He was a Drum Major...who avoided gangs...

[ScreamingMeemie]

http://news.yahoo.com/texas-school-shooting-many-questions-loom-234525229.html

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The death of 15-year-old Jaime Gonzalez has shaken this neighborhood along the U.S.-Mexico border, where parents already burdened by economic woes and street gangs are now faced with explaining the tragedy to their children.

Making it especially hard: It remains unclear to his parents and investigators why Jaime — a drum major who danced in his church's annual religious festival, stayed out of gangs and had two parents who closely watched him — could swerve off course and bring a weapon to school. The weapon, police later determined, was a pellet gun.

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Jaime never got into major trouble, Ponce said, and attributed his visits to her office to "mischievous" things for which he always apologized. She said his parents were supportive if called for any reason.

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Sad, all the way around.

[Brickbat]

1. I feel sorry for everyone involved in this. What a tragedy.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Reading the story, it sounds like he wanted police to shoot him.

Very sad for everyone--including the officers who killed him. They must have felt sick to their stomachs when they saw it was a pellet gun.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. That's what I am thinking.

It sounds like suicide by police, which is horrible for everyone involved.