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View Chardon high school shooting in a larger map. The school was immediately put on lockdown but parents are lined up near the campus now to pick up their children. Parents crowded outside the school said they started receiving text messages from children before 8.

Several students came out of the school in tears. Others came out in gym shorts, an indication of how suddenly the school day changed and the urgency with which the students were removed from the building.

The shooting happened in the cafeteria, according to a waiting parent, Jessica Bryant, whose freshman daughter, Allison, had seen it and texted her. Parents were being told at that it might not be safe to remain near the school. Maple Elementary school across the street was being evacuated. Police were blocking streets near the school as they went through the building in search of the shooter. A teacher saw the shooting and chased the gun-wielder, who escaped, according to reports. At , students were being evacuated from the school and are going to Maple Elementary.

Many, scared, could be seen holding hands and crying. Mueller described Lane as "a quiet kid. Freshman year he got into a 'goth' phase and didn't talk to that many people anymore.

He never egged anybody on. He just went about his business. His parents divorced in , and his father later served time in jail on assault and other charges, according to the station. Classmates described Lane as a outcast who'd been bullied. In late December he posted a poem on his Facebook page that read: "He longed for only one thing, the world to bow at his feet," and ended ominously: "Die, all of you.

Lane allegedly opened fire with a handgun just before 8 a. The shooter was chased out of the building by a teacher and later turned himself in to a passerby, authorities said. In the wake of the shooting, perhaps in a sign of solidarity, many of Lane's classmates -- including many in the "friends" column on Lane's Facebook page -- had the Chardon High School "Hilltoppers" logo as their Facebook profile pictures. They went into the school and located the victims.

He explained a steering committee was formed about six months after the shooting and met on and off for several years, before transitioning the project to the fundraising and implementation team. In May , the steering committee came up with a mission, Sharpe said, which was to create a permanent physical memorial for Chardon and other communities to honor the lives lost, celebrate the survivors and acknowledge the community that came together to support one another in the aftermath of the CHS tragedy.

Then, in , Sharpe said he put out a call for someone to help take the project from concept to construction. Sharpe thanked Dale Griffis and Cold Harbor Building Company for volunteering to be the general contractor and oversee construction of the acre park, which connects city and school district property at Basquin Drive. This park is a tribute to the human spirit. Yes, it is time and we will never forget. We also will never forget that Chardon.

That was proven by donations from dozens and dozens of individuals, businesses and organizations, not only from Chardon and other local communities, but from communities as far away as California. Kalis said it was important to former, current and future CHS students that the memorial was more than a statute to look at, but a place to reflect, appreciate and celebrate life.

TJ Lane was 17 when he shot dead three students at an Ohio high school. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. TJ Lane smirked at his victims' families as sentence was passed.

Image source, Reuters. Lane was found competent to be tried as an adult for the Chardon High School attack. Related Topics. US gun laws United States.