Asa Coon, the troubled teen shooter was a "goth" dressed in entirely in black.
Now video has been released of Coon during the shootings. Yet the stories do not mention the "goth" angle any more. Could it be because the video show Coon in a WHITE hoodie entering the building? Is that it? Pretty shallow if so.. but then Coon's actions had nothing to do with his clothing as previous posts have shown.
Caught On Tape: Gunman Stalks School Hallways
NBC 10.com, PA -
Asa Coon, 14, wearing a white hooded sweatshirt, walked upstairs to the third floor of successtech Academy on Oct. 10, police said. ...
Security footage shows Asa Coon stalking, firing at successtech ...
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com, OH -
He looks like any other high school student - except for the guns 14-year-old Asa Coon holds in each hand. Coon's rampage was captured in eerie, ...
The previous coverage often focused on Coon's goth clothes a small selection here:
Student opens fire at high school
Concord Monitor, NH -10 Oct 2007
the student, said Coon was a "gothic" who usually wore a trench coat, black boots and a dog collar
Suspended 14-year-old shoots 4, then kills himself at school
New York Daily News, NY -11 Oct 2007
Coon, a "Goth" who decked himself out in black nail polish, a trench coat and Marilyn Manson T-shirts, and who claimed to worship the Devil,
Questions Arise After High School Shooting In Cleveland
WCAV, VA -11 Oct 2007
"He dressed in black, a trench coat, a chain" said one student. The school district is scrambling for answers, among them, whether the principal turned a ...
Teenage gunman wounds four in school shooting
The Mercury, Australia -10 Oct 2007
Students said the 14-year-old gunman always wore a trench coat to school, was a loner and had talked about worshipping the devil.
Coon abandons the white when he starts shooting wearing black with a Manson t-shirt but there is no sign of the trenchcoat often mentioned in the earlier reports. Why the emphasis on the trench coat? Well that links Coon with Columbine of course.
It is certainly refreshing to see the metal/"goth" angle of the killings seems to have mostly played itself out in the initial burst of coverage.
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