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Further in the day, during a class changing period, in the presence of a teacher and 22 students, Owens fired one shot at classmate 6-year-old Kayla Rolland, which entered her right arm and traveled through her [[Organ (anatomy)|vital organs]]. At 10:59 a.m. [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]], Rolland was pronounced dead at Hurley Medical Center while in [[cardiac arrest]].<ref>Student killed in Michigan elementary school shooting [http://web.archive.org/web/20080103013335/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.04/ CNN]</ref> |
Further in the day, during a class changing period, in the presence of a teacher and 22 students, Owens fired one shot at classmate 6-year-old Kayla Rolland, which entered her right arm and traveled through her [[Organ (anatomy)|vital organs]]. At 10:59 a.m. [[Eastern Standard Time|EST]], Rolland was pronounced dead at Hurley Medical Center while in [[cardiac arrest]].<ref>Student killed in Michigan elementary school shooting [http://web.archive.org/web/20080103013335/http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.04/ CNN]</ref> |
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Subsequently after firing the shot, Owens threw the handgun into a wastebasket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. He was held in custody until the [[Genesee County, Michigan|Genesee County]] [[Child Protective Services|Family |
Subsequently after firing the shot, Owens threw the handgun into a wastebasket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. He was held in custody until the [[Genesee County, Michigan|Genesee County]] [[Child Protective Services|Family Independence Agency]] could determine his placement.<ref>Michigan first-grader fatally shot by classmate [http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/29/school.shooting.04/ CNN]</ref> He and his two younger siblings have since been placed with an aunt.<ref name="CBS">More Indictments In School Shooting [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/02/29/national/main166184.shtml CBS News]</ref> |
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Revision as of 06:45, 3 May 2009
Buell Elementary School was an elementary school in Mount Morris Township, Michigan (approx. 5 miles North of Flint, Michigan). Buell Elementary School closed in 2002.[1] It was part of the Beecher Community School District.
2000 school shooting
The shooting
On February 29, 2000, 6-year-old Dedrick Owens found a .32-caliber handgun[2] in his uncle's home,[3] and took it to the school campus, where it was used for the shooting death of 6-year-old Kayla Rolland.
Further in the day, during a class changing period, in the presence of a teacher and 22 students, Owens fired one shot at classmate 6-year-old Kayla Rolland, which entered her right arm and traveled through her vital organs. At 10:59 a.m. EST, Rolland was pronounced dead at Hurley Medical Center while in cardiac arrest.[4]
Subsequently after firing the shot, Owens threw the handgun into a wastebasket and fled to a nearby restroom. He was found there by a teacher and was taken into police custody soon after. He was held in custody until the Genesee County Family Independence Agency could determine his placement.[5] He and his two younger siblings have since been placed with an aunt.[6]
Punishment and legal issues
At 6 years old, Rolland is believed to be the youngest school shooting victim in U.S. history.[7] Derrick Owens is the youngest known school shooter.
Due to Owens' age and lack of ability to form intent, Owens was never charged for the shooting. In most US states six-year-olds are not liable for crimes they commit. In a 1893 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that "children under the age of 7 years could not be guilty of felony, or punished for any capital offense, for within that age the child is conclusively presumed incapable of committing a crime. This is followed in many US states."[8] However, his uncle and two other men were charged. He and his brother are currently in foster care.
Jamelle James, who kept the .32-caliber semiautomatic pistol ended up pleading no contest to involuntary manslaughter and spent 2.5 years in prison before eventually being released and spending a period of time on probation. The other adults involved would be in and out of court systems in the years to follow.[1] In 2009, Buell Elementary School was demolished.
References
- ^ a b Five years after school shooting, Michigan community still in pain Sign on San Diego Retrieved on November 26, 2007 Cite error: The named reference "Five years" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Major U.S. school shootings in the last 10 years Fox News
- ^ The Killing of Kayla Time Magazine
- ^ Student killed in Michigan elementary school shooting CNN
- ^ Michigan first-grader fatally shot by classmate CNN
- ^ More Indictments In School Shooting CBS News
- ^ Broughton, Philip Delves (2000-03-01). "Shocked pupils tell of shooting by six-year-old". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2007-08-06.
- ^ Dwyer, Kevin and Fiorillo, Juré. True Stories of Law & Order: SVU. 2007: Berkley/Penguin, page 15. ISBN-10: 0425217353)
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