Incident
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9-12-2023 Louisiana Greensburg 3-1
Location
September 12, 2023
St. Helena College and Career Academy14340 Highway 37
Greensburg, Louisiana
Participants
- Type: Victim
- Name: Vernon Gordon Jr
- Age: 16
- Age Group: Teen 12-17
- Gender: Male
- Status: Killed
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Teen 12-17
- Status: Injured
- Type: Victim
- Age Group: Teen 12-17
- Status: Injured
- Type: Subject-Suspect
- Relationship: Acquaintance
- Name: Christopher Williams
- Age: 14
- Age Group: Teen 12-17
- Gender: Male
- Status: Unharmed, Arrested
Incident Characteristics
- Shot - Wounded/Injured
- Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
- School Incident
- School Shooting - elementary/secondary school
- Possession of gun by felon or prohibited person
Notes
Suspect, 14, shot three; one killed in vehicle in campus parking lot. Motivated by school bullying. Student suspect was arrested at his home and charged with second-degree murder, aggravated second-degree battery and possession of a firearm in a firearm-free school zone. Glock w/ extended mag from BR.
Guns Involved
1 gun involved.
- Type: 9mm
Sources
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- URL: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/crime/one-dead-2-hurt-in-st-helena-high-school-shooting-tuesday/289-24051934-6252-4667-bfa4-b1ec2a2ba2f0
District
Congressional District: 5State Senate District: 17
State House District: 72