Re: Oregon Scout?

In a message dated 5/26/98 6:28:50 PM, bec@PIPELINE.COM wrote:

<< I did not see any specific reference to whether Jake is or
had been a Scout, although it is likely if his brother is.>>

I called the attached article on AOL. It says that Jake is a Scout. It
could, of course, be incorrect.

Neil Lupton

Wrestler a 'Hero' in Ore. Shooting

..c The Associated Press

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) - With a bullet in his chest and his girlfriend bleeding at
his feet, Jake Ryker stood up against a classmate who was spraying a crowded
high school cafeteria with gunfire and said: ``That's enough.''

Ryker, a burly 17-year-old wrestler, said his chance to end Thursday's rampage
came when the young shooter tried to fire his .22-caliber semiautomatic rifle
with an empty clip.

``I heard that `click,' and it was as loud as if someone was banging on a
brass gong,'' he said. ``And then I remember knocking him down.''

Despite the wound to his chest, the 6-foot-4 Ryker tackled 15-year-old
shooting suspect Kip Kinkel and was shot again in the left index finger as he
wrestled a pistol away. Quickly, Jake's brother, Josh, and three other boys
piled on.

Kinkel has been charged as an adult under Oregon law with four counts of
aggravated murder. He is accused of shooting his parents at home, then going
to Thurston High School and shooting 22 students, killing two.

Ryker, whose condition was upgraded at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Eugene
from serious to fair, has been hailed as a hero. But in his first interview
since the shooting, the church-going Boy Scout told The Eugene Register-Guard
that his actions were based on instinct after he saw his wounded girlfriend
lying on the floor.

``I saw her shot and said, `That's enough,''' Ryker said.

A photograph of his girlfriend, 17-year-old Jennifer Alldredge, was taped to
his bedrail. She remained hospitalized in serious condition at McKenzie-
Willamette Hospital in Springfield with gunshot wounds to her chest, hand and
neck.

AP-NY-05-24-98 2004EDT

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