Shooting jolts Amish country

By MARK SCOLFORO
The Associated Press

NICKEL MINES, Pa. -- The nation's third deadly school shooting in less than a week occurred Monday, and it could not have happened in a more unlikely place. After taking over a one-room schoolhouse in bucolic Amish country in Lancaster County, Charles Carl Roberts IV sent the boys and adults outside and barricaded the doors with two-by-fours. Most of the victims -- all girls -- were shot at point-blank range, after being lined up along the chalkboard, their feet bound with wire and plastic ties, authorities said. Three were killed, and at least seven were critically wounded. "This is a horrendous, horrific incident for the Amish community," state Police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller said. "They're solid citizens in the community. They're good people. They don't deserve ... no one deserves this." See: Shooting jolts Amish country