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=== Perpetration === On Wednesday, October 10, 2007, Coon entered the five-story school building shortly before 1:00 p.m. EST, armed with two handguns (a [[W:.22 Long Rifle|.22-caliber]] [[W:Revolver|revolver]] and a [[W:.38 Special|.38-caliber]] revolver),<ref name=":0">O' Malley, Michael; Gabriel Baird (October 11, 2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20090413185847/http://www.cleveland.com/schoolshooting/plaindealer/index.ssf?%2Fschoolshooting%2Fmore%2Ffour_shot.html "Four shot at school, gunman kills himself"]. ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plain_Dealer The Plain Dealer]''. Archived from [http://www.cleveland.com/schoolshooting/plaindealer/index.ssf?/schoolshooting/more/four_shot.html the original] on April 13, 2009. Retrieved November 30, 2022.</ref><ref>Maag, Chris; [[W:Ian Urbina|Ian Urbina]] (October 10, 2007). [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/us/11cleveland.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin "Student, 14, Shoots 4 and Kills Himself in Cleveland School"]. ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times The New York Times]''. Retrieved November 30, 2022.</ref> a box of additional rounds of ammunition for each pistol, and three [[W:Knife#Folding blade features|folding knives]] inside a [[W:Duffel bag|duffel bag]].<ref>[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21224357 "Police: Suspended boy shoots 4 at Ohio school"]. [[W:NBC News|NBC News]]. October 10, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2022.</ref> Wearing a Marilyn Manson concert shirt, black jeans, and black-painted fingernails,<ref name=":1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140517140751/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/10/11/5-hospitalized-after-14-year-old-goes-on-shooting-rampage-at-cleveland-high/ "5 Hospitalized After 14-Year-Old Goes on Shooting Rampage at Cleveland High School"]. [[W:Fox News|Fox News]]. Archived from [http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/10/11/5-hospitalized-after-14-year-old-goes-on-shooting-rampage-at-cleveland-high/ the original] on April 7, 2014.</ref> he walked to the fourth floor and went to the men's bathroom in order to load two revolvers.<ref name=":2">Miller, Donna (October 11, 2007). [http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2007/10/success_tech_shooter_shot_hims.html "SuccessTech shooter shot himself in the head"]. ''[[W:The Plain Dealer|The Plain Dealer]]''. Retrieved November 30, 2022.</ref> At 1:06 p.m., after 14-year old Michael Peek punched Coon in the face for bumping into him, Coon shot Peek in the abdomen as he walked away,<ref name=":0" /><ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301065,00.html "New Video Shows Student Terror in Ohio"]. Fox News. October 11, 2007. November 30, 2022.</ref><ref>[http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=49098&CFID=5791735&CFTOKEN=29355084 "Shooting rips Cleveland tech school"]. eSchool News. October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2022.</ref> also hitting 17-year-old Darnell Rodgers on his elbow in the same hallway. Coon then entered social studies teacher Michael Grassie's classroom to shoot him in the chest. A second teacher, David Kachadourian, was shot in the back of his shoulder while in the hallway evacuating his students.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Stephens, Scott (October 12, 2007). [http://www.cleveland.com/schoolshooting/plaindealer/index.ssf?/schoolshooting/more/teacher_shepherded.html "Wounded SuccessTech teacher shepherded students to safety"]. Retrieved November 30, 2022.</ref> During the entire shooting, Coon was said to be cursing.<ref name=":1" /> At the end, Coon killed himself by shooting in the right side of his head.<ref name=":2" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071011135551/http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/11/cleveland.shooting/index.html "Ohio school shooter had history of problems"]. [[W:CNN|CNN]]. October 11, 2007. Archived from [http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/11/cleveland.shooting/index.html the original] on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 30, 2022.</ref><ref>Milicia, Joe (October 11, 2007). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/10/AR2007101001486.html "4 Hurt, Gunman Killed in Ohio School"]. ''[[W:The Washington Post|The Washington Post]]''. Retrieved November 30, 2022.</ref> The school was placed on [[W:Hospital emergency codes#Code Blue|Code Blue]] lockdown shortly after the shooting.
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