On the morning of February 2, 1960, a tragic series of events unfolded at William Reed Elementary School in Hartford City, Indiana. The day began like any other until approximately 10:00 a.m., when the school principal, Leonard Redden, entered the building armed with a shotgun. Redden, who had been acting strangely and was reportedly suffering from paranoid delusions, first approached the classroom of Harriett Robson, a fifth-grade teacher and the assistant principal. In front of her students, h
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