Ex high school football COY Ed Thomas fatally shot by ex-player in school weight room

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DES MOINES, Iowa - Police have charged a 24-year-old former player in the fatal shooting of a prominent Iowahigh school football coach.

Police say Mark Becker shot Aplington-Parkersburg High School football coach Ed Thomas several times at about8 a.m. Wednesday in the school's weight room. Authorities say students were in the room when Thomas was shot, but no one else was injured.

Police say Becker was arrested shortly after the shooting. He is charged with first-degree murder and isbeing held in Butler County jail.

Thomas, the 2005 NFL high school football coach of the year, was airlifted to a Waterloo hospital and died, his family said in a statement.

The district's superintendent and a guidance counselor were meeting with students who were in the weight room at the time of the shooting.

"No kids were hurt, we're thankful for that," Superintendent Jon Thompson told KOEL radio. "They did witness this and so we have counselors at the site to talk with the kids."

The school is in Parkersburg, about 80 miles northeast of Des Moines.

Success on the gridiron
Thomas, 58, compiled a career record of 292-84 in 37 seasons as a head coach, 34 of them at Aplington-Parkersburg, and was one of the most well-known high school football coaches in Iowa.

He was honored as the NFL High School Coach of the Year in 2005, and four of his former players are in the NFL: Green Bay's Aaron Kampman, Jacksonville's Brad Meester, Detroit's Jared DeVries and Denver's Casey Wiegmann.

DeVries, a defensive end with the Lions, walked off the practice field in Allen Park, Mich., toward the end of its morning practice, apparently shaken.

Team officials said DeVries was not immediately available for comment.

Thomas made national headlines last year when he insisted that the high school's football field, named in his honor, be rebuilt as a way to help restore community pride in Parkersburg after it was hit by a powerful tornado in May 2008 that killed six people and destroyed the high school.
 
Originally Posted by TRIPLETHREAT0699

im not saying nothing until i hear why he did it

Man, Im waitin it out too.
I read the story this morning and was like "this dont add up"

He walked past other people and shot dude in front of tons of witnesses...
that sounds past crazy and more like revenge or something of the sort...

remember the hockey player charged with I think Attempt Murder on his old coach cus they coach molested him as a youngster?
this just strikes me as that type of deal off top without knowing any details.

an investigation needs to be concluded before I judge
 
Originally Posted by TRIPLETHREAT0699

im not saying nothing until i hear why he did it
exactly. as terrible as this situation is, something boiled over and was obviously the cause for this
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either way, RIP
 
its def more to this story crazy people dont walk pass people they open fire on the whole room

the truth will come out in a few days tops
 
he prob got cut 4 years in a row back in the day and failed his father on some Varsity Blues steez
 
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