Photo emerges of 8-year-old special needs pupil who was killed in a school in San Bernardino

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The 8-year-old special needs male student who was killed by his teacher’s estranged husband (read here) has been pictured for the first time.

Jonathan Martinez was killed on Monday
in front of his classmates when Cedric Anderson had come into the class
in North Park Elementary School, and opened fire at his estranged wife,
Karen Smith.
Karen died on the spot and the two children standing behind
her were also shot. Jonathan died later in the hospital while the other
student is said to be recovering.

All the students in Jonathan’s
class, 15 of them, have special needs and they had to witness the
terrible murder. Jonathan was born with genetic condition Williams
Syndrome. He had previously survived undergoing heart surgery as he
suffered from heart problems due to the rare disorder that was also
characterised by learning delays and mild-to-moderate intellectual
disabilities, according to Dale Marsden, superintendent of the San
Bernardino City Unified School District.

“By all accounts, Jonathan Martinez was a happy child,” Marsden said at a news conference.

After
Cedric shot his wife and the kids, he turned the gun on himself.

Cedric
and Karen got married in January 2016 but in mid-March, they separated
when Cedric accused her of infidelity and threatened her with violence.
Karen moved in with one of her adult children afterwards. Cedric tried
to get her to come back to him and when that didn’t work, he resorted to
threats.  On Monday,
he gained admission into the school filled with vulnerable children by
claiming he was there to drop something off for her. On entering the
class, Cedric fired ten rounds without uttering a word then reloaded
before shooting himself.

Police later cordoned off the couple’s
Riverside California home, where they lived after they recently got
married, and in there they found a suicide note in which the
self-described pastor and maintenance technician with a military
background described feeling ‘dishonored’ and ‘disrespected’.

Prior
to showing his violent side, Cedric was reportedly sweet to Karen while
they dated and after they just got married and even constantly shared
posts praising his wife on Facebook, till he went silent in mid-March,
about the same time they separated, then he became violent.Cedric has
several past charges on his record, including domestic violence, weapons
and drug-related charges, according to police

Soon after the
suicide-murder, students of the school were moved to a local high school
where they stayed till their distraught parents came to pick them while
the injured were airlifted to the hospital.

More photos and a video of the injured being airlifted, below…

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