More Than a Year After Fatal Shooting, HS Seeks to Retire Starter Pistols

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Loud sounds, such as a slammed locker door or a popped balloon, still bring back memories of the fatal shooting that took place more than a year ago at Ingraham High School in Seattle.

But according to public radio station KNKX in Tacoma, Wash., the worst noise is probably that of the starter pistol fired at track meets. It "sounds like somebody's firing a gun on campus," Ingraham athletic director Mike Wentzel, sitting in his office just 30 feet from where 17-year-old Ebenezer Haile was shot and killed by another student, told KNKX.

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