Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sheriff Kills Wife at School > BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- One woman was shot to death at an > elementary school today, allegedly by her deputy > sheriff husband, and a second woman was wounded as > terrified children cowered nearby. > > The deputy sheriff, identified as Juan A. Roman, was > later arrested. None of the children at Public School > 18 was injured. > > Eight-year-old Jominique Tarver was in the school > office to drop off attendance sheets and sharpen her > pencil when the shooting happened about 9:20 a.m. > > ``A man, he told his wife he had a gun and she > screamed,'' the girl said. ``He said, `I'm going to get > my gun,' and she screamed again.'' > > ``I want to get out of this school,'' Jominique said, > crying and clutching her mother. She said a woman took > her into a bathroom to safety. > > Adam Garcia, also 8, heard what he thought were three > shots. > > ``I ran into my class and my teacher said, `Stay down!' > She loves us very much and wants to protect us,'' Adam > said. He said he hid under his teacher's desk as other > students screamed. > > The first sign of trouble came when a bus driver > spotted a man carrying a gun on the street leading to > the school, police Lt. Duane Rizzo said. > > Police said the woman who was killed was Roman's wife. > Her name was not immediately released. There were > conflicting reports on whether she went into the school > to try to escape her husband or was just dropping off > her children. Two of the couple's children attend the > school. > > The wounded school worker was in good condition. > > Roman 37, joined the sheriff's office in November 1987 > and worked at a Buffalo jail. > > Parents began gathering outside the school minutes > after the first radio reports of the shooting. About an > hour and a half later, Mayor Anthony Masiello told a > crowd of 300: ``I want everybody here to know all our > children are safe. No children have been harmed.'' > > One parent yelled from the crowd: ``Not safe enough!'' -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
