Gook takes gun to skewl, kills other gook

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Gook takes gun to school, kills other gook

Tacoma high school shooting

A teenage boy was shot to death Wednesday in a high school hallway as classes were about to resume after winter break. Police arrested a fellow student found wandering nearby, but were still trying to determine a motive.

The Pierce County medical examiner's office identified the dead boy as Samnang Kok, 17.

The arrested student was Douglas Chanthabouly, 18. According to Pierce County Jail booking records, he was booked for investigation of first-degree murder shortly before 1 p.m.

"It's not a very fun situation, especially when I was right there," Foss High School Principal Don Herbert said Wednesday. "What can you say? What can you do about it? I was 20 feet away. The only thing I could have done was taken the shot instead. But it happened very fast."

The shooter and victim knew each other but detectives did not immediately know a motive, Police Chief Donald Ramsdell said. He said the arrested boy was cooperative.

It was not immediately known if Chanthabouly had obtained a lawyer.

No one else was hurt in the 7:30 a.m. shooting. About two hours later, a neighbor a few blocks from the school called police to say that someone matching the suspect's description was in the area; officers arrested the youth without incident, Ramsdell said.

"Today we lost a nice young person in a Tacoma public school in an act of senseless violence," Ramsdell said. "We'll be working with the school district ... so we can prevent this type of situation in the future."

An armed school resource officer was on the scene within seconds and radioed police for help as teachers herded students into classrooms and the gymnasium, said Detective Chris Taylor. Three teams of about six officers, each armed with rifles, swept the school to ensure the gunman had left.

Two 15-year-old sophomores, Malcolm Clark and Josh Wilber, said they witnessed the shooting and were questioned by police afterward.

Clark and Wilber said three shots were fired. The shooter was about five feet from the victim, and didn't appear to target anyone else, the boys said.

"He got shot — bang — and he just fell," Clark said. "He just froze and he fell backwards into the lockers."

"He didn't scream or nothing. He didn't move when he hit the ground," Wilber said.

The gunman fled through nearby double doors, Clark and Wilber said.

Freshman Sam Sao, 14, said she was in the lunchroom, waiting for the bell to ring, when the shots were fired.

"Everyone was yelling, 'Get in the gym! Get in the gym!'" she said. "At first we thought it was a fight. Then the teachers started getting on the tables and screaming."

The school was locked down after the shooting. By about 8:30 a.m., police had secured the building and students were being sent home, Tacoma School District spokeswoman Pam Thompson said. Classes were canceled for the rest of the day.

Angela Millette was among the parents who flocked to the area to pick up their children from a nearby grocery store parking lot.

Millette, who was still wearing pajamas after leaving home so quickly, threw her arms around her daughter Ashley, 16, as the sophomore stepped off a bus near the school.

"I was looking for her and finally, by the grace of God ... the person opened up the school bus, and there's my daughter," Millette said. "I was so glad to see that she was OK."

[Whitebear]

Chanthabouly may be a Laotian name.

The victim 'Sammang' appears to be a Cambodian name

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Douglas Chanthabouly, 18, right, is taken into
custody by police

School shooting victim, suspect acquainted, but motive unknown

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Gook says he was dissed by other gook; gun was stolen

Police: lack of respect fueled shooting, gun was stolen

TACOMA - Detectives say a perceived lack of respect and disagreement over money was the motive behind the deadly shooting at Foss High School that killed 17-year-old Samnang Kok.



According to court documents, Kok's classmate, Douglas Chanthabouly, 18, approached him and said "what's up" and allegedly shot him in the face without warning. Prosecutors say Chanthabouly shot him two more times.

Tacoma police officer Mark Fulghum says detectives feel confident the shooting was not gang-related, but rather fueled by a personal issue.

"There was a disagreement over property between the two and some money between the two," he said. "The suspect felt the victim owed him some money, and by not paying there are some respect issues."

And another question is answered in the case. Less than an hour after the shooting, an ATF emergency trace linked a 9-millimeter handgun used in the shooting to a gun stolen in a 1999 home burglary. Police believe it's the same gun and are waiting on testing to prove it.

"It's been floating around for seven years and we'd like to know the path it's taken, may not find every turn, but we'd at least like to find out how he ended up with it," Fulghum said.

Police searched Chanthabouly's home and found another gun and ammunition inside.

Meantime, school officials are stepping up security around the school.

Darren Pen, who works with Tacoma's Safe Streets, a non-profit organization that works to make communities safer, met with the Tacoma Police chief to discuss police protection at schools.

And more police protection is on the way for the Tacoma School District. The Tacoma Police Department plans to hire four off-duty officers to patrol Foss, and two more at Lincoln and Mt. Tahoma.

[William of the White Hand]

Dissed - so he shot him - true TNB!