STUDENT PLANNING SCHOOL SHOOTING FOR SCHOOL FILM FEST ARRESTED

On March 2, 2009, the Toronto police arrested an 18 year old student named Henry Chang Li who allegedly planned a school shooting at Stephen Leacock C.I. It is believed he was inspired from viewing various Hollywood movies involving genocide and massacres such as Hotel Rwanda and had a desire to make a film of his own. When the school announced its first annual film fest in early 2009, that was when the planning began.

Officials alleged that the student had taken various visits to the gun department in his local Wal-Mart. John doe, an underpaid worker at the gun department, was surprised by the news and said the boy was a very kind person and had a brilliant sense of humour. “We were like homies, yo. Gave me lots of nickies like ‘Wigga’, ‘Twig’ and ‘White Bread’. Always refer a gun as his lovely lady.”

Many of Henry’s classmates gave accounts of his strange, developing behaviours over the years. One student said, “Two or five year ago, he started having this deadly, demonic devious-stare and sometimes when he thinks to himself he starts smiling like a pervert.” However, the staffs failed to notice anything odd. One of Henry’s teachers had this to say when he discovered that he was one of many on a hit-list. “I never expect that I could’ve been targeted! I knew he was gonna get one of the math teachers but why me? I only failed him once and (barely) passed him the second time. I mean, there are persistent students that don’t know when to give up and are failing the third time and they haven’t got anything against me.”

A junior-grade student had recently come forth revealing himself as the main actor of the movie. “I heard someone was making a movie and heard he was looking for someone who is a social outcast, preferable white, for the role,” he said. “I had nothing better to do so I came up to him. He chose me because he said I looked very unique compared to all the ‘other typical white emo kid’ and was perfect for the role.” But the student claimed he was unaware of the full content of the movie until the script was finished. “I knew I was going to get those annoying Buchan kids, but I didn’t want to harm the Pauline Johnson kids cause they were too little. But he kept insisting because it would make the movie more moving and that the audiences love tragedy.”

Many students expressed outrage and shock at the news. But one student says its just one of many negative perceptions associated with Stephen Leacock. “In the past, we had Terrorist, nearby shootings, SARS, Mike Meyer and now, Henry Chang Li.”