Stabbing, Shooting At "Gun-Free' Portsmouth, OH School

Updated: Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, 6:16 pm -- The victim is in critical condition; the husband later killed himself in their home today during a standoff with LEOs. He reportedly fired a gun before violently stabbing his wife as her fifth grade class watched in horror. She had filed for divorce from her husband on Jan. 25. Police also report the husband stabbed and wounded another woman in an alley about five blocks from the school.

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Updated: Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008, 12:12 pm -- The shooter is reportedly holed up inside his house. The victim was flown to a hospital in Huntington, W.Va. Notre Dame School will be closed today and tomorrow.

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Reports coming in this morning of a shooting at an elementary school in Portsmouth, Ohio, which is located on the Ohio River about 85 miles south of Columbus.

A man allegedly came into the school a shot his wife, a teacher or staff member. He is at large. All schools in Portsmouth reported are in lockdown.

Developing . . .

Knives Kill In Canada, Too

Jeff Soyer again has found a gem of a story, this time in the Toronto Sun. Nearly left out of the story and found at the very bottom of the piece is this admission:

"According to Statistics Canada in 2006, the most recent year for which there are statistics, stabbing deaths outnumbered homicides involving firearms across the nation. Of 210 victims, just over one-third were killed by stabbings -- 20 more than were shot."

Hmmm . . . so while the Canadian government has maintained that if guns are regulated crime will drop, there is outrage over so-called "knife crime," because large number of teens are carrying knives . . . for protection.