Warrensburg High student commits suicide after bringing shotgun to school

• Ninjam wrote on 2014-04-11 22:01
  Warrensburg Police Department
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  
  Date: April 11, 2014 10:25AM
  
  This is a follow-up release to the situation that occurred at Warrensburg High School this morning. At 7:50AM a green Ford Explorer matching the description was spotted by a responding WPD unit at Route DD and Maguire Street. The vehicle turned northbound on Maguire. The WPD unit was able get the vehicle stopped behind the Classic Car
  
  Wash located at Maguire and Clark Street. Officers in that unit took positions of cover, waiting for additional back-up units to arrive. Shortly thereafter the officers heard a shotgun blast come from the vehicle. After back-up officers arrived officers approached the vehicle and found that the driver was deceased from a single self-inflicted wound to the head from a shotgun.
  
  The deceased is identified as Kyle M. Wittrock, white, male, age 18 of Warrensburg. Kyle was a senior at Warrensburg High School.
  
  It should be emphasized that no shots were fired at the school and all students are unharmed and safe.
  
  Missouri State Highway Patrol and University of Central Missouri Police assisted WPD at the scene.
  
  Information Released by: Bruce E. Howey, Chief of Police
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  Kinda scary, considering I was really really close to this, being in the art building at the time for my figure drawing class at the college.
• Campylobacter jejuni wrote on 2014-04-11 22:05
  Very close call.
• Osayidan wrote on 2014-04-11 22:09
  Check list of things to blame for the media:
  1) videogames
  2) videogames
  3) videogames
• TLCBonaparte wrote on 2014-04-11 22:47
  That guy went out like a fking G!
• Ninjam wrote on 2014-04-12 02:14

  Quote from Osayidan;1214332:

  Check list of things to blame for the media:
  1) videogames
  2) videogames
  3) videogames

  
  
  I didn't even bother going to the news sites because of that. I just took the press release straight from my email instead.
• Hanna wrote on 2014-04-13 22:40
  Poor kid, I wonder why he brought the gun
• Aubog007 wrote on 2014-04-14 02:57

  Quote from Hanna;1214764:

  Poor kid, I wonder why he brought the gun

  
  
  I would say he was gunning for attention, but i guess he stared down the barrel and said screw it.
  
  
  On a side note, what a dumbass.