T.J. Lane Charged As Juvenile In Ohio School Shooting

A 17-year-old boy was charged with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder on Thursday for the shooting that left three people dead and two more wounded at an Ohio high school earlier this week.

Geauga County prosecutor David Joyce announced the charges against Thomas "T.J." Lane, the accused Chardon High School shooter. Lane allegedly opened fire with a stolen semi-automatic pistol at Chardon High school as students gathered in the cafeteria early Monday morning, MSNBC reported.

Lane is also charged with two counts of attempted aggravated murder and one felony count of assault, according to CBS News.

Prosecutors have already stated that they will attempt to try the boy as an adult, which could result in a life sentence if Lane is found guilty. If Lane is convicted of the juvenile counts, he will face only a few years of detention, the Associated Press reported.

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• TJ Lane

  T.J. Lane smirks as he listens to the judge during sentencing Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Investigators have said he admitted to the shooting but said he didn't know why he did it. Before the case went to adult court last year, a juvenile court judge ruled that Lane was mentally competent to stand trial despite evidence he suffers from hallucinations, psychosis and fantasies. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool)

• T.J. Lane

  T.J. Lane sits in court during sentencing Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Investigators have said he admitted to the shooting but said he didn't know why he did it. Before the case went to adult court last year, a juvenile court judge ruled that Lane was mentally competent to stand trial despite evidence he suffers from hallucinations, psychosis and fantasies. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool)

• TJ Lane

  T.J. Lane unbuttons his shirt during sentencing Tuesday, March 19, 2013, in Chardon, Ohio. Lane, was given three lifetime prison sentences without the possibility of parole Tuesday for opening fire last year in a high school cafeteria in a rampage that left three students dead and three others wounded. Lane, 18, had pleaded guilty last month to shooting at students in February 2012 at Chardon High School, east of Cleveland. Investigators have said he admitted to the shooting but said he didn't know why he did it. Before the case went to adult court last year, a juvenile court judge ruled that Lane was mentally competent to stand trial despite evidence he suffers from hallucinations, psychosis and fantasies. (AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott, Pool)

• Chardon High School Shooting

  Students leave with parents from Maple Elementary School after a shooting at Chardon High School Monday. Students assembled at Maple Elementary School after a shooting took place at the high school. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day, killing three students and wounding two others, officials said. A suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

• Ohio Shooting

  Community members attend a during a prayer service for victims of a school shooting at Chardon Assembly of God in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the Chardon High School's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, killing three students and wounding two others.

• Demetrius Hewlin

  Demetrius Hewlin, a junior, was one of three students taken by helicopter to a local hospital following the shooting. He died. <em>Photo provided via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Demetrius-Hewlin/115955785195928?sk=wall" target="_hplink">Facebook</a> tribute. </em>

• Danny Parmertor

  Danny Parmertor, 16, a junior, was shot along with several classmates while waiting for a bus. Parmertor was airlifted to a hospital and died shortly after. <em>Photo provided via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Danny-Parmertor/121146101345306" target="_hplink">Facebook</a> tribute.</em>

• Russell King

  Russell King Jr., 17, was pronounced brain dead shortly after the shooting and died the next day. <em>Photo provide via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Russell-King/385026981508707" target="_hplink">Facebook</a> tribute. </em>

• Ohio High School Shooting

  A FBI agent speaks with people in front of Chardon High School where a shooting took place on Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman, believed to be a student, opened fire inside the high school cafeteria, immediately killing three students and wounding two others.

• Ohio Shooting

  Flags fly at half staff in front of the town hall in Chardon, Ohio for the victims of an early morning school shooting on Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day, killing three students and wounding two others.

• TJ Lane

  This February 27, 2012 photograph shows a picture of Chardon High School shooter T.J. Lane posing on his Facebook page. Lane, opened fire with a handgun on a group of fellow students at Chardon High shortly after the start of the school day on Monday, killing three and wounding two others.

• Ohio Shooting

  An Ohio Highway Patrol helicopter takes off from the rear of Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, killing three students and wounding two others, officials said.

• Ohio School Shooting: Prayer Service

  Alissa Sully, 17, hugs a friend before a prayer service for victims of a school shooting at Chardon Assembly of God in Chardon, Ohio Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, killing three students and wounding two others. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

• Ohio School Shooting

  A woman and her children walk down a back street near Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, killing three students and wounding two others, officials said. Special Agent Vicki Anderson said Monday the shooter was taken into custody near his car about half a mile (one kilometer) away from the high school. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

• Four Students Injured, Two Killed In Ohio High School Shooting

  A sign in front of Chardon High School where a shooting took place on Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman, believed to be a student, opened fire inside the high school cafeteria, immediately killing one student and wounding two others. Two others later died from the injuries.

• Ohio School Shooting: Press Conference

  Chardon School Superintendant Joe Bergant speaks to the media during a press conference at Chardon High School where a shooting took place on Feb. 27, 2012 in Chardon, Ohio. A gunman, believed to be a student, opened fire inside the high school cafeteria, killing three students and wounding two others.

• Ohio High School Shooting

  Doug Gasper, a ninth-grader at Chardon High School, is hugged by his mother, Sandy, as they leave Maple Elementary School Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Chardon, Ohio. Students assembled at Maple Elementary School after a shooting took place at the high school. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day, killing three students and wounding two others, officials said. A suspect is in custody. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

• Ohio High School Shooting: Police Search

  Investigative agents search a home several miles from the shooting Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Chardon, Ohio. A gunman opened fire inside a high school cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, immediately killing three students and wounding two others, authorities said. A suspect believed to be a student was arrested a short distance away. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

• Ohio High School Shooting: Evidence Search

  FBI and local police investigators search for evidence in a rural area of Chardon Township, Ohio Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, killing three students and wounding two others, officials said. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

• Ohio High School Shooting: Prayer Service

  Rev. Jeff Johnson, left, and Bill Mullett lead prayers during a service for victims of a school shooting at Chardon Assembly of God in Chardon, Ohio Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the high school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, killing three students and wounding two others. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

• Ohio High School Shooting: Press Conference

  Geauga County Sheriff Dan McClelland addresses the media regarding an early morning shooting at Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio Monday afternoon, Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the school's cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, killing three students and wounding two others. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)

• OHIO SCHOOL SHOOTING

  Map locates Chardon, Ohio, site of a school shooting

• Search For Ohio High School Shooter

  A deputy sheriff searches a wooded area with his gun drawn several miles from Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the high school cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday, killing three students and wounding two others, authorities said. A suspect believed to be a student was arrested a short distance away. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

• Ohio Shooting

  A group of students and parents pray for victims of a school shooting on the square in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday. Three of the victims have died and two others remain wounded.

• Ohio Shooting

  A group of students and parents pray for victims of a school shooting on the square in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2012. A gunman opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria at the start of the school day Monday. Three of the victims have died and two others remain wounded.

• TJ Lane

  T.J. Lane, a suspect in Monday's shooting of five students at Chardon High School is taken into juvenile court by Geauga County deputies in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2012. Three of the five students wounded in the attacks have since died.

• Candlelight Vigil

  Students and those in the community embrace one another as they hold a candlelight vigil at St Mary's of the Assumption Church in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2012.

• Candlelight Vigil

  Students and those in the community embrace one another as they hold a candlelight vigil at St Mary's of the Assumption Church in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2012.

• Candlelight Vigil

  Students and those in the community embrace one another as they hold a candlelight vigil at St Mary's of the Assumption Church in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2012.

• Candlelight Vigil

  Students and those in the community embrace one another as they hold a candlelight vigil at St Mary's of the Assumption Church in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2012.

• Candlelight Vigil

  Students and those in the community embrace one another as they hold a candlelight vigil at St Mary's of the Assumption Church in Chardon, Ohio on Feb. 28, 2012.

• Candleight Vigil

  Students and those in the community embrace one another as they hold a candlelight vigil at St Mary's of the Assumption Church on February 28, 2012 in Chardon, Ohio. Gunman and student TJ Lane opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria that left 3 students dead and two injured.

• Red Ribbon

  Heidi Marks finishes tying a red ribbon around the tree in front of her home outside Chardon High School, where her son David, 17, is a student in Chardon, Ohio on February 28, 2012. Gunman and student TJ Lane opened fire inside the Chardon High School cafeteria that left 3 students dead and two injured.

• TJ Lane

  T. J. Lane, center, is led from Juvenile Court in Chardon, Ohio Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. Lane, 17, admitted taking a .22-caliber pistol to Chardon High School Monday, along with a knife, and firing 10 shots at a group of students sitting at a cafeteria table Monday morning, Prosecutor David Joyce said.

• Danny Parmertor

  Danny Parmertor, 16, a junior, was shot along with several classmates while waiting for a bus. Parmertor was airlifted to a hospital and died shortly after. <em>Photo provided via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/RIP-Danny-Parmertor/121146101345306" target="_hplink">Facebook</a> tribute.</em>

• Chardon High School

  Two students hug on the town square in Chardon, Ohio, on March 1, before marching to the high school to honor the three students who were killed in a shooting there Monday.

• Chardon High School

  Students and parents march to the high school in Chardon, Ohio on March 1, 2012, to honor the three students who were killed in a shooting there Monday.

• Chardon High School

  Hundreds of students and parents march to the Chardon High Schooll in Chardon, Ohio on March 1, 2012 to honor the three students who were killed in a shooting there Monday.

• Chardon High School

  A tribute to the victims of a shooting at the high school Monday, is displayed in the town square in Chardon, Ohio on March 1, 2012.

• Chardon High School

  Two students hug before hundreds of students and parents march to the high school in Chardon, Ohio on March 1, 2012, to honor the three students who were killed in a shooting there Monday.

• Chardon High School

  Assistant football coach Frank Hall talks to the media during a news-conference on March 1, 2012, in Chardon, Ohio. Three students were killed by a gunman Monday at Chardon High School. Hall chased the gunman out of the building.

• Chardon High School

  Hundreds of students and parents march to Chardon High School in Chardon, Ohio, on March 1, 2012, to honor the three students who were killed in a shooting there Monday.

• Chardon High School

  Residents of Chardon, Ohio, applaud as hundreds of students and parents march to the high school in Chardon on March 1, 2012, to honor the three students who were killed in a shooting there Monday.

• Daniel Permertor

  People line up outside of Monreal Funeral Home for calling hours for Daniel Permertor on March 2, 2012, in Eastlake, Ohio. Parmertor and two others were fatally shot Monday at Chardon High School. Hundreds showed up for his wake at Monreal Funeral Home in Eastlake on Friday, the same day students returned to classes.

Comments

[John Alukones]

03:25 PM on 05/25/2012

This is said that end up this way. Kid had been gay and grown up with a father image that he had fear of showing his real boy feelings to someone. Being mix feeling had end up bad and could not be acpeted in the family.

[Bill Graper]

12:59 PM on 03/06/2012

WHY does the title of this article say he's being charged as a juvenile? That's very misleading.

[jimbarry1946]

07:42 PM on 03/04/2012

If he isn't tried as an adult and put away for life, it will encourage more teens to try to commit these outrages. Showing "remorse" as is claimed, even if true, is way to late. He has the notoriety he was looking for already. God have mercy on his soul. God Bless the families of the murdered teens.

[ok3apples]

01:21 AM on 03/05/2012

no. it won't. Kids who are damaged will react with irrational violence regardless of how the courts treat them. But unless you are willing to allow kids under 18 to drink, vote, have sex and so on, they should be treated as kids when they commit crimes. They are NOT adults.

[Cmurp]

10:57 AM on 03/04/2012

It's time for parents to take partial responsibility for these events. Where are TJ's parents and why are they keeping a low profile. There has been no sign of them, no apologies, no responses and no support from the two people who should have been there but weren't for their troubled son. They share in the guilt for being insensitive to his growing depression and for selfishly choosing to turn their backs on a child that was hurting. They need to show up for once and do something positive in this kids life. No more having kids and neglecting them physically, emotionally or spiritually. Be a good parent or DON'T have a kid.

[retromoderne]

10:40 PM on 03/07/2012

His parents were never married. Both were arrested for domestic violence when they were together. I saw an allegation somewhere that his mother abused alcohol and drugs. His father was arrested numerous times for abusing women. One, not TJ's mom, was beaten as he held her head under water in a washing machine. TJ, his brother and sister lived with their father until five years ago when he moved in with his grandparents. That house remains empty. Former neighbors said that they never saw the kids playing and that there are padlocks on the bedroom doors.

Sounds like a kid who grew up abused, surrounded by violence. I don't know what caused him to snap in the end; hopefully it will come out at the trial. This doesn't sound like a psychopath; there's no history of violence that has been published thus far, other than the altercation with his uncle- in which the report I read stated that he came to the defense of his brother. The descriptions of him by people in the area describe an introverted but bright and kind boy. He pulled the trigger, but there is a lot of blame to go around.

[ywcachieve]

09:42 AM on 03/04/2012

This is a travesty that he is being charged as a juvenile. There would be hell to pay if I were the parent of one of those children.

[ywcachieve]

09:39 AM on 03/04/2012

Teens Accused of Shooting Boy Charged as Adults

Updated: Friday, 02 Mar 2012, 10:02 PM EST
Published : Friday, 02 Mar 2012, 10:02 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — Two 15-year-olds accused of critically wounding a 6-year-old boy during an attempted carjacking in Detroit are being charged as adults.
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If this killer were Black or Hispanic he would be tried as an adult. The case above is typical when Black and Hispanic juveniles are charged with the loss of life. They get tried as adults.
The parents of the children murdered by this killer, TJ Lane, should insist he be tried as an adult.

[realitycheck101a]

04:09 PM on 03/04/2012

You are SO right about that ! ! !

Study: More Black Juveniles Sentenced to Life Without Parole

http://www.miller-mccune.com/legal-affairs/study-more-black-juveniles-sentenced-to-life-without-parole-40144/

[Mara Valensuela]

08:24 AM on 03/04/2012

Some people have the worst possible lives, I personally know a few who have had lives right out of horror stories, but they never went out and murdered anyone. There is no excuse for murder, period. He should be tried as an adult and receive the punishment any other adult would receive for these crimes.

[Pete Geller]

07:38 PM on 03/03/2012

This is a travesty. The charge should not be aggravated murder and being tried as a juvenile, regardless of whether he is committed to a psychiatric institute or juvenile detention, he will almost certainly be released by his 21st birthday. We might as well say that mass killings at schools are no big deal. Makes no sense at all to me. If he is tried as an adult he doesn't necessarily have to be imprisoned for life or put to death, which I feel he deserves but wouldn't happen anyway for aggravated murder, but at least he can be put away for a more reasonable amount of time than four years. Might as well give him probation.

[livingdangerously]

07:30 PM on 03/03/2012

LIFE IS TOUGH. Nobody EVER said it was easy. EVER. Girlfriends dump you for other guys. You're parents are wacked and you grow up homeless. You get bullied in school because....you're small for your age.....you're a whiner.......your dog had puppies....or you're just plain weird.

NO EXCUSE to murder. PERIOD.

[Tortcot2]

04:43 PM on 03/03/2012

I just read another article on another site that contradicts what the prosecutor said - that Lane didn't know any of the victims and that the shooting was random. That article states that friends of Lane's ex-girl friend told ABC news that the girl was going out with one of the boys Lane killed, Russell, King Jr. In fact, witnesses said that Lane went straight for King that morning.

Those friends also told ABC news that all the students knew one another. The other site has a news clip showing that Lane had an assault charge in 2009 for punching a boy in the face and putting him in a choke hold when Lane was 15; the charges were eventually reduced to "disorderly conduct." So, perhaps, something more should've been done in '09 to help Lane to take his violent tendencies seriously.

If Lane needed psychiatric help, therapy should've been arranged in '09. However, whatever the problem was back then was allowed to fester and as a consequence, three boys are dead in 2012.

[o afia]

03:53 PM on 03/03/2012

I'll have mercy for TJ Lane when our criminal justice shows mercy to other juvenile offenders.

[whatever888]

01:25 PM on 03/03/2012

Here's what the actual Ohio law says regarding juveniles.
Q: At what age can a child be tried as an adult in Ohio and what is the process?
A: A child, defined as a person under age 18, can be tried as an adult only if the child was age 14 or older at the time of the offense. Nearly all such cases begin in juvenile court with a felony charge. The court must conduct hearings and make certain determinations before the child can be transferred to another court for trial. The process is sometimes referred to as bindover, transfer, waiver, or relinquishment proceedings. In some cases, the child must be tried as an adult. In others, the child can be tried as an adult only if the court orders it.
Q: When is trial as an adult required?
A: Trial as an adult is mandatory in certain very serious cases: (1) when the charge is aggravated murder or murder, and the child is 16 or 17 and has been committed to an Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) facility; and (2) when the charge is a certain serious felony offense, and the child is age 16 or 17 and either has previously been committed to a DYS facility or used a firearm while committing the offense. If the court finds that these conditions exist and that there is probable cause to believe that the child committed the offense, the child must stand trial as an adult.

[OdinsEye]

01:12 PM on 03/03/2012

Again folks, these are just the initial charges. To try a juvenile as an adult, there often has to be a separate hearing, basically a competency hearing. If the court determines him to be competent, the prosecutors can re-file to try him as an adult. In this case this hearing is next week and as the article above states, "Prosecutors have already stated that they will attempt to try the boy as an adult".

[donut999]

01:03 PM on 03/03/2012

On the fence in general since I agree about how hopeless these outcast kids might feel, but cannot ignore the 3 dead and others injured. I think it just comes down to the simple fact that he has to be put away for life. Perhaps some treatment, but even if it seems effective, he just needs to go on to regular prison for life. Could anyone deny that once someone has become desperate enough to commit this kind of crime, there is a much greater chance it could happen again? Sometimes, no matter the circumstances, we just cannot let someone who has committed this type of crime to ever be on the streets again.

[Joan Bogorae]

12:25 PM on 03/03/2012

OMG.Possible detention for killing 3 people.I cant stand it.