A Joppatowne High School student shot by a classmate Friday died at a hospital, Harford County Sheriff Jeff Gahler said. The sheriff identified the student who died as Warren Curtis Grant, 15, of Edgewood. The sheriff said calls started to come in around 12:36 p.m. Friday for an active shooting situation. The sheriff said it turned out the incident was not an active shooter situation. SkyTeam 11 reported at 12:45 p.m. that the school was being evacuated. The sheriff said a 16-year-old boy, for whom Friday was his first day at Joppatowne High School, shot a 15-year-old classmate in a bathroom. Gahler said it’s believed a single shot was fired that struck the victim.

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    For others like me who don’t know: this is in Maryland, USA

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    Remember, nows not the time to talk about gun rights. Thoughts and prayers…unless this was a foreign minority, in which case we need to be enraged and angry about how immigrants are ruining this country. You know the ol’ song and dance.

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    We must arm our schoolchildren. It’s the only way. Every child should get a gun starting in the 1st grade. Only then will the shootings stop. Yeehaw.

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    “I, as a member of Congress of the United States, would like to offer my thoughts and prayers to the family of this senseless tragedy that I will do nothing to prevent from occurring again, despite actually being in a position to do something about it. I will continue to pander to right-wing gun nuts because they’ve made gun-ownership their entire identity. I won’t lose a single minute of sleep as I collect Russian cash laundered through the NRA because I don’t really give a fuck about children. Insincerely, every GOP politician.”

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    The sheriff said a 16-year-old boy, for whom Friday was his first day at Joppatowne High School, shot a 15-year-old classmate in a bathroom.

    Fucking what the fuck. Why are you bringing a gun on your first day of school and getting into a situation where you decide to use it. Just don’t talk to anyone and pretend you’re not there, ffs. You know, like we used to do.

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    The ONLY, Literally ONLY Solution is if the Victim SHOT FIRST! There’s Literally NO OTHER WAY he could have Survived!