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BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) - A 16-year-old boy accused of shooting a classmate at a California high school wrote a story posted online about a bullied student who kills his former tormentors as an adult.

Investigators found the piece written by 16-year-old Bryan Oliver that describes the killing of several people by torture and other morbid means, according to the Bakersfield Californian ( http://bit.ly/13EYfwP).

Oliver has been charged as an adult in a shooting at Taft Union High School in January that left two people injured. He pleaded not guilty to two counts of premeditated attempted murder and three counts of assault with a firearm.

Friends of Oliver said he was teased by his classmates for his red hair and social awkwardness. Students and parents have said that Oliver was suspended briefly last year after he made a hit list, the newspaper said.

The story was posted online last summer and features a character who is tormented by his peers. Bullies douse the character with a bucket of goat's blood at graduation and years later he kills the student who tipped the bucket, according to the newspaper.

The story goes on to show how the character killed his persecutors in ways that echo their past harassment.

The family of the classmate who was injured in the school shooting has filed a claim against the school district, claiming administrators should have known or knew that Oliver was dangerous.

Oliver's next court hearing is scheduled for May.

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Information from: The Bakersfield Californian, http://www.bakersfield.com


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    Kevin in San Tan Valley wrote...
    Another School Shooting - BUT.....
    January 10, 2013 10:45 am
    We just CAN'T bring ourselves to freakin ARM SCHOOL OFFICIALS ??? C'MON MAN !!!!! NEWS FLASH: here's a really good word to understand - DETERRENT "de·ter·rent" /diˈtərənt/ Noun A thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from some act. Adjective Able or intended to deter. A wolf does not attack a sheep that bites back I'm just sayin.......................
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Ever the optimist, Kevin. This school district
    January 10, 2013 11:11 am
    has an armed cop available as an SRO. "Suspensions are way down and attendance is up in the Taft City School District, and police resource officer Moises Martinez is getting much of the credit...The city’s budget woes that spawned recent attrition layoffs could jeopardize the work of Martinez, whose services are shared with the Taft Union High School District...The presence of a uniformed officer on campus has drastically reduced the number of students sent to the principal’s office." School shooters appear not to care that armed protection is ready to respond to their lunacy.
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    BURP wrote...
    The eighth paragraph
    January 10, 2013 1:25 pm
    might be a clue. Mother with one last name, son with a different last name and a daughter with a call phone and yet a completly different last name. Do you think that family values could be one of root problems. What happened to the family unit. Is everybody so caught up in their own existence that they can't see what is going on under their own roof.
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    az83 wrote...
    A new White House petition
    January 10, 2013 2:31 pm
    asking President Obama to keep his promise of not taking our guns and to keep his oath of office. If not, to please step down. Please sign and distribute link. Copy and paste into browser. wh.gov/Pbb0
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    OneWonders wrote...
    This happened in
    January 10, 2013 2:55 pm
    California and Feinstein's gun laws of 10 round magazines and fixed magazines in rifles are the law...Didn't work Feinstein! It's not about the guns, it's about the culture of violence in movies and video games along with the break down of family values.
    Equal Justice, Not Social Justice.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Gun nuts tell us that,
    January 10, 2013 3:41 pm
    "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun." What utter nonsense. Two brave educators here used the power of talk to halt this kid's incipient rampage. Crisis negotiators do the same thing on a daily basis. Frothing at the mouth NRA VP, Wayne LaPierre, spouts the lunacy that only more guns can make us safe.
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    2xmom wrote...
    Michoacan
    January 10, 2013 5:13 pm
    This kid had an intended target preset before walking into the school. From the sound of the article, this was a retaliation of possible bullying. The only reason talking worked in this situation was that he did not intend to do harm to those who did not harm him. Why not have a couple of school personnel comfortable with personal protection such as using pepper spray, taser, guns, or even combat to protect their students. We expect our educators to raise our children and teach them? It's easier for society to blame guns instead of the real issues. Family values, morals, and common sense.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    The immediate availability of guns to
    January 10, 2013 6:06 pm
    the emotionally troubled is indeed one of the issues, Doublemama. You don't know for sure what else he might have done with the couple of dozen loads he had in his pocket. What he did with the shotgun that should have been kept out of his hands was bad enough. I get teary eyed when I think of the courageous intervention of those two unarmed educators with their disarming talk, and red faced at gun nut LaPierre who claims that they are not capable of doing what they did.
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    Michoacan wrote...
    Just wondering, 2X, if this had been
    January 10, 2013 6:20 pm
    you child's classroom, do you think that a shootout between two armed staff and the shotgun toting kid would have been the preferred result?
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    Steve wrote...
    @ Micho
    January 10, 2013 7:01 pm
    Actually he had no intentions of shooting any other students that we know of. The teacher and counselor were lucky that he didn't have plans to shoot anyone else because words would not have stopped the bullets.