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ward the school, police officers
said he told them.
At the school, the auto jumped
a curb and rammed wire fence
around a construction project
where a school addition is going
up.
Three men at the conStruc-
ton site approached the car. in
tending to help the driver if he
were injured.
But, said police. the boy jumped
out, screamed don't you come
near me or I'll kill you" and
Drove them to cover with a
volley of shots.
Raymond Greasy, 81, of 27l0
Arvin street, Wheaton. the job
superintendent, said the boys
first shots seemed aimless but
then the rifleman started zeroing
In on the men and they had to
run.
1t. Huber said Prevatte ran
into the school and entered Mr..
Hrezo's Office. There were a
number of pupils and school en-
ployes there. Mr.. Hrezo was in
the schools temporary annex.
observing class there
where's Mr.. Hrezo?" the boy
demanded.
What do you want him for?"
asked Mrs. Evelyn Viola Tanner,
lO06 South Seventeenth street,
Arlington, the principals secre-
tary.
Makes Death Threat
st want to kill him." she said
Prevatte replied. I'm going to
kill anyone in here who does not
tell me where he is"
The woman screamed. Mr..
Wagner, the athletic coach, was
walking down the hall. heard tic
screams and dashed into the Of
flee. He struck at the rifle. Pre-
waite blasted a single shot. hitting
him in the. abdomen. and ran
from the Office, police said.
Prevatte first told interrogators
MIR. Wagner was the only one
he remembered shooting. How
ever, at another point in the
questioning. the boy said he re-
membered shooting at Mr.. Cam
eron. He added that he didn't
realize he had hit him. Prevatte
said he was a good marksman
and once nearly won a shooting
match in North Carolina, &C
cording to 1t. Humphrey.
The boy ran from the Office
and up the steps through a group
of students returning from band
practice. He had entered the
schools main entrance. It's steps
lead up to the second floor,
where the principals Office is
located. Now Prevatte was on
his way to the third floor.
Lets Go Two Shots
He ran down the upper hall
and stepped into Mr.. Camerons
classroom, yelling, Where's Mr.
Hrezo?"
The startled teacher jumped
up from his chair at his desk
and said he didn't know the
principals whereabouts. Pre-
waite let go with two shots. the
first grazing the teachers head,
the second striking his heart.
police said.
The first bullet hit a window
ventilator and, spent, dropped to
the window sill.
Prevatte said he could recall
only one shot at Mr.. Cameron,
and thought he missed him.
There were about 40 children
IN Mr.. Cameron's classroom.
They went into an uproar as
their teacher fell dead. The
screaming brought Mr.. Hicks
from his nearby classroom.
AS he entered the hallway he
saw the boy running toward him.
He lunged at Prevatte and the
boy loosed another shot. 1t hit
the base Of the mans right
thumb.
Outside the building a brick
layer had seen the boy approach
Ing the school. The workman
was William C. Patriarch. "a, of
23l8 Gaylord drive, Suitland.
He was working on the school
annex addition.
Mr. Patriarca clambered
Though a window Of the school
TO warn teachers and pupils.
He was on a scaffold at the side
lof the school.
d" He went through the winoow,