Added: Aug 21, 2008
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A student by the name of Jamar Siler fatally shot a 15-year-old classmate, Ryan McDonald, during a dispute Thursday at a Knoxville high school. Other teenagers watched in horror as Ryan McDonald clutched his chest and fell to the floor.McDonald was a sophomore who lived with his grandmother and had alopecia, a condition that left him bald and the target of endless teasing as a child.His uncle Roger McDonald said the youth "tried to have a tough exterior" because of that. He called his nephew "a good kid ... who was dealt some bad cards in life."Knoxville Chief Deputy Bill Roehl said the shooting happened shortly after 8 a.m. in the Central High School cafeteria. The suspected shooter, 15-year-old Jamar Siler, was taken into custody minutes later on a nearby street.Police spokesman Darrell DeBusk said Siler was charged with one count of first-degree murder and was being held in a juvenile court facility. Silar had an initial appearance in Juvenile Court late Thurday, but his public defender refused to discuss the case.
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