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14-year-old Asa Coon shoots teachers and classmates before killing himself at the SuccessTech high school in Cleveland. His sketchy friends are saying Asa was a "good guy" who was "pushed too far". He also had a "domestic violence incident" with his mother and his older brother has done jail time. On the plus side, Asa Coon looked a little bit like hilarious comedian Jack Black.

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  1. “Some kids called him Jack Black…loud, chubby, long-haired”
  2. Asa Coon was “angry and crazed”
  3. “Screams rang out as the sound of shots echoed through the hallways”
  4. Asa Coon was not supposed to be in school that day according to SuccessTech Academy CEO
  5. Another student saw Asa Coon loading his gun but did not tell anyone
  6. SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland — the official website for Asa Coon's school
  7. Cleveland schools closed the day after the shooting



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