- A Timeline of
Recent School Shootings- Brief timeline of recent school shootings
in the U.S.
- Columbine Research Task Force
(CRTF)- The most complete web site on the Columbine High School
shooting near Littleton, Colorado.
- CNN: As
Many As 25 Dead In Colorado School Attack- LITTLETON, Colorado (CNN)-
At least two heavily armed young men opened fire and tossed explosives
Tuesday at an affluent suburban Denver high school, killing students
and possibly faculty members, authorities said. (April 20, 1999)
- CNN:
Girl Dies, Boyfriend Wounded in School Shooting- CARROLLTON, Georgia
(CNN)- A student was killed and her boyfriend was wounded in a shooting
Friday at Central High School that may have been an attempted murder-suicide
or double suicide. (January 8, 1999)
- CNN:
Suspect Formally Charged in Oregon School Shootings- EUGENE, Oregon
(CNN)- Kipland "Kip" Kinkel, the 15-year-old student accused in last
month's deadly Thurston High School shootings, was formally charged
with aggravated murder and aggravated attempted murder Tuesday but did
not enter a plea. (June 16, 1998)
- CNN:
Student in Custody After Teacher, School Aide Shot- RICHMOND, Virginia
(CNN)- A male teacher was shot and a female school volunteer was grazed
by a bullet in a hallway outbreak of gunfire that resulted from a "feud
between juveniles," police said Monday. (June 15, 1998)
- CNN:
Teen Guilty in Mississippi School-Shooting Rampage- HATTIESBURG,
Mississippi (CNN)- Rejecting an insanity defense, a Mississippi jury
found 17-year-old Luke Woodham guilty Friday night of two counts of
murder and seven counts of aggravated assault for a shooting spree last
October at Pearl High School. (June 12, 1998)
- CNN: Last of
Jonesboro Victims Laid to Rest- JONESBORO, Arkansas (CNN)- Friends,
family and a shocked community said their final goodbyes Saturday to
a heroic teacher and two young girls who died Tuesday in the shooting
rampage at Westside Middle School. (March 28, 1998)
- The
Killer at Thurston High- Tells the in depth story of one high school
shooter, Kip Kinkel. Many additional materials are available which collectively
address the spate of school shootings in the past few years.
- NPR
: Pre-Teen Charged with Planning Shooting Spree - In Virginia, a
12-year-old boy stands accused of planning a shooting rampage on the
last day of school. Officials at the boy's school say they had planned
for a case exactly the one that arose. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.
[7:52 Realaudio broadcast] (July 11, 2004)
- NPR
: Cell Phones in High Schools - The state of California may allow
high school students to carry cell phones and pagers on campus. The
state believes that in light of recent school shootings and terror attacks,
it would be a good way for teens to quickly get in touch with their
parents. But teachers say it will disrupt class. Russell Lewis reports
from KPBS in San Diego. [3:20 Realaudio broadcast] (August 15, 2002)
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Online NewsHour: Youth Violence- Transcript of 1998 broadcast following
Arkansas school shooting.
- Patterns of School
Shootings - Assertion that school shootings are planned by people
with ulterior motives.
- Remembering Dunblane-
An online tribute to the 16 children and teacher who were killed at
Dunblane Primary School in Scotland UK, March 1996.
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