Last Friday afternoon shortly after the last school bus left the grounds, a teacher at Graham Elementary School saw several teen boys carrying rifles inside the building. The teacher contacted 911 and the incident known as the Graham School Invasion began.
My sister lives fairly close to the school and sent me eyewitness photos. I followed the incident on the 'Net via streaming online video from one of the choppers overhead.
The school is on the corner of Meridian and 204th on heavily wooded grounds.
As you can see from the top photo, the street was closed off for most of the afternoon while swat officers swept and cleared all the buildings at the school.
Additional personnel were called in as well.
In all, nine teens were arrested and detained by Pierce County Police. This photo shows the first seven cuffed and lead away.
For a complete story on what happened that day, read this story from KOMO TV news. The comment section is also interesting. Then read the story at KIRO TV. Be sure to view the KIRO video in enlarged mode. That short video was condensed from the streaming video supplied by the helicopter. The incident continued for hours, snarling traffic and frazzling nerves, but the KIRO video shows several important highlights that tell the story. Here is the most recent update available from the Seattle Times online.
Though the school was swept of all weapons and troublemakers, the investigation is ongoing. I will post links to any additional updates I find in the next few weeks in the comment section below.
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