No one injured in Joplin middle school shooting

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

JOPLIN, Mo. -- A 13-year-old student wearing a long, dark green trenchcoat and carrying a replica of an AK-47 fired one shot in a middle school Monday morning and told two administrators, "please don't make me do this," officials said.

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