from the district, as has been reported to me. once again, it s a horrible tragedy. i just want to thank once again our law enforcement and especially want to thank our tiving staff who were well prepared to respond to a tragedy of this nature. thank you. at at this time i want to give out the phone number, again, for all of the media. they definitely want to call 440-279-2009. that will be the number where you would leave a name, phone number, and an e-mail address. as our press releases are brought up, we ll disseminate them from the sheriff s office. our next gettogether for an update will be at 4:00, same place. thank you. bill: one gunman or more than one? one. jenna: the headline here is we now know that one child is dead this morning. their parents sent them to school on a typical monday morning, and that child will not be coming home. we do not have the identity
100% across the board. once again, it s a horrible tragedy. i just want to thank, again, our law enforcement and i want to thank our teaching staff who were well prepared to respond to a tragedy of this nature. thank you. superintendent will school remain closed tomorrow? i ll give out the phone number again. 440-279-2009. that is the number where you leave a name, phone number and an e-mail address, as our press releases are brought up, we will disseminate them from the sheriff ses of. our next get together for an update will be at 4:00. same place. thank you. one gun man? one. what is the motive here, sir? that was the police chief in chardon ohio, confirming one fa tality from the school shooting this morning. chris, it goes without saying
evacuated. students say it was chaotic when the shooting started with people basically running for their lives. parents were frantic to find their kids. i just want you to take a listen to this. she texted me and said there s been a shooting and i m in a closet, but don t worry. i said, well, just keep texting me. so that s what we re doing. my son is over there. i have a daughter here in middle schoo school. more on the shootings throughout the morning as well. they are spending time in tennessee today. that s ahead of next week s big super tuesday contest. and more apparent retaliation for last week s burning of korans by nato troops. a suicide bomber detonated explosives, killing nine civilians. the taliban are claiming responsible for the attack and for poisoning food at another base. we have traces of bleach found in fruit and coffee. no troops were sicked. they re eating now prescreened meals. president obama s apology nor the koran burning has sparked criticism f
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