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Wednesday, Jun 01, 2005

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U.S. student kills five in shooting rampage

Jamie Wilson

WASHINGTON: A high school student went on shooting rampage hours before his graduation ceremony, killing three members of his own family and two other persons before turning the gun on himself.

Authorities said a preliminary investigation indicated that Scott Moody (18), had shot dead his mother and two grandparents, as well as a high school friend and a 14-year-old girl, at two neighbouring farmhouses near Bellefontaine, Ohio.

His sister, Stacy (15), was wounded but survived. She is in hospital in a critical condition.

Moody and one of his victims, Megan Karus (19), were due to graduate from Riverside high school on Sunday.

Sheriff Michael Henry said investigators had found several guns at the scene, including a rifle inside the farmhouse where the bodies of the two students, as well as Moody's mother. — © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004

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