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Student Shoots Self In Front Of School

Victim Airlifted To Hospital

UPDATED: 7:56 p.m. PDT April 10, 2003

WALNUT, Calif. -- A student shot himself in front of Walnut High School cafeteria at about 12:10 p.m. Thursday.

*According to investigators, 18-year-old Brandon Flores took out a gun, and shot himself in the chest.
*He was transported to Queen of Valley Hospital in full arrest. The youth died at the hospital a short time later, according to authorities.
*Three witnesses said the act was an attempted suicide, according to school district official Brian Cole. The weapon has been recovered, Cole said.
*Some students say Flores was having problems with his girlfriend.
*"It is believed that Brandon was undergoing some personal problems, however, he was admired by his fellow students here at the school, a strong member of the soccer team, and well-known as a disc jockey," said Deputy Scott Butler of the L.A. County Sheriff's Dept.
*Counselors are on the campus and classes were not canceled.
*The school is located at 400 Pierre Rd.

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can you believe that?.. never would i have thought that would happen. especially at walnut. dang...
he was in our second period. =( we just saw him two hours earlier..
i remember seeing everyone run over to where it happened. me, cat, and cesar were just like "oh, another fight..."
we were even making fun of cesar and jon cause last time there was a fight, he ran to go see.
we were walking to the lunch lines to go buy food. but then lois and some other girls passed by us and told us someone got shot. so we ran over to see what happened. we were so close and we didn't hear anything. the glc's and security were pushing everyone back so we couldn't really see anything. then the glc's told everyone to go on the other side of the school.. we went to go sit down by the D building. all we could do was sit and think. really wanted to call darren but thought they might be going to class or something. cesar called his mom so him and his sister could go home. jon came and took care of us and told us where to go.. =) lucy and val came back from the bathroom and then we went to 5th. i was starting to get all teary-eyed when me and lucy said bye to val.. cause we all had the sad look on our faces. also because i didn't know what to think, what to feel. sad, mad, scared.. all of that running through my head.
looked at my phone and i had two missed calls from darren. called back but no answer.
got to choir and saw people crying so hard. cat wasn't there though.. and got me all worried. but then she came in with debbie. there were announcements and dr. gunn told us to call parents to let them know were okay. so we called our parents.. and as i was telling my mom, i started crying. then lucy called her mom and started crying too. we were just standing outside crying and we could hear the helicopters right above us. we went back inside and me, lucy, debbie, cat, and christal started praying together. there were more announcements and then it was time to go to 6th. it was soooo quiet during passing. got to 6th and ms. kim told us we had a choice of doing the work or just sitting there. me and cat decided to just do it.. cause we didn't feel like just sitting and thinking. kept looking at my phone just in case someone called.. and stared at the clock till school was over..
got out and talked to prince. then darren came.
went to his house.. then mcdonald's cause i didn't eat anything the whole day. i was hungry but didn't feel like eating.. but silly silly took care of me =)...
then went back to school for open house. changed into my dress but we ended up not singing cause everyone was still upset. the other choirs sang though, and we had to wait for them to finish. after, me and cat went to the candlelight vigil. there were flowers and stuffed animals there too. people also wrote sutff on the floor with chalk. prayed and payed our respects.. then went to our chem class.
did two labs and i almost set the room on fire. haha. noooo i didn't... but i'll save that story for another time.
ronellyn and claire came in and then we went to other classrooms.. in the german and french classrooms, they were giving away free pies and cakes and other desserts. they had so much... but i didn't feel like eating. so we dropped off ronellyn and went home.
called darren when i got home... then fell asleep.. again. hehe.. sorry =/ i woke up at 5:30 am and saw that i had 6 missed calls on my phone and a text message. cause i fell asleep and told him to call me back in 10 minutes.. but i obviously didn't wake up.. but yeah, wanted to call him back but i knew he'd be sleeping. so i just went back to sleep.
had a dream that i was watching the news and they were showing something about brandon...

all this just makes me realize even more that everything that i worry or get mad or stressed about.. just doesn't even matter.
it makes me sad to see that people can't even get over their dislikes for one another and come together.. especially in this time. but what can you do.
i keep thinking why? i don't understand how someone can just take their life away.. thinking about it scares me already. but i just wish that he could've had some other way of taking care of his problems.. everyone that reads this, please know that you always have somewhere to turn. and if you ever need anything.. a.n.y.t.h.i.n.g. .. i'm here.

R.I.P
BRANDON FLORES
1985 - 2003