Post by BORN2SIGN on Oct 2, 2006 15:01:28 GMT -5
PARADISE, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A 32-year-old truck driver walked into an Amish schoolhouse Monday, binding and shooting three girls execution-style before killing himself, police said Monday.
Seven others were wounded in the attack, which police said appeared to be a revenge killing for an incident that occurred two decades ago.
"It seems as though he wanted to attack young female victims, and this is close to his residence. That's the only reason we can figure that he went to the school," said Comm. Jeffrey Miller, Pennsylvania State Police.
"It's a horrendous crime scene," he said. (Watch police investigate shooting scene -- 1:00)
The shooting took place at Wolf Rock School in Paradise, a school run by the Amish community with about 27 students in grades 1 through 8.
One of the children died in the arms of a trooper, Miller said.
The gunman, Charles Carl Roberts IV, was a truck driver, said Miller. He was not Amish. He had three children, and left several notes for his family "along the lines of suicide notes," Miller said.
Police said he had barricaded himself in the schoolhouse with two-by-four and two-by-six pieces of lumber.
Fifteen male students between the ages of six and 13 were released from the school, Miller said.
At least five young girls with gunshot wounds were taken to area hospitals, a spokeswoman said.
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Seven others were wounded in the attack, which police said appeared to be a revenge killing for an incident that occurred two decades ago.
"It seems as though he wanted to attack young female victims, and this is close to his residence. That's the only reason we can figure that he went to the school," said Comm. Jeffrey Miller, Pennsylvania State Police.
"It's a horrendous crime scene," he said. (Watch police investigate shooting scene -- 1:00)
The shooting took place at Wolf Rock School in Paradise, a school run by the Amish community with about 27 students in grades 1 through 8.
One of the children died in the arms of a trooper, Miller said.
The gunman, Charles Carl Roberts IV, was a truck driver, said Miller. He was not Amish. He had three children, and left several notes for his family "along the lines of suicide notes," Miller said.
Police said he had barricaded himself in the schoolhouse with two-by-four and two-by-six pieces of lumber.
Fifteen male students between the ages of six and 13 were released from the school, Miller said.
At least five young girls with gunshot wounds were taken to area hospitals, a spokeswoman said.
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