Conditions of 2 wounded Ohio students unchanged

By Thomas J. Sheeran

Associated Press

Published: Tuesday, Feb. 28 2012 4:40 a.m. MST

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Chardon police check student bookbags before allowing students to enter Maple Elementary School following a shooting in Chardon, Ohio on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012. A teenager described as a bullied outcast at Chardon High School opened fire in the cafeteria Monday morning, killing one student and wounding four others before being caught a short distance away, authorities said. The suspect, whose name was not released, was arrested near his car a half-mile away, the FBI said. He was not immediately charged.

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Summary

A spokeswoman for a hospital caring for two students wounded in an Ohio school shooting says the children's conditions remain unchanged.

CHARDON, Ohio — A spokeswoman for a hospital caring for two students wounded in an Ohio school shooting says the children's conditions remain unchanged.

Heather Phillips of the Cleveland Clinic says one student is in serious condition and the other in stable condition at the clinic's Hillcrest Hospital in suburban Mayfield Heights.

Phillips said Tuesday morning the hospital is not releasing the students' names at the request of their families. The conditions of two other students taken to MetroHealth System weren't immediately available.

Five students were shot when a teenager opened fire at Chardon High School east of Cleveland Monday morning just as classes were about to begin. One student died.

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