Ohio High School Shooting 911 Calls Released, ‘There’s A Student With A Gun’
Feb. 28 2012, Published 9:00 a.m. ET
By Breaking Celebrity News Staff
Four panicked 911 calls made by witnesses of Monday’s shooting rampage at an Ohio high school have been released by police, and Breaking Celebrity News has audio from the chilling tapes.
The calls were released shortly after 17-year-old suspect T.J. Lane appeared in juvenile court on Tuesday for a detention hearing that determined he should be held in juvenile custody for at least 15 days.
Lane will next face Judge Timothy Grendell in the Geauga County courthouse on March 1 when he will be formally charged for killing three fellow students and injuring two others during his rampage at Chardon High School.
In the chilling tapes, dispatchers can be heard relaying details of the shooting spree while Lane is still on the loose. “We’ve got multiple gun shots,” explains one frenzied caller. “It sounded like it came from the gym, cafeteria area.”
“This is Chardon High School calling, we’re in lockdown and we need assistance right now,” says another, calmer, staff member. “There’s a student with a gun... He’s in the school somewhere.”
Another caller identified as Doug Snyder explained, “There’s a report of a gun and a knife... We’ve got students down, there are three in the cafeteria and one in room 200,” he said while frantically to trying find out where the shooter was.
The school’s principle can then be heard informing dispatchers that the shooter was seen running out the back door past the tennis courts and towards the pool, describing him as, “White t-shirt, shaggy dark hair, tall, skinny,” he said. “We have a name that we think.” When asked, “Is that Thomas?”