Troubled Teen Faces Uncertain Future in WI

Tragic story from Wisconsin where 16-year old Eric Hainstock, who has been in trouble practically all his life and has been diagnosed with ADHD among other developmental issues, is now on trial for shooting and killing his high school principal, John Klang, last September. He is being tried as an adult.

The shooting had been preceded by an incident when Hainstock threw a stapler at a teacher.

Librarian Kay Amborn testified Friday that Hainstock, 16, seemed “proud” a week later on Sept. 21 when he saw a story about the incident published in the Reedsburg Independent, showed it to several other students and asked Amborn to make a copy of it for him. She declined.

“He said he wanted a copy for his dad, because his dad didn’t get the newspaper,” Amborn testified. Wisconsin State Journal reports.