Reno Made The National News…
And it almost ruined my lunch hour…
Two Hurt in Reno Middle School Shooting
RENO, Nev. — Two students were injured Tuesday when another student opened fire with a gun at a Reno middle school, authorities said.
The Washoe County School District said one student at Pine Middle School was wounded in the shoulder and taken to Washoe Medical Center for treatment.
The other received a superficial wound to the leg and was treated at the scene.
The alleged shooter was arrested and police said the weapon, a .38-caliber pistol, was recovered.
Authorities said the shooting occurred outside the school cafeteria just before 9 a.m.
School was on a delayed start because of snow and officials said not all students had arrived at the time of the incident.
The school was in lock down for about an hour before students were taken home either by bus or released into the custody of a parent or guardian, district officials said.
Yep, that’s it. No one dead… And somehow that’s national news… Heck it was barely Reno news except it cause quite a traffic jam, and allot of parental panic. No less than 10 police cars showed up, not to mention 5 news vans, all on a two lane road, just outside of where I work.
Don’t get me wrong, this is concerning, and a little disturbing, for us here in Reno… But national news? Hardly, if this had happened at the 7-11 down the street (as it often does in that neighborhood) with the same children involved, it would have been less than a blurb on the local morning news.
