Before I read the Yahoo article on the school shootings in at SuccessTech Academy in Cleveland, I figured the shooter would be nonwhite because the question was asked about bringing up his race. While reading the article initially I didn't notice any reference to race until it described Coon as a white person in a "predominantly black school". I was kind of surprised. Though, it doesn't strike me as inappropriate. It does strike me as interesting that the shooter is white and the majority of his classmates are black. However, one student did say that "she didn't think race played a role in the shootings." The article also mentions the shooter receiving a punch in the face on the day of his shootings for merely bumping into someone. What Coon did certaintly isn't justifiable, but I wonder if that is the way he is treated regularly. I think that people are interested in knowing the race of people in the news, particularly in this type of story. It helps to create a visual.