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BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

New details about T.J. Lane, the Ohio high schooler accused of killing three students and wounding two others during a shooting spree on Monday, are surfacing.

Lane's father had been arrested in the past for violent crimes against women, and one of them was T.J. Lane's mother.

According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Lane’s father and mother were each charged with domestic violence against each other between 1995 and 1997. Lane’s father had also been charged with assaulting a police officer, according to records. It is not known if the father and son had much contact.

CNN reported that hospital officials at MetroHealth Medical Center in Ohio said a third student, Demetrius Hewlin, had died of wounds from the shooting Tuesday morning. Daniel Parmertor, 16, died on Monday, and 17-year old Russell King Jr. was declared brain dead on Tuesday.

According to CBS News, Lane told law enforcement sources that he had warned his friends about his plans two days in advance of the shooting. Lane is scheduled to appear in juvenile court Tuesday afternoon. He had reportedly been a victim of bullying in the past.

Witness Heather Ziska, 17, said she was in the cafeteria when students heard popping noises in the hallway. According to the Los Angeles Times, she said she saw a fellow student enter the cafeteria and begin shooting. Student Danny Komertz said he saw a student dive under a cafeteria table to unsuccessfully hide from the rampage.

Assistant football coach and study hall teacher Frank Hall chased the gunman out of the school, according to students, and likely prevented the death numbers from being higher.

Lane had posted a poem on Facebook back in December which was being read more closely since Monday’s tragedy. It began, “In a quaint lonely town, sits a man with a frown. No job. No family. No crown. His luck had run out. Lost and alone. The streets were his home.”

The rambling poem ended with the ominous, “Die, all of you.” It can be read in its entirety here.

Gregg Jantz, a psychologist from Seattle, told the Huffington Post that Lane’s poem was an immediate red flag. He said, "That kind of writing is warning sign of an impending disaster."