Military shoot at school!

Lautenberg Demands Action After F-16 Shoots Up School

Incident Happened On Training Mission

POSTED: 3:56 pm EST November 4, 2004
UPDATED: 4:36 pm EST November 5, 2004

LITTLE EGG HARBOR, N.J. -- U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg on Friday called for a Washington D.C. National Guard unit to halt all operations in New Jersey until it determines how and why an F-16 jet strafed an Ocean County school with 20mm cannon fire. Calling the actions of the pilot "totally incomprehensible," Lautenberg, D-N.J., asked the District of Columbia Air National Guard to suspend all training operations over New Jersey skies until an investigation into Wednesday's mishap is completed. The senator also demanded a "guarantee that nothing like this can ever happen again."A spokesman for the unit, Capt. Sheldon Smith, did not return telephone messages seeking comment Friday. New Jersey National Guard officials referred all inquiries to the 113th wing, which is based at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, which is where the jet came from.Also, NBC 10 now has photos of shell holes in a New Jersey school's roof that came from the shooting on Wednesday.Just In (Friday): Chopper 10 Photos Of Shell Holes In School's RoofThe photos show large holes in the roof. The holes are outlined in colored chalk, apparently as part of an investigation.The holes apparently came from the shells that were discharged into the school by a National Guard fighter flying 7,000 feet above and nearly 4 miles from the school.The school will now reopen on Monday after the incident, which made national headlines.Parents whose children attend the New Jersey intermediate school want answers after a National Guard jet fighter shot up the school during a practice run.

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