jaylen. rest in peace. within the span of one week, jaylen went from homecoming prince to alleged mass shooter. there were vague signs of trouble over a girl on social media but overall, he was beyond well liked. school will be out here for the entire week and extra security has been added at other schools in the as for motive, investigators sure. neal karlinsky, abc news, villn. nearby seattle, a 16-year-old student was arrested for bringing a molotov cocktail to school. the school near the famous seattle space needle was evacuated as a precaution. police conducted a room to room search of the building but found search of the building but found a high-profile hazi is ing way it was nearly three years ago that florida a&m s drum major robert champion died after bei g hit repeatedly in a hazing ritual.
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to soft tissue hemorrhage incurred by blunt force trauma. no one could have expected his college experience would include being pummeled to death. the band called that crossing bus seat and police called it hazing and felony. that s our subject of the call to action. the hard questions raised by cases like this for all of us, from colleges to sports, the military. champion s case, 15 were charged with manslaughter and hazing in his death. the five remaining defendants are going to stand trial two weeks from today. robert champion s family still waiting for justice. joining me is pam champion. ms. champion, i m so sorry for your loss. what kinds of justice are you hoping for this month during trial? well, of course, we re looking for the courts to do
apparently now dead. we ll keep you updated on that. first, an important story, our call to action this week. how far would you go to fit in? well a spat of recent cases suggests the answer for too many, especially too many young people is too far. like 26-year-old robert champion, he was in line to be head drum major for the florida a and m university marching band but had one last challenge before him. an initiation ritual band members are challenged to endure. head down the center aisle of the bus while other band members are free to pummel them. in this case other band members allegedly kicked and punched and hit champion with drum sticks and mall lets soon he was vomiting and said he couldn t see. this is how the ritual ended for robert champion. robert champion died as a result of hemorrhagic shock due
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