Deanna McDavid, a 48-year-old female teacher at East Carter High School in Grayson, Kentucky, was fatally shot on January 18, 1993, by a 17-year-old student. The tragic event unfolded in her seventh-period English classroom when the student, Gary Scott Pennington, entered with a. 38-caliber revolver he had concealed in his backpack.
Initially, many of her students believed the incident was a skit arranged for the drama club, which McDavid directed. The reality of the situation became terr
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