Gun control at its finest.
Via WLSTV:
A CPS employee was fatally shot outside Ronald McNair Elementary School, prompting a lockdown Thursday afternoon.
Police said the man was shot in the head by someone on foot around 12:30 p.m. in the 4800-block of W. Walton in the Austin neighborhood.
The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the victim as Denzel Thornton, 25.
Thornton worked as a food compliance officer who worked at McNair, among other schools. He had just finished his regular rounds at McNair when he was shot right outside the school.
“We are working with our partners at CPS security to download and review video camera coverage and to see if there’s any information contained on those videos that could lead us to the identification of the offender and his apprehension,” said Chief Gene Roy, Chicago Police Dept.
David Blackmon, program coordinator of culinary arts for CPS, says Thorton was one of his favorite students. He was a 2009 graduate of Corliss High School, earning hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships. Blackmon wants to know why Thorton was shot.
“It really breaks my heart that this happened to him,” Blackmon said. “So I’m asking why, why Denzel? Because, you know, he didn’t deserve this.”
No students at the school were hurt. Students were told to stay in their classrooms until dismissal at 2:45 p.m.
An 8th grade graduation ceremony went on as planned Thursday afternoon.
HT: Marathon Pundit