1. Re: "Investigators said they
       don't know whether the student aimed at someone or
       just fired up in the air."

It is dangerous to "just fire in the air." Spread the word. (Media people ought to know that.)

2. With every passing year, more young females are drinking alcohol and giving birth to more brain-damaged young. Marijuana breaks chromosomes and produces defective children. Many young people are doing drugs and drinking booze after childhoods that included far too many hours of low-class TV and violent computer games.

Then things like this happen and everybody is amazed that a kid flew off the handle under stress.