Facts: October 2, 2006, 10:25 AM. Charles Roberts IV, 32, milk truck driver, entered an Amish school in Nickel Mines, Lancaster County. Released boys and adults. Kept 10 girls (ages 6-13). Tied them up. Opened fire.
Five girls died. Five wounded. Roberts shot himself.
First Hours
Police. Ambulances. Helicopters. World media. Sensation: school shooting — not new in America. Shooting in an AMISH school — news.
But the story turned out to be not about the shooting.