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Carroll County (Map, News) - A juvenile is in police custody this afternoon after threating to “shoot up” Century High School in Eldersburg, a day after a 14-year-old with a history of mental problems shot and wounded four people at a Cleveland high school before killing himself.
All 43 schools in Carroll County were sent into lockdown, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the school. The lock own order was lifted after 1 p.m.
“Under the advice from state police, we switched from code yellow to code orange,” the second highest security level, said Carey Gaddis, schools spokeswoman.
Under the heightened security, staff must return to or stay in buildings, students can travel between portables under staff’s supervision, outside activities are prohibited and administrators must have cell phones on them at all times.
Police would not say whether the juvenile in custody is a student at Centry High School.
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Einstein Student said:
Just to let everyone know, the name of the school has nothing to do with the students who attend it. I'm not saying we are dumb because we surely are not, but it is a regular public school, with regular students.
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Examiner Reader to Einstein Student said:
Honey, I hope you meant that you need to turn the violence off entirely....not just save it for after school. You need to survive long enough th get out of high school and get into college so you can getaway from that stuff. You have more power than you know. DEMAND that security be airtight in your school. Your family and your friend's' families have paid for the right for you to be able to go to school and get a good education without having to watch your back in the bathrooms. Stand up for your rights and take your school back! They think that because you have no vote you have no voice and no power. Prove them wrong!
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Einstein student said:
yes i am a bright kid.. some people need to learn when to turn the violence off. thats for after school.
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Karl Chue said:
So how many background checks did these "kids" go through, did they have to wait 14 days to be "not disapproved"? Legal handguns in the hands of law abiding citizens have never been the problem, but politicians always go after them instead of criminals, drug lords and gangs.
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Examiner Reader said:
Bright kids. No wonder they are attending Albert Einstein High School.
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Karl Chue said:
A young black male brandishing a handgun...not to worry, I'm sure he is over 21 (he must just look young), passed a background check, waited 7 days and has a Maryland Concealed Firearms permit. He is not at all likely to have gotten that gun illegally, be involved in a gang or drug activity and I'm sure he is a level-headed ,well educated, upstanding member of the community. And if he isn't all these things, on the "bright" side, he hasn't killed anybody *yet*. And even if he does kill someone later, it is all the fault of President Bush and the Iraq War rather than 40 years of one party politics in Maryland.
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