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On the night of July 20th, 2012 the term tragedy was rewritten as the largest mass shooting in United States history took place in a movie theater located in Aurora, Colorado. What is now known as “The Batman Massacre” resulted in twelve casualties, fifty eight injuries, grief ridden family members, and left the rest of the United States searching for answers. This horrific scene will be replayed in the minds of the survivors for life and will be one of grave devastation to the family members directly involved. The shooting has many dynamic angles to consider, especially the ones that involve the shooter. Included here is his background, the legal issues inflicted, and his motive to carry out such a

Tony finds that taking pills will numb the feeling of his father abandoning him and the feeling of his friends passing away. Tony ends up killing the boyfriend and is sent to prison before he ends up at Aspen Springs. Conner grew up with his twin sister and was raised by their parents. Conner’s parents were very tough on him and he always felt pressured in not being good enough, Conner was very intelligent and on the outside people could not see the real hurt and struggle he was going through everyday. Conner thinks the only way to deal with his situations to kill himself. Conner attempts suicide in his family living room. This mother finds him and he was able to get help. Conner’s mother was ore worried about her high priced clothing and lavish life rather than her son and his mental health. Conner struggled with feeling excepted from women since his mom wasn’t too worried about him. At a young age he was molested by a baby sitter then when he was older he had a girlfriend who was his teacher twice his age. After Conner healed from his attempted suicide shot to the heart he was placed at Aspen Springs. Vanessa grew up as an “Army Brat”. Her dad was currently over seas serving in Afghanistan. While her, her mom, and

June 19, 1975, began a killing spree in Colorado Springs when a soldier from Ft.Carson and his friend who worked on base shot a cook in the head. He only had fifty cents. The next week they stabbed a Fort Carson soldier with a bayonet. On July 1, 1975, they killed Kelsey Grammer’s sister. After raping her, they stabbed her throat and left her out in a trailer park to die. That night they went to Fort Carson and called a cab from a club. That pick up would be Dad’s last. Knowing he was in trouble, Dad called dispatch to ask the distance and the fare to Butts Field, a strange request for a seasoned cabbie on such a small military base. All the fares were thirty five cents except the one to their airport. One of the guys grabbed my dad and slashed his throat from ear to ear, leaving him for dead on the side of the road. They drove the cab through the housing area, across one of its inhabitants front lawns. He had driven a taxi in New York and had his money taken before, but never harmed. Mom laughed hysterically when she told me that even with witnesses, their attorney argued it was too dark to adequately identify them.The local police investigated Karen’s murder, but my dad’s killing had taken place on a military base, putting the federal agents in charge. The murderers were given the death sentence for Karen and the other murders, so the feds decided not to investigate my dad’s case.

Terror, shock, desperateness, all feelings of the Columbine victims. Through the narration of the encounter between Patti Nielson and the shooters during the beginning moments of the Columbine shooting in chapter 11 of Columbine, a memoir, Dave Cullen adopts an informative tone in order to focus young adults’ attention to the ruthlessness of the Columbine shooting.

There was a shootout that went viral recently in Maryland and the information about it is now available for us to discuss. The young lad who was killed during the shootout is identified as Jason Hendrix who is 16 years old and was from Corbin, Kentucky. The Baltimore County Police officers, Maryland have been on a hunt to find this young lad who is a suspect of his parent’s and his 12 years old sisters’ death. Right from there his hunt was on for the cops of Maryland.

Lastly, I offer my regards and blessings to all of those who supported me in any respect during the completion of the report.

On November 3rd in Marksville, Lousisana a 6-year-old boy was shot to death by two marshals. His name was Jeremy Mardis, who is autistic, was shot five times in the head and chest who was sitting in the front seat of Chris Few, the Father, pickup truck. Chris was also struck by the marshal, but was said to be in fair conditions. The two marshals Norris Greenhouse Jr., 23, and Derrick Stafford, 32, were the two officers that shot around 13 to 18 rounds that led to Chris Few with losing his son Jeremy Mardis. This event led to an enormous discovery of problems in this small town of 5,500 residents.

Over the last decade or so, the United States of America has been shaken by an epidemic of terrifying mass shootings, devastating slayings of unexpecting victims, and unnerving annihilations of the innocent. There is no specific target, no explicitly sought-out group, nor definite individual. From a classroom of first-graders, to a crowded movie theatre, to a U.S. Naval yard, the location seems at most, random, other than that it is almost always a public place. The perpetrators responsible for these horrific murders also vary, and often surprise those who thought they knew them. However, while the occurrences of mass shootings are unpredictable and always shocking, most have one thing in

Student witnesses described the perpetrators dressed in black trench coats and masks that aimed their attacks at minorities and athletes before opening fire randomly. The article’s inclusion of accounts from the perpetrators’ peers particularly drew in audiences. High school senior Rachel Erbert described witnessing victims being shot:

Homeroom Diaries In Homeroom Diaries, by James Patterson and Lisa Papademetriou, Cuckoo, a 16 year old girl, has experienced a lot of tragedy. Her dad abandoned her when she is young, and her mom left her a few months ago, but her friends were always there for her. However, when things get tough, for the whole Freakshow, not just Cuckoo, their friendship is tested. But in the end, when you have a friendship as strong as the Freakshow’s, you don’t give up on each other.

My next story takes us to the state of Colorado; more specifically the town of Aurora. On the day of July 20th, 2012 James Eagan Holmes walked into the movie theater, century 16, at a midnight showing for the film Dark Night Rises. A little after the film started Holmes walked out the exit to go and get his firearms and tear gas. It was believed that he was dressed up in tactical gear and a gas mask. Around 12:30 am he reentered the movie theater and began to throw two canisters of gas. Then he threw the gas and began to shoot at people. “Holmes fired 76 shots in the theater: six from the shotgun, 65 from the semi-automatic rifle, and five from the .40-caliber handgun,” (Tenser 1). “The first phone calls to emergency services via 9-1-1

Just yesterday, there was a horrifying death, at Smyth’s Gun Shop in Plainfield. A woman by the name of Yvette Harvey killed herself with one of the guns on display at this shop. It was later discovered that the woman obtained the bullets at Walmart. This knowledge was achieved when investigators found a receipt for a box of ammunition in Yvette Harvey’s purse. The owner of the gun shop stated, “ She asked to see a pistol. She said she wanted to keep it in the house, for protection. Then, the woman asked if I had any literature on the model, and when I turned my back to find some, she shot herself with the gun.” Many might also recognize the woman's last name, which is Harvey. Just recently, the woman's daughter was the first killed at the

Screaming, shuffling, and urging… teachers ushered students to safety inside bathrooms and classrooms after Adam Lanza shot the first bullet with his semi-automatic, AR-15 assault rifle. Lanza shot 20 students that day, after killing his mother earlier. Imagine if Lanza’s community had known the signs to look for. That massacre could have been prevented. Moved by the event, a non-profit appropriately named, Sandy Hook Promise, arose to educate the populous on the warning signs of gun violence. To that aim, they created “Evan” a public service announcement (PSA) that shocked the country. First, viewers see the story of a boy and girl’s relationship blossom. Then several days pass in the plot, when suddenly another character starts open fire

This week I like to spot-on the couple ideas on the books which I found interesting and also generate some new ideas and/or questions on me. Reading both books are like revisiting the ideas of the two influential theorists, I most likely to enjoy the book about the Vygotskian approach. The way authors brought the similarities and differences of Vygotsky and other theorist to the light was a smooth read.

Lastly, a very particular thank you is expressed to my mum for her love, support as well as