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School Shootings

Landen Emelander

1999

Columbine High School

On April 20, 1999, a school shooting and attempted bombing occurred at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States.The perpetrators, 12th grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, murdered 12 students and one teacher. Ten students were killed in the school library, where Harris and Klebold subsequently committed suicide. Twenty-one additional people were injured by gunshots, and gunfire was also exchanged with the police. Another three people were injured trying to escape. At the time, it was the deadliest high school shooting in U.S. history, until the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in February 2018.It is also the deadliest mass shooting in the state of Colorado.

2000

Buell Elementary School

On August 22, 2013, Shooting of Kayla Rolland, At Buell Elementary School, a 6-year-old boy fatally shot 6-year-old classmate Kayla Rolland. To date, the boy is the youngest documented fatal school shooter.

2001

Santana High school

Santana High School shooting, March 5th, 2001, 15-year-old student, Charles Andrew Williams, killed two students, 14-year-old Bryan Zuckor, and 17-year-old Randy Gordon, at Santana High School. In total, he wounded thirteen others. Williams was arrested and convicted of murder and attempted murder. He was sentenced to life with the chance of parole after serving fifty years.

2002

Appalachian School of Law

Appalachian School of Law shooting, On January 16, 2002, recently dismissed graduate student, 42-year-old Peter Odighizuwa, killed three at the Appalachian School of Law. 42-year-old dean, Anthony Sutin, and 41-year-old professor Thomas Blackwell were killed along with 33-year-old student, Angela Dales. Three other students were also wounded. In 2005 Odighizuwa received three life sentences and an additional 28 years without the possibility of parole.

2003

Red Lion Area Junior High School

14-year-old student, James Sheets, entered Red Lion Area Junior High School armed with his stepfather's pistols'. He killed the school's principal, Eugene Segro, before killing himself

2004

Randallstown High School

Two students were charged with a school shooting that arose from a dispute after a basketball game at Randallstown High School. Four persons were injured, two seriously. One student was paralyzed from the waist down.

2005

Red Lake Senior High School

Red Lake shootings: 16-year-old student Jeff Weise, killed his grandfather and grandfather's companion at their home, where he had been living, at the Red Lake Indian Reservation. He then drove to Red Lake Senior High School. Armed with his grandfather's police weapons, Weise killed five students, one teacher and one security guard, wounding seven others, before entering a gunfight with police officers, that resulted in him committing suicide

2006

West Nickel Mines School

West Nickel Mines School shooting, 32-year-old milk truck driver, Charles Carl Roberts IV, killed five Amish girls and wounded five others before killing himself in an Amish school in the hamlet of Nickel Mines, in Bart Township, Lancaster County

2007

Virginia Tech

On april 16th 2007 Virginia Tech shooting: A 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with two pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide. The first attack was on the second floor of West Ambler Johnston Hall, where he shot a young girl and another student who came to help. He then changed his clothes, recorded multiple videos stating that he "had to do it for his brothers and sisters", and made several pictures of himself with hammers, large knives, and guns. He then chained the doors of Norris Hall shut and shot and killed thirty more students and staff. He also shot seventeen more students and staff, wounding them. Six more students were also wounded from non gunshot injuries. He was described as extremely quiet and lonely. During the rampage he wore a black T-shirt, a russet vest, a backwards baseball cap, black military cargo pants, black boots, and grip gloves. The incident is the third deadliest shooting by a lone gunman, and the deadliest school shooting, in modern U.S. history.

2008

Northern Illinois University

On February 14, 2008, Northern Illinois University shooting: 27-year-old Steven Kazmierczak, shot multiple people with a shotgun in a classroom of Northern Illinois University, killing five and injuring 21, before taking his own life. Kazmierczak was not enrolled at the university, but had attended in the years prior to the attack

Prevention

Threat assessment in schools can help distinguish between these two types of threats to guide an appropriate response from school personnel and/or law enforcement.

School resource officers (SROs) are sworn police officers assigned by their police departments to work in the school setting.

Some SROs experience role conflict between their duties as law enforcement and member of the school community.

Research indicates students of color are disproportionately impacted by law enforcement in schools.

Zero-tolerance school policies assume that the harsh punishment of disruptive or violent students through measures such as suspension or expulsion (i.e., negative discipline) will ultimately make schools safer.

Causes

1) They want to get back at those who have hurt them.

2) Other kids pick on them, make fun or them, or bully them.

3) They don't value life.

4) They have been victims of physical abuse at home.

5) They have mental problems.

Causes

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