Iowa high school football coach shot and killed by a former player inside school weight room

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ASSOCIATED PRESS - A 24-year-old former high school football player walked into the school's weight room Wednesday morning and fatally shot his former coach, before sheriff's deputies arrested him at a nearby home a short time later, authorities said. Mark Becker shot Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas several times with a handgun after walking into the room at about 8 a.m., authorities said. Thomas was rushed to nearby Waterloo hospital, where he died.






About a year ago, ESPN did a nice piece on Ed Thomas ...


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What A Shame said:

Something tells me this is going to end well. What a tremendous tragedy to a community that was already trying to rebuild. This seems like a very personal attack, and that never ends well. That kid had to out of high school almost six years....strange.

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