School Shooter Was Bullied For Being A “Ginger”

Details are emerging in the Taft High School shooting, where 16-year-old Bryan Oliver shot another student in the chest with a shotgun last week. Oliver today pleaded not guilty to two charges of premeditated attempted murder with a firearm. He is being charged as an adult and could face 32 years to life on just one of the charges.

Bryan Oliver pleaded not guilty Monday to two counts of premeditated attempted murder and three counts of assault with a firearm.

Bryan Oliver pleaded not guilty Monday to  two counts of premeditated attempted murder and three counts of assault with a firearm.

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District Attorney Lisa Green announced that the court will try the 16-year-old as an adult due to the severity of last Thursday's attack which left another 16-year-old student wounded.

District Attorney Lisa Green announced that the court will try the 16-year-old as an adult due to the severity of last Thursday's attack which left another 16-year-old student wounded.

Image by Felix Adamo / AP

Morgan Alldredge, a friend of Oliver's, pictured below, who was in the classroom during the shooting, said that Oliver was bullied over his red hair.

Morgan Alldredge, a friend of Oliver's, pictured below, who was in the classroom during the shooting, said that Oliver was bullied over his red hair.

Image by Tracie Cone / AP

Alldredge told The AP that other classmates "called him a 'ginger' and said gingers don't have souls."

Alldredge told The AP that other classmates "called him a 'ginger' and said gingers don't have souls."

Image by Felix Adamo / AP


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