and tight end on his football team, to a hospital on Tuesday after the teenager was shot at Oxford High School. Then he checked on his friends, to make sure they were OK, he said. Please explore our JobOpportunities. Students and staff have the right to teach and learn in an environment free from the worry of being gunned down in their classrooms or on their way home from school, the event page said. Last month, a shooting that the authorities said happened during a fight at a high school in Arlington, Texas, left four people injured. Critics of school police have warned that increasing police presence will further traumatize students without addressing the root causes of their behavior. My heart beat loudly, even though I knew it was a drill. Officers from the 70th Precinct responded to the scene at around 2:43 pm and found 17-year-old Devonte Lewis of Shore Parkway with a gunshot wound near the entrance to Urban Dove Charter School on E. 21st Street near Avenue K. EMS units rushed Lewis to Kings County Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead a short time later. 2023 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Welcome home! I honestly do not feel good about having to do that, so having to do that definitely made me safer and feel safer in the class. He was texting, and at first I thought he was joking. News 12 is told the boy is a student at Urban Dove Chapter. ", Its important for everyone to realize that although it is about guns and its political, its more to commemorate the lives lost, Giancola said. My heart aches for families that will never be the same and a quiet sweet community that had its innocence shattered, he said. The city Education Department wouldnt confirm that the teens involved were students at Midwood or whether a gun was inside the school before the shooting. Follow him on Twitter at @ByMarkJohnson. The classrooms where I struggled with math. This tragic act of violence, perpetrated by individuals from outside our school community, has our entire Urban Dove family in mourning, said Jai Nanda. The acting principal said: "All appropriate actions have been taken to ensure your child's safety. So we're meeting New Yorkers where they areonline and in person. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. By submitting your email to receive this newsletter, you agree to our, were caught with guns in Queens, the Bronx, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. Close to $40 million went into renovating the high school, which is now home to at least 33 classrooms, as well as a large gymnasium and a performing arts center. It was more than a decade ago and such drills were relatively new at the time. Cops investigate near the entrance to Urban Dove Charter School in Midwood, where a 17-year-old student was gunned down. Phone: 212-788-6859 They say the 16-year-old suspect that was taken into custody has a history of unsealed gun arrests in the last eight months. Paterna added that she wanted to speak out for all the people who died in the shooting. WebNEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A school shooting threat made over social media has prompted police to beef up security at three high schools in Brooklyn. Sheriff Bouchard said that officials did not know if there were other firearms in the suspects home, adding that was part of the investigation. Security footage shows students shooting outside high school WebA 17-year-old student died after being shot outside a Brooklyn charter school for troubled teens, cops said. I ran with people into bathrooms; into classrooms. Samuel Shaw, 24, a lifelong neighborhood resident, said he heard a few shots, and overheard a burst of radio chatter from a school security staffer: He has a gun! Devonte Lewis was shot in the stomach and hand around 2:45 p.m. Related: New Midwood charter school sparks racial and religious tensions. Our kids deserve better.. Joseph Gonzalez, 45, allegedly fired a shot that grazed the 24-year-old mans torso, cops said. The shooting came after five city school students were caught with guns in Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. In August, police officers fatally shot an 8-year-old girl outside of a high school football game in Sharon Hill, Pa., and a middle-school student killed another student in a lunchtime shooting in Albuquerque, N.M. I, for one, will be cheering these students on from New Haven.. Yale will NOT be rescinding anyones admission decision for participating in peaceful walkouts for this or other causes, regardless of any high schools disciplinary policy, Hannah Mendlowitz, the senior assistant director of admissions and director of recruitment for Yale University, said in a blog post. WebA junior at Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York some 1,200 miles away from Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the Florida high school where a gunman murdered 17 Once the location of a middle school, an architecture firm in neighboring Bloomfield Hills finished transforming the space into Oxford High School in 2004. Michael Lynn Jr., co-founder of The Village Lansing, who stood with the mothers and their sons, who are Black, said the ongoing violence issue at East Lansing High School is "flooded in bias, racial and economic." The sheriff said the gun had 15-round magazines. WebMidwood High School is a comprehensive high school located in the center of Brooklyn.The school enrolls approximately 4,000 students and is comprised of three Preliminary investigation revealed that the weapon used in the shooting was purchased on Nov. 26, four days ago, by the boys father. This incident was not school-related and did not happen on school property. The rash of gun discoveries reignited a thorny debate about police presence in city schools. Are Councilmember Kalman Yeger, a critic of the schools lease, took to social media to claim that Thursdays shooting was the first since the school building was erected seven decades ago. MTV also plans to go dark for 17 minutes on March 14 at 10 am to pay tribute to the 17 lives lost in the Parkland shooting and honor young victims of gun violence, the station said in a statement to Fox News. Emergency personnel worked outside Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, after a shooting on campus in October. Those at Midwood High will gather at a nearby park to have a moment of silence as the names of the 17 Parkland victims are read aloud. He was shot in the torso and hand at about 2:45 p.m. as he was getting out for dismissal, police said. All I remember is fear that something like that could happen at my school. I find that the most chilling aspect of the whole thing: Theres really nothing you can do.. "It impresses upon me and the shock that we're all feeling as a community just how random these events could be," he said. "The part about this that I want you all and everybody else to know is what resulted in this there was a handshake, love amongst them, communication between all of them these were groups that couldn't even be in the same room in East Lansing.". The school made sure that we knew where to go, who to call and how to act, said Eva Grondin, a 15-year-old sophomore, who attended active shooter training several weeks ago, and who fled from a hallway to a parking lot on Tuesday when she heard gunfire. The county sheriff, Michael Bouchard, said that a 9-millimeter Sig Sauer handgun used in the shooting had been bought four days earlier by the suspects father. EAST LANSING East Lansing Public Schools will hire three unarmed security officers to patrol its high school, and officials will consider hiring a certified police officer to work as a school resource officer following recent violent acts at the high school. Within five minutes, the authorities said, a 15-year-old sophomore at the school had shot 11 people, killing three of his fellow students and leaving others with critical injuries. The school district sent a survey to students, staff, families and community members to collect input on more controversial safety enhancements, like cellphone and backpack bans in classrooms. Legal Statement. A source said the young suspect is a member of the G-Stone Crips. At Monday's meeting, Brooks, speaking on behalf of an East Lansing "parent advocacy team," said that after a Jan. 30 board meeting that was packed with concerned and scared students, parents, teachers and community members, parents worked to bring the students together who had been involved in the fighting. You can reach us via social media, email, paper mail, or at your district office. The Reporting was contributed by Christine Chung, Maria Cramer, Claire Fahy, Jacey Fortin, Dana Goldstein, Giulia Heyward, Eduardo Medina and Jim Tankersley. Catch up on the days top five stories every weekday afternoon. Were still just asking you all to meet our children at their humanity. Email us here. In the halls I used to walk. He is of Jewish and Irish ancestry. Gov. Updated. WebUrban Dove Charter School in Midwood. The city-run college has barred Midwood High Schools swim team from using its new, eight-lane pool the crown jewel of its $115-million expansion despite the fact that it let its high school neighbors swim East Lansing Public Schools once employed two security guards at the high school and a school resource officer who shared time across all district buildings several years ago. Undersheriff McCabe said the school was blanketed with security cameras and had repeatedly worked with law enforcement to hold active shooter drills. And some schools will even have featured speakerswho are calling on Congress to pass gun control measures.
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