Forest High School Shooting April 20, 2018: Marion County Florida
@PatZAnthony (14752)
Charlotte, North Carolina
April 20, 2018 11:33am CST
This morning a friend contacted us to say there had been a shooting at the school in Florida where his son is a student.
Soon after he received the call about the shooting, his son contacted him to say he was okay and was being moved to another location.
If you have never experienced a violent act against yourself or a family member, you might not understand how horribly frightening this is.
He told us that one suspect was in custody and one person was wounded. The world is really spinning out of control, or is that just me?
The sheriff's office reported that the suspect in a school shooting in Florida is in custody.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Apr 18
Yes, @DianneN things seem to be to the point of no return.
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@DianneN (246865)
• United States
24 Apr 18
@PatZAnthony Our future is frightening!
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Apr 18
Parents must be concerned daily that their children might not be safe in a place that should safe @LadyDuck
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
24 Apr 18
@PatZAnthony I am sure that many parents are very concerned in our days.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
2 May 18
These things are so scary. I am so happy that they finally have an armed officer at the boy's school now. They just started it in March. It does give us a more secure feeling.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
20 Apr 18
Many are still against metal detectors, which could at least help somewhat. Students can bring all sorts of things into the school w/o being noticed @rebelann
It is a nightmare in some areas.
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@rebelann (111189)
• El Paso, Texas
20 Apr 18
It seems kids don't have the kind of supervision we had as kids @PatZAnthony then top that with all the crime stories available on regular shows like Law & Order, a kid can get plenty of perverse ideas from those shows.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Apr 18
@rebelann Yes, there are many things for them to consider doing after seeing all the nonsense with games, television and more. Absentee parents are no doubt a part of the issues also.
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@silvermist (19702)
• India
28 Apr 18
Glad to know your friend's son is okay.Such events are taking place more frequently.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Apr 18
It seems to be just a regular occurrence now and people are not surprised when these things happen.
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
24 Apr 18
The world began spinning out of control before we were born, we just never realized how bad it was before. Now, with students posting as things happen we don't wait a week before hearing about it.
Plus, did you read that they said that school was prepared for such an event so that there was only one injury and no fatalities?
If more places got better prepared hopefully the perpetrators wouldn't even consider going there.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
27 Apr 18
That school is one of many without metal detectors. All of the students could be there with weapons and no one would know. @MarshaMussleman
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@MarshaMusselman (38659)
• Midland, Michigan
28 Apr 18
@PatZAnthony it wasn't a student that brought the weapon in, Pat. At least they were prepared. If someone wants something bad enough there are ways to hide from the detectors.
That may help in certain schools but possibly not for all.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Apr 18
@MarshaMusselman There was a student with a weapon. Not sure what you read. My info is from someone working for the school.
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@GardenGerty (157555)
• United States
21 Apr 18
It is getting worse. I say that because it has gone beyond threats to terroristic actions. When I was in school we had bomb threats but no actions.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
23 Apr 18
This is all such a mess @GardenGerty
The young man we know who was at this school did not let it bother him. He is just happy to be safe.
But we really see more reason for metal detectors and bag searches each day!
@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
28 Apr 18
I don't think it's just you. We are living in violent times. It's going from bad to worse in many places. 
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
1 May 18
@PatZAnthony Right! We can't stop things getting worse as God foresaw how things would go and nothing we do would change anything. I always keep in mind what Jesus said in Luke 21:28 about that when we see the signs that he mentioned happening to lift our heads and rejoice as our deliverance would be near. Let's hope it comes soon.
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
30 Apr 18
Yes, and we know @1hopefulman things will not get better, no matter what we do.
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@crossbones27 (48434)
• Mojave, California
24 Apr 18
Glad he was alright and it is not you, world seems off lately.
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@crossbones27 (48434)
• Mojave, California
24 Apr 18
@PatZAnthony No we do not, seems to be going the other way.
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Apr 18
Yes, the world really is off @crossbones27
We don't see any signs of improvement.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
4 May 18
We hear more and more of the same and that is scary. Every day someone who doesn't want to live takes or tries to take other lives hoping to be killed in the event. It's very scary the number of school killings that we hear about now - and restaurants and on the streets...I vacation with relatives in Ocala, its such a nice, quiet town...
@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
20 Apr 18
I don't think you have to experience things like this to be able to understand how horrible and scary this would be. As I have never experienced a shooting, but know very well, by being a human being, that it is horrible and scary..
And I am glad your friends son is okay.1 person likes this
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
24 Apr 18
It has to be horribly frightening for everyone involved @Courtlynn
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
1 May 18
You may or may not know that we have a home in Ocala and our nieces son goes to West Point High, Ocala is our winter home and it feels like a safe place but these days, no place is safe
