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1. Shard Calculation

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Response:

Calculated Shard: 50 (from laksa129)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa050.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.mlive.com/galleries/KZQDPZRXDZG7BJQ5BE5WZ6XCT4/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.mlive.com/galleries/KZQDPZRXDZG7BJQ5BE5WZ6XCT4/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

Response:

{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/galleries\/KZQDPZRXDZG7BJQ5BE5WZ6XCT4\/","crawl_time":1774396815,"first_indexed_time":1659332514,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,mlive!www,\/galleries\/KZQDPZRXDZG7BJQ5BE5WZ6XCT4\/ s443","src_root_hash":"17734624757322443650","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate - mlive.com","meta_descriptions":["20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate"],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"By\nJake May | jmay2@mlive.com\nKaytie Boomer | kboomer@mlive.com\n1 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n2 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nBetty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n3 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n4 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n5 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nTamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n6 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n7 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nPolice crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n8 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nBrenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. \"This is the happiest day of my life,\" Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n9 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n10 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nBuell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members.  The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n11 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n12 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nWhile their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a $5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n13 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nThe .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n14 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n15 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nIngrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n16 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n17 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n18 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nNeighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n19 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nGenesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n20 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n21 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nPrayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n22 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell \rElementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n23 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nFelice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n24 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n25 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nKayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n26 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nWilliam Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. \"We all need to take responsibility, especially parents,\" Adams said \"We need to take a lesson from this.\" His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n27 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n28 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n29 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nThe shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n30 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nFamily and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n31 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nMajor national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n32 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nJevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n33 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nMourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n34 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nChevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8.  (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n35 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nThe shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n36 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nCounty deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n37 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nComforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n38 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nWith a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. \"I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened,\" said Bailey.   Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n39 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nThe American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo)\n40 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nStudents walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and \nDetroit Streets,  on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n41 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nMt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n42 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nRaymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n43 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nKayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n44 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nBrenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. \"It's what we needed to do,\" Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n45 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nAll day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n46 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nCheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. \"Something's got to be done,\" said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n47 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nThe Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n48 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nTamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000.  Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n49 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nJamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n50 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nDedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n51 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nAttorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000.  Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n52 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nDedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n53 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nJamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski)\n54 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nThe Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n55 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nBuell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n56 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nKayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer)\n57 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nBuell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland  by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n58 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nOne of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards)\n59 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nActivist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n60 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nLinda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n61 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nShortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo)\n62 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nFlint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n63 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nTamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n64 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nJudge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n65 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nWith a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman)\n66 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nVeronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n67 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nA locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n68 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\"It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there,\" said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. \"It's not going to erase it.\" (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza)\n69 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nTamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n70 \/ 75\nFlint Journal staff\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nRicky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter \"two, maybe three times\" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n71 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n72 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n73 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n74 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo\n75 \/ 75\nKaytie Boomer | MLive.com\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nElizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.\nGet Photo","attrs_markdown":"Set weather\n\nBack To Main Menu\n\nClose\n\nCustomize Your Weather\n\nSet Your Location:\n\nEnter City and State or Zip Code\n\n[![mlive’s Logo](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/pf\/resources\/images\/mlive\/logos\/logo_main.svg?d=1761)![mlive’s Logo](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/pf\/resources\/images\/mlive\/logos\/logo_main_sm.svg?d=1761)](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/)\n\nAll Michigan\n\n- [Ann Arbor](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/ann-arbor)\n- [Flint](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/flint)\n- [Grand Rapids\/Muskegon](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/grand-rapids-muskegon)\n- [Jackson](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/jackson)\n- [Kalamazoo](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/kalamazoo)\n- [Saginaw\/Bay City](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/saginaw-bay-city)\n- [All Michigan](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/michigan)\n\nSubscribe\n\nSign in\n\n- [Sign in](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/galleries\/KZQDPZRXDZG7BJQ5BE5WZ6XCT4\/)\n- [Create account](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/galleries\/KZQDPZRXDZG7BJQ5BE5WZ6XCT4\/)\n- [Newsletters](http:\/\/subscription.mlive.com\/newsletters\/)\n- [Custom Alerts](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/customalerts\/)\n- [Newspapers.com Archive](https:\/\/archives.mlive.com\/?utm_campaign=menuList&utm_source=web)\n- [Help\/FAQ](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/digitalsubscription\/faq\/)\n\n# 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\nBy\n\n- [Jake May \\| jmay2@mlive.com](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/staff\/jmay563\/ \"Jake May at jmay2@mlive.com\")\n- [Kaytie Boomer \\| kboomer@mlive.com](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/staff\/kboomer17\/ \"Kaytie Boomer at kboomer@mlive.com\")\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/O7N7K5ECZJH43DMZWVAXC5GZUQ.JPG)\n\n1 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FO7N7K5ECZJH43DMZWVAXC5GZUQ.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski's%20children%20Daniel%20Krasinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20and%20Savannah%20Krasinski%2C%202%2C%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20about%20her%20sister%2C%20their%20aunt%2C%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Betty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/52SIAK7XSRCKRG6422MRGRFC4A.jpg)\n\n2 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBetty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/OPCKKB7FX5GHFIUOPD5FX2OI2M.JPG)\n\n3 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FOPCKKB7FX5GHFIUOPD5FX2OI2M.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20backpack%20and%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/2MJIGZ4VPVASZMD5IZGKX3F44I.JPG)\n\n4 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F2MJIGZ4VPVASZMD5IZGKX3F44I.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20photograph%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20of%20her%20sister%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Tamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/A5NESNNKABFPJICCHSPNDQGIVI.jpg)\n\n5 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nTamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/NAAFGDL6WVHH5M43EQJWSIZDEA.JPG)\n\n6 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FNAAFGDL6WVHH5M43EQJWSIZDEA.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Police crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SP2FT3GAMVADXBL5TIQBMI3GXA.jpg)\n\n7 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nPolice crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Brenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. \"This is the happiest day of my life,\" Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/NBSD7WBTJNGLPKDQAEQV4YAXWA.jpg)\n\n8 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBrenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. \"This is the happiest day of my life,\" Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SBMD4OZ2KFB67IMI2NWQB2H7IU.JPG)\n\n9 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FSBMD4OZ2KFB67IMI2NWQB2H7IU.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Buell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/GX22VTKAVNB4PGYNKLELQEXMEY.jpg)\n\n10 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBuell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UF64OC7PH5BSRBPQZ2NFPV65IY.JPG)\n\n11 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FUF64OC7PH5BSRBPQZ2NFPV65IY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![While their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a \\$5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5JQAZW5J3NBXFC42IERVBF3UWA.jpg)\n\n12 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nWhile their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a \\$5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![The .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/W2MWFN5HPRAMDHJ36WLXJWORZM.jpg)\n\n13 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/62BBXRIWXZHSTJIWVN4MX5POPY.JPG)\n\n14 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F62BBXRIWXZHSTJIWVN4MX5POPY.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20photograph%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20of%20her%20sister%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Ingrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/QVCFPPQ6NJF4NDXSMG6TEJUNFM.jpg)\n\n15 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nIngrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![A Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/EJSGCE2I5RFFPOLCE3ZWU76FPE.jpg)\n\n16 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/LCHEAIQLDRCN3EHJVID4PGKD6Y.JPG)\n\n17 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FLCHEAIQLDRCN3EHJVID4PGKD6Y.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Neighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/YPFHUWQKM5EV3BUMJ72XNCFI7U.jpg)\n\n18 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nNeighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![Genesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/EGXYZFHSZRDMLAD3K3FSKNTK44.jpg)\n\n19 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nGenesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/3MZ3KHSVDNGGFO3UEOZ7XSO574.JPG)\n\n20 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F3MZ3KHSVDNGGFO3UEOZ7XSO574.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Prayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/DIXCHAEWGBHFBNIFI3Z5RJDS24.jpg)\n\n21 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nPrayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![A mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FP3RACBRRJEU7E6RZ3WOWR4RPM.jpg)\n\n22 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Felice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/2QUDJJWUBVG5BHY2RCSYCIGGNQ.jpg)\n\n23 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nFelice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/DIQP6GTRZFE5HCD24VW6H7YKTY.JPG)\n\n24 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FDIQP6GTRZFE5HCD24VW6H7YKTY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20points%20to%20her%20name%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020%20as%20she%20said%20she%20was%20the%20last%20person%20to%20read%20to%20her%20sister%20before%20she%20died.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Kayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UXPZMR52BBAEPE3QU7DLCU4Q4Q.jpg)\n\n25 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nKayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![William Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. \"We all need to take responsibility, especially parents,\" Adams said \"We need to take a lesson from this.\" His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/2OVIGEQ5GVFDFFQFSHZ2DFNWPE.jpg)\n\n26 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nWilliam Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. \"We all need to take responsibility, especially parents,\" Adams said \"We need to take a lesson from this.\" His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/PXD3G3WRT5AHLFRC3ENEWMYDCQ.jpg)\n\n27 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UHS46P5S3JB3BCBK4O6UC4ZQVI.jpg)\n\n28 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/6XFBGZEEDRBFDDJP3PKDXWGTKI.jpg)\n\n29 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![Family and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/6Y4GDZISN5DVFJ5RY73DVT2SSA.jpg)\n\n30 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nFamily and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![Major national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/ZTCL4MYJWRCCZETIDXVNVOOCOU.jpg)\n\n31 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nMajor national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Jevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/ICGAZTOLTVDRJPHHX4DKHRKP3U.jpg)\n\n32 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nJevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Mourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/CSEBD257SJDL5MOSGVAPAMVCPA.jpg)\n\n33 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nMourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n\n![Chevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UGGJ5SRGFVE2TJDNQKKRZ5MZDQ.jpg)\n\n34 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nChevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/IKLREUW7HBFCRGVKFSUQLDQNJU.jpg)\n\n35 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![County deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BIGC3I4WERBX3GE7VRPK3UHOPE.jpg)\n\n36 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nCounty deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Comforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/JXSN2SULPBC43P2D7ZTYX6M55Q.jpg)\n\n37 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nComforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n\n![With a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. \"I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened,\" said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/YQQ54GAWXZFLTPKWU4YCO6M2WE.jpg)\n\n38 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nWith a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. \"I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened,\" said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![The American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FDM4VDN27BBPLB6ISIJF5NCKHU.jpg)\n\n39 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo)\n\n![Students walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5THN76XWVBGMNM3HN5WKX54OHY.jpg)\n\n40 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nStudents walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Mt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/276BW7YWWNBBFBUSQNUORCXNMA.jpg)\n\n41 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nMt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Raymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/63KNVS7KUNFWZOVU3VR6HKV5T4.jpg)\n\n42 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nRaymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n\n![Kayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BEYPH2Q67FDQXAN2WXNC7NB2SE.jpg)\n\n43 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nKayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Brenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. \"It's what we needed to do,\" Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7XTAEG3MTZAUBBGGB4JMK752EQ.jpg)\n\n44 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBrenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. \"It's what we needed to do,\" Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![All day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UXGTVVZVPJFANNLCWGCSGF72TE.jpg)\n\n45 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nAll day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Cheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. \"Something's got to be done,\" said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/O2GENA6KRBCE3LQEUXDXAMPA5Q.jpg)\n\n46 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nCheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. \"Something's got to be done,\" said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![The Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5R5YWKOB3ZA75GL2BJXFGSS4UY.jpg)\n\n47 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![Tamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/QPGB5K4JJBHMNA4LKHDZ5WSO4M.jpg)\n\n48 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nTamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Jamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/QTUT3TGNQZHLRICW3XJ5RH47TI.jpg)\n\n49 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nJamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Dedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/CJYLH6ATSVAYTIPQPHRLCNWKMA.jpg)\n\n50 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nDedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Attorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/LHBBINGFVFGGLBUARTHXIM5UZY.jpg)\n\n51 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nAttorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Dedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/LN4AU76QVBEIVM4EANMDQZK6DE.jpg)\n\n52 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nDedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Jamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/IOVO3EZN7RFPXDIRYUCD5DLR74.jpg)\n\n53 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nJamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski)\n\n![The Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/C6JN52RNM5CMZOOWG75QC7QVKM.jpg)\n\n54 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/WEKE7NIRH5CPJDCIFSZYXIRLDU.jpg)\n\n55 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBuell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Kayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/L2CM6CSMXFEFDGMK3HCRO7R3QM.jpg)\n\n56 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nKayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer)\n\n![Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/W5VNVIKUSRCGHOV3QQUBMUCIQE.jpg)\n\n57 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBuell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![One of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/HSFLPEPOKBAGNOPHHUYJQD45JU.jpg)\n\n58 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nOne of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards)\n\n![Activist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/HL4MQZXU6JAYNM7G2DYGKTNS24.jpg)\n\n59 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nActivist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![Linda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/PYW4URGMXZA2JCXV2ZKZASOASA.jpg)\n\n60 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nLinda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![Shortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/6KJ5ND4U2NC7NFKVCQYBXLGP3Y.jpg)\n\n61 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nShortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo)\n\n![Flint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/TGP34QNSGFHTRILCQAKOJTB6QY.jpg)\n\n62 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nFlint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Tamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/T2O75OM3A5GGNMUQ3S3E6KROQI.jpg)\n\n63 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nTamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Judge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/A75JN2AQC5C63I7JNFSMGRLNLQ.jpg)\n\n64 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nJudge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![With a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/HUUXLS564RD6LCKQIQPQL6BNFQ.jpg)\n\n65 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nWith a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman)\n\n![Veronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SVECIX2HM5DUFLIWLZC2QQTSMY.jpg)\n\n66 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nVeronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/3MAVZCTU6FFGLDTFT4K3SOOXQ4.jpg)\n\n67 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![\"It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there,\" said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. \"It's not going to erase it.\" (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/PSG2VX2KAVDFJMUOX3OXW3JD2M.jpg)\n\n68 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\n\"It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there,\" said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. \"It's not going to erase it.\" (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza)\n\n![Tamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FV5NW42IWNHU3ENKWWRVS57SIY.jpg)\n\n69 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nTamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Ricky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter \"two, maybe three times\" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/2A7EFDFRZ5GQPMPOH2477ERMAI.jpg)\n\n70 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nRicky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter \"two, maybe three times\" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5FTZGETP5JA77NFAL2YWWMSBME.JPG)\n\n71 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F5FTZGETP5JA77NFAL2YWWMSBME.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20helps%20her%20kids%20Daniel%20Kransinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20and%20Savannah%20Krasinski%2C%202%2C%20get%20dressed%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/522GS33G3ZF5BED4R6572YR6PE.JPG)\n\n72 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F522GS33G3ZF5BED4R6572YR6PE.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20and%20her%20son%20Daniel%20Krasinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20pose%20for%20a%20photograph%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%20\$pictured%20in%20the%20frame\$%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/GEAR7AXHFFDDFBQUFFHKYGSPQY.JPG)\n\n73 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FGEAR7AXHFFDDFBQUFFHKYGSPQY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20and%20her%20daughter%20Savannah%20Krasinski%2C%202%2C%20pose%20for%20a%20photograph%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%20\$pictured%20in%20the%20frame\$%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/JWTT3NMBFVHKZOR5HOMXO3GZB4.JPG)\n\n74 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FJWTT3NMBFVHKZOR5HOMXO3GZB4.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20and%20her%20son%20Daniel%20Krasinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20pose%20for%20a%20photograph%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%20\$pictured%20in%20the%20frame\$%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/DYTE27TWZBAKPFYQ43IZFPY5EI.JPG)\n\n75 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. 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All rights reserved ([About Us](https:\/\/www.mlivemediagroup.com\/about\/?utm_source=mlive.com&utm_medium=footer-article)).  \n The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local.\n\n[Community Rules](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/communityrules\/) apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site.\n\n**YouTube's privacy policy** is available [here](https:\/\/policies.google.com\/privacy \"YouTube Privacy Policy\") and **YouTube's terms of service** is available [here](https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/t\/terms \"YouTube Terms of Service\").\n\n[![Ad Choices icon](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/pf\/resources\/images\/common\/logos\/ad-choices-arrow.svg?d=1761)Ad Choices](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/privacy-policy\/#oba_top)","attrs_readable_markdown":"By\n\n- [Jake May \\| jmay2@mlive.com](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/staff\/jmay563\/ \"Jake May at jmay2@mlive.com\")\n- [Kaytie Boomer \\| kboomer@mlive.com](https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/staff\/kboomer17\/ \"Kaytie Boomer at kboomer@mlive.com\")\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/O7N7K5ECZJH43DMZWVAXC5GZUQ.JPG)\n\n1 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FO7N7K5ECZJH43DMZWVAXC5GZUQ.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski's%20children%20Daniel%20Krasinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20and%20Savannah%20Krasinski%2C%202%2C%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20about%20her%20sister%2C%20their%20aunt%2C%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Betty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/52SIAK7XSRCKRG6422MRGRFC4A.jpg)\n\n2 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBetty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/OPCKKB7FX5GHFIUOPD5FX2OI2M.JPG)\n\n3 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FOPCKKB7FX5GHFIUOPD5FX2OI2M.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20backpack%20and%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/2MJIGZ4VPVASZMD5IZGKX3F44I.JPG)\n\n4 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F2MJIGZ4VPVASZMD5IZGKX3F44I.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20photograph%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20of%20her%20sister%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Tamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/A5NESNNKABFPJICCHSPNDQGIVI.jpg)\n\n5 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nTamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/NAAFGDL6WVHH5M43EQJWSIZDEA.JPG)\n\n6 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FNAAFGDL6WVHH5M43EQJWSIZDEA.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Police crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SP2FT3GAMVADXBL5TIQBMI3GXA.jpg)\n\n7 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nPolice crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Brenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. \"This is the happiest day of my life,\" Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/NBSD7WBTJNGLPKDQAEQV4YAXWA.jpg)\n\n8 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBrenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. \"This is the happiest day of my life,\" Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SBMD4OZ2KFB67IMI2NWQB2H7IU.JPG)\n\n9 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FSBMD4OZ2KFB67IMI2NWQB2H7IU.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Buell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/GX22VTKAVNB4PGYNKLELQEXMEY.jpg)\n\n10 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBuell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UF64OC7PH5BSRBPQZ2NFPV65IY.JPG)\n\n11 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FUF64OC7PH5BSRBPQZ2NFPV65IY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![While their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a \\$5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5JQAZW5J3NBXFC42IERVBF3UWA.jpg)\n\n12 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nWhile their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a \\$5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![The .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/W2MWFN5HPRAMDHJ36WLXJWORZM.jpg)\n\n13 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/62BBXRIWXZHSTJIWVN4MX5POPY.JPG)\n\n14 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F62BBXRIWXZHSTJIWVN4MX5POPY.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20photograph%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20of%20her%20sister%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Ingrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/QVCFPPQ6NJF4NDXSMG6TEJUNFM.jpg)\n\n15 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nIngrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![A Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/EJSGCE2I5RFFPOLCE3ZWU76FPE.jpg)\n\n16 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/LCHEAIQLDRCN3EHJVID4PGKD6Y.JPG)\n\n17 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FLCHEAIQLDRCN3EHJVID4PGKD6Y.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Neighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/YPFHUWQKM5EV3BUMJ72XNCFI7U.jpg)\n\n18 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nNeighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![Genesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/EGXYZFHSZRDMLAD3K3FSKNTK44.jpg)\n\n19 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nGenesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/3MZ3KHSVDNGGFO3UEOZ7XSO574.JPG)\n\n20 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F3MZ3KHSVDNGGFO3UEOZ7XSO574.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Prayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/DIXCHAEWGBHFBNIFI3Z5RJDS24.jpg)\n\n21 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nPrayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![A mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FP3RACBRRJEU7E6RZ3WOWR4RPM.jpg)\n\n22 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Felice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/2QUDJJWUBVG5BHY2RCSYCIGGNQ.jpg)\n\n23 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nFelice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/DIQP6GTRZFE5HCD24VW6H7YKTY.JPG)\n\n24 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http:\/\/mlive.newskeepsake.com\/api\/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FDIQP6GTRZFE5HCD24VW6H7YKTY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20points%20to%20her%20name%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020%20as%20she%20said%20she%20was%20the%20last%20person%20to%20read%20to%20her%20sister%20before%20she%20died.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328)\n\n![Kayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UXPZMR52BBAEPE3QU7DLCU4Q4Q.jpg)\n\n25 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nKayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![William Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. \"We all need to take responsibility, especially parents,\" Adams said \"We need to take a lesson from this.\" His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/2OVIGEQ5GVFDFFQFSHZ2DFNWPE.jpg)\n\n26 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nWilliam Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. \"We all need to take responsibility, especially parents,\" Adams said \"We need to take a lesson from this.\" His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/PXD3G3WRT5AHLFRC3ENEWMYDCQ.jpg)\n\n27 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UHS46P5S3JB3BCBK4O6UC4ZQVI.jpg)\n\n28 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/6XFBGZEEDRBFDDJP3PKDXWGTKI.jpg)\n\n29 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![Family and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/6Y4GDZISN5DVFJ5RY73DVT2SSA.jpg)\n\n30 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nFamily and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![Major national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/ZTCL4MYJWRCCZETIDXVNVOOCOU.jpg)\n\n31 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nMajor national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Jevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/ICGAZTOLTVDRJPHHX4DKHRKP3U.jpg)\n\n32 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nJevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Mourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/CSEBD257SJDL5MOSGVAPAMVCPA.jpg)\n\n33 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nMourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n\n![Chevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UGGJ5SRGFVE2TJDNQKKRZ5MZDQ.jpg)\n\n34 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nChevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/IKLREUW7HBFCRGVKFSUQLDQNJU.jpg)\n\n35 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![County deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BIGC3I4WERBX3GE7VRPK3UHOPE.jpg)\n\n36 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nCounty deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Comforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/JXSN2SULPBC43P2D7ZTYX6M55Q.jpg)\n\n37 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nComforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n\n![With a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. \"I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened,\" said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/YQQ54GAWXZFLTPKWU4YCO6M2WE.jpg)\n\n38 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nWith a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. \"I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened,\" said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![The American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FDM4VDN27BBPLB6ISIJF5NCKHU.jpg)\n\n39 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo)\n\n![Students walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5THN76XWVBGMNM3HN5WKX54OHY.jpg)\n\n40 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nStudents walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Mt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/276BW7YWWNBBFBUSQNUORCXNMA.jpg)\n\n41 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nMt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Raymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/63KNVS7KUNFWZOVU3VR6HKV5T4.jpg)\n\n42 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nRaymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)\n\n![Kayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/BEYPH2Q67FDQXAN2WXNC7NB2SE.jpg)\n\n43 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nKayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Brenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. \"It's what we needed to do,\" Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7XTAEG3MTZAUBBGGB4JMK752EQ.jpg)\n\n44 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBrenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. \"It's what we needed to do,\" Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![All day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/UXGTVVZVPJFANNLCWGCSGF72TE.jpg)\n\n45 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nAll day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Cheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. \"Something's got to be done,\" said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/O2GENA6KRBCE3LQEUXDXAMPA5Q.jpg)\n\n46 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nCheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. \"Something's got to be done,\" said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![The Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5R5YWKOB3ZA75GL2BJXFGSS4UY.jpg)\n\n47 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![Tamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/QPGB5K4JJBHMNA4LKHDZ5WSO4M.jpg)\n\n48 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nTamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Jamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/QTUT3TGNQZHLRICW3XJ5RH47TI.jpg)\n\n49 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nJamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Dedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/CJYLH6ATSVAYTIPQPHRLCNWKMA.jpg)\n\n50 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nDedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Attorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/LHBBINGFVFGGLBUARTHXIM5UZY.jpg)\n\n51 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nAttorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Dedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/LN4AU76QVBEIVM4EANMDQZK6DE.jpg)\n\n52 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nDedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Jamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/IOVO3EZN7RFPXDIRYUCD5DLR74.jpg)\n\n53 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nJamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski)\n\n![The Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/C6JN52RNM5CMZOOWG75QC7QVKM.jpg)\n\n54 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nThe Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.\n\n![Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/WEKE7NIRH5CPJDCIFSZYXIRLDU.jpg)\n\n55 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBuell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Kayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/L2CM6CSMXFEFDGMK3HCRO7R3QM.jpg)\n\n56 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nKayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer)\n\n![Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/W5VNVIKUSRCGHOV3QQUBMUCIQE.jpg)\n\n57 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nBuell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![One of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/HSFLPEPOKBAGNOPHHUYJQD45JU.jpg)\n\n58 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nOne of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards)\n\n![Activist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/HL4MQZXU6JAYNM7G2DYGKTNS24.jpg)\n\n59 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nActivist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![Linda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/PYW4URGMXZA2JCXV2ZKZASOASA.jpg)\n\n60 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nLinda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)\n\n![Shortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/6KJ5ND4U2NC7NFKVCQYBXLGP3Y.jpg)\n\n61 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nShortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo)\n\n![Flint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/TGP34QNSGFHTRILCQAKOJTB6QY.jpg)\n\n62 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nFlint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)\n\n![Tamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/T2O75OM3A5GGNMUQ3S3E6KROQI.jpg)\n\n63 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nTamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Judge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/A75JN2AQC5C63I7JNFSMGRLNLQ.jpg)\n\n64 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nJudge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![With a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/HUUXLS564RD6LCKQIQPQL6BNFQ.jpg)\n\n65 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nWith a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman)\n\n![Veronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/SVECIX2HM5DUFLIWLZC2QQTSMY.jpg)\n\n66 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nVeronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![A locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/3MAVZCTU6FFGLDTFT4K3SOOXQ4.jpg)\n\n67 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nA locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![\"It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there,\" said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. \"It's not going to erase it.\" (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/PSG2VX2KAVDFJMUOX3OXW3JD2M.jpg)\n\n68 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\n\"It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there,\" said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. \"It's not going to erase it.\" (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza)\n\n![Tamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FV5NW42IWNHU3ENKWWRVS57SIY.jpg)\n\n69 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nTamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)\n\n![Ricky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter \"two, maybe three times\" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/2A7EFDFRZ5GQPMPOH2477ERMAI.jpg)\n\n70 \/ 75\n\nFlint Journal staff\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nRicky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter \"two, maybe three times\" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)\n\n![Elizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/5FTZGETP5JA77NFAL2YWWMSBME.JPG)\n\n71 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. 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Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/522GS33G3ZF5BED4R6572YR6PE.JPG)\n\n72 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. 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Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/JWTT3NMBFVHKZOR5HOMXO3GZB4.JPG)\n\n74 \/ 75\n\nKaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com\n\n20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate\n\nElizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. 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Boilerpipe Text	By Jake May \| jmay2@mlive.com Kaytie Boomer \| kboomer@mlive.com 1 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 2 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Betty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) 3 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 4 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 5 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 6 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 7 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Police crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) 8 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Brenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. "This is the happiest day of my life," Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 9 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 10 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 11 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 12 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate While their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a $5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) 13 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 14 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 15 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Ingrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) 16 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) 17 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 18 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Neighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) 19 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Genesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) 20 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 21 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Prayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) 22 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 23 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Felice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 24 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 25 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. 26 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate William Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. "We all need to take responsibility, especially parents," Adams said "We need to take a lesson from this." His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 27 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 28 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 29 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. 30 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Family and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) 31 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Major national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) 32 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) 33 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Mourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) 34 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Chevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) 35 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. 36 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate County deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) 37 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Comforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) 38 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate With a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. "I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened," said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) 39 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo) 40 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Students walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 41 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Mt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) 42 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Raymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) 43 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 44 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Brenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. "It's what we needed to do," Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 45 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate All day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 46 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Cheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. "Something's got to be done," said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) 47 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. 48 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 49 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) 50 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Dedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 51 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Attorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 52 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Dedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 53 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski) 54 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. 55 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 56 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer) 57 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 58 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate One of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards) 59 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Activist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) 60 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Linda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) 61 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Shortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo) 62 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Flint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) 63 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 64 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Judge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 65 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate With a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman) 66 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Veronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 67 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 68 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate "It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there," said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. "It's not going to erase it." (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza) 69 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) 70 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Ricky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter "two, maybe three times" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) 71 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 72 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 73 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 74 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo 75 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims. Get Photo
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Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O7N7K5ECZJH43DMZWVAXC5GZUQ.JPG) 1 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FO7N7K5ECZJH43DMZWVAXC5GZUQ.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski's%20children%20Daniel%20Krasinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20and%20Savannah%20Krasinski%2C%202%2C%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20about%20her%20sister%2C%20their%20aunt%2C%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Betty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/52SIAK7XSRCKRG6422MRGRFC4A.jpg) 2 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Betty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) ![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OPCKKB7FX5GHFIUOPD5FX2OI2M.JPG) 3 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FOPCKKB7FX5GHFIUOPD5FX2OI2M.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20backpack%20and%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2MJIGZ4VPVASZMD5IZGKX3F44I.JPG) 4 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F2MJIGZ4VPVASZMD5IZGKX3F44I.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20photograph%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20of%20her%20sister%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Tamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/A5NESNNKABFPJICCHSPNDQGIVI.jpg) 5 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NAAFGDL6WVHH5M43EQJWSIZDEA.JPG) 6 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FNAAFGDL6WVHH5M43EQJWSIZDEA.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Police crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SP2FT3GAMVADXBL5TIQBMI3GXA.jpg) 7 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Police crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Brenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. "This is the happiest day of my life," Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NBSD7WBTJNGLPKDQAEQV4YAXWA.jpg) 8 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Brenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. "This is the happiest day of my life," Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SBMD4OZ2KFB67IMI2NWQB2H7IU.JPG) 9 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FSBMD4OZ2KFB67IMI2NWQB2H7IU.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Buell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GX22VTKAVNB4PGYNKLELQEXMEY.jpg) 10 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UF64OC7PH5BSRBPQZ2NFPV65IY.JPG) 11 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FUF64OC7PH5BSRBPQZ2NFPV65IY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![While their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a \$5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5JQAZW5J3NBXFC42IERVBF3UWA.jpg) 12 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate While their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a \$5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![The .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/W2MWFN5HPRAMDHJ36WLXJWORZM.jpg) 13 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/62BBXRIWXZHSTJIWVN4MX5POPY.JPG) 14 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F62BBXRIWXZHSTJIWVN4MX5POPY.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20photograph%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20of%20her%20sister%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Ingrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/QVCFPPQ6NJF4NDXSMG6TEJUNFM.jpg) 15 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Ingrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![A Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EJSGCE2I5RFFPOLCE3ZWU76FPE.jpg) 16 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/LCHEAIQLDRCN3EHJVID4PGKD6Y.JPG) 17 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FLCHEAIQLDRCN3EHJVID4PGKD6Y.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Neighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YPFHUWQKM5EV3BUMJ72XNCFI7U.jpg) 18 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Neighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![Genesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EGXYZFHSZRDMLAD3K3FSKNTK44.jpg) 19 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Genesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3MZ3KHSVDNGGFO3UEOZ7XSO574.JPG) 20 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F3MZ3KHSVDNGGFO3UEOZ7XSO574.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Prayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DIXCHAEWGBHFBNIFI3Z5RJDS24.jpg) 21 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Prayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![A mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FP3RACBRRJEU7E6RZ3WOWR4RPM.jpg) 22 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Felice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2QUDJJWUBVG5BHY2RCSYCIGGNQ.jpg) 23 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Felice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Elizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DIQP6GTRZFE5HCD24VW6H7YKTY.JPG) 24 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FDIQP6GTRZFE5HCD24VW6H7YKTY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20points%20to%20her%20name%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020%20as%20she%20said%20she%20was%20the%20last%20person%20to%20read%20to%20her%20sister%20before%20she%20died.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Kayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UXPZMR52BBAEPE3QU7DLCU4Q4Q.jpg) 25 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![William Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. "We all need to take responsibility, especially parents," Adams said "We need to take a lesson from this." His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2OVIGEQ5GVFDFFQFSHZ2DFNWPE.jpg) 26 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate William Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. "We all need to take responsibility, especially parents," Adams said "We need to take a lesson from this." His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PXD3G3WRT5AHLFRC3ENEWMYDCQ.jpg) 27 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UHS46P5S3JB3BCBK4O6UC4ZQVI.jpg) 28 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6XFBGZEEDRBFDDJP3PKDXWGTKI.jpg) 29 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![Family and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6Y4GDZISN5DVFJ5RY73DVT2SSA.jpg) 30 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Family and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![Major national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZTCL4MYJWRCCZETIDXVNVOOCOU.jpg) 31 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Major national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Jevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ICGAZTOLTVDRJPHHX4DKHRKP3U.jpg) 32 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Mourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CSEBD257SJDL5MOSGVAPAMVCPA.jpg) 33 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Mourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) ![Chevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UGGJ5SRGFVE2TJDNQKKRZ5MZDQ.jpg) 34 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Chevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/IKLREUW7HBFCRGVKFSUQLDQNJU.jpg) 35 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![County deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/BIGC3I4WERBX3GE7VRPK3UHOPE.jpg) 36 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate County deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Comforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JXSN2SULPBC43P2D7ZTYX6M55Q.jpg) 37 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Comforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) ![With a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. "I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened," said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YQQ54GAWXZFLTPKWU4YCO6M2WE.jpg) 38 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate With a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. "I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened," said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![The American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FDM4VDN27BBPLB6ISIJF5NCKHU.jpg) 39 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo) ![Students walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5THN76XWVBGMNM3HN5WKX54OHY.jpg) 40 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Students walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Mt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/276BW7YWWNBBFBUSQNUORCXNMA.jpg) 41 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Mt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Raymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/63KNVS7KUNFWZOVU3VR6HKV5T4.jpg) 42 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Raymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) ![Kayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/BEYPH2Q67FDQXAN2WXNC7NB2SE.jpg) 43 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Brenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. "It's what we needed to do," Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/7XTAEG3MTZAUBBGGB4JMK752EQ.jpg) 44 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Brenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. "It's what we needed to do," Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![All day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UXGTVVZVPJFANNLCWGCSGF72TE.jpg) 45 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate All day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Cheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. "Something's got to be done," said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O2GENA6KRBCE3LQEUXDXAMPA5Q.jpg) 46 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Cheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. "Something's got to be done," said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![The Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5R5YWKOB3ZA75GL2BJXFGSS4UY.jpg) 47 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![Tamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/QPGB5K4JJBHMNA4LKHDZ5WSO4M.jpg) 48 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Jamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/QTUT3TGNQZHLRICW3XJ5RH47TI.jpg) 49 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Dedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CJYLH6ATSVAYTIPQPHRLCNWKMA.jpg) 50 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Dedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Attorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/LHBBINGFVFGGLBUARTHXIM5UZY.jpg) 51 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Attorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Dedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/LN4AU76QVBEIVM4EANMDQZK6DE.jpg) 52 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Dedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Jamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/IOVO3EZN7RFPXDIRYUCD5DLR74.jpg) 53 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski) ![The Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/C6JN52RNM5CMZOOWG75QC7QVKM.jpg) 54 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WEKE7NIRH5CPJDCIFSZYXIRLDU.jpg) 55 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Kayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/L2CM6CSMXFEFDGMK3HCRO7R3QM.jpg) 56 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer) ![Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/W5VNVIKUSRCGHOV3QQUBMUCIQE.jpg) 57 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![One of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HSFLPEPOKBAGNOPHHUYJQD45JU.jpg) 58 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate One of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards) ![Activist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HL4MQZXU6JAYNM7G2DYGKTNS24.jpg) 59 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Activist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![Linda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PYW4URGMXZA2JCXV2ZKZASOASA.jpg) 60 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Linda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![Shortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6KJ5ND4U2NC7NFKVCQYBXLGP3Y.jpg) 61 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Shortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo) ![Flint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TGP34QNSGFHTRILCQAKOJTB6QY.jpg) 62 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Flint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Tamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/T2O75OM3A5GGNMUQ3S3E6KROQI.jpg) 63 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Judge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/A75JN2AQC5C63I7JNFSMGRLNLQ.jpg) 64 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Judge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![With a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HUUXLS564RD6LCKQIQPQL6BNFQ.jpg) 65 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate With a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman) ![Veronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SVECIX2HM5DUFLIWLZC2QQTSMY.jpg) 66 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Veronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3MAVZCTU6FFGLDTFT4K3SOOXQ4.jpg) 67 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) !["It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there," said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. "It's not going to erase it." (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PSG2VX2KAVDFJMUOX3OXW3JD2M.jpg) 68 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate "It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there," said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. "It's not going to erase it." (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza) ![Tamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FV5NW42IWNHU3ENKWWRVS57SIY.jpg) 69 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Ricky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter "two, maybe three times" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2A7EFDFRZ5GQPMPOH2477ERMAI.jpg) 70 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Ricky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter "two, maybe three times" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![Elizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5FTZGETP5JA77NFAL2YWWMSBME.JPG) 71 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F5FTZGETP5JA77NFAL2YWWMSBME.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20helps%20her%20kids%20Daniel%20Kransinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20and%20Savannah%20Krasinski%2C%202%2C%20get%20dressed%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Elizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/522GS33G3ZF5BED4R6572YR6PE.JPG) 72 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F522GS33G3ZF5BED4R6572YR6PE.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20and%20her%20son%20Daniel%20Krasinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20pose%20for%20a%20photograph%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%20$pictured%20in%20the%20frame$%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Elizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GEAR7AXHFFDDFBQUFFHKYGSPQY.JPG) 73 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FGEAR7AXHFFDDFBQUFFHKYGSPQY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20and%20her%20daughter%20Savannah%20Krasinski%2C%202%2C%20pose%20for%20a%20photograph%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%20$pictured%20in%20the%20frame$%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Elizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JWTT3NMBFVHKZOR5HOMXO3GZB4.JPG) 74 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski and her son Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FJWTT3NMBFVHKZOR5HOMXO3GZB4.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20and%20her%20son%20Daniel%20Krasinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20pose%20for%20a%20photograph%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%20$pictured%20in%20the%20frame$%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Elizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DYTE27TWZBAKPFYQ43IZFPY5EI.JPG) 75 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski and her daughter Savannah Krasinski, 2, pose for a photograph in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland (pictured in the frame), 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. 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Readable Markdown	By - [Jake May \\| jmay2@mlive.com](https://www.mlive.com/staff/jmay563/ "Jake May at jmay2@mlive.com") - [Kaytie Boomer \\| kboomer@mlive.com](https://www.mlive.com/staff/kboomer17/ "Kaytie Boomer at kboomer@mlive.com") ![Elizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O7N7K5ECZJH43DMZWVAXC5GZUQ.JPG) 1 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski's children Daniel Krasinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, look at a framed article about her sister, their aunt, in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FO7N7K5ECZJH43DMZWVAXC5GZUQ.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski's%20children%20Daniel%20Krasinski%20Jr.%2C%203%2C%20and%20Savannah%20Krasinski%2C%202%2C%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20about%20her%20sister%2C%20their%20aunt%2C%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Betty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/52SIAK7XSRCKRG6422MRGRFC4A.jpg) 2 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Betty Ann Ingleston, 27, right, hugs her sister-in-law, Christine Ingleston during a candlelight vigil Monday, Mar. 6, 2000, at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich. The vigil followed a memorial service at Greater Friendship Azusa Church (across the street from the school) for Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old student at the school who was fatally shot by a classmate Feb. 29, 2000. Ingleston has a first-grader at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) ![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OPCKKB7FX5GHFIUOPD5FX2OI2M.JPG) 3 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's backpack and artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FOPCKKB7FX5GHFIUOPD5FX2OI2M.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20backpack%20and%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2MJIGZ4VPVASZMD5IZGKX3F44I.JPG) 4 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F2MJIGZ4VPVASZMD5IZGKX3F44I.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20photograph%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20of%20her%20sister%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Tamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/A5NESNNKABFPJICCHSPNDQGIVI.jpg) 5 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens breaks down as she approaches the police lines outside of Buell Elementary School after learning her first grade son had shot and killed another first grader at the school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NAAFGDL6WVHH5M43EQJWSIZDEA.JPG) 6 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FNAAFGDL6WVHH5M43EQJWSIZDEA.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Police crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SP2FT3GAMVADXBL5TIQBMI3GXA.jpg) 7 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Police crime scene tape remains hanging in rear playground of Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000, where Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot and killed by a 6-year-old classmate earlier in the day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Brenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. "This is the happiest day of my life," Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/NBSD7WBTJNGLPKDQAEQV4YAXWA.jpg) 8 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Brenda Ide is reunited with her daughter Maranda Ide, 8, after the shooting. "This is the happiest day of my life," Brenda said after finding her daughter Maranda safe. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SBMD4OZ2KFB67IMI2NWQB2H7IU.JPG) 9 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FSBMD4OZ2KFB67IMI2NWQB2H7IU.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Buell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/GX22VTKAVNB4PGYNKLELQEXMEY.jpg) 10 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School children are evacuated after a shooting at the school. They were put on buses and taken across the street to a church where they were reunited with family members. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was shot and killed by a classmate. Photo shot Tuesday, February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UF64OC7PH5BSRBPQZ2NFPV65IY.JPG) 11 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FUF64OC7PH5BSRBPQZ2NFPV65IY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![While their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a \$5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5JQAZW5J3NBXFC42IERVBF3UWA.jpg) 12 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate While their mother sings in the choir, Leon Hall, right, keeps a watchful eye on Eshawn, 7, and Cambria Allen, 6, as they try to follow along with the congregation's reading of passages from the Bible during Sunday's service on March 12, 2000. The church received a \$5,000 donation to be put toward children and combatting violence, in the wake of Kayla Rolland's life being taken by a fellow first grader, February 29, at nearby Buell Elementary School. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![The .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/W2MWFN5HPRAMDHJ36WLXJWORZM.jpg) 13 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The .32 caliber Deavis Industries Semi-Automatic pistol used to kill Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. It was photographed in the evidence bag at the Mt. Morris Township Police Department evidence locker. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/62BBXRIWXZHSTJIWVN4MX5POPY.JPG) 14 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed photograph that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps of her sister in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F62BBXRIWXZHSTJIWVN4MX5POPY.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20photograph%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20of%20her%20sister%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Ingrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/QVCFPPQ6NJF4NDXSMG6TEJUNFM.jpg) 15 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Ingrid Javor, grandmother of Kayla Rolland, 6, the little girl who was shot Tuesday morning at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Mich., said that Kayla loved life, church and her family. She was speaking outside Hurley Medical Center on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![A Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EJSGCE2I5RFFPOLCE3ZWU76FPE.jpg) 16 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A Mt. Morris police officer looks to the sky Tuesday afternoon, Feb. 29, 2000 after hearing the sound of a helicopter overhead. The cruiser was stationed at 1103 W. Juliah, where it is alleged that the shooter got the gun he used at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/LCHEAIQLDRCN3EHJVID4PGKD6Y.JPG) 17 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A look at a framed article that Elizabeth Krasinski keeps in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Krasinski lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FLCHEAIQLDRCN3EHJVID4PGKD6Y.JPG&caption=A%20look%20at%20a%20framed%20article%20that%20Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20keeps%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Krasinski%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Neighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YPFHUWQKM5EV3BUMJ72XNCFI7U.jpg) 18 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Neighbors watch as Mt. Morris Police officers issue a search warrant for 1103 Juilah Ave. on Feb. 29, 2000. This is the house where the 6-year-old shooter is believed to have gotten the gun he used to kill his classmate Kayla Rolland, 6. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![Genesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/EGXYZFHSZRDMLAD3K3FSKNTK44.jpg) 19 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Genesee County prosecutor Arthur Busch answers questions from the media during a press conference on the Buell School shooting Thursday morning, March 2, 2000 at the Genesee Intermediate School District Health & Nutrition Services building in Mundy Twp. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3MZ3KHSVDNGGFO3UEOZ7XSO574.JPG) 20 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski still hangs onto her late sister's artwork in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2F3MZ3KHSVDNGGFO3UEOZ7XSO574.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20still%20hangs%20onto%20her%20late%20sister's%20artwork%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Prayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DIXCHAEWGBHFBNIFI3Z5RJDS24.jpg) 21 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Prayer vigil in memory of shooting victim Kayla Rolland led by Rev. Richard Coleman at Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church of Flint in Flint on Friday, March 3, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![A mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FP3RACBRRJEU7E6RZ3WOWR4RPM.jpg) 22 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A mourner leaves after placing flowers at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Twp. in memory of Kayla Rolland on Tuesday, March 01, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Felice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2QUDJJWUBVG5BHY2RCSYCIGGNQ.jpg) 23 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Felice Dixon comforts her daughter Margaret Davis, 10, a fourth grader at Buell Elementary School after being reunited safely on Tuesday, Feb. 29, 2000. The school was the sight of a shooting where a first grader was killed by a classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Elizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/DIQP6GTRZFE5HCD24VW6H7YKTY.JPG) 24 / 75 Kaytie Boomer \\| MLive.com 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Elizabeth Krasinski points to her name in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 as she said she was the last person to read to her sister before she died. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. In 2000, the story made national news as Rolland is amongst the youngest of school shooting victims.[Get Photo](http://mlive.newskeepsake.com/api/capture?sd_image=https%3A%2F%2Farc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2FDIQP6GTRZFE5HCD24VW6H7YKTY.JPG&caption=Elizabeth%20Krasinski%20points%20to%20her%20name%20in%20Tawas%20City%20on%20Thursday%2C%20Feb.%2020%2C%202020%20as%20she%20said%20she%20was%20the%20last%20person%20to%20read%20to%20her%20sister%20before%20she%20died.%20Elizabeth%20lost%20her%20sister%2C%20Kayla%20Rolland%2C%2020%20years%20ago%20in%20a%20school%20shooting%20when%20Rolland%20was%20only%20in%20first%20grade.%20In%202000%2C%20the%20story%20made%20national%20news%20as%20Rolland%20is%20amongst%20the%20youngest%20of%20school%20shooting%20victims.&affphotographername=Kaytie%20Boomer%20%7C%20MLive.com&subscription_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fdigitalsubscription%2Fimagedownload&market=mlive&subscriber=ac8ecd4c1bf4751b6fed4230af708018893cf328) ![Kayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UXPZMR52BBAEPE3QU7DLCU4Q4Q.jpg) 25 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![William Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. "We all need to take responsibility, especially parents," Adams said "We need to take a lesson from this." His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2OVIGEQ5GVFDFFQFSHZ2DFNWPE.jpg) 26 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate William Adams returned to Buell Elementary School to honor shooting victim Kayla Rolland with a bouquet of flowers. He holds a flower from that bouquet that he spread the petals beneath the school's flag flying at half mast in honor of Kayla on March 1, 2000. "We all need to take responsibility, especially parents," Adams said "We need to take a lesson from this." His daughter Samantha often played with Kayla he said. He said he hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to her about Kayla's death yet. Adams hopes they will remember Kayla forever, hopefully with a plaque at the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PXD3G3WRT5AHLFRC3ENEWMYDCQ.jpg) 27 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A woman runs after a school shooting at Buell Elementary in Mt. Morris Township on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UHS46P5S3JB3BCBK4O6UC4ZQVI.jpg) 28 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A child is comforted outside of Buell Elementary School on Detroit Street in Mt. Morris Township, near Flint, Mich., after a first-grader girl was shot by another student on Feb 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6XFBGZEEDRBFDDJP3PKDXWGTKI.jpg) 29 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![Family and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6Y4GDZISN5DVFJ5RY73DVT2SSA.jpg) 30 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Family and friends of Buell Elementary School students in Michigan wait to be reunited on Feb. 29, 2000. Most of the students were put on buses and taken to a church across the street. Buell was the site of a shooting that killed first-grader Kayla Rolland that day. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![Major national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ZTCL4MYJWRCCZETIDXVNVOOCOU.jpg) 31 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Major national news magazines covered the Kayla Rolland story after last week's shooting at Buell Elementary School. Photo on Wednesday, March 8, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Jevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/ICGAZTOLTVDRJPHHX4DKHRKP3U.jpg) 32 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jevon Calland, 7, prays at the beginning of a series of revival meetings which were intended to rejuvenate the Beecher community following the shooting death of Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School. Photo at the Greater Friendship Azuza Church in Mt. Morris Township on Sunday, March 25, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Mourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CSEBD257SJDL5MOSGVAPAMVCPA.jpg) 33 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Mourners come and go at the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000, during visitation for Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) ![Chevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UGGJ5SRGFVE2TJDNQKKRZ5MZDQ.jpg) 34 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Chevella Groce of Mt. Morris Twp comforts her son DeVonte, 12, at Buell Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, March 1, 2000. She also brought son Kyran, 7, (left), and two other sons (not pictured) Christopher, 6, and Frank III, 8. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/IKLREUW7HBFCRGVKFSUQLDQNJU.jpg) 35 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![County deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/BIGC3I4WERBX3GE7VRPK3UHOPE.jpg) 36 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate County deputy paramedic Rodney Graham was the first paramedic on scene to treat shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, at Buell Elementary school in Mt. Morris Township on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Graham describes how he found blood in her airway which indicated serious internal injuries. Rolland died of her injuries. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Comforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/JXSN2SULPBC43P2D7ZTYX6M55Q.jpg) 37 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Comforted by Yvonne Owen, right, Gwendolyn Martin, left, is overcome with emotion outside the Brown Funeral Home in Flint, Mich., Friday, Mar. 3, 2000. Owen and Martin were leaving the funeral home after paying respects to Kayla Rolland, a six-year-old who was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate Tuesday. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) ![With a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. "I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened," said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YQQ54GAWXZFLTPKWU4YCO6M2WE.jpg) 38 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate With a morbid curiosity, Katrina Bailey, 13, left, and Cassandra French, 14, peer into classroom windows at Buell Elementary School in hopes of seeing where the shooting of Kayla Rolland, 6, occurred on March 1, 2000. "I'm just trying to visualize what happened so I can understand why it happened," said Bailey. Both girls attended Buell when they were younger. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![The American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FDM4VDN27BBPLB6ISIJF5NCKHU.jpg) 39 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The American flag sits at half staff on March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo) ![Students walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5THN76XWVBGMNM3HN5WKX54OHY.jpg) 40 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Students walk back to Buell Elementary School, helped by crossing guard Benjamin Bryant at Downey and Detroit Streets, on Monday March 6, 2000. It was the first day back after the fatal shooting of first grader Kayla Rolland by another first grade student. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Mt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/276BW7YWWNBBFBUSQNUORCXNMA.jpg) 41 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Mt. Morris Township resident Kaitlyn Dean, 6, holds her kindergarten class picture from Buell Elementary School. Dean was friends with shooting victim Kayla Rolland, 6, her classmate in kindergarten. The two remained friends this year and frequently played together at school, despite being in different first grade classes. Photo at Dean's home on Wednesday, March 1, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Raymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/63KNVS7KUNFWZOVU3VR6HKV5T4.jpg) 42 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Raymond Fitch, 18, keeps vigil at the front entrance to Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township near Flint Wednesday night, Mar. 1, 2000. Kayla Rolland, 6, was fatally shot by a six-year-old classmate. Fitch's sister was Rolland's best friend. (Flint Journal File Photo by Al Goldis) ![Kayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/BEYPH2Q67FDQXAN2WXNC7NB2SE.jpg) 43 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland's picture is held by Flint resident and family friend Tim Curran after a public memorial service in her honor on Friday March 3, 2000. Six candles were placed outside Brown Funeral Home in Flint for each of Kayla's six years. A first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, Kayla was shot and killed at the school by another first grader on Tuesday February 29. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Brenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. "It's what we needed to do," Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/7XTAEG3MTZAUBBGGB4JMK752EQ.jpg) 44 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Brenda Ide returned to Buell Elementary School with her daughter Maranda, 8, a student at the school to remember shooting victim Kayla Rolland on March 1, 2000. "It's what we needed to do," Brenda told her daughter as they embraced by the memorial at the entrance to the school. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![All day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/UXGTVVZVPJFANNLCWGCSGF72TE.jpg) 45 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate All day Friday a steady stream of mourners arrive at Brown Funeral Home on Friday, March 3, 2000 in Flint for the visitation of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Cheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. "Something's got to be done," said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/O2GENA6KRBCE3LQEUXDXAMPA5Q.jpg) 46 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Cheyenne Fox, 4, wipes the tears away from her mother's eyes during an emotional school board meeting at Dailey Elementary School on March 1, 2000. "Something's got to be done," said Cheyenne's mom Iva Flanagan. The school board meeting was held the day after Kayla Rolland, 6, was shot by a first grade classmate at Buell Elementary School. The meeting's regular agenda was set aside to discuss school violence and let parents air their concerns. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![The Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/5R5YWKOB3ZA75GL2BJXFGSS4UY.jpg) 47 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The Kayla Rolland shooting featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![Tamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/QPGB5K4JJBHMNA4LKHDZ5WSO4M.jpg) 48 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens (left) listens to her lawyer Mark Clement during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. A May 3 trial date was set on whether the state should take jurisdiction of the Owen's three children. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Jamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/QTUT3TGNQZHLRICW3XJ5RH47TI.jpg) 49 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jamelle James (left), 19, sits in a preliminary hearing in District Court on Tuesday, March 14, 2000. James is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Dedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/CJYLH6ATSVAYTIPQPHRLCNWKMA.jpg) 50 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Dedric Owens, seated, listens to Genesee County prosecutor Arthur A. Busch during a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. Owen's 6-year-old son shot and killed first grade classmate Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Attorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/LHBBINGFVFGGLBUARTHXIM5UZY.jpg) 51 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Attorney J. Dallas Winegarden, Jr., (center, at microphone) was retained by Kayla Rolland's mother Veronica McQueen. Here he holds press conference outside his office on Thursday, March 3, 2000. Kayla, a first grader at Buell Elementary School in Mt. Morris Township, was shot and killed by another first grader at the school on Tuesday, February 29, 2000. Also representing with Winegarden will be attorney Jeffrey J. Himelhoch, standing at Winegarden's right. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Dedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/LN4AU76QVBEIVM4EANMDQZK6DE.jpg) 52 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Dedric Owens is led back to county jail after participating in a neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Jamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/IOVO3EZN7RFPXDIRYUCD5DLR74.jpg) 53 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Jamelle A. James pauses for a moment during an interview at the Genesee County Jail on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2000. James was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Kayla Rolland. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jennifer Jankowski) ![The Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal.](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/C6JN52RNM5CMZOOWG75QC7QVKM.jpg) 54 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate The Kayla Rolland shooting was featured on the front page of The Flint Journal. ![Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/WEKE7NIRH5CPJDCIFSZYXIRLDU.jpg) 55 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed on Feb. 25, 2004, four years after the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Kayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/L2CM6CSMXFEFDGMK3HCRO7R3QM.jpg) 56 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Kayla Rolland's desk was part of the evidence stored in the Mt. Morris Township Police Department on Tuesday Feb. 13, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Stuart Bauer) ![Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/W5VNVIKUSRCGHOV3QQUBMUCIQE.jpg) 57 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Buell Elementary School sits abandoned and mothballed, seen on Feb. 25, 2004. It has been four years since the fatal shooting of Kayla Rolland by a first grade classmate. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![One of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HSFLPEPOKBAGNOPHHUYJQD45JU.jpg) 58 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate One of the pictures on the wall at the Kayla Rolland memorial at Brown Funeral Home in Flint on Friday, Feb. 23, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Bruce Edwards) ![Activist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HL4MQZXU6JAYNM7G2DYGKTNS24.jpg) 59 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Activist Sam Riddle at Buell Elementary. Riddle had been representing the family of a black student killed in the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, CO. He commented on Feb. 29, 2000 that the similarities between the shootings at Columbine High and Tuesday's shooting at Buell Elementary. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![Linda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PYW4URGMXZA2JCXV2ZKZASOASA.jpg) 60 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Linda Jones of Flint ties a pink ribbon on her car antenna Friday morning, March 3, 2000, after attending visitation for six year old Kayla Rolland at Brown Funeral Home. (Flint Journal File Photo by Jane Hale) ![Shortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/6KJ5ND4U2NC7NFKVCQYBXLGP3Y.jpg) 61 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Shortly after he shot and killed Kayla Rolland, her first-grade classmate made this drawing at the Mt.Morris Township police station, where he was being held. The drawing hangs on the police station's wall. (Flint Journal file photo) ![Flint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/TGP34QNSGFHTRILCQAKOJTB6QY.jpg) 62 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Flint resident Lawrence Warren waits for a cement truck to deliver a load of concrete to shore up the pilings of the new play structure that he and several dozen others worked to install at Buell Elementary School in honor of first-grade shooting victim Kayla Rolland on Friday, May 26, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Justin Warren) ![Tamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/T2O75OM3A5GGNMUQ3S3E6KROQI.jpg) 63 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens during an interview at her attorney Mark N. Clement's office in Fenton, Mich. Owens' 6-year-old son fatally shot classmate Kayla Rolland on Feb. 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Judge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/A75JN2AQC5C63I7JNFSMGRLNLQ.jpg) 64 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Judge Thomas L. Gadola presides over Neglect hearing in the family division of Genesee County Circuit Court on Tuesday March 21, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![With a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/HUUXLS564RD6LCKQIQPQL6BNFQ.jpg) 65 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate With a quivering lower lip Veronica McQueen talks about her daughter Kayla Rolland on May 10, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Kleeman) ![Veronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SVECIX2HM5DUFLIWLZC2QQTSMY.jpg) 66 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Veronica McQueen, mother of 6-year-old shooting victim Kayla Rolland, on the six-year anniversary of the tragedy on Feb. 16, 2006. McQueen says she often visits the grave at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Arbela Township and the tears still come. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![A locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/3MAVZCTU6FFGLDTFT4K3SOOXQ4.jpg) 67 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate A locket with an engraving of her daughter Kayla hangs around the neck of Veronica McQueen on Feb. 12, 2001. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) !["It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there," said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. "It's not going to erase it." (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/PSG2VX2KAVDFJMUOX3OXW3JD2M.jpg) 68 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate "It doesn't negate the fact that it happened. You look across here and you see what was and that doesn't take away from the moment. It's still there," said Rev B.J. Harvey of Greater Friendship Azusa Church of God in Christ, about the empty field that was the location of Buell Elementary School where the Kayla Rolland shooting occurred ten years ago. "It's not going to erase it." (Flint Journal File Photo by Ryan Garza) ![Tamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/FV5NW42IWNHU3ENKWWRVS57SIY.jpg) 69 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Tamarla Owens was fixing up a home in Flint hoping to get back her children on Feb. 2, 2001. She had Valentines and other notes and decorations set up in a bedroom in preparation for their return. Her son killed fellow first grader Kayla Rolland at Buell Elementary School on February 29, 2000. (Flint Journal File Photo by Steve Jessmore) ![Ricky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter "two, maybe three times" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle)](https://arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com/public/2A7EFDFRZ5GQPMPOH2477ERMAI.jpg) 70 / 75 Flint Journal staff 20 years ago Kayla Rolland was fatally shot by first grade classmate Ricky Rolland, at right, with lawyer Geoffrey Feiger, talks about the shooting of his daughter, Kayla Rolland, on Feb. 21, 2001. Although Kayla and her father were not physically close, there was an emotional closeness, says Feiger. According to Ricky Rolland's own calculations, though, he saw his daughter "two, maybe three times" after separating from her mother while Kayla was still a baby. (Flint Journal File Photo by Melissa Lyttle) ![Elizabeth Krasinski helps her kids Daniel Kransinski Jr., 3, and Savannah Krasinski, 2, get dressed in Tawas City on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. Elizabeth lost her sister, Kayla Rolland, 20 years ago in a school shooting when Rolland was only in first grade. 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