West Side Holds Graduation, Honors Those Killed

By: Import User

Updated: January 7, 2009

Today`s high school graduation at West Side Jonesboro will include three empty chairs for students killed in a 1998 shooting rampage at West Side Middle School. The class of 2004 includes two survivors who were shot by fellow classmates at the middle school. Jennifer Jacobs was 12 and Whitney Irving was 11 during when they were shot by fellow students Andrew Golden and Mitchell Johnson. Golden and Johnson remain in state custody

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