Aight, this is the second death from my schools 05` Junior Class, in not even 3 months. Starting to get a little wierd around here.. but blah
The teen that was shot, I use to play in a hockey league with. Dude was pretty cool, just a shame he had to get shot & die at that.
It was two hockey buddies and six friends hanging out Saturday, watching the Detroit Pistons playoff game.
By the game's end, Mark Alore, 17, a junior at Grand Blanc High School, was dead, killed by a gunshot to the chest.
His 17-year-old hockey teammate, who hosted the party, is being held in the Genesee County Jail after police say he fired a gun, a .32-caliber pistol.
But whether it was an accident and whether the teen will be charged with a crime could be decided today, said Grand Blanc Township police Capt. Gary Elford.
"Right now, it's a homicide," he said. "A 17-year-old lost his life over somebody being very careless with a handgun."
Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said he expects charges will be filed. He and township police were to confer about the case this morning.
"Something went wrong," Leyton said.
The 9:30 p.m. shooting happened at a house on Olde Saybrooke Road with summer looming and graduation four days away.
A parent said some students gasped during a baccalaureate ceremony Sunday at the high school when a school official announced Alore's death.
"It's been crazy," said junior Rachel Hoover, 16, referring to the hours following the shooting. "I imagine (school today) will be horrible."
The district's crisis intervention team has been activated, and counselors will be available today, Principal Michael Newton said. He also expected there would be a moment of silence.
"It's a nightmare situation," Newton said.
Alore's family could not be reached for comment.
The suspect's father said the family is holding together as "best as can be expected." He declined further comment, referring questions to his lawyer, Erwin F. Meiers III.
Alore was described as a popular and polite student who last December helped hockey teammates buy presents for children whose fathers were serving in Iraq.
Alore and the suspect played together on the varsity hockey team. Alore also was a member of the lacrosse team and scored the game-winning goal against South Lyon High School with 37 seconds left in overtime May 25.
"The last few months he was making a real concerted effort, and his grades were going up, which makes it a little more painful," said economics teacher Jim Knight.
At some point during the Pistons game, the suspect retrieved his father's pistol from a locked safe in a second-story bedroom.
The suspect had access to the key, Meiers said.
The pistol did not have a trigger lock, Elford said, adding the parents were not home at the time of the shooting.
The suspect said he thought the pistol was unloaded before showing it to Alore, Meiers said.
Though it is unclear if the suspect intentionally pulled the trigger, the pistol fired, hitting Alore in the upper left chest area, Leyton said.
Meiers does not believe drugs or alcohol were involved.
After the shooting, the suspect and a second person loaded Alore into a car and drove him to Genesys Regional Medical Center, but Alore died along the way, Meiers said.
"I don't know how to say it. He's in shock. He lost a schoolmate and a very close friend," Meiers said. "The other students that were there, they've seen something that will change their lives forever."
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