Girl Killed In Shooting At Fort Lauderdale High School In Florida

[Mysticalmom]

http://cbs4.com/local/shooting.dillard.2.862432.html
Nov 12, 2008 2:25 pm US/Eastern
Student Killed In Shooting At Dillard HS
FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― Doctors were unable to save a Broward high school student who was shot on campus Wednesday morning.

Ft. Lauderdale police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said around 11 a.m. a school resource officer at Dillard High School, at 2501 NW 11th Street, found 15 year old Amanda Collette unconscious in a hallway by the school's computer lab. Ft. Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel feverishly worked on Collette as they rushed her to Broward General Medical Center. She died a short time later at the hospital.

At about the same time Collette was found in the hallway, Sousa said police received a call from someone at a Captain Crabs Take-Away near the school, at 2431 W. Sunrise Boulevard, that a teenage girl in the restaurant may have just shot someone. Arriving police officers took the 15 year old girl into custody. They also recovered a small caliber handgun.

Chopper4 over the scene spotted police examining the small handgun before placing it into an evidence bag. Sousa said the girl was taken to police headquarters but has not been charged at this point.

The lock down on the school was lifted shortly before noon.

"This is the time in the life of a Superintendent, School Board and school district that you absolutely never want to live through," said Broward County Schools Superintendent Jim Notter. "On behalf of the School Board and school district we are devastated by what happened today. We will be doing a thorough investigation in conjunction with the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, certainly analyzing all our present programs along with our intervention programs."

Notter said police investigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident between the two girls and no other students were in danger. Notter confirmed that investigators believe the shooting took place on school grounds.

"We have security cameras throughout the school," Notter said, "Obviously we will be going through all the tapes."

"Our hearts and our prayers go out to the victim's family," said Notter.

As for why the shooting took place, Notter said it still hasn't been determined.

Dillard has about 1,700 students. They don't pass through metal detectors, but officers are stationed on campus.

[Texas53]

Too many kids are getting possession of guns (whoever shot her be it another student or gang member) and too many gangs running around in school areas on the streets. This is so very sad.

If kids/gangs that kill have so much energy, put them on a plane, drop them over Iraq and Afghanistan and see how far they get. (this includes girls and boys) JMHO

[Roamer]

What the heck ever happened to good old shouting matches and fist fights? These days kids don't hesitate to get a gun or a knife. :0009:

[PinkPony]

Nov 12, 2008 8:07 pm US/Eastern
Dillard High Student Shot Dead Outside Classroom

A 15-Year-Old Classmate Is Charged With First-Degree Murder


FORT LAUDERDALE (CBS4) ― Doctors were unable to save Broward high school student Amanda Collette, 15, who was shot on campus Wednesday morning.

The shooting suspect, Teah Wimberly, also 15 years of age, was questioned at police headquarters and charged with first-degree murder.

Ft. Lauderdale police spokesman Sgt. Frank Sousa said around 11 a.m., a school resource officer at Dillard High School, at 2501 NW 11th Street, found Collette unconscious in a hallway by the school's computer lab.

Ft. Lauderdale Fire Rescue personnel feverishly worked on Collette as they rushed her to Broward General Medical Center. She died a short time later at the hospital.

At about the same time Collette was found in the hallway, Sousa said police received a call from the suspected shooter at a Captain Crabs Take-Away near the school, at 2431 W. Sunrise Boulevard. Arriving police officers took the 15-year-old Wimberly into custody. They also recovered a small caliber handgun.


Friends told CBS4 News that this all happened because Amanda did not want to date Teah.

Chopper4 over the scene spotted police examining the small handgun before placing it into an evidence bag.

The lock down on the school was lifted shortly before noon.

"This is the time in the life of a Superintendent, School Board and school district that you absolutely never want to live through," said Broward County Schools Superintendent Jim Notter. "On behalf of the School Board and school district we are devastated by what happened today. We will be doing a thorough investigation in conjunction with the Ft. Lauderdale Police Department, certainly analyzing all our present programs along with our intervention programs."

Notter said police investigators believe the shooting was an isolated incident between the two girls and no other students were in danger. Notter confirmed that investigators believe the shooting took place on school grounds.

"We have security cameras throughout the school," Notter said, "Obviously we will be going through all the tapes."

"Our hearts and our prayers go out to the victim's family," said Notter.

As for why the shooting took place, Notter said it still hasn't been determined.

Dillard has about 1,700 students. They don't pass through metal detectors, but officers are stationed on campus.

http://cbs4.com/local/shooting.dillard.2.862432.html

[PinkPony]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (AP) -- A 15-year-old accused of fatally shooting her classmate was upset because the two had recently stopped talking.


Henrietta Davis raced to the school when her son called and said, "Come pick me up, someone just got killed."

She told police she brought a gun to school because she "wanted her to feel pain like me," according to an affidavit.

Teah Wimberly, a 15-year-old sophomore at Fort Lauderdale's Dillard High School, was ordered held in jail for 21 days Thursday, and will likely undergo a psychological examination before her next court date.

"She's a very troubled young girl and we asked the judge to order a confidential psychological evaluation," said her attorney, Gary Kollin. Wimberly's family was "distraught about the fact that a child has died" and "saddened by the fact that Teah is in custody."

Wimberly is charged with first-degree murder and discharging a weapon on school property in the killing of Amanda Collette, also 15.

Officer Mark A. Shotwell, who interviewed Wimberly, wrote in the affidavit that she said the two had been friends, but recently stopped speaking. Investigators said Wimberly shot Collette, then walked to a seafood restaurant to call authorities and turn herself in.

Prosecutors are considering charging her as an adult.

Dozens of high school students gathered before classes Thursday for a brief memorial service in Collette's honor. Some students wore black, while others brought flowers and teddy bears. A few said prayers.

The shooting around 11 a.m. Wednesday set off a confused chain of events at the school: Students screamed and ran when the victim fell to the floor, but authorities couldn't immediately confirm a shot had been fired.

Stephan Willis, a sophomore, said the girls were arguing in an outside corridor when Wimberly suddenly pulled out a gun and shot Collette.

"She's a nice girl. She's quiet. She just keeps to herself," Willis said of the victim, whom he said he'd known since elementary school.

Authorities later confirmed the shooting. It was possible a smaller-caliber gun was used and the wound closed around the bullet, said Sgt. Frank Sousa, a spokesman for Fort Lauderdale Police. The school was locked down for a short time, but classes soon resumed.

Wimberly left campus and walked across the street to Captain Crab's Take-Away restaurant where she called authorities and told them "she had shot her friend," Sousa said. Authorities took her into custody at the restaurant and recovered a gun.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/11/13/florida.school.shooting.ap/index.html

[emmeblu]

These school kids that take guns to school and kill are going to have to be tried as adults. Like Texas, I am concerned as to how these kids have access to guns!

This teen needs to be locked up and the key thrown away. She killed her use-2-be friend, why? Time for metal detector's in my opinion.

:1222423:For the victim, her family and friends.

[TigressPen]

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local-beat/Guilty-Verdict-in-Dillard-Shooting-Case-78875082.html

Guilty Verdict in Dillard Shooting Case
Teah Wimberly found guilty

By ARI ODZER and BRIAN HAMACHER
Updated 3:19 PM EST, Wed, Dec 9, 2009



A teen has been found guilty of murdering her classmate in the halls of Dillard High School.

A jury has found Teah Wimberly, 16, guilty of second degree murder in the shooting of her classmate and friend, Amanda Collette, in the November 2008 school tragedy.

The two had been longtime friends, but had had a falling out, police said. Wimberly (above, right) had wanted to be more than just friends, but Collette didn't feel the same way.

According to a police report, Wimberly, upset over the broken friendship, had brought a .22 caliber pistol to school that day, Nov. 12, 2008.

When Collette refused to speak with her and turned to walk away, Wimberly pulled out the handgun and shot her friend in the back, according to the report.

Collette, a 15-year-old sophomore at the performing arts magnet school, was pronounced dead about an hour later at Broward General Medical Center.

Police caught up to Wimberly near the school after she called 911 to turn herself in.

"I shot my friend at Dillard, that was like my best friend since 2nd grade," Teah Wimberly tells a dispatcher in the tape of the 911 call, played for the jury earlier in the trial. "I didn't want to kill her so I shot her in the back...I just wanted to give her the pain she gave me."

Wimberley's lawyer unsuccessfully pushed for an acquittal for the teen, claiming insanity.

Wimberly, who had been charged as an adult, is facing life in prison.