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Source:  http://yarayara.com/wayne/thurston/articles/reuter17.htm
Saturday May 23 7:51 AM EDT 

Shooting suspect's home a trove of explosives 

By Martin Wolk 

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (Reuters) - Police Saturday were cataloging a startling collection of explosives found in the home of an Oregon teen-ager charged with killing his parents and then opening fire in a crowded school cafeteria, killing two students and injuring 22.  

Considering the age of the suspect and the sophistication of the bombs, "I think remarkable is not overstating it (the collection of explosives)," Lane County Sheriff Jan Clements said. 

Kipland Kinkel, 15, was in a juvenile detention facility after a court appearance late Friday. Nine victims from Thursday's high-school shootings were still in the hospital, including a 16-year-old girl and 17-year-old boy who were listed in critical condition. 

Springfield's residents held a candlelight vigil Friday night, trying to understand the mayhem that has shaken this blue-collar town in the heart of Oregon's timber country.  

"What happened is nothing about Springfield," said Larry Bentz, principal of Thurston High School, where the gunman walked into the cafeteria and calmly opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle as classes were about to start. 

"What happened is about a tortured soul of a young man," Bentz said at the vigil.  

Volunteers handed out blue ribbons, a symbolic gesture to call for an end to a spate of school shootings across America that have claimed at least 16 lives since October. 

"It's time for America to put a stop to what's been going on in this country," said Fire Capt. Paul Esselstyn, who was in command of rescue crews that took away the dead and injured. 

Esselstyn left the scene that morning without knowing whether his daughter, a Thurston High School student, was safe. When he found out later, he broke down in relief, Fire Chief Dennis Murphy said in an interview. 

At the community vigil, held in the shelter of a covered parking lot, blue plastic ribbons fluttered from trees and light poles on Springfield's major thoroughfares, and blue water splashed in the city fountain. 

Nearly 1,000 people attended the vigil, including many students from Springfield's other public high school, who were grieving the death of Spanish language teacher Faith Kinkel, 57, the suspect's mother. 

Her body and that of her husband, teacher William Kinkel, 60, lay undisturbed for more than 24 hours after being discovered as police bomb experts combed through their A-frame house and found at least 12 devices with explosive potential

Among them was a very sophisticated explosive crafted in the empty canister of a household fire extinguisher. Police urged neighbors to leave their homes in the secluded upper middle-class development known as Shangri-La Estates while the house was searched. 

After disarming two homemade explosive devices found in a crawl space, deputies began combing the house for murder evidence, only to have their work halted again when a third device was discovered that required disarming. Police said they also found two "pipe-type" bombs in the crawl space as well as unidentified smaller explosives in a desk drawer in Kinkel's room. 

Shackled hand and foot and wearing a black University of Oregon sweatshirt. Kinkel showed little emotion at the court hearing and kept his eyes down. The hearing lasted less than two minutes, just long enough for him to be presented with a document charging him with four counts of aggravated murder. 

Students and parents lined the hallways along with ranks of photographers to catch a glimpse of Kinkel as he was led out of the courthouse and back to his cell. 

Officials said that under state law Kinkel would be tried as an adult. But, because of his age, he will not be eligible for the death penalty. ^REUTERS@ 

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Rhetorical Structure:  powerful metaphor 
 
  
  

Writing Conventions:  Inverted pyramid structure 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Rhetorical Structure:  powerful language 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Rhetorical Structure:  powerful language 
Scapegoating:  his soul was tortured and no one could help 
 

Scapegoating:  It's happening everywhere, must be a social phenomenon. 

Scapegoating (see above) 
 
 
 

Narrative Form 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Selection and Salience:  He must have been really wacked to have so many explosives around. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

Selection and Salience (see above) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Selection and Salience 
Telling Stories:  constructing reality about Kinkel 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Scapegoating:  Society must rid itself of this dangerous criminal.