Aurora Alternative High School, The Phoenix, 2000, Page 51

Description:	An Unusual Site for ViolenceUsually at a zoo, people don’t tend to worry about their safety orthe safety of their children. But the reality of violence is that it can happen anywhere.On the evening of April 24th a hail of bullets left 7 children injured.Witnesses said that the injured children were merely bystanders. Thepolice investigated to see if the shooting was a gang related act, butaren’t sure. A fight between teenagers became bottle throwing whichescalated to gun shots. It was still light outside when the bullets weresprayed near the entrance at the National Zoo in Washington.A 16 year old boy was arrested on April 25th, 24 hours after theshooting occurred. He was charged with assault with intent to kill. Theshootings are still under investigation.Henn Wyatt is a Macintoshcomputer expert.In January of 2000 Indiana saw one of the worst fish kills inIndiana history. A number of companies were involved in this. Atone point when they were not sure who the guilty party was, theywere offering a five thousand dollar reward. They were hopingthat the money would help them find who the guilty party was.They have suspected many companies. Like Guide Corp., anauto parts maker in Anderson Indiana.The guilty party whoever this might be released sodiumdimethyldithiocarbamate into the city’s wastewater treatmentplant. These chemicals messed up the conditions at the plant,killing the microbes that break down ammonia from raw sewage.This released a high amount of ammonia into the river killing 79tons of fish.This contamination showed how much state officials arerealizing that Indiana is not fully equipped to handle this kind of asituation.By: Carrie Farnsworthand Aaron FooseNews
Source:	http://cdm17129.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/hs-aurora/id/924
Collection:	Aurora Alternative High School

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