Aaron Kampman's HS Coach shot and killed at high school..

by mkcubs21 on Jun 24, 2009 12:38 PM CDT Comment 7 comments

I know this is slightly off topic but I felt it had a home here on the Packers page, but Kampman's (and 3 other currently NFL players) HS coach Ed Thomas was shot and killed this morning inside the school weight room. The suspect is a former Parkersburg student and also a former player for Thomas. It's a very sad day for everyone associated with high school athletics or just associated with the man himself.

I live in Iowa (only about 40 mins away from Parkersburg) and i'm stil just in shock and sick over this. Below is a link.

Coach Thomas

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Saw this in Chi Blog

This is too bad, it seems he cared for people and his town in general.

by tkiller314 on Jun 24, 2009 1:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Oh no

Now i feel like a huge prick for posting the article I just wrote.

Just a horrible horrible story.

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by Mitchell_M on Jun 24, 2009 2:10 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

This is horrible

I just heard about this on ESPN. I can’t imagine being one of the players in the weight room, witnessing my coach get shot. My prayers go out to all the families effected by this horrible event.

by packallday555 on Jun 24, 2009 2:39 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

it has been really weird....

around my area today.. i only live 40 mins but all the major news teams and such from des moines have been passing through town and such.. I’m still sick to my stomach over the whole thing.. Iowa lost a amazing man let alone a great coach.. As for that the whole nation lost a amazing man… Still tough to stomach..

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by mkcubs21 on Jun 24, 2009 4:16 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Thanks for the local insight

It’s just a terrible story to read about.

by Brandon on Jun 24, 2009 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely disgusting

It seems like bad things almost always happen to good people.

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by propheteer on Jun 24, 2009 10:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Tell you guys what...

one day later and it still has a lingering affect on me and I never had the chance to meet the man. I’ve been reading and reading about him and following this story to the fullest and it’s still very hard to swallow.

There son issued a statement last night about how he wants the people to pray for the Beckers too and I thought that was a huge statement to make at a time that is probably very tough on them as well. I’ll try and keep everyone post on events as they happen and I’m sure Aaron Kampman will have some sort of statement in the near future but like I said one day later it’s still a tough pill to swallow..

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by mkcubs21 on Jun 25, 2009 11:40 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs