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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Alston Jr. sure seems to have had a lot of power over the actions of others, including the teacher in the room he wandered into for lockdown, not his class. Why might that be? Was it a regular teacher or a sub not familiar with the students?[b] Were some kind of prison gang dynamics operating? [/b]

Fear can be a powerful motivator.

This could have been so much worse with mass casualties.

The victim could have gotten to the hospital much sooner, would that have changed the outcome? No siren vs. medivac for example.

Why in a school that had repeated threats as recently as December was the response so inept? [/quote]

What? Prison gang dynamics?

Seems much more likely he ducked into the nearest classroom when they called the lockdown, and made up a story to explain why he was wandering the halls. No teacher is going to leave a student out in the hallway during a lockdown situation, especially if they don’t know why it’s been called.

For a long time teachers weren’t given much info about what was happening, until police figured out who they were looking for and determined that he didn’t seem to have fled off campus. Police didn’t know whether he was still armed, so they had to go slowly and carefully so they could apprehend him without further casualties. Nothing I’ve seen suggested he was holding the class hostage, or threatening the teacher or anything.

I don’t even know what “prison gang dynamics“ might even mean in this context. [/quote]

This thread seems to imply that the shooter was let into the classroom after lockdown initiated.  Would love to hear what this guy has to say.

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Yes, since the school was going into lockdown anyone in the hall was told to get in a classroom. Are the teachers supposed to frisk people first? I know it’s horrible for those parents but I don’t see how this could be avoided. Is the teacher supposed to see this guy, assume that he’s the shooter and leave him in the hall? Or is she supposed to see this guy, assume he’s not the shooter, and get him in a room to safety? How is it up to her to make that judgment?[/quote]

That is the point of lockdown.  Shut the door. Do.Not.Open.It.Again.  That's how a lockdown works. Why? Because of exactly what happened here.  Don't let the shooter in your classroom.  [/quote]

It is so upsetting to see these details of how poorly the adults performed. Any illusion that protecting kids, common sense, a sense of urgency getting a kid to a trauma center is the highest priority is gone. Deny, minimize, cya. No reason to think the shooter had left but wishful thinking. Kid was said to have knocked on multiple doors. A whole class was put at risk because that teacher admitted him. And he was not even a student in that class. Defeats the entire point. The cops noted there was no one in the hallway. That is where the shooter should have been contained. My kids are not at Magruder and I am so shaken by this behavior by MCPS and MCPD. And after repeated threats at that school, why so inept and flat footed. Why not be on top of how to respond?

Schools need the option of getting rid of troublemakers and violent kids. If they were not stuck with them it would all be different. [/quote]

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