WEST LIBERTY — Saturday will mark one year since a gunman opened fire inside West Liberty-Salem High School, rocking the small community where many thought something so violent could never happen.
“I was in disbelief,” said Jacob King, whose wife owns a store on Detroit Street — the main road through the village of less than 2,000 people.
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Since the shooting, the school district upgraded its safety measures and hired a counselor to help students get through the traumatic experience. But even with the response, West Liberty-Salem Superintendent Kraig Hissong said the schools and village might never be the same.
“Everybody has been left with a new sense of normal,” Hissong said.
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