{"id":2227345,"date":"2024-04-22T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-senior-tradition-turns-bloody-as-punk-opens-fire-horrible-senseless-tragic-act\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T15:38:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:38:32","slug":"high-school-senior-tradition-turns-bloody-as-punk-opens-fire-horrible-senseless-tragic-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-senior-tradition-turns-bloody-as-punk-opens-fire-horrible-senseless-tragic-act\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Senior Tradition Turns Deadly: Shooting Leaves Community in Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhigh-school-senior-tradition-turns-bloody-as-punk-opens-fire-horrible-senseless-tragic-act%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227345&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The\u2063 article discusses a tragic shooting\u2064 incident at a high school senior tradition, where five teenagers were shot. The community is shocked\u200c by the senseless violence, sparking\u2064 debates on gun control. The piece reflects on the need to address \u2063the culture of violence to prevent such \u2064incidents in the future. The article highlights a tragic shooting at a high school senior \u200cevent, \u2062resulting in five teenagers being wounded. The incident\u2063 has deeply\u2064 impacted the community, triggering discussions\u200b on gun control. \u200bIt emphasizes the urgency to tackle the\u200d root cause of violence to avoid similar tragedies in the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>High School Senior Tradition Turns Bloody as Punk Opens Fire: &#8216;Horrible, Senseless, Tragic Act&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/%20\"><span>Michael Schwarz<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 22, 2024 at 10:26am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The adults who created this culture of indifference to human life have no idea what to do about it. Some would use it as an excuse to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tighter-background-check-legislation-burdens-law-abiding-citizens-wont-reduce-crime-expert\/\" title=\"Tighter Background Check Legislation Burdens Law-Abiding Citizens, Won\u2019t Reduce Crime: Expert\">disarm law-abiding citizens<\/a>, while others merely spew platitudes without ever getting to the heart of the matter.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/five-shot-senior-skip-day-greenbelt-shooting\/60551599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WBAL-TV<\/a>, a large \u201csenior skip day\u201d gathering at a park in Greenbelt, Maryland, turned violent when five teenagers were shot in the middle of the afternoon on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Greenbelt Police Chief Richard Bowers called it \u201ca horrible, senseless, tragic act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is absolutely no reason that this occurred. It is senseless. It is chronic in our society, and we have to do something to stop it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly everyone agrees on the \u201cchronic\u201d problem of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/segment-california-violent-crime-goes-off-rails-crew-targeted-crooks-broad-daylight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violence<\/a> that ails our society. Agreement breaks down, however, on the \u201csomething\u201d required to solve it.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Greenbelt Mayor Emmett Jordan also lamented the present state of affairs. Like Bowers, however, the mayor stopped short of identifying the core problem.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-education-sec-on-womens-school-sports-we-have-a-legal-responsibility-to-include-transgender-athletes\/\" title=\"Biden Education Sec On Women\u2019s School Sports: We Have a \u2018Legal Responsibility\u2019 to Include Transgender Athletes\">high school students<\/a> cannot get together and have a good time \u2014 what is the world coming to\u201d Jordan said, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greenbelt-park-shooting-df565f5080b41b3640b90872ad7c5e07\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Bowers, 500 to 600 students gathered in the park for a water gun fight \u2014 a kind of tradition for local high school seniors that has occurred without incident in the past.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Is there a violence problem in American schools?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By Sunday, three of the five victims \u2014 all teenage boys \u2014 had been released from the hospital. Two others remained hospitalized in stable condition. One of the two had been upgraded from critical condition, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/news\/witness-describes-chaos-of-senior-skip-day-shooting-in-greenbelt-that-left-5-teens-injured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WTTG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Witness Dave Bimbai described the scene on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-chicago-shooting-kills-7-year-old-girl-wounds-7-people-including-small-children-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bullet<\/a> don\u2019t discriminate, and everybody was scared,\u201d Bimbai said.<\/p>\n<p>The sheer size of the gathering, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espn-reporter-leaving-network-over-vaccine-mandate-power-given-is-seldom-returned\/\" title=\"ESPN Reporter Leaving Network Over Vaccine Mandate: \u2018Power Given Is Seldom Returned\u2019\">including police officers<\/a> who were there for crowd control, added to the confusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a ton of people. I wanted to leave, but I couldn\u2019t leave because I didn\u2019t know where to go,\u201d Bimbai said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pop of the gun made me freak inside. I couldn\u2019t get out to run, because where are you going to run?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Bimbai also recalled first responders giving CPR to one of the victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so thankful because that guy was in deep trouble. If there wasn\u2019t CPR, I don\u2019t think he\u2019d make it,\u201d Bimbai said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Witness describes chaos of Senior Skip Day shooting in Greenbelt that left 5 teens injured <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tuuqfSXJJv\">https:\/\/t.co\/tuuqfSXJJv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox5dc\/status\/1782186351644807592?\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  As of Sunday, police had yet to identify the assailant, whom they believe to have acted alone.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks also commented on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/authorities-release-selected-excerpts-manifesto-trans-student-planning-shooting-allowing-us-see-bad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shooting<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so unfair. It\u2019s so unfair that these kids now have to feel that it\u2019s unsafe for them to enjoy what really is a natural part of childhood,\u201d Alsobrooks said.<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks emphasized the need to prevent the wrong people from getting access to guns.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, no sensible person would dispute the broader sentiment behind such comments. Ideally, troubled young people with violent intentions would not have weapons in their possession.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, millions of people with no such troubles or intentions have safely owned firearms. In exercising the one right that guarantees all others, they have provided the only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lawmakers-planning-direct-infringement-2nd-amendment-prohibition-militias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meaningful check<\/a> on their own government.<\/p>\n<p>Disarmament, therefore, constitutes the one red line that citizens cannot permit public officials to cross. After all, disarmed citizens hold their liberties at a government\u2019s pleasure, and that makes them subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the \u201csomething\u201d we must do to \u201cstop\u201d such \u201csenseless\u201d and \u201cchronic\u201d violence cannot focus on the weapons. We need fewer troubled young people with violent intentions, not fewer guns in citizens\u2019 hands.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, public officials must tell the truth about a culture that shamelessly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nyc-pay-george-floyd-blm-rioters-13-million-historic-settlement-mass-arrests-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">promotes violence<\/a> and even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-women-shriek-celebration-right-murder-children-voted-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">glorifies infanticide<\/a>. 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45760\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/michael-schwarz\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45760\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45760\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45760\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45760\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Michael Schwarz holds a Ph.D. in History and has taught at multiple colleges and universities. He has published one book and numerous essays on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and the Early U.S. Republic. He loves dogs, baseball, and freedom. After meandering spiritually through most of early adulthood, he has rediscovered his faith in midlife and is eager to continue learning about it from the great Christian thinkers. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High school senior tradition takes a tragic turn as a shooter unleashes violence. 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