A security guard on duty at Arapahoe High School when a student shot and killed a classmate claims school officials ignored warning signs before the attack.

Cameron Rust, who said he joined the security staff last year, wrote in a Facebook post Thursday that Karl Pierson was a known threat, and he holds high school administrators responsible for a lack of action.

Pierson, 18, entered the school Dec. 13 armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, machete, Molotov cocktails and more than 125 rounds of ammunition. He shot fellow senior Claire Davis, 17, and minutes later killed himself, but authorities have said the weaponry he packed was a sign that he meant to harm many. Claire died eight days later.

“Karl Pierson was a known threat for a long time, he should have gotten the necessary help and appropriate resources should have been involved,” Rust wrote in the lengthy posting. “The fact of the matter, people are dead. The decisions that were made did not help to prevent the shooting.”

Rust’s Facebook posting was first reported by 9News.

Rust said he and fellow security officers had reported to administrators that Pierson was looking up guns on his computer in the cafeteria, that he drew “questionable” symbols on his math tests, that he had outbursts of anger and that teachers “can refer to many other incidents that were reported to Administration regarding Karl.”

Rust said Pierson was sent home from school the day before the shooting “due to anger outburst to another teacher.”

Authorities have said Pierson shot Claire, then headed toward the school’s library, where he meant to kill librarian and debate coach Tracy Murphy. Pierson had apparently been harboring a grudge against Murphy over a disciplinary issue related to the debate team and had made a verbal threat against him in September that was reported to police.

Rust said security officers were reprimanded when they documented their concerns and presented them to administrators, who he said told them “not to put things in writing.”

Rust said he has been placed on paid administrative leave and “banned from the campus” because “I would not hug and walked away from principal (Natalie) Pramenko during the Monday December 16th staff meeting and at Claire Davis’ Memorial Service.”

When reached late Thursday, Rust declined to comment on his post but said he would answer more questions Friday.

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A HEATED argument led to a punch in the face for a Northside Plaza security guard on Friday.

Police media said a man was inside the shopping centre and became involved in a verbal altercation with the security guard.

He then punched the guard in the face and around the body before members of the public intervened. The man then walked down Musgrave St.

Late on Friday police were still searching for the man. The security man was treated for his injuries.

Police said the victim was expected to make a formal statement in Rockhampton on Saturday.

Shoppers who saw the dispute posted comments on Facebook on Friday.

One onlooker said they saw a young person yelling at someone on his phone, when the security guard told him to calm down.

They added he then punched the man in the face.

\”…so over the young scum in Rockhampton thinking they can hurt someone and get away with it…\” the person said.

Another user said: \”I was shopping at the time and it started in Woolies and the guy was asked to leave because he was yelling, swearing and ranting while on the phone. He was very aggressive towards staff who then got security involved.\”

The Morning Bulletin attempted to contact Northside Plaza but a spokesperson was not available for comment.

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January 2, 2014

Elks guard shot in leg, suspect at large

By Staff

New Castle News

NEW CASTLE — No arrests have been made after a club security guard was shot in the leg early yesterday morning.

New Castle police were called around 3 a.m. to the Elks Lodge at West Home and Moravia streets, where they found that a 46-year-old security guard had been hit by gunfire.

Police said patrons were leaving the bar around closing time. They found a live .45-caliber bullet, a spent round and a gray knit hat, a silver hoop earring and a charm from a necklace all in a stairwell leading to the side entrance of the building, according to reports.

Police also seized a magazine from a Taurus PT-145 pistol that had five live rounds in it.

The guard, a Farrell resident, suffered a gunshot wound to the left outer upper thigh, police said. The man said he was trying to close the bar around 2:45 a.m. when an unidentified man began to fight with him in the stairwell.

The guard said multiple people then started fighting with him before someone pulled out a gun, fired one or two shots and ran away.

The guard was taken to Jameson Hospital.

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via Elks guard shot in leg, suspect at large » Updates » New Castle News.

A Park Place West security guard threw a bottle of vaseline at his co-worker’s head, prompting the co-worker to call police.

The security guard was arguing with his co-worker around 8 a.m. on Dec. 8 about when he was required to show up for his shift at the Wayzata Boulevard apartment building.

He became angry, yelling at his co-worker, asking him if he wanted to fight and putting his hands up as if to box, the co-worker told police.

As the co-worker was walking away, the security guard threw a Vaseline container at his head.

The man continued to walk away, but the security guard tripped him from behind, causing him to fall. When the man got up, the security guard pushed him again to the ground and asked if he wanted to fight.

The co-worker declined and called police from his car.

The security guard told police he threw the Vaseline bottle, but his co-worker declined to press charges.

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Marina del Rey CA. The body of a security officer who suffered multiple gunshot wounds was found Monday morning between cars in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the seaside community of Marina del Rey.

Los Angeles County Sheriff\’s deputies initially responded to a report of shots fired in the 4200 block of Via Marina. The victim was found on the ground between two cars in the parking lot of the Shores apartments.
Yellow crime scene tape surrounded the building\’s front entrance Monday morning as the shooting death investigation continued. A resident described the complex as upscale with good security and few problems.

Details regarding the victim\’s identity were not immediately available, but residents said he had moved to South LA from Ghana. They described the victim as well-liked around the complex.
\”His role, to my knowledge, is to patrol the premises and create a secure environment for the residents,\” said sheriff\’s Lt. Dave Dolson, adding that the victim was not armed.

\”We have a lot of follow-up to do,\” said Dolson. \”There is at least one person who, potentially, saw the suspect.\” A resident reported hearing an argument before three gunshots early Monday.
Authorities are attempting to determine whether surveillance cameras captured anything that might be of use to investigators.

No arrests have been reported.

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Santa Monica CA Dec 29 2013 A security guard at an apartment complex under construction saw two suspects near an electrical control panel door holding some bolt cutters.
The door had a pad lock on it and it appeared they were going to cut the lock. When he confronted them, the pair walked up some stairs to the ground level.
The security guard followed them and saw four other suspects leaving with three trash cans on dollies filled with copper pipe.
The guard followed them and got pictures of the suspects and a license plate.
He made a police report and provided police with the photos.
On Dec. 21, an Los Angeles Police officer found the vehicle using an automated license plate reader. The driver was arrested and held for questioning.
Santa Monica Police officers found evidence in the vehicle linking the driver to the theft. He was placed under arrest for burglary.
He was identified as Lawrence Edward Thomas, 35, of Gardena, Calif. His bail was set at $50,000. –

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A. “Occupational” Injuries are covered by the workers compensation policy. An “occupational” injury is one that “arises out of and is in the course and scope of employment.” These are three distinct tests:

1.” Arise out of…” indicates a connection between the furtherance of your business and the injury. If you benefit in some way from the employees activity, then the injury suffered by the workers in pursuit of the activity is considered to have “arisen out of the employment”

2. “In the course…” is a function of the timing and location. Did the injury occur during the workers operation/activities for you- regardless or the time of day? Was that worker at a location you expected or should have reasonably expected? If the answer to both questions is “yes”. then the injury is assumed to have occurred in the course of employment:

3. ” Within the scope of employment” this test more specifically defines the first 2 tests by: 1) analyzing the motivations of the worker 2) analyzing your direction and control over the actions of the worker; and 3) analyzing your ability to foresee the activities of the worker. If the employee was acting under your presumed direction, control, knowledge and expectations, then the injury will likely be considered “occupational”

from the pamphlet ” Answers to 12 of the most commonly asked workers compensation questions ” from State Fund first