Drive-by Shooting Sends Toppenish Schools into Lockdown

June 6, 2008 by Adriana Janovich  
Filed under Stories

Editor’s Note: Unleashed reporter Sharon Reyna, a 2008 graduate of EAGLE High School in Toppenish, contributed to this story.

By ROD ANTONE
YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

An early morning drive-by shooting of a 16-year-old boy threw much of the Toppenish School District into lock-down mode Thursday morning.

“This is the first time that there’s been a shooting in close proximity of our schools that I know of,” said Toppenish superintendent Steve Myers. “And I’ve been here a long time, about 25 years.” Read more