Gun rampage schoolboy 'not well'

The teenager accused of killing three pupils in a shooting at a US school cafeteria chose his victims at random and was “someone who’s not well”, a prosecutor said, as the slightly built youngster appeared in court.

The teenager accused of killing three pupils in a shooting at a US school cafeteria chose his victims at random and was “someone who’s not well”, a prosecutor said, as the slightly built youngster appeared in court.

TJ Lane, 17, admitted taking a .22-calibre pistol and a knife to Chardon High School in Ohio and firing 10 shots at a group of pupils sitting at a cafeteria table on Monday morning, prosecutor David Joyce said. He said Lane did not know the victims.

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