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Ohio School Shooting Victims: Hundreds Honor Student Danny Parmertor Killed In Chardon Tragedy

03/ 3/12 08:12 PM ET  AP

CHARDON, Ohio -- Hundreds of people stood shoulder to shoulder along the street on a cold, windy Saturday morning to honor one of three teenagers killed in a high school shooting.

The service in Chardon for 16-year-old Daniel Parmertor is the first of the three funerals. Services for 16-year-old Demetrius Hewlin will be held Tuesday and for 17-year-old Russell King Jr. on Thursday.

Parmertor's family said they planned to bury him with his first paycheck – still unopened – from his new job at a bowling alley, The Plain Dealer reports.

Those honoring the teen wore the school's colors of red and black and huddled in hoods, knit hats and blankets. They held U.S. flags and signs featuring red hearts and saying "We are One Heartbeat." Some expressed continued disbelief about the Monday attack.

Parmertor was remembered as a computer whiz and for his laugh and wit, WJW-TV reported.

Two other students were seriously wounded when a gunman opened fire in the cafeteria at Chardon High School, about 30 miles east of Cleveland. One remains in serious condition; a second has been released from the hospital.

The Mass was held at the Church of St. Mary across the street from the school complex where the attack occurred. It's the same church where thousands showed up for a vigil earlier this week.

On Friday, hundreds had waited hours in cold rain to pay respects to the teen at a funeral home in nearby Eastlake. He was to be buried at a Chardon cemetery.

Charges filed in juvenile court accuse 17-year-old T.J. Lane of aggravated murder, attempted aggravated murder and felonious assault. Lane's next hearing is Tuesday.

Prosecutor David Joyce said the motive for the shooting remains unclear. He said the victims were selected randomly, and he called the suspect someone "who's not well."

Classes resumed at the 1,100-student school on Friday with police on hand.

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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.

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pslcitizen
I intend to live forever. So far, so good.
09:17 AM on 05/29/2012
RIP Russell, Daniel & Demetrius
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valeskas
catlover/book lover democrat
10:54 AM on 03/06/2012
I feel for the family and hope that in time, it gets better. I live close to Chardon and we are all still in shock. RIP Demetrius.
03:07 AM on 03/06/2012
My prayers to the lost and condolences to the families. How this... I can't put the words without getting blocked so let’s say twisted fool, gets off on not only shooting but not even picking specific targets, but targets of opportunity makes him even worse in my mind! This monster should never get a chance to do such again. There is not enough 'I'm sorry' to excuse things like this, you say sorry for bumping into others and spilling milk, not killing a random stranger!
NorquistNemesis
I'll vote Republican when I'm in the top 0.000001%
02:59 AM on 03/06/2012
Don't like being picky, but I don't get the flag carrying for this.
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bettyboop68
08:55 PM on 03/05/2012
I live in ohio and it has affected everyone. It is so sad to see our teenagers turn to violence.
07:16 PM on 03/05/2012
its gonna take a whole lot more than bowling alley money to bury him.....funerals now go in excess of $6000....sorry for the kid.....his life was needlessly wasted....
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psandysdad
The older you get, the more excuses you have.
03:51 PM on 03/05/2012
Once the funerals are all over they may choose to tell us some more, like possible motives. For the moment the families should be allowed to grieve in peace and bury their fallen.

I know I wouldn't be in the mood for "would you care to comment on this or that allegation?".
02:05 PM on 03/05/2012
Bless all the families and all the kids who stood out in the cold to honor their friends. I wish I could hug all of them.
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madcityy
12:05 PM on 03/05/2012
THIS MAKES ME SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
10:04 AM on 03/05/2012
Why does the headline on the home page say 'Hundreds of high school student killed...." Really HuffPo, really?
JDSept
too much of everything is just enough
01:44 PM on 03/05/2012
Mine says 100s honor slain etc
12:28 PM on 03/06/2012
Yeah, that's not what mine said, it literally said "Hundreds of high school student killed"...I
01:52 PM on 03/05/2012
Read, reread, read to yourself aloud and then go back and try it again. Maybe you will see what the rest of us read.
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Imhotep40
He who comes in peace
07:12 PM on 03/05/2012
You might want to read the headline link from the main "Crime" page, before going straight to stupid.
09:36 AM on 03/05/2012
mr and mrs parmertor i would have been there had i lived closer. stand tall in the face of evil.don't back down by letting evilness infest your soul with hatred and despondency. live for daniel by being an example of strength.kindness,and compassion. that does not mean we have no consequences for the evil .evil people must be struck down and removed from the ranks of you and i,for if we don't, they will take another daniel. our strength in dealing with this is the greatest blow we can render evil.
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Kristy Kloeckner
08:30 AM on 03/05/2012
My heart hurts so much for the families. So sad. May God Bless you all and help you get through this.
05:49 AM on 03/05/2012
Now you need signs that say: Stop drugging our children with Psychotropic Drugs.

RITALIN is similar to SPEED....and it's prescribe legally to children and teens. But it suppose to have a different effect (opposite) on children....and guess what they don't know WHY. There's your science that's so "correct". If you gave a kid SPEED thirty years ago, how many years in jail would you do. Now, it's given by your doctor, or the school's doctor. Drug maker$ are laughing all the way to the bank, cause this shooting will make people believe they need to give out more "MEDS".
JDSept
too much of everything is just enough
01:46 PM on 03/05/2012
All places I know of school doctors nor personal doctors can give a kid anything without a parents consent. Here they can't get an aspirin.
12:41 AM on 03/05/2012
The shooter should be given the death penalty, administered next week.
01:13 PM on 03/05/2012
No matter how deserving of the death penalty he might be, I believe there are a whole lot more in prison that should be in line first. Also we could only hope that it would take place so soon.
06:24 PM on 03/05/2012
As a 17 year old, he can't be given the death penalty; life without parole is the most he can get. Not enough, in my eyes.
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J Rupel
"Let the lamp affix its beam..."
11:29 PM on 03/04/2012
Sort of a weird headline. First time I glanced over I read: "hundreds of honor students killed in school shooting."
JDSept
too much of everything is just enough
01:47 PM on 03/05/2012
Then YOU read? 100s honor etc