美國校園槍擊案1死2傷兇手自殺身亡

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A student at a Nevada middle school opened fire with a semi-automatic handgun on campus just before the starting bell Monday, wounding two 12-year-old boys and killing a math teacher who was trying to protect children from their classmate.

The unidentified shooter killed himself with the gun after a rampage that occurred in front of 20 to 30 horrified students who had just returned to school from a weeklong fall break. Authorities did not provide a motive for the shooting, and it’s unknown where the student got the gun.

Teacher Michael Landsberry was being hailed for his actions outside Sparks Middle School during the shooting.

“In my estimation, he is a hero. ... We do know he was trying to intervene,” Reno Deputy Police Chief Tom Robinson said.

Both wounded students were listed in stable condition. One was shot in the shoulder, and the other was hit in the abdomen.

The violence erupted nearly a year after a gunman shocked the nation by opening fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., leaving 26 dead. The Dec. 14 shooting ignited debate over how best to protect the nation’s schools and whether armed teachers should be part of that equation.

Landsberry, 45, was a military veteran and leaves behind a wife and two stepdaughters. Sparks Mayor Geno Martini said Landsberry served two tours in Afghanistan with the Nevada National Guard.

On his school website, Landsberry posted a picture of a brown bear and took on a tough-love tone, telling students, “I have one classroom rule and it is very simple: ‘Thou Shall Not Annoy Mr. L.’”

“The kids loved him,” his sister-in-law Chanda Landsberry said.

She added his life could be summed up by his love of his family, his students and his country.

“To hear that he was trying to stop that is not surprising by any means,” she said.

Police said 150 to 200 officers responded to the shooting, including some from as far as 60 miles away. Students from the middle school and neighboring elementary school were evacuated to the nearby high school, and classes were canceled. The middle school will remain closed for the week.

“As you can imagine, the best description is chaos,” Robinson said. “It’s too early to say whether he was targeting people or going on an indiscriminate shooting spree.”

At the evacuation center, parents comforted their children.

“We came flying down here to get our kids,” said Mike Fiorica, whose nephew attends the school. “You can imagine how parents are feeling. You don’t know if your kid’s OK.”

The shooting happened on the school’s campus and ended outside the school building, according to police.

“I was deeply saddened to learn of the horrific shooting at Sparks Middle School this morning,” Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said in a statement extending his thoughts and prayers to those affected.

About 700 students in 7th and 8th grades are enrolled at the school, in a working class neighborhood.

“It’s not supposed to happen here,” Chanda Landsberry said. “We’re just Sparks — little Sparks, Nevada. It’s unreal.”

A statement from Nicole Hockley, whose son Dylan was killed in the Connecticut shooting, appeared on the website of gun control advocacy group Sandy Hook Promise. “It’s moments like this that demand that we unite as parents to find commonsense solutions that keep our children — all children — safe, and prevent these tragedies from happening again and again,” the statement said.

The Washoe County School District held a session in the spring in light of the Newtown tragedy to educate parents on its safety measures. The district has its own 38-officer police department. No officers were on campus at the time of the shooting.

Sparks, a city of roughly 90,000 that sprung out of the railway industry, is just east of Reno.美國內華達州一中學10月21日發生槍擊案，一名男生在校園用手槍開槍，致兩名12歲的男孩受傷，一名試圖保護學生的數學老師身亡。

事件發生在當地時間清晨7:16分，離第一堂課還有15分鐘。槍手隨後開槍自殺身亡，身份未明。槍擊現場，20多名驚慌失措的學生四處奔逃，他們剛結束爲期一週的秋假返回學校，沒想到竟遇上如此可怕的一幕。目前，當局沒有提供作案動機，也不清楚兇手從何處獲得槍支。

一名13歲的八年級學生凱爾告訴雷諾市一家報紙稱，他聽到了6聲槍響。另一名學生埃爾南德斯說事發前她曾見過兇手，“我聽到他說‘你們爲什麼嘲笑我，取笑我。’”

"一個男孩開始變得有點瘋狂，他拿出槍朝我的朋友開槍。”一名目擊事件經過的7年級學生安德魯·湯普森說，“然後他走近一位老師，叫他退後，當老師開始後退時他扣動了扳機。我和其他5個人打算把中槍後的老師帶到安全地方，然後我們的副校長來了，叫我們趕快跑到安全的地方。”

教師邁克爾·蘭茨貝里（Michael Landsberry）在槍擊案期間表現英勇，受到公衆稱讚。“在我看來，他是個英雄。我們知道他試圖阻止這一切。”雷諾市警察局副局長湯姆·羅賓遜說。

今年45歲的蘭茨貝里是名退役軍人，身後留下妻子和兩個繼女。斯帕克斯市市長吉諾・馬蒂尼稱他曾兩次赴阿富汗服役。在學校網站的簡介上，他以嚴厲而慈愛的口吻對學生說：“我有一條規則，很簡單，那就是‘不要惹惱蘭茨貝里先生’。”學校的孩子們都很喜歡他。

受傷的2名學生一人被射中肩膀，一人腹部中槍，目前狀況穩定。

警方稱，有近200名警員緊急出動應對此次槍擊，有些系從60英里外調過來，聯邦調查局和美國國土安全部正協助調查。事發學校和周圍小學的學生被疏散到鄰近的高中，學校也已停課。斯帕克斯中學預計本週都將保持關閉。

在疏散中心，父母不斷安慰自己的孩子。“我們迅速趕來這裏接孩子，你知道此刻父母的心情，我們不知道孩子有沒有事。”邁克·菲奧裏卡說，他的侄子在該中學上學。

羅賓遜表示，關於槍手是否是刻意針對人羣還是隨意掃射，還不能過早下定論。警方稱，槍擊事件發生在校園操場，但是在校外結束。

內華達州州長布賴恩·桑多瓦爾發表聲明說：“對於今晨斯帕克斯中學發生的可怕槍擊事件，我感到非常悲傷。”

斯帕克斯市市長馬蒂尼說：“我想重申，這座城市本身非常安全，這是一起孤立事件，但非常不幸。”

斯帕克斯位於雷諾市東部，由於鐵路行業發展迅速，該市約有9萬人口。事發學校地處工薪階層的小區，登記入學的7年級和8年級學生約有700名。