Family, Friends Attend Visitation For Slain Principal
Bail Set For Alleged Shooter
Posted: 1:14 pm CDT October 3, 2006Updated: 9:31 pm CDT October 3, 2006
CAZENOVIA, Wis. -- Community members gathered to say their goodbyes to the Weston schools principal who was gunned down near Cazenovia on Friday, allegedly by one of his students.On Tuesday night, family and friends gathered for a visitation for principal John Klang at Farber Funeral Home in Reedsburg.A funeral will be held at 11 a.m., on Wednesday at Weston High School's gym.Classes at Weston schools are scheduled to resume on Thursday.A scholarship fund has been established and officials said that memorials of remembrance can be made to the John Klang Memorial Scholarship Fund, WISC-TV reported.Police said that Klang, 49, was shot in the hallway of Weston High School on Friday morning when a 15-year-old student, Eric Hainstock, allegedly brought two guns to school.Hainstock is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. The Sauk County district attorney said that the teenager will be tried as an adult. If convicted, Hainstock could face life in prison.
Judge Sets Hainstock's Bail
On Monday afternoon, Judge Pat Taggart set Hainstock's bail at $750,000 cash.Prosecutors told Taggart in court that Hainstock might have been looking for other people to attack.District Attorney Pat Barrett said that there were other "persons of interest" for Hainstock when he went to the school. She said that Hainstock is a danger to others in the community."From some of his statements and concerns, it would appear that others may have been as well persons of interest to him on that particular day," she said. "Their safety certainly is paramount."Hainstock appeared in Sauk County court via video conferencing from jail. Wearing an orange jumpsuit, he bit his nails as he read through the criminal complaint against him, WISC-TV reported.Hainstock's public defender asked for bond of $10,000, but Taggart agreed that the prosecutor's bond suggestion would assure public safety, WISC-TV reported.Authorities said that Hainstock said that he killed Klang because he was upset with a reprimand Klang had given him for having tobacco in school. Iinvestigators said that the teenager told them that he just wanted someone to listen to his complaints about being tormented by classmates.Funeral For Student Killed In Crash Was Held Tuesday Morning
Meanwhile, the funeral for another Weston student who was killed on Friday was also held on Tuesday.Erik Fichtel, 16, died on Friday morning before school in a car crash. Authorities said that they don't believe the crash was involved in the school shooting.Fichtel's funeral was held Tuesday morning at the Lime Ridge Catholic Church, WISC-TV reported. Previous Stories:
- October 3, 2006: Students, Staff Try To Recover After Principal Killed
- October 3, 2006: Bail Set For Teen Accused In Fatal School Shooting
- October 2, 2006: Community Moving Slowly Forward
- October 2, 2006: Klang's Wife: 'That's Something John Would Do'
- October 2, 2006: Weston Staff, Students Get Counseling
- October 1, 2006: Children Need Help Dealing With Weston Shooting
- September 30, 2006: Stunned Community Holds Vigil To Mourn Slain Principal
- September 30, 2006: Principal Dies In School Shooting
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