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News
Tragedy
Strikes Applington-Parkersburg
Posted 25 June 2009
Applington-Parkersburg football coach Ed Thomas was shot and killed
yesterday as he supervised students in the AP weight room. Mark
Becker, a former student and football player has been charged with
murder.
The incident occured around 8:00 AM on Wednesday June 24, 2009.
According to reports, Coach T was supervising students in the weight
room at Applington Parkersburg High School when Becker entered, waved a
hand gun, then fired multiple shots at Thomas.
Thomas was airlifted to a Waterloo hospital where he was pronounced
dead a short time later.
Over the weekend, Becker had been apprehended by authorities, after
leading law enforcement on a high speed chase. Becker was held at
an area hospital. In spite of a request by law enforcement for
notification, Becker was released without the hospital notifying law
enforcment.
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