Memorial Middle School shooter Thomas Gregory White will remain behind bars.
The Missouri Supreme Court today overruled a motion to allow White to be freed and placed under house arrest while awaiting trial.
White, 15, was 13 and a seventh grader at Memorial Middle School when he entered the school with an assault rifle on Oct. 7, 2006, fired a shot into the ceiling, and pointed the gun at Principal Steven Gilbreth and tried to pull the trigger, but the gun jammed, according to authorities.
White is charged with two counts of assault and one count each of armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon, and attempted escape. He has been in jail since that time.
Judge David Mouton ordered that White stand trial as an adult. White's attorney has asked the Supreme Court to overrule that decision. A hearing is scheduled for Feb. 28.
4 comments:
This kid needs to stay behind bars. We need to keep protecting those he tried to harm. Let us not forget what he has done. What kind of example do we give when we allow someone of this caliber to go home while awaiting sentencing.
while awaiting sentencing?he hasn't had a trial yet,oh i forgot guilty until proven innocent in joplin,mo.
Well yeah, it is pretty much a fact that he brought a gun to school and pointed at the principal. He also shot a hole in the ceiling. He's definitely guilty of all that and guilty of being a danger to others.
Any other thoughts to the contrary are just people deluding themselves.
if the cops say it and the prosecutor says it well by golly it must be true.the heck with the constitution.guilty until proven innocent in the state with the best juvenile system in the country.
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