On a grim afternoon in Olean, NY, a 62-year-old man named Earl Metcalf became the first victim in a deadly school shooting. The date was December 30, 1974, when 17-year-old Anthony F. Barbaro, an honor student and member of the school's rifle team, initiated a sniper attack at Olean High School, which was closed at the time for Christmas break. Barbaro, armed with a rifle and a shotgun, entered the school and proceeded to the third floor. It was there he encountered Metcalf, a custodian who was
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