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>>> WELCOME BACK TO "THE LEAD."
AS IF LOSING YOUR CHILD IN A
SENSELESS SCHOOL SHOOTING ISN'T
DEVASTATING ENOUGH, IMAGINE HOW
DIFFICULT IT MUST BE AS A PARENT
TO HEAR THERE'S A CHANCE IT
COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.
A SECURITY GUARD AT ARAPAHOE
HIGH SCHOOL HAS IGNORED THE
SCHOOL BLAMING THE FACT THAT
THEY IGNORED RED FLAGS.
HE MAY HAVE BEEN TARGETING A
SCHOOL LIBRARIAN.
PEARSON WAS ON THE RADAR LONG
BEFORE THE SHOOTING FOR
THREATENING A TEACHER AND EVEN
LOOKING UP GUNS ON HIS COMPUTER.
RUSS SAYS SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
WERE WARNED ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR
BUT THEY DID NOT ACT.
>> ONE AFTERNOON IN THE LUNCH
ROOM, CARL WAS LOOKING UP GUNS
ON HIS COMPUTER AND AFTER WE
NOTICED THAT, HE QUICKLY CLOSED
HIS COMPUTER AND WE IMMEDIATELY
TOLD OUR SUPERVISOR WHAT WE SAW
AND WE WERE TOLD HE WOULD BRING
IT UP IN THEIR ADMINISTRATION
MEETING.
AND THEN THAT FOLLOWING MONDAY
AFTER THE ADMINISTRATION
MEETING, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS
NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT
THAT.
THIS IS ANOTHER RED FLAG, IN OUR
MINDS, AND WHY IS IT NOT IN THE
MINDS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
IT'S KIND OF SHOCKING.
IT'S JUST THAT QUESTION OF WHY
ARE WE NOT DOING MORE AND WHAT'S
STOPPING US FROM DOING MORE TO
HELP AND PREVENT THIS?
>> CNN REACHED OUT TO THE
LITTLETON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOR COMMENT AND WE HAVE NOT
HEARD BACK.
IN AN E-MAIL TO PARENTS, THE
DISTRICT ALLUDED TO THE CLAIMS
SAYING, QUOTE, MUCH OF THE
CONVERSATION IS BASED ON
INACCURATE INFORMATION, RUMOR,
AND UNKNEW WENT DOE.
I WOULD ASK ALL WARRIORS TO WAIT
FOR THE SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATION