From the News Tribune, Tacoma, Washington:
A man reportedly infatuated with a 30-year-old special education teacher shot and killed the woman outside a Tacoma elementary school … this morning, police said. The gunman later was shot dead by a Pierce County sheriff’s deputy near Fredrickson.
The initial shooting occurred about 7:30 a.m. at Birney Elementary School, where the victim helped teach reading to kids with learning disabilities.
Witnesses told police the gunman… arrived at the school about two hours before the teacher and shot her when she and a female colleague later arrived…
A teacher, who asked to remain anonymous, told The News Tribune the gunman had been in the victim’s master’s degree class when she was at the University of Washington-Tacoma. He had been stalking the victim, leaving roses on her car and notes.
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A story reminiscent of the Johanna Justin-Jinich killing at Wesleyan.
February 27th, 2010 at 9:42AM
“A man reportedly infatuated with a 30-year-old special education teacher shot and killed the woman outside a Tacoma elementary school teacher this morning, police said.”
The grammarian inside me insensitively notes that it would have been a story for the ages had he shot and killed her INSIDE a Tacoma elementary school teacher.
February 27th, 2010 at 9:58AM
I didn’t catch that, Christopher. Thanks. I’ll fix it in the post.
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:29PM
I had no idea it was a typo. I figured it was just the usual sloppy journalismese.