School principal shot in Placerville

[sperry]

WTF?

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/02/02/...school/?hpt=T2

The principal of an elementary school in Northern California was shot to death Wednesday, police said.

Placerville Police Chief George Nielsen identified the victim as Sam Lacara, 50, the principal of Schnell School. He was shot in the upper torso.

John Luebbers, 44, a custodial employee, was arrested in the shooting, which was believed to have stemmed from a dispute between the two men, Nielsen said.

No schoolchildren were injured, but authorities believe one student may have seen the shooting.

Authorities received a 911 call midmorning Wednesday that shots had been fired at the school, Nielsen said.

"It's a tragedy for Placerville and for our entire society," Nielsen said.

"The main issue with how to deal with students was the ongoing investigation and the crime scene," he said, "and ultimately that was to remove them (to a nearby fairground) and get them back to their families."

Placerville is in Northern California, 45 miles east of Sacramento.

[Nick Koan]

Yeah, that principal was actually my P.E. teacher in Jr. High. And the school he was shot at was my school for 1st and 2nd grade.

I didn't recognize the name at first, since I only vaguely knew his first name. Quite a shock to a lot of my friends who knew him. A fair amount of my parents friends are teachers in the district too, and they are even more stunned.

[sybir]

Yeah, this is horrible for the community, and it's an impossible situation when explaining it to students
Nate's wife's mom is a teacher at Schnell, and was in the office less than 5 minutes before it happened with one of her kids......very scary.
My mom was in the office yesterday at the same time, delivering flowers, horrible as it is, I'm grateful she wasn't there today.