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Facing a $267.5 million fiscal 2013 budget gap, Cook County, which includes the City of Chicago and suburbs, has proposed a tax of 5 cents per bullet and $25 on each firearm sold at gun and sporting goods stores in the county. Fred Lutger, who has owned Freddie Bear Sports for 35 years, is concerned with the impact the tax will have on his store which is located about 2 miles inside the Cook County line. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (CNN) — A North Carolina high school freshman was charged with first-degree murder after he fatally shot a fellow student, police said Monday. The shooting in the hallway of Butler High School in Matthews stemmed from a fight between the victim and the suspect, said Matthews Police Capt. Stason Tyrrell. Initial reports indicate that the conflict started with bullying that spiraled out of control, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox. “And as fear took over, a young person bought a gun to solve the problems,” Wilcox said. WSOC Stason Tyrrell of Matthews, North Carolina police Tyrrell identified the victim as a 16-year-old Bobby McKeithen, a sophomore. The suspect, Jatwan Craig Cuffie, also 16, is in the Mecklenburg County jail, he said. The shooting happened just before the final bell rang for students to go into their classrooms, according to Tyrrell. He said a school resource officer was in the cafeteria area when he and school security officers heard a commotion in an adjoining hallway at 7:14 a.m. They ran to the hallway and started giving the victim first aid within 15 to 20 seconds, Tyrrell said. The school immediately went into a lockdown, Tyrrell said. Two other police officers, including a school resource officer directing traffic in front of the school, entered the school within minutes, according to Tyrrell. About five to seven minutes after the shooting, authorities learned from a teacher that she was with the suspected shooter, Tyrrell said. The suspect admitted to the shooting and, around 7:25 a.m., said he wanted to surrender, Tyrrell said. No one else was injured in the shooting. “This event actually began days before this morning. So what took place this morning was something that built up,” Tyrrell said. He said several people knew there was a chance of an altercation on Monday morning. “And we just didn’t have that information until after it had happened,” he said. Wilcox said the schools don’t have metal detectors and students aren’t searched when they enter the building. “Some have asked me, how could someone, especially a student, come on to one of our campus(es) with a loaded gun,” Wilcox said. “And I wish I had an answer to that. There really is no easy answer.” The superintendent said the school will be closed on Tuesday. Matthews is located about 22 miles southeast of Charlotte. CNN’s Darran Simon and Jamiel Lynch contributed to this report.<doc-sep>McKeithen later died at an area hospital. NOW: Dozens is students are gathering for a prayer vigil in front of Butler H.S. in memory of their peer shot and killed today, Bobby McKeithen. pic.twitter.com/oC5NXOEEnT — Liz Foster (@lizfosterWSOC9) October 29, 2018 Update 4:25 pm EDT Oct. 29: North Carolina authorities have identified the victim in the Butler High School shooting Monday morning. Bobby McKeithen, 16, was allegedly shot and killed by classmate Jatwan Craig Cuffie after some sort of disagreement, investigators said earlier Monday, according to WSOC. Update 3:50 p.m. EDT Oct. 29: Authorities identified the 16-year-old arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing a classmate at Butler High School on Monday morning as Jatwan Craig Cuffie. #BreakingNews @matthewspolice say suspect of deadly shooting is JATWAN CRAIG CUFFIE. He is currently in the Mecklenburg Co. Jail charged with first degree murder. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/DEKAdndOZ9 — Allison Latos (@AllisonWSOC9) October 29, 2018 Original report: Police confirmed a lockdown was lifted at the high school Monday morning after a student was injured in a shooting. We have responded to a shooting at Butler High School this morning. There is one student that has been shot that was... Posted by Matthews Police Department on Monday, October 29, 2018 The victim was rushed to Carolinas Medical Center Main in critical condition. Officials said he later died of his injuries. Authorities said the suspect, another student, was taken into custody after the incident. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox told WSOC-TV that one student was upset with another, which led to the shooting in a main hallway at the school just after 7 a.m. "We’re incredibly saddened that we had a loss of life on one of our campuses today. What makes it doubly difficult is that it was one of our students who was the shooter," Wilcox said. "First of all, our hearts go out to the larger community and to all of the young people who witnessed this tragedy today." Police said the incident was captured on surveillance video. A teenager told WSOC-TV that he saw a student open fire on a classmate Monday as the classmate was walking away. "I just processed everything, what's going on," Jorge Sanchez told WSOC-TV. "I saw the gun and I had to run." Officials said a school resource officer was nearby during the incident and took the suspected shooter into custody in a classroom. Authorities said the weapon used in the shooting was also in the possession of law enforcement officials. Police said the incident appeared isolated and that the school has been secured by officers. No other people are believed to have been involved in the shooting. WSOC-TV crews saw people embracing each other outside of the school as police roped off the campus. Parents desperate for answers started marching from the church to campus just before 9 a.m. Dozens of worried parents crossed Independence Boulevard and surged past the police barricades to find their children at Butler High. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/9X3nsynMLG — Mark Barber (@MBarberWSOC9) October 29, 2018 The families were met by officers who prevented them from getting too close to the building. School district officials said the Butler High School lockdown was lifted around 9:15 a.m. and parents were able to pick up their children. School district officials said classes will proceed on campus as scheduled Monday. Authorities continue to investigate. – Visit WSOCTV.com for the latest on this developing story.<doc-sep>
The grieving parents of a North Carolina teen who died following a school shooting addressed the tragic death Tuesday morning, a local report said. Bobby McKeithen spoke about his 16-year-old son, also named Bobby McKeithen, noting significant life moments they wouldn’t get to experience, Fox 46 Charlotte reported. "I'm going to miss him going to the prom. I'm going to miss him going to graduation, college, you know all that stuff it got stopped because of ignorance,” the elder McKeithen said, adding that he had “remorse” for the suspect’s relatives “because they about to lose a child as well in the system.” McKeithen’s son was allegedly shot and killed at Butler High School by a fellow classmate Monday after a fight that stemmed from “bullying that escalated out of control,” officials said. Jatwan Craig Cuffie, 16, the student accused of shooting McKeithen, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. “And as fear took over a young person brought a gun to solve the problem,” Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Clayton Wilcox said. “...There was no evidence that these two kids had anything in common in terms of beef that went on…at school.” NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING STEMMED FROM BULLYING THAT ‘ESCALATED OUT OF CONTROL,’ OFFICIALS SAY Wilcox would not comment further on the bullying, including which student was allegedly being picked on. In a statement obtained by Fox 46, the deceased teen’s family denied that he was a bully, saying “the stories and rumors” were false. Ashley Mewborn, McKeithen’s mom, recalled how she first learned that her son was injured and that she attempted to get in touch with the school and authorities, Fox 46 reported. "A friend of ours called and said he heard Bobby got shot. So I started calling the school, no answer. I called them [the school] all the way there,” Mewborn said. “Then I started calling 911 to see if they had gotten a call about Bobby being shot. They told me no. Then the phone hung up so I had to call back and then the other operator told me no and then they connected me to Matthews Police. They said they had gotten a call but they couldn't tell me anything.” Mewborn struggled to get details and arrived to the high school only to find the area “blocked off,” she reportedly said. "In that time me driving to school because I couldn't find out anything I could have been to the hospital with him because that's where he was,” Mewborn said, according to Fox 46. “I couldn't get any information. I could have seen him. I feel like I could have seen him. At least one last time." NORTH CAROLINA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DIES AFTER BEING SHOT BY CLASSMATE, POLICE SAY The elder McKeithen also discussed a lack of metal detectors at the high school and gun control, saying that “it’s bigger than the situation.” "I just feel like with the amount of students, and I know that we have a shortage of police officers in the community, and I understand that, but I mean we have all this North Carolina lottery money...like why haven't we had metal detectors in the school? I mean, there's only so much these officers can do," McKeithen said, according to Fox 46. "We have to get to the point where as a community, as a state, as a nation, what do we do to address this gun problem and save our children?" The superintendent confirmed that metal detectors are not in use in the schools. "Someone asked me how could someone, especially a student, come onto one of our campuses with a loaded gun, and I wish I had an answer to that," Wilcox said. "There really is no easy answer. We do not have metal detectors in our schools. We do not search our students on the way into school. Our schools and students rely on cooperation between and among each other. And today, that simply wasn't enough." Fox News’ Katherine Lam contributed to this report.