Martinsville Shooting
Indiana state police are reporting that a person has been shot at a middle school in central Indiana and the 15-year-old shooter is in custody. Sgt. Kirk Durnil says the male victim (15 year old Chance Jackson) was shot twice in the stomach Friday morning, March 25, 2011, at West Middle School in Martinsville, Indiana. Durnil did not identify the shooter or the victim at the school, some 30 miles south of Indianapolis. WRTV notes the shooter is a recently expelled student. The Location Martinsville is a city in and the county seat of Morgan County , Indiana , United States ; the population was 11,828 at the 2010 census . Once dubbed the “ Goldfish Capital of the World,” today Martinsville has several large fisheries that sell fish to many parts of the world. From 1888 until 1968 visitors sought out the many artesian mineral water heath spas (called sanitariums then) of Martinsville for health benefits. Over the cours...