4 Shot at Mich. Middle School
Pastor Dale Morgan
4 Shot at Mich. Middle School *
Thursday October 25, 2007 4:46 AM
By DAVID EGGERT
Associated Press Writer
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - Gunfire erupted during halftime at a middle school
football game on Wednesday afternoon, wounding two teenagers and two
adults, police said.
The four were taken to hospitals for treatment, said police Lt. Brian Lipe.
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the neck, Detective Sgt. Brent Vanderhaar
said, but he said he had no information on his or the other victims'
conditions. He also would not say whether the boy had been targeted by
the shooter, but did say the other victims apparently were innocent
bystanders.
No arrests had been made, but police had one person in custody being
questioned as a ``person of interest,'' Vanderhaar said.
The injured teenagers were not students at South Middle School, where
the shootings took place about 5:15 p.m. The other victims were an adult
male and an adult female, Vanderhaar said. He declined to provide more
details.
About 100 people were attending the game when the shooting erupted a
short distance from the school's football field, where the team was
playing Central Middle School, Vanderhaar said.
Safiya Mosley, a Saginaw Public Schools spokeswoman, said players and
spectators were moved toward the center of the football field
immediately after the shootings. They were allowed to leave after police
indicated the situation was under control.
Classes were to be held Thursday at the middle school under stepped-up
security, Mosley said. Crisis counselors would be available to students
needing them, she said.
``Things that go on in the community sometimes has effects in the
schools,'' Mosley said. ``It's going to take the community as a whole to
fix it.''