I remember feeling safe after 911 because I lived here. And then this happens. And it’s my own family. I don’t feel all that safe anymore. School shootings can happen anywhere. – Rita Kasky
Capeless offered no explanation as to why he was leaving his post before his term expires at the end of the year, rather than staying on and simply not running for re-election.
The one case that stands out for him is the one that all America was watching: The 1992 killings at Simon’s Rock College of Bard by Wayne Lo, one of the first school shootings.