I was surfing the web today for further information on the Bellmont High School Student that brought a gun to school. It is amazing how much is actually being published about this topic. Its not only on Adams County local sites but national news forums as well. One respose I found was from a user named Bellmont Staff. I am assuming from this poster’s comments the he or she is an actual teacher from Bellmont High School or the North Adams County School Board. Here is that user’s response to a forum on topix.com :
“Just wanted to let everyone know that the staff was not told of the situation either. We still have not been officially told anything. The only information we have to go on is rumor. In fact, one “rumor” that has not been put in print is that the student brought the gun and loaded clips to school to sell them. I’m finding it disturbing to see the whole situation reduced to a student being curious. This is not a 5 year old child we are talking about here.
The school was not put under lockdown because the situation was “under control”. With what criteria did they use to determine that the situation was “under control”—a 15 year old that had just brought a gun and loaded clips to school? The only way to be reasonably certain of the situation is to follow the procedures set forth for a lockdown and search lockers and backpacks. The comments I have been hearing from students and staff sounds eerily familiar to all the other situations that have ended with dead bodies instead of a loaded gun and clips. “
Obviously since the post is by “Bellmont Staff” I cannot say for certain it was written by a teacher but sure sounds like it to me. I can’t believe that Bellmont School Staff wasn’t fully informed about the goings on at their own school.
 The internet isnt the only place to hear about the gun incident at Bellmont School. It has also been widely covered on local radio stations like WOWO and all of the local Fort Wayne T.V. news reports. Its a shame the only time Decatur, In gets recognition is when a kid takes a gun to school or a grandmother gets beaten by her grandaughter and friends.Â
