(CNN) -- It was only after a crowd of screaming students ran past Darnell Rodgers in a stairway at his Cleveland, Ohio, high school Wednesday afternoon that he realized he had been shot.
"They were screaming, 'Oh my God! Oh my God,'" said Rodgers, a senior at SuccessTech Academy near downtown Cleveland.
At around 1:15 p.m., a 14-year-old gunman, reportedly upset about a school suspension, was walking the halls firing with a gun in each hand. He shot 57-year-old as teacher David Kachadourian in the back in addition to shooting a 42-year-old teacher, officials said.
Rodgers suddenly felt his arm "burning," he said, and realized he had been shot in the elbow.
When it was all over, five people had been shot including the gunman who, according to Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson, killed himself.
Students at SuccessTech Academy described the gunman as having an "odd" personality. Video Watch students describe the shooting »
Witnesses told WKYC the shooter had been suspended for fighting earlier this week.
Edward Eckart, Commissioner of Cleveland EMS Cleveland said the 42-year-old was shot in the chest and is in critical condition at MetroHealth Medical Center.
The 57-year-old, who MetroHealth identified to CNN as Kachadourian, is in stable condition.
Rodgers was treated and released from the hospital.
The 14-year-old male with a gunshot wound to his side was transported to Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital where he is in stable condition, Eckart said.
A 14-year-old female with a knee injury was also taken to Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and is in stable condition.
Rodgers spoke to reporters after leaving the hospital Wednesday evening.
He called the shooting "very shocking" and said he was "sad" that it could happen at a school that he views as safe. Check out other recent school shootings »
"I never thought it would personally happen at my school."
Students said they took cover in closets after the school principal announced a "Code Blue" on the intercom.
School activities are canceled as of 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday classes have been canceled, officials said.
Friday was already going to be a professional day for faculty and will now be devoted to figuring out how to go about resuming classes on Monday.
Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Eugene Sanders said the community and everyone with ties to SuccessTech needs "to take a breather and relax a moment and put this in perspective."
SuccessTech is a nontraditional high school, according to local school officials.
"Since it is a specialty school," it doesn't have "the typical population of a large high school," said Lisa Matthews of the superintendent's office.
It is a "school of choice" -- students have to apply to get in, said Ruthie Williams, also of the superintendent's office. She said classrooms are on the first and third floors of the four-story building and the rest contains the school district's administrative offices.
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The academy describes itself on its Web site as a "small, nontraditional high school that provides a learning environment in which all student believe in their ability to succeed."
It adds that the curriculum is "problem-based" and "infused" with technology.
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"They were screaming, 'Oh my God! Oh my God,'" said Rodgers, a senior at SuccessTech Academy near downtown Cleveland.
At around 1:15 p.m., a 14-year-old gunman, reportedly upset about a school suspension, was walking the halls firing with a gun in each hand. He shot 57-year-old as teacher David Kachadourian in the back in addition to shooting a 42-year-old teacher, officials said.
Rodgers suddenly felt his arm "burning," he said, and realized he had been shot in the elbow.
When it was all over, five people had been shot including the gunman who, according to Cleveland mayor Frank Jackson, killed himself.
Students at SuccessTech Academy described the gunman as having an "odd" personality. Video Watch students describe the shooting »
Witnesses told WKYC the shooter had been suspended for fighting earlier this week.
Edward Eckart, Commissioner of Cleveland EMS Cleveland said the 42-year-old was shot in the chest and is in critical condition at MetroHealth Medical Center.
The 57-year-old, who MetroHealth identified to CNN as Kachadourian, is in stable condition.
Rodgers was treated and released from the hospital.
The 14-year-old male with a gunshot wound to his side was transported to Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital where he is in stable condition, Eckart said.
A 14-year-old female with a knee injury was also taken to Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital and is in stable condition.
Rodgers spoke to reporters after leaving the hospital Wednesday evening.
He called the shooting "very shocking" and said he was "sad" that it could happen at a school that he views as safe. Check out other recent school shootings »
"I never thought it would personally happen at my school."
Students said they took cover in closets after the school principal announced a "Code Blue" on the intercom.
School activities are canceled as of 5 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday classes have been canceled, officials said.
Friday was already going to be a professional day for faculty and will now be devoted to figuring out how to go about resuming classes on Monday.
Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Eugene Sanders said the community and everyone with ties to SuccessTech needs "to take a breather and relax a moment and put this in perspective."
SuccessTech is a nontraditional high school, according to local school officials.
"Since it is a specialty school," it doesn't have "the typical population of a large high school," said Lisa Matthews of the superintendent's office.
It is a "school of choice" -- students have to apply to get in, said Ruthie Williams, also of the superintendent's office. She said classrooms are on the first and third floors of the four-story building and the rest contains the school district's administrative offices.
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The academy describes itself on its Web site as a "small, nontraditional high school that provides a learning environment in which all student believe in their ability to succeed."
It adds that the curriculum is "problem-based" and "infused" with technology.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/10/cleveland.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText
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