Perth Teen Who Shot at His School Gets Three Years Detention

A vulnerable teenager who fired gunshots at a classroom, sparking fears of Australia’s first US-style school shooting, will spend at least 16 months in detention. The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, took two rifles to his school, the Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Two Rocks, about 70km north of Perth, on May 24 last year. He fired three shots from his father’s .243 hunting rifle, sending students and teachers scrambling for cover as two bullets hit a classroom and another a grassed area near a playground. No one was physically injured and the teen was arrested at the scene after calling triple zero and admitting what he had done, the Perth Children’s Court heard on Feb. 29....