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(From AP Online)
Byline: MARCUS KABEL
The 13-year-old boy who fired a single shot from an assault rifle inside a middle school was charged as a juvenile Tuesday in the bloodless shooting.
The boy, who entered Joplin Memorial Middle School wearing a mask, was charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action and making terrorist threats. Officials of the Jasper County juvenile office said they were talking with a prosecutor about possibly charging the boy as an adult.
The student fired one shot into the ceiling of a school entryway Monday after confronting administrators and students. Nobody was injured and he left after his gun…