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  • Arizona Shooting: Independence High School Deaths Deemed Murder-Suicide

    The Arizona shooting on Friday that cost two teenagers their lives has been deemed a murder-suicide.

    Two 15-year-old girls died at Independence High School in Glendale this morning.

    ABC News reports Glendale Police Officer Tracey Breeden says a suicide note was discovered at the scene.

    Officer Breeden spoke to the media earlier on Friday as well, when news of the Arizona school shooting first made news.

    “It’s a tragic incident,” she said at the time.

    “We don’t believe there are any outstanding suspects,” she added. “These two young women were found next to each other. There was a weapon found beside them.”

    Following the Arizona school shooting, parents were asked to stay away from the high school, but to pick their children up at a nearby Walmart instead.

    “Parents will be notified by email when students are released,” the district said in a Facebook post.

    Governor Doug Ducey issued a statement in the wake of Friday’s Arizona school shooting.

    “As details of this morning’s tragic shooting continue to be released, our hearts remain with the students, educators and families of Independence High School and the entire Glendale community,” he said.

    The names of the two teens who died earlier on Friday have yet to be announced.

  • Arizona School Shooting: Two Teenage Girls Dead at Independence High School in Glendale

    An Arizona school shooting on Friday has left two female students at Independence High School in Glendale dead.

    According to a report from the New York Times, the bodies of two 15-year-old girls were found at the high school early on Friday. They were declared dead at the scene.

    Officer Tracey J. Breeden, a spokeswoman for the Glendale Police Department, indicated the shootings may have been a murder-suicide.

    “It’s a tragic incident,” she said.

    “We don’t believe there are any outstanding suspects,” she added. “These two young women were found next to each other. There was a weapon found beside them.”

    The relationship between the two girls involved in the Arizona school shooting is unknown at this point in time.

    Following the Arizona school shooting, parents were asked to avoid the school, but to pick their children up at a nearby Walmart.

    “Parents will be notified by email when students are released,” the district said in a Facebook post.

    Governor Doug Ducey issued a statement in the wake of Friday’s Arizona school shooting.

    “As details of this morning’s tragic shooting continue to be released, our hearts remain with the students, educators and families of Independence High School and the entire Glendale community,” he said.

    School shootings are becoming all too common. What once seemed a tragic, isolated incident, these school shootings seem to be taking place every few months in the U.S.

  • TSU Shooting Leaves One Dead, Northern Arizona University Shooting Kills One

    Friday’s TSU shooting left one person dead and another wounded, while the killer remains at large.

    It was Friday morning at Texas Southern University when three suspects approached the victims in a student housing parking lot and opened fire.

    TSU President John Rudley said the student who died was a freshman at the university. His name has not been released, pending notification of his family.

    “He was a beautiful young man trying to get his life together,” Rudley said. “I wish he was still here.”

    Two suspects have been detained, but the third–believed to be the killer–hasn’t been apprehended. All involved are TSU students.

    John Rudley spoke out about the easy access to guns.

    “This is becoming too regular,” he said.

    The campus was on lockdown and classes were cancelled following the TSU shooting. The lockdown has since been lifted.

    The TSU shooting took place shortly after another deadly shooting at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. A fight quickly escalated into a shooting near a fraternity house. One person is dead and three others were wounded. A freshman, 18-year-old Steven Jones, has been charged with first degree murder and three felony counts of aggravated assault.

    Freshman Colin Brough was killed in the Arizona shooting.

    “We awake this morning to a terrible tragedy,” university president Rita Cheng said at a news conference. Cheng called the shooting “an isolated and unprecedented incident.”

    Both the TSU shooting and the shooting at Northern Arizona University took place at the same time President Barack Obama was visiting Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon where nine people died in a classroom shooting last week.

    Two non-fatal shooting incidents have also been reported at TSU in recent weeks.

    It is unfathomable how parents feel safe sending their kids off to college these days. These tragedies are increasing at an alarming rate.

    What’s your take on how incidents like today’s TSU shooting and Northern Arizona University shooting, as well as last week’s tragedy at Umpqua Community College can be prevented?