Chardon gunman T.K. Lane charged with murder, funeral for Demetrius Hewlin, the Black student killed, is Tues., Russell's is Thurs.

Russell King


By Kathy Wray Coleman , Editor of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog,.Com(www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) and (www.clevelandurbannews.com)
CHARDON, Ohio-Thomas "TJ" Lane, the 17-year-old student that gunned down three students in the Chardon High School cafeteria and wounded two other students, was charged on Thurs. with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder, two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one count of felonious assault.
Geauga County Prosecutor David Joyce said that since Lane faces only a few years in a juvenile detention center if convicted as a juvenile of the charges, he intends to charge the teen as an adult.
Lane attended an alternative school for students with problems and admitted to police that he took a knife and 22- caliber pistol to school and fired 10 shots before being run out of the school cafeteria by Frank Hall, an assistant football coach. He did not give a motive, police said.
Dead are 16-year old Daniel Parmetor, 17-year-old Russell King, and Demetrius Hewlin, 16, and the only Black among the three students killed.
The two students wounded remain hospitalized in critical condition.
Parmetor's funeral was Sat. and drew thousands.
A visitation is set for Hewlin, who would have turned 17 on Thurs., on Mon. from 3pm to 7 pm at Burr Funeral Home in Chardon, 116, South St.. His funereal is Tues at 10 am at The Church of St. Mary in Chardon, 401 North St.
King's funeral will be held on Thurs., March 8 at 10 am at The Church of St. Mary, with a wake from 2 pm to 7 pm on Wed. at Burr Funeral Home.
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