The Devil in Red Lake

Jeff Weise lost his parents but had close friends. So why did he shoot and kill his granddad and eight others?

Ashley Lajeunesse was doing math homework in study hall when she heard the first shotgun blast. She thought it was a student dropping a stack of textbooks. Then came another bang. Then another. The other students in the room looked up in sudden, knowing panic. No one could speak. The teacher in charge, Neva Rogers, walked to the door, turned the lock and shut off the lights. She too sensed what was happening. A gunman was in the school, and he was heading their way.

Rogers ordered the students to the back of the room and told them to hide wherever...

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