A father went into a counseling session with his two sons at the school cafeteria. When he came out, he consented to speak with a reporter. Reporters shouted questions at the man until he covered his sons' heads with his hands and began walking away, surrounded front and back by cameras and microphones and shouted questions. There has to be a better way. Media representatives from as far away as Sweden, London and Norway were on hand Wednesday for the appearance in juvenile court of the two suspects in the shooting.
People have easy access to guns here.
Ulf Andenaes, a correspondent with Aftenposten , a Norwegian newspaper, said his paper ignored similar shootings in Paducah, Ky., and Pearl, Miss., but that the ages of the suspects in the Craighead County case attracted his newspaper's interest. Information for this article was contributed by correspondent Ken Heard. Inc. All rights reserved. This document cannot be reprinted without the express written permission of Little Rock Newspapers, Inc.