BRUNSWICK, OH (WOIO) – Brunswick School Superintendent Michael Mayell tells 19 Action News counselors will be at Brunswick High School all week. They will be able to help students deal with the recent suicides of two students – Mathew Homyk and Anthony Gill. Homyk was a freshman and Gill had completed his graduation requirements before Thanksgiving, […]

(CNN) — The National Rifle Association responded Friday to a chorus of voices calling for gun control in the wake of last week’s horrific mass shooting in Connecticut by doubling down on its own position: more guns, not fewer, provide true security. After one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history — 20 children […]

CANTON, Ohio – Students at one Canton school have taken up a collection, making art for Sandy Hook Elementary School kids. The St. Michael Catholic School community has proven that once again the people of northeast Ohio have big hearts. At Tuesday morning’s Christmas program, donations were taken for the victims and families of Sandy […]

NEWTOWN, CT (RNN) – Investigators are searching smashed computers for clues to a motive behind the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. According to CNN, investigators are look at emails gunman Adam Lanza might have sent and websites he might have visited. Officials said one or more computers were seized from the home where Lanza lived. […]

At least 27 people, 18 of them children, were shot and killed Friday at a Connecticut elementary school, according to reports. As the tragic story continues to develop, the heroism of teachers on the scene is already recognized. “They will be applauded for their efforts,” an ABC newscaster said during the station’s live video report […]

CNN has identified the alleged gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. as Ryan Lanza. According to CNN, Lanza, 24, is suspected of killing 26 people — including 18 children — at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. A neighbor of Ryan Lanza’s parents in Sandy Hook told The Huffington Post that […]

President Barack Obama became emotional as he delivered remarks on the Newtown elementary school shooting Friday. “I offered Governor Malloy my condolences on behalf of the nation, and made it clear he will have every resource he needs to investigate,” Obama said, noting the country has had “too many of these tragedies in the last […]

BROOKLYN, OH (WOIO) – The Brooklyn Cracker Barrel reopened for the first time on Tuesday morning since a deadly shooting nearly two weeks ago. Kevin Allen shot and killed his wife, Katherina, and 10-year old daughter, Kerri, on April 12. It was the little girl’s 10th birthday. Allen also shot his daughter Kayla. The 10-year-old is listed […]

CHARDON, OH (WOIO) – Chardon students returned to school today for the first time since a student gunman opened fire in the school cafeteria and fatally shot three students. Students from neighboring schools gathered outside the entrance to ‘clap-in’ Chardon students as they entered the building. “We just want to come and support them, show […]

CHARDON, OH (WOIO) - Three families in Chardon faced with the heart-breaking ordeal of making funeral arrangements after a student gunman opens fire inside a Northeast Ohio high school. The family of 16-year-old Danny Parmertor have finalized plans to say goodbye to their loved one.

CHARDON, OH (WOIO) - Grief counselors are on hand as Chardon High School faculty and staff returned to the building for the first time since a student gunman fatally shot three students. High school faculty and staff reported to Chardon High at 9AM, all Middle School faculty and staff gathered at Chardon United Methodist Church at 9AM and all K-5 faculty and staff reported to Munson Elementary. The shootings occurred just before the start of classes Monday morning around 7:40AM in the area of the High School's cafeteria. 17-year-old TJ Lane reportedly opened fire, shooting five students.