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crimes. One student recalled that he was "friendly and fun to be around". Fellow churchgoers pointed out that he was enthusiastic about the Bible. In terms of academic achievement, he was an average student at his school, and he had no record of suspension. "There's nothing that would profile him as a source of violence", according to his
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of video games can be replayed over and over again; killed and injured characters, including the player himself, return to their original states at every reset. Petric, he continued, must have expected that his mother would eventually return to a healthy and normal state, having been immersed in
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fighting. Upon hearing groaning, they forced their way through and discovered the aftermath of the shooting. Heidi called the police. Daniel drove away in the family van in an attempt to escape to a friend's house, but he was arrested during the drive.
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