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Thursday, 02 February 2012 08:06 |
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MADISON, S.D. (AP) _ Students who had been too scared to go to
school following a fatal shooting in Madison are returning to their
classrooms.
Dan Walsh, principal of Madison Elementary School, says that 125
of his school's 500 students were absent Wednesday after the
previous night's killing of retired high school teacher Norman
Johnson. But by Thursday morning, the anxiety had subsided.
Walsh says things are ``basically back to normal.''
That's largely due to officials' Wednesday night announcement
that 73-year-old Carl V. Ericsson of Watertown had been arrested on
one count of first-degree murder in the shooting death.
Madison Central schools had been in session but on lockdown
Wednesday. A district official says the schools are no longer
locked down.
Johnson had taught English and coached track at Madison High
School.
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