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...evil that had been done to the mind of a man programmed to become a killer, cries, "Hell, hell!" People may say the same thing after last week's school shooting of a six-year-old girl by a six-year-old boy. On Tuesday the boy brought a pistol to an elementary school in Mount Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., and shot a classmate, Kayla Rolland, to death. He is too young to be charged with anything, but the county prosecutor has charged the man who left the loaded gun lying around with involuntary manslaughter, contributing to the delinquency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Killing Of Kayla | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...killed Kayla Rolland? A six-year-old classmate did it. On Tuesday morning he went to the Theo J. Buell Elementary School carrying both a concealed Davis .32 semiautomatic handgun, advertised as "the original pocket pistol," and a knife. Another kid reported the knife to a teacher, and it was taken away. The boy held on to the gun. Shortly before 10 a.m., Chris Boaz, a seven-year-old, witnessed the following scene...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Killing Of Kayla | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...children were changing classrooms, from a small reading group to a computer-training class. This is contrary to the police report that the crime occurred inside a classroom. The kids were on the first level heading to the second when the boy pulled out his pistol. Kayla was walking ahead of him, up the school stairs. He called out, "I don't like you." She had her back to him, then turned and asked, as a challenge, "So?" The boy, who had first pointed the gun at another classmate, swung around and fired a single bullet that entered Kayla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Killing Of Kayla | 3/13/2000 | See Source »

...least for fans of SEAN ("Puffy") COMBS: New York prosecutors allege that while the rapper and multihyphenate trouble magnet waited in a holding cell following his arrest on a gun charge last December, police overheard him offer his driver $50,000 to take the blame for a stolen pistol found in Combs' limo. As collateral, Combs dangled a $40,000 pinkie ring--a recent gift from girlfriend Jennifer Lopez. The driver declined. "They think money can buy them out of this," said prosecutors, requesting that Combs' bail be upped from $10,000 to $150,000. (A judge will rule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 21, 2000 | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...improving one's body as well as one's mind, so athletic competitions loom large. ROTC squads from across the nation go head-to-head in a series of events at Military Excellence Competitions (MECs). "There are also volunteer activities which we're 'strongly encouraged' to do, like rifle pistol, color guard and drill team," Andrews says. Color guard, which is basically marching around carrying huge flags, takes the form of team competitions. Judges score teams based on the sharpness of their moves, their appearances and form. Sometimes they escape military confines to march for football games or the Hasty...

Author: By Harriet E. Green, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: In the Navy | 2/17/2000 | See Source »

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