Talk:1997 Heath High School shooting
| This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the 1997 Heath High School shooting article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
| Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
 | This article is rated Start-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | James v. Meow Media was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 15 October 2009 with a consensus to merge. Its contents were merged into 1997 Heath High School shooting. The original page is now a redirect to this page. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected article, please see its history; for its talk page, see here. |
Untitled
editThis page needs details on the resulting lawsuits, one of which involved infamous lawyer Jack Thompson representing the mothers of slain victicms against the makers of the moive Basketball diaries, which they claimed in part caused the shootings (despite it being unclear as to whether this movie was seen by the shooter).
Competency Hearing
editShould someone put something up about his recent competency hearing? http://www.kycases.com/2006/06/criminal_compet.html TheEasterBunny 21:41, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
Before or after
edit- Shelley Schaberg, 17 at the time, was described by the principal as the school’s best female athlete. Voted Miss Heath High School by the senior class, Shelley was homecoming queen.
This isn't particularly clear. Was she voted MHHH and homecoming queen before or after the incident? Nil Einne 11:10, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
Youtube feature w/ Melissa “Missy” Jenkins
editThis video was just featured up on youtube with one of the victims, appears to be Melissa Jenkins, as she talks about being paralyzed from the waist down... thought it was worth a mention, if anyone wants to find a way to work it into the article:
Did Carneal recant?
editI've heard that he had expressed remorse for his actions, but there is no information on that here. Does anyone know if that's true? Mhmaudling 19:29, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
Perparator
editI added the no reference tag to this area, this is some pretty important information that is included and it is not sourced. That area is full of info that makes you feel sympathetic about the culprit and should be cited, or deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.81.104.124 (talk) 22:44, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
Date of birth of Micheal Carneal
editWhat is the date of birth of Michael Carneal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Australiaaz (talk • contribs) 20:49, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Sentencing section vs. Prosecution section ... ?
editThe info in the Sentencing section (which, btw, has no supporting citation) contradicts the info about the outcome of the trial in the Prosecution (which does have a linked citation, but the link has gone stale by now). Better to just delete the Sentencing section, if the facts given in Prosecution can be re-verified?? (It's also out of order chronologically to mention the sentencing before prosecution - so second best would be to merge Prosecution and Sentencing.)
Does anyone care to verify the facts and smooth this out? Rousse (talk) 19:21, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
How did Michael Carneal obtain his weapons?
editHow did he get his weapons? Did someone buy them for him, or did he steal them? If so, from whom? That's a relevant social/public policy issue. For example, some states require gun owners to keep their weapons locked up when not under the owners' direct control (especially when a minor lives in the house). Did he take the guns from someone he lived with (i.e., his parents or grandparents)? If so, did the gun owner(s) fail to keep them locked up? And did the owner(s) break the law by so doing? Captain Quirk (talk) 01:07, 16 March 2010 (UTC)
- It's also a very sensetive political issue. 71.51.50.38 (talk) 22:20, 11 August 2010 (UTC)
video game?
editHow the hell is this in the video game controversies section?(sorry for profanity) i thought the fuss was all about Rage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.244.225.180 (talk) 03:18, 5 October 2011 (UTC)
Motive
editAfter the shooting at Heath, authorities searched extensively for the perpetrator's motive. They came up empty-handed. Though Carneal was bullied, we don't actually know whether or not this influenced his motive. Remember, Carneal targeted the school prayer group (people who had never bullied him. In fact they tried to welcome him into their group, but he refused and often mocked the members for their faith). Some claimed that the shooter was motivated by an anti-Christian sentiment, but this cannot be proven. Why he targeted the prayer group, we may never know, but the motive was not bullying (and most mass shooters, even those that commit hate crimes, often struggle with mental health). If any evidence has surfaced that "bullying and mental illness" were contributing factors in the motive, please let me know. Editor3125 (talk) 23:04, 26 September 2024 (UTC)