Overview
- In February 2012, at age 17, Thomas “TJ” Lane fired ten rounds from a .22-caliber weapon in Chardon High School’s cafeteria, killing Demetrius Hewlin, Daniel Parmertor and Russell King Jr., and injuring three others.
- Lane was sentenced to three life terms on February 17, 2012, following his conviction for the murders.
- During court proceedings, he unbuttoned his shirt to display the word “KILLER” and directed obscenities at victims’ families, according to his defense attorney.
- While imprisoned at Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution, Lane escaped and was recaptured after an approximately six-hour manhunt.
- He was transferred in March 2016 to the maximum-security Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, where reporting says he remains, with coverage also noting a troubled family background and a disturbing pre-attack Facebook post.