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CAROL: GREENVILLE COUNTY
DEPUTIES SAY THE STUDENT WHO
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF AT
NOT BEEN THREATENED BY A TEACHER
THERE AS THE STUDENT'S FATHER
, TOLD WYFF NEWS 4.
MICHAEL: WYFF NEWS 4'S TIM
WALLER IS LIVE AND LOCAL AT
SOUTHSIDE WITH THIS LATEST
DEVELOPMENT.
AND CAROL,
INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT SURE WHY
GUN IN HIS BOOK BAG AT SOUTHSIDE
HIGH ON WRITING MORNING.
THE FATHER'S VERSION OF WHAT
HAPPENED IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE.
SOUTHSIDE
HIGH STUDENTS WERE
BACK THIS MORNING, WITH EXTRA
SECURITY AND EXTRA COUNSELORS.
>> AS OF THE
FIRST CLASS THIS
MORNING, A DOZEN KIDS NEEDED TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS.
TIM: ON FRIDAY, A 16-YEAR-OLD
STUDENT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
HIMSELF IN THE SCHOOL CAFETERIA,
HIS FATHER LATER CLAIMING HE HAD
BEEN THREATENED BY A TEACHER.
>> HE HAD TRIED TO TOUCH MY SON
AND I GUESS MY SON HAD TOLD
ABOUT IT, HIM AND ANOTHER
STUDENT TOLD ABOUT IT, AND HE
CAME BY MY SON'S HOUSE THE
MORNING THAT MY SON WAS SHOT AND
HE THREATENED MY SON AND
THREATENED MY BABY DAUGHTER.
TIM: TODAY, DEPUTIES SAID THERE
NO SUCH THREAT, AND NO VISIT BY
A TEACHER TO THE STUDENT'S HOUSE
DEPUTIES ARE INVESTIGATING AN
TEACHER WAS PLACED ON LEAVE MAY
3RD. BUT THEY WOULD NOT SAY IF
IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH
FRIDAY'S INCIDENT INVOLVING A
GUN. MEANWHILE, THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT HAS CONFIRMED THERE
CAFETERIA WHERE THE SHOOTING
OCCURRED.
HAVE SEEN THE VIDEO.
TIM: SHE SAYS THE FOOTAGE HAS
BEEN TURNED OVER TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
LATE TODAY, THE STUDENT'S MOTHER
RELEASED A STATEMENT ADDRESSING
SUNDAY.
SHE SAID, QUOTE, NO TEACHER CAME
TO MY HOME ON FRIDAY, MAY 13, OR
KNOWLEDGE.
SHE SPOKE AGAIN TODAY
TO THE
STUDENT'S FATHER, AND HE IS
DEPUTIES ARE NOW DISTANT --