Las Vegas H.S. Student Murdered At Party

As a a teacher, whether it is in urban or rural schools, every now and then, tragedy will hit the school when a student dies.  In the rural schools, often, it is because of an accident and in urban settings it could be a car accident or murder.  Since I have been teaching, I have had 3 students killed in car accidents and this will be the second kid to be murdered who attended a school I taught at.
From the LVRJ:  A girl shot and killed at party early Sunday morning was a high school student.
Friends and family identified the girl as Betty "Jay" Pinkney, a Desert Pines High School senior.
Las Vegas police said an argument between at least two men was followed by gunshots inside a house about 12:45 a.m. in the 4200 block of Tattersall Place, near Craig Road and Lamb Boulevard.
Pinkney was shot and killed. A second female gunshot victim, who was not identified, was in critical condition.
The victims did not appear to be involved in the argument and weren't the intended targets, police said.
http://www.lvrj.com/news/girl-shot-to-death-at-party-identified-as-desert-pines-student-137430088.html#blogcomments?submitted=y
The comments in the paper automatically assumed the girl was in a gang and up to no good.  I know the girl and she is not the type of girl they depict.  Black student at a party= gang members in these people's eyes- a wee bit of racism, wouldn't you say?
It's a shame that Las Vegas has had another murder of a young kid.  I hope Metro will catch the thug that did this and I hope that cooler heads will prevail at school tomorrow.