Charles Andrew Williams

Head bowed, eyes puffy, 15-year-old Charles Andrew Williams was formally charged with murder and attempted murder Wednesday, hours after shaken students began returning to the suburban high school that he allegedly turned into a bloody shooting gallery two days before. Dozens of Santana High School students appeared at the San Diego County Superior Court in El Cajon for Williams' arraignment.

Charles Andrew Williams, 15, accused of a shooting rampage at Santana High School in Santee that left two dead and 13 wounded, should be tried as an adult, a judge ruled Friday. Superior Court Judge Herbert Exarhos rejected claims by Williams' attorneys that Proposition 21, the ballot measure allowing prosecutors to send juveniles accused of serious crimes directly to Superior Court, is unconstitutional. Deputy Public Defender Randy Mize said Exarhos' ruling will be appealed.

A judge Friday delayed ruling on whether Charles Andrew Williams, 15, accused of killing two students and wounding 13 people at Santana High School in Santee, should be tried as an adult or juvenile. El Cajon Superior Court Judge Herbert Exharos said he needs another week to study arguments by Williams' attorneys challenging Proposition 21, the measure adopted by voters last year that allows prosecutors to file murder charges against juveniles in Superior Court.

A judge Friday delayed ruling on whether Charles Andrew Williams, 15, accused of killing two students and wounding 13 people at Santana High School in Santee, should be tried as an adult or juvenile. El Cajon Superior Court Judge Herbert Exharos said he needs another week to study arguments by Williams' attorneys challenging Proposition 21, the measure adopted by voters last year that allows prosecutors to file murder charges against juveniles in Superior Court.

The two students accused of opening fire on their high schools in suburban San Diego will be arraigned in the same court this afternoon. Charles Andrew Williams, 15, and Jason Hoffman, 18, coincidentally had their appearances in El Cajon Superior Court scheduled for 1:30 p.m., a jail clerk said Sunday. Williams is accused of killing two classmates and wounding 13 other people in a March 5 rampage at Santana High School in Santee. He has not entered a plea.

Randy Gordon, one of two students killed in the shooting rampage at Santana High School, was remembered Saturday as a cheerful youth who loved bowling, cross country running and Tom Clancy novels and dreamed of serving in the Navy upon graduation. "He won't be graduating this year; he's been promoted to the kingdom of God," the Rev. Phil Herrington told 750 people who came to Sonrise Community Church to mourn Gordon's tragic death and celebrate his life.

Charles Andrew Williams, accused of killing two students and wounding 13 people in the town of Santee, will make his second court appearance this month on Monday, but the diminutive alleged gunman will still not enter a plea.

Re "Behind the Tragedy, the Despair of an Outcast," March 7: Patt Morrison deserves a thunderous ovation for her powerful and insightful column on the tragedy of Charles Andrew Williams of Santana High School. If we truly want to make our schools safer, both schools and families must inculcate in students basic respect for all human beings instead of ridiculing and degrading them, as was done to Andy. ROBERT H. FERNANDEZ Granada Hills The triggers of violence are still elusive (March 7)

For the last month, Andy Williams, the pale, slight Santana High School freshman, repeatedly told friends he was going to take one of his father's guns to school and shoot people. Friends all said they thought he was joking. The threats were frequently made to Williams' friends who hung out at the Woodglen Vista Skate Park. "You guys just watch, I'll do it," he said. "Everybody would just laugh and tell him to shut up," said Dustin Hopkins, a friend. "Then Andy said, 'OK, I'll show you one day.

The father of Charles Andrew Williams said Friday that he is still looking for answers to explain the March 5 campus shooting that traumatized the town of Santee. Known to family and friends as Andy, the 15-year-old boy is accused of killing Randy Gordon, 17, and Bryan Zuckor, 14, and wounding 13 other students and staff members at Santana High School in a shooting that focused international attention on the San Diego suburb.

Their heads bowed, two teenagers accused of shooting rampages at local high schools appeared at separate hearings Monday, where one pleaded not guilty and attorneys for the other vowed to fight a law requiring that he be tried as an adult.

In a San Diego County courtroom packed with more than 60 spectators and reporters earlier this month, the person who looked most out of place was the one all had come to see: a doe-eyed 15-year-old boy with the tousled hair of a TV kid brother. Charles Andrew Williams, accused in the March 5 shooting rampage at Santana High School, joins a relatively new but growing class of murder defendants in California: children younger than 16 who are charged as adults.

The two students accused of opening fire on their high schools in suburban San Diego will be arraigned in the same court this afternoon. Charles Andrew Williams, 15, and Jason Hoffman, 18, coincidentally had their appearances in El Cajon Superior Court scheduled for 1:30 p.m., a jail clerk said Sunday. Williams is accused of killing two classmates and wounding 13 other people in a March 5 rampage at Santana High School in Santee. He has not entered a plea.

Charles Andrew Williams, accused of killing two students and wounding 13 people in the town of Santee, will make his second court appearance this month on Monday, but the diminutive alleged gunman will still not enter a plea.

The father of Charles Andrew Williams said Friday that he is still looking for answers to explain the March 5 campus shooting that traumatized the town of Santee. Known to family and friends as Andy, the 15-year-old boy is accused of killing Randy Gordon, 17, and Bryan Zuckor, 14, and wounding 13 other students and staff members at Santana High School in a shooting that focused international attention on the San Diego suburb.

The teenager suspected in last week's fatal shooting rampage at a Santee high school told investigators he planned to kill himself afterward but that officers arrived before he could do so, according to a court document. During questioning after the campus shooting rampage, Charles Andrew Williams told San Diego County sheriff's detectives that he was unhappy at school and angry because he had been disciplined for tardiness several times, according to the document.

Charles Andrew Williams, 15, accused of a shooting rampage at Santana High School in Santee that left two dead and 13 wounded, should be tried as an adult, a judge ruled Friday. Superior Court Judge Herbert Exarhos rejected claims by Williams' attorneys that Proposition 21, the ballot measure allowing prosecutors to send juveniles accused of serious crimes directly to Superior Court, is unconstitutional. Deputy Public Defender Randy Mize said Exarhos' ruling will be appealed.

The teenager suspected in last week's fatal shooting rampage at a Santee high school told investigators he planned to kill himself afterward but that officers arrived before he could do so, according to a court document. During questioning after the campus shooting rampage, Charles Andrew Williams told San Diego County sheriff's detectives that he was unhappy at school and angry because he had been disciplined for tardiness several times, according to the document.

A provocative essay about the school shooting in Santee posted on an alternative Web site zipped across the country with the speed of a computer virus--a commentary that really shakes things up. The essay is so edgy it has spun off its own rumor mill: One man, the story goes, has been fired for posting the article on his office bulletin board. In the article, posted last week on AlterNet.

In the packed wooden pews at Lakeside Community Presbyterian Church on Sunday, family and friends of Bryan Christopher Zuckor came together to reflect on the life of the young track enthusiast and aspiring stuntman. Zuckor, who was to turn 15 on April 3, was gunned down in the bathroom of Santana High School in Santee last week when Charles "Andy" Williams allegedly took a .22-caliber revolver to school and fired 30 rounds at schoolmates and others.