Latest Colorado High School Shooting Overview

The A. G.:

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers told a conference on school safety Thursday that there have been more than 250 school-related violence deaths nationwide, half of them shootings, since Columbine.

Suthers insisted there is no way to stop a determined gunman, including the 53-year-old man who killed student Emily Keyes at Colorado's Platte Valley High School in 2006, the man who killed 33 people at Virginia Tech in 2007 and the faculty shooting deaths of three people this month at the University of Alabama.

Anonymous tips to a phone bank set up after Columbine allowed officials to prevent 28 planned school attacks in Colorado, respond to more than 400 threats of violence and seize 200 weapons from schools or school buses, Suthers said. But he noted that school staff – not police – were involved in most of those cases.

"This week's incident at Deer Creek Middle School, and the heroism that was displayed by teachers and staff, underscores that fact," Suthers declared.

Sounds like another terrist-lovin' 'Murka-hater to me. And he don't sound skeered enuff to be no Att'y. Genrul.

The shooter (Sean Penn, Jr.):

Eastwood's Colorado arrest record dates back to 1996 and includes suspicion of menacing, assault, domestic violence and driving under the influence.

In 1996, Eastwood was charged with felony menacing after a roommate reported Eastwood put a gun to his head and said, "If you ever take anything from me again or piss me off, I'll kill you," according to an arrest affidavit. Eastwood pleaded guilty to third-degree misdemeanor assault and received three years of probation. He had to complete anger management counseling.

Also in 1996, he allegedly threatened two people with a knife at a mall. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and served a 10-day jail term.

Eastwood moved in with his father five years ago and fed horses on his ranch. Eastwood's basement bedroom held DVDs, videotapes, CDs, magazines, three Denver Broncos baseball caps, a Broncos team photo, a few G.I. Joe action figures, a job application for a movie theater and a clock shaped like the cartoon character Garfield's head.

The Smart-Asses:

Near Deer Creek Thursday, a group of eighth graders from the school were hanging out on a lawn. Russell Fugitt, 13, said he's not concerned about returning to school.

"We didn't expect it to happen the first time; we're not too scared that it's going to happen again," Fugitt said.

From the suckers at The AP. Yeah, it's pronounced "few-jit." Heh.