Discussion: High School Track Star Shoots Himself At School After Tweeting About Suicide

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So glad it wasn’t a murder-suicide (which is the first thing I think of when I hear of guns in school). But still, how very sad and senseless.

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I wish this wouldn’t happen. I remember in my sophomore year in High School a young man brought a gun to school and killed himself on the side steps of the school. This has been going on for way too long.

His Twitter account has some very troubling content, including a picture of someone looking at a noose contemplatively and a lot of content suggesting depression. Whatever his issues were, I wish someone would have been there for this kid.

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Thoughts and prayers for Marcus, his family and friends.

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I believe that folks that attempt or succeed at suicide are fighting some serious internal battles. I also believe that those that us that are free of those internal battles don’t realize how little we are in control of that freedom.

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