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Coach Shot Dead at Iowa School; Ex-Player Arrested

Adult gunman in custody

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 24, 2009 12:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – A top Iowa high school football coach is dead after he was shot by a former player in the school’s weight room—with students nearby today, the Gazette of Cedar Rapids reports. Ed Thomas was shot point-blank in the head; no one else was...   Read full story »

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