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Olney High School teacher killed in murder-suicide, police say – NBC10 Philadelphia

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An observer and special education teacher at Olney High School was killed Sunday in what police believe was a murder-suicide incident in Philadelphia’s Grays Ferry neighborhood.

According to police, officers entered an apartment in the 1300 block of South 30th Street around 1:14 p.m. Sunday and found 36-year-old Ondria Glaze after she had been shot in the face.

According to officers, they also found 42-year-old Rick Harper in the apartment after he suffered a gunshot wound to the head, which police believe was self-inflicted.

Police officials said Wednesday that they believe Harper shot Glaze and then himself.

According to police, both were interviewed at the scene.

Earlier this week, Olney High School Principal Michael Roth said in a letter to parents that the “special education compliance monitor and long-time beloved Olney teacher” was a personal friend who embodied the term “Olney Love.”

“At Olney we have a saying: ‘Olney Love.’ She embodied this mantra and blessed every student and staff member she met,” the letter said. “She will be greatly missed and our condolences go out to her family, the students, our staff and the entire school community.”

The school has also established a scholarship in memory of Glaze: “The Ondria Glaze, Olney Love Scholarship.”

School officials said the scholarship will be awarded “each year to one graduating senior who demonstrates Olney Love through their actions.”

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