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Chardon H.S. Gunman Suspect T.J. Lane’s Facebook Pics, Violent Wall Post

UPDATE, 3/19/13: T.J. Lane was sentenced to three life terms without the possibility of parole. He showed no remorse, as these pics indicate.

TJ Lane
AP Photo/The News-Herald, Duncan Scott

ORIGINAL POST:

Multiple sources have ID’d the suspect in Chardon, Ohio’s high school shooting as Chardon junior sophomore T.J. Lane, 17.

Here are Facebook pictures:

EDIT: The gun-wielding picture is, (un?)fortunately, not Lane. CleveScene details the spread of the photos from 4chan to major news outlets here.


T.J. Lane Was Friends With 3 of the 5 Students He Shot

T.J. Lane, 17, Will Be Tried as an Adult

Chardon Students Change Profile Pictures to School Logo


 

And, via Reddit, a violent Facebook post that contains the phrase “I am Death” and “Die, all of you”:

It’s likely that this is his Facebook page. The pictures look very similar, and many friends in his network go to Chardon.

None of this info has been confirmed.

Crazy how holding back info in the Age of the Internet is virtually impossible.
 

MORE: Suspect T.J. Lane’s Facebook Page Links to Article on Diagnosing Depression

 

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  2. Where were his parents? WHY didnt they see this? Whose guns are those?

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  5. TJ Lane is not a monster, or a serial killer…nor is any of the young people who take this drastic measure to get their message out.

    Its time we, as a nation start listening to the young people… and also for the other students and teachers to start speaking up. This, like so many school shootings before most likely would have been 100 percent preventable- Had some one spoke up that the knew of the bullying or that they had read his troubled posts.

    Pray for the students and the families involved in this today.

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  9. I feel terrible for this young man and his victims! What was he thinking? He thinks he is bullied now, wait until he gets into the prison system. My prayers go out to everyone involved. May god help all these children.

  10. I saw that, too, but if you notice the date it was posted, it was right before New Year’s. I’m thinking he could have been visiting someone.

  11. Oh please. There is absolutely NO reason for this level of violence.

  12. Are you mad? Of course he’s a serial killer! He killed an innocent child and tried to kill more! The only possible “crimes” of these children were maybe they were mean to him, but everyone goes through bullying, but not everyone goes to school with the intent to kill everyone because someone was mean to them

  13. I read somewhere the shooter was high on pot (marijuana), I wonder if this is true. He went int here carrying 2 pistols ??

  14. y would he do this my friend was there wen it happen and its really sad for the kid who died and the kids who have gotten hurt and are in brain surgery now

  15. I read that he came from a broken home and lived with his grandparents.

  16. There’s a couple of Thomas J Lanes living in Broken Arrow, OK. Guessing one of them is the parent. He came from a broken home and lived with his grandparents in Chardon, OH.

  17. For one to be considered a serial killer, you have to first kill more than 3 victims, therefore your argument is irrelevant. He was very public with his troublesome view on life. This could have been prevented if someone had just SAID something about his posts.

    Pray for Chardon.

  18. Does it matter who he lived with?

    Whomever his caregiver was – they needed to pay attention.

  19. Hey, if the kid hadn’t been constantly bullied, he wouldn’t have done this! Some kids dance to the beat of a different drummer. Just let them be!!

  20. So what if he isn’t technically a “serial killer”. He attempted to be a serial killer, therefore he should be treated as one.

  21. Tj Lane says he wrote the horrible post above, ending in “Die, all of you.” in class one day, If this is true, I just have one question; what was the teacher doing? This is a pretty long post for a teacher to not notice what he was doing. And he had to put some thought into it! It’s well written, not like he just scribbled a note down to post to FB later. so, where was the teacher?

  22. That is a moronic comment which fully qualifies to be met with scornful indignation accompanied by an exhortation to maturity and sober judgment.

  23. Piecing together names and addresses I have discovered that in 2002 TJ Lanes Parents divorced. You can find this info at the Geauga County Clerk of Courts, Case # 02DC000079 LANE VS. GREY. The divorce decree was on 3/7/2002 and on 4/26/2002 TJ’s father Thomas M Lane was indicted for Felonious Assault, Kidnapping and Disrupting Public Service against his Ex-Wife. Case # 02C000028 State of Ohio VS. LANE followed by attempted Murder Charges on 8/5/2002 Case # 02C000066 State of Ohio VS. LANE. Very interesting.

  24. Clearly, this kid was disturbed. However, the poem is poignant in its expression of dismay at being let down and even pushed around by a cruel society where the difference between the “haves” and the “have-nots” is immense. Had someone chosen to mentor this kid, today’s school shooting might not have occurred. Too late now. Also too late is that this cry for help came more than a month before he acted on it. This was shared with others, no one followed up.

  25. I have friends at Chardon High School. Someone should have been guiding TJ in the right direction and noticing when he became withdrawn. But none of this will change the fact that those kids walked into school on a monday, ready to be kids, learn, be apart of society. And some of those kids didn’t walk out. Keep these kids in your prayers and wear red tomorrow in support of Chardon High School.

  26. they already erased that from his facebook account to make him look more “Normal”
    go figure. they will say nobody saw this coming he seemed like such a nice boy. But the truth is it was right in front of their faces the whole time yet nobody wanted to deal with it.

  27. Have you lost your damn mind? Someone needs to trace you to make sure you don’t go on a rampage after advocating such madness.
    Of course he is a monster and a serial killer (or at least attempted one- only time will tell the extent of his damage).
    Is bullying bad? Of course. But bully prevention won’t stop lunacy, and in all honesty it won’t even stop bullying.
    Every child was bullied in one way or another and in the good old days, the days of personal responsibility, NOT ONE OF THEM WENT ON A KILLING SPREE BECAUSE OF IT!

  28. The definition isn’t relevant because two children are in critical condition and one more is in serious condition as I write this so he very well may meet that benchmark.
    Instead of worrying about that monster, we should be praying for the true victims who are fighting for their lives!

  29. Stop worrying so much about that little scumbag who is perfectly fine and start praying for the precious children who are hovering between life and death because TJ Loon couldn’t learn how to react to difficulty as a normal human being. May he pay a heavy price for what he did, and may God spare the lives of the other children who are fighting to survive!

  30. Freaking emo kids- a lot of them create messed up situations bcuz they are mental, it’s so annoying.. Theres kids that grow up in way worse situations and become good level headed grown ups. Stop copping out, listening to crap music (blood on the dance floor- really?), get out and be a damn kid!…

  31. Don’t blame the music or the groups people hang out with..I listened to Slayer, Black Sabbath and other frowned upon music. That’s just how kids express themselves..What kind of music do you listen to?

  32. “They simply create what they want and make themselves the winners. But the true winner, he has nothing at all.”

    Wow, that poem is classic altruism/collectivism/mysticism. He exists in a chronic state of terror and does nothing except worry over the meaning of live, yet wants the world to bow at his feet. He derides selfishness, and sees others, who find life joyful, to be immoral. He wants others to share the terror that he believes existence to be.

  33. Haves and have nots? Cruel society? He was getting an education at a school in a rich suburban neighborhood. If this kid was somehow dismayed by class divisions it’s just further evidence of how destructive it is to foster a a poisonous mindset of envy and class division.

  34. @ Tjjenna, I listen to f*cking Maiden. Im not blaming the freaking music, but what im pointing out is its socially acceptable lately to be acrybaby ass emo bitch.. I hate it when kids act all “FML”. I grew up seeing some messed up things, did I go out shooting people? NO. I strived to be a decent person and get the amazing family I have now.

  35. Plus.. Blood on the dance floor are pretty ghey. Even those columbine boys werent listening to shit this dumb.

  37. Actually he isn’t a serial killer at all. Serial Killers are defined by the manner that they target and kill their victims. He is a spree killer. Although the proximity of the locations is very close, he will still be labelled a spree killer.

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  39. Honestly, you all can shut the f*ck up. You all are talking about how he is a monster and a serial killer. Wtf? First of all, it’s none of your peoples damn business. For the people who are commenting below and didn’t even friken go to Chardon High School. You don’t know what that kid went through. I know first hand how bad bullying can be. You all think that if some one gets called inappropriate names then they can suck it up.. Well, NEWS FLASH that isn’t all what bullying is. You can get harassed every day by the person. Get beat up, pushed into lockers, have forwards go around the school about you. Have rumors get made up about you. I know first hand that depression is hard. I tried to commit suicide 2 years ago from the bullying and harassment I got freshman year. Yes, I feel bad for the kids that were the victims of this attack. But honestly.. He was mentally unstable and someone should have been there for him, instead of bullying him. Parents/Guardians send there kids off to school THINKING that they are in good hands. Maybe people should be pointing fingers at the school.
    ….<3 Prayers for the kids and the ones who didn't make it and the families and friends who are going through this horrible time.

  40. There’s no excuse for what TJ did, but I also read some stuff in the NY Post that suggests he was a target for bullies. Bullying in our country is out of control and this may be a consequence of our collective inability to address it.

  41. It is really sad that as a Nation we will never be able to accept the impact bullying has on these kids’ decisions to shoot up a school. In reality we would have to be prepared to point the finger back at the victim in order for us to let bullying take the responsibility it should. What is more sad, is until we can do just that, it will only be worse and more frequent.

  43. This punk ass selfish turd will be charged as an adult as it should be….he created his own pitty world and cant blame life for his murderous mind…. He will get what he deserves.

  44. It’s obvious that we didn’t learn from the Columbine murders. People just point at the killers and just have sympathy for the ones who died and suffered. I understand the guy’s poetry and I’m over 40 . When are people going to look at the bigger picture? What could we do so in the future this does not happen again. What if it was your child that was the victim or even scarier what if it was YOUR child that did the killings because of your irresponsibility. What if you got to know your child better, to talk to them and undersatnd them. Maybe you could have seen their pain and did something to help them out. TJ Lane probably had NO one to confide in and trust and talk out his issues, its obvious he kept to himself of course and was just a bomb waiting to go off. Where were the caretakers of this kid?

  45. This has to be a fake page. Who the hell only has 153 friends on fb? All of you who say bullying was at fault should get your head out of your asses. If bullying was the cause, you would hear about this alot more on the News. Everyone goes through some form of bullying growing up. This kid is sick, I can’t believe he even managed to kill with a .22 caliber. I hope that sack of shit gets life behind bars.

  46. a serial killer goes from one town to another and kills more then 3 people.
    And he had something he wanted to say, but no one ever listened. He might be a “killer” but dosent mean hes not human to

  48. i am sorry but I feel you are incorrect. he went to school with more than a hand gun. this was premeditated. Yes his parents or guardian should have paid closer attention, but this is the now. He did what he did. he is 17 years old, which in most cases is old enough to join the military, so he should be charged as an adult. This act was premeditated, so he should receive the death penalty.

  49. We’ll apparently this guy was not being bullied and he admitted to shooting random people, in fact one of guys he killed was his FB friend, Dominic Parmertor. More importantly even if you are being bullied, it gives you NO right killing people. This is not a monster or a serial killer, he became something far worst than that, now he must pay.

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  54. i want to know right now,why?why?why did he kill 3 innocent
    kids,and severely injured a 4th, who did NOTHING to him? he
    wants sympathy? f**k him! this guy knew exactly what he was
    doing and whom he was doing it to.you can’t pull the wool over
    my eyes with such a sob story like, “oh i was being bullied…blah
    blah blah.” i mean really,cry me a river! i was picked on in school
    for a while.so were the majority of us.did we bring weapons to
    school to exact revenge against those who pissed us off? of course not.
    is this kid nuts? absolutely.does he deserve any special consideration
    due to the fact that he came from a dysfunctional family,HELL NO!
    most of us came from dysfunctional families.who hasn’t? that doesn’t
    give you some special pass to create the carnage this prick has created.
    this mean boy destroyed not only his own family,his own life,but the lives
    of dozens of people. and you know what really bothers me? he said he was
    picked on,right? yet the news reports stated that he fired [at ramdom]and
    indiscriminantly at people he DIDN’T EVEN KNOW! why? if he was being
    a target of some bully/bullies,why then,did he only shoot good kids who
    never did anything bad to him?i’m not saying that i condone school shootings.
    trust me,i do not.but it reminds me of another case involving a stabbing that
    took place [also in a school],about year ago,in Sudbury, Massachusetts. a 19 year
    male was convicted of 1st degree murder and sentenced to life for fatally stabbing
    a fellow schoolmate who was younger than he was,an posed no conceivable threat
    to him. he should have gotten death.but hey it wasn’t my call. and guess what,
    because bleeding hearts will feel oh so sorry for this demented,sick-twisted,
    depraved,whack-job,of course they will give him “life” in prison.watch,you’ll
    see,the defense will play to the jury,how “artistic”(a.k.a. methodical),he was,and
    how ,oh he came from a broken home,oh he suffered from depression,and every
    other excuse under the sun. i had depression.so do hundreds of millions of people
    around the damn world. get over it!

  58. not that it matters but i feel compelled to say:
    i seriously doubt he would’ve listened to anyone. he wanted this to happen . he did not want help.he exhibitied anti-social/sociopathic qualities.and even a tad bit psychopathic tendencies,as can be seen here.this guy is a maniac!

  60. he even looked like a douchebag. Mr Hey Look At ME! look how buff i am. “I wrote that poem”,or whatever he said.

  61. he is a monster. this kid is what; 5′-7 to 5’9” tall,and yoked. this kid
    looks like he can handle his own ok. don’t give me that sh*t about
    how you attempted suicide twice. so did i.but it wasn’t because of the
    bullying i got at school,though i was bullied on a daily basis by the kids
    in a puerto rico middle school.i was bullied in a place that i had no
    escape.by a person i couldn’t escape. my own relative.emotional,
    psychological and physical abuse was what i endured pretty often.
    when i was this boy’s age,i was one scrawny ass kid. i was an easy
    target. but now,nobody would/could bully me. back then i was 5′-5″
    tall,and about 108 lbs give or take.i’m now quite a bit bigger than
    that ,.and i get asked all the time if i was ever a defensive lineman. TJ
    doesn’t fit the category of a “bullied” kid. did anyone ever stop to think,
    hmm what if T.J. is f*****g lying about the bullying?remember,he is the
    murderer here,not his victims… i mean damn,just because he says he was
    bullied doesn’t necessarily mean he was. what if he was the bully? and
    someone found out? what if he murdered these people to silence them?

  62. ok the ny post states he was a victim of bullies? ok,well if that’s so
    true-why then,did T.J. murder innocent people who NEVER
    bullied him?? can you answer that? he shot his own friends and a
    couple total strangers who never bothered him. please,don’t encourage
    this text book narcissist.ok…just DON’T OK. he just wanted to kill someone.
    and guess what;he did. and now T.J will spend the next 285 years behind bars.
    what a F*****g loser! yeah,and he had 150+ “Friends” on his FB page.yea, what a loner!

  64. no offense sir.maam,and with all due respect-i’m pretty sure you weren’t there in his household just like 99.999% of the people commenting. so how could you proclaim to know what was going on in his household?you can’t. none of us can. what if his relatives triedtheir very best to get through to him? what if he just didn’t listen? what if he was a sociopath,who just nodded and said,”ok guys,thanks for the pep talk,i really learned something today,i’m going to go hang out with my buddies now..?

  67. I’ve heard so many conflicting things about this story. I’ve heard one of his victims had started dating an ex of his. I’ve heard he was an outcast. I’ve heard he was a “copycat killer” for Columbine, and something about similarities with a last name. I’ve heard he randomly chose his victims. I’ve even heard something about him not even having gone to this High School, and deliberately going out of his way to go there on a shooting spree. Does anyone know the REAL story here?

  68. he is not a “serial Killer”. Serial killers kill at least 3 people, 3 diffrent locations with three diffrent types of death. t.j. lane would be classified as a mass murderer. all in all the kid needs help.

  69. I feel really bad for this guy, because he’s cold, due to his past. Hope God heals him soon and the ones he’s injured.
    May God help the families of the lost.

  70. I can not believe that in parts of this, people are arguing if he’s a serial killer or not. Who flipping cares?!? Now 3 of 5 are dead. No, he was not bullied…that is a rumor. He was attending a school for “at risk teens” and as far as the poems go and his creepy fb posts and pictures, that bastard can rot in hell. That poor Daniels parents, sobbing! How can you even consider standing up for a killer like tj!? This society needs to open their eyes.

  73. I am going to correct you. He IS NOT a serial killer, just a troubled kid. A serial killer is someone who carries out a series of killings. And he may have been severely bullied, not just someone being mean to him. You fail think even further.

  74. This is our generation. It’s messed up. The whole world is messed up. Divorcing parents, depressed kids, messed up lives. I’m 14.

  75. He went sociopath because of the circumstances he was living with. His parents divorced, he was being bullied, that’s why he worked out. He thought that he can show how he is strong and big. Yeah, I feel sorry for the people who he killed. But you people can’t understand a sociopath’s mind. This is our world, our kids, messed up planet. Depressed people.

  76. One month ago I would have agreed with those who say he is a monster and deserves to rot in prison. I do send out prayers for the families of the victims. I by no means condone what he did, but I am so sick of acting like bullying is no big deal. When will we realize it is a problem. There are many consequences this child will face that he deserves, but he didn’t ask for or deserve the home life he had, or to be the victim of bullying. He is also a victim. Only the people that victimized him don’t have consequences. The violence may decrease if we taught our children how to treat people. Recently, I researched bullying. I am overcome with disgust and horror with the children, and the parents that minimize and make excuses of their children making victims of those less fortunate. Before you judge this kid do some research, see what the victims of bullying wake up to everyday. Sick how many of our children would rather die, and how many families have to bury their child because some ungrateful kid needed to make themselves feel like they were better than someone. The warning signs were there, and his point was proven. He is a child, an ignored prejudged child that needed to feel loved, but he was denied that. This is just a guess, but I bet waking up in prison or the death penalty he won’t feel any different than he did waking up on the outside. Those that bullied him are no better than him. It is sad that something so tragic has to occur before we stop to pay attention to our children. SAD, what does that say about us as parents?

  77. Reading through these comments and realized the ones saying he wasn’t bullied are still bullying him here. They are obviously younger and don’t have kids. It is ok to have your opinion, but coming off like an angry bully is not the right way to get a message across. It looks like the cycle of hate that perpetuates these kinds of tragedies to happen over and over again

  78. look i grow up with T.j he was a really good kid and we were all shocked that what he did ive know him for 10 years i still cant believe that he did this. so im just going to say this you cant tell when some one going to act out like this and he was really good at hiding his feelings and yes he did love with his grandparents and it wasn’t a broken home

  79. thanks i belive the same thing . this means alot to me at less i know im not alone

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