we re following the breaking news in chardon, ohio. a suspect is in custody. the investigation is unfolding. here s the news conference that s happening right now. and rapidly. yesterday s event, as a result of that training and practice, if you would, law enforcement was quickly placed inside the school upon arrival. and we believe that that helped to lessen the tragedy that occurred. unfortunately, much had occurred prior to law enforcement s arrival. i d like to bring joe bernance, chardon s school superintendent to speak. first of all, i d like to thank our law enforcement for working with us so diligently over the last couple of hours. noejs, our sympathy goes out to the five victims in the case, there s not a lot you can say when you are responsible for the safety of 3100 kids, other than the fact that we re going to do the best we can to make sure our schools continue to be safe and continue to work with law enforceme enforcement. we have grief counselors available
high school in chardon, ohio, that s near cleveland. one student dead, four others wounded. two of the wounded students are in critical condition, one is serious, and another is stable. yet another student showed a reporter from wkyc where one of the bullets grazed him. yeah, right here on my ear. i was actually as i was turning away from the gunman, he caught me right on the ear. reporter: how s your hearing, how close was he when he fired that shot? we were the table right next to him, he was within three feet of us. three of the victims were at my table as well. the student we just saw identified the gunman as t.j. lane, seen here in a picture from his facebook page. authorities won t confirm the identity other than to say he s a student and juvenile. the shooting happened in the school cafeteria at 7:38 this morning. one of the teachers chased the gunman out of the school and ultimately caught him. frantic parents answering phone calls and text messages from the