Iowa Prep Football Coach Gunned Down At High School

Ed Thomas, one of Iowa's all-time great high school football coaches, was shot and killed this morning in his school's weight room, reportedly by a former player. Thirty students were watching; none was hurt. The gunman was taken into custody. Thomas was the 2005 NFL High School Coach of the Year. Four of his former players at tiny Aplington-Parkersburg High School are now in the NFL: Green Bay's Aaron Kampman, Jacksonville's Brad Meester, Detroit's Jared DeVries and Denver's Casey Wiegmann. KCCI-TV in Des Moines is reporting that authorities arrested Mark Becker, 24, of Parkersburg, a former player who was involved in a high-speed police chase on June 20. The tributes to Thomas are rolling in, and so is the wild speculation about his shooter. According to 62andeven.com: Sources tell 62andeven.com the older brother of a Aplington-Parkersburg senior football player is the gunman from this morning's fatal shooting of football coach Ed Thomas. The assailant...