The news was sketchy at first. A 14-year-old student had come to school, gunning for some teachers and classmates at Success Tech Academy, in downtown Cleveland. The scene outside the school was one of confusion and panic.
SOUND OF SCREAMING PARENT: You see all these parents out here? They're scared! You see those kids there? They're scared!
In times of fear, many people turn to their religious leaders. Speaking for his fellow clerics, Imam Abbas Ahmad of Cleveland's First Mosque admits those leaders are sometimes hard to find.
IMAM ABBAS: What the complaint is about clergy, all over the city, is that "Where are they?" They're never around when these types of things happen.