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Student slain at Tacoma school; suspect captured.

The Seattle Times (Seattle, WA)

| January 03, 2007 | Green, Sara Jean | COPYRIGHT 2007 The Seattle Times. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Sara Jean Green

Jan. 3--TACOMA -- A Tacoma boy was fatally shot at Foss High School this morning and another student was arrested about an hour later in connection with the slaying.

The Pierce County medical examiner's office identified the dead boy as Samnang Kok.

According to booking records at the Pierce County jail, the shooting suspect is Douglas Chanthabouly.

Two 15-year-old sophomores, Malcolm Clark and Josh Wilber, said they witnessed the shooting and were questioned by police afterward.

Clark and Wilber said three shots were fired. The shooter was about five feet away from Kok, and didn't appear to target anyone else, the boys said.

"He got shot -- bang -- and he just fell," Clark said. "He just froze and he fell …

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