while students at agent Court Collegiate the school just behind me here trying to get back into their routines and also a sense of normaly after a Brazen shooting on school grounds just 24 hours earlier and it's all the more concerning considering we are only one week into the new school year on landine have only been here in school shootings they only happened in America so for it to happen in Canada very concerning and like I felt just I just felt very unsafe extra police officers were deed Ed as a precaution to the secondary school near Midland and Shephard on Tuesday the 16-year-old student who is in grade 12 was grazed by a bullet to the head he continues to recover after miraculously only suffering minor injuries the person that got shot he's he's really nice kid he's just it's crazy that happened to acak in a letter sent out on Monday the school's principal informed parents that extra TDSB staff and social workers would be on hand to support students some of whom say that gun violence is hitting too close to home it's getting worse and worse the past couple years like someone's getting shot almost every couple weeks like it's getting bad police believe the shooting was targeted but that news doesn't help calm the nerves of students who are feeling a bit on edge we're all shaking up that's very unsettling to hear about news so early on in the year we cannot sweep things under the rug social worker and psychotherapist roxan Francis says this incident could leave some kids and parents anxious about whether their school is safe it is my advice to those in administration at the school to give the students an opportunity to to speak about things to give staff an opportunity to speak about things with each other recent stats from Toronto police show that there's been a 116% jump in youth arrests related to Firearms between 2022 and 2024 this latest act of violence on school grounds is renewing calls for the government to step up and do more to protect students and staff there needs to be plans around gun violence in our society gun violence in our schools places that should be safe we can no longer say this is just the behavior of a few bad actors we need to have some more systemic and political responses Community responses to these uh issues now the suspect is believed to be between 17 and 18 years old he is still at large and is considered armed and dangerous police are asking anyone that may have information on this latest crime to either give police or Crim Stoppers a call in Scaro AIA ball City news