List of school shootings in the United States (2000–present)
Annual school shootings in the USA from 2000 through 2024. Data source: Wikipedia
This chronological list of school shootings in the United States since the year 2000 includes school shootings in the United States that occurred at K–12public and private schools, as well as at colleges and universities, and on school buses. Included in shootings are non-fatal accidental shootings. Excluded from this list are the following:
Killing of Kayla Rolland: At Buell Elementary School, a 6-year-old boy fatally shot 6-year-old girl classmate Kayla Rolland. To date, the boy is the youngest documented fatal school shooter.[1]
13-year-old honor student Nathaniel Brazill was sent home for throwing water balloons, but returned to his Lake Worth Middle School with a family pistol. He fatally shot teacher Barry Grunow, who was popular at the school.[1][2]
36-year-old James Easton Kelly, a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at University of Arkansas, killed 67-year-old John R. Locke, the English professor overseeing his coursework. Kelly had been dismissed from this PhD program due to a lack of progress toward his degree. Kelly shot Locke three times before committing suicide in the director's office, which had been isolated by campus police.[3]
13 year-olds Darrel Johnson and Alfred Anderson were initially charged with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of 15 year-old William Pennington. Pennington, after being shot, gained control of the gun and shot Johnson in the back.[4] Charges were later reduced to aggravated battery.[citation needed]
To prevent violence, Carter G. Woodson Middle School had students pass through metal detectors at the time. A 13-year-old student, who recently had been expelled for fighting, slipped the weapon, a .38-caliber revolver, through a chain link fence.[5]
A 15-year-old Junipero Serra High School student who showed off a handgun on campus and threatened to shoot a classmate ended up accidentally shooting himself, causing minor injuries.[6]
Santana High School shooting: 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 50 years.[8]
14-year-old student Elizabeth Catherine Bush wounded fellow student Kimberly Marchese in the cafeteria of Bishop Neumann High School.[9] Bush was released in 2004.[10]
18-year-old former student Jason Hoffman opened fire at Granite Hills High School, injuring five people before being shot and wounded by a police officer.[11] He was convicted of assault and sentenced to prison, where he committed suicide in October 2001.[12]
17-year-old Donald Ray Burt Jr. fatally shot Neal Boyd IV with one bullet to the head in a parking lot outside Lew Wallace High School.[13] Burt was sentenced to 57 years in prison.[14]
40-year-old music instructor and organist James D. Holloway was shot multiple times with a .22-caliber handgun at Pacific Lutheran University by a 55-year-old man from Tacoma. The shooter was not a student or employee of the university and also killed himself. The victim was apparently chosen at random, as the shooter had a personal dispute with a different staff member who was not on campus that day.[15]
17-year-old Vincent Rodriguez wounded two students at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in Manhattan with a semi-automatic pistol. He retaliated against the individuals who had harassed his girlfriend. In February 2003, Rodriguez was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of assault and attempted assault.[16]
Appalachian School of Law shooting: Recently dismissed graduate student 42-year-old Peter Odighizuwa killed three people at the Appalachian School of Law: 42-year-old dean Anthony Sutin, 41-year-old professor Thomas Blackwell, and 33-year-old student Angela Dales. Three other students were also wounded.[17] In 2005 Odighizuwa received three life sentences and an additional 28 years without the possibility of parole.[18]
16-year-old Washington High School student, Joseph Johnson Jr., was killed by then 22 years old Phillip D. Jackson Jr., when violence erupted between rival supporters in the parking lot, after a basketball game against Vincent High School.[19]
In the Beltway sniper attacks, one victim of several was 13-year-old Iran Brown, who was wounded as he arrived at Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Maryland. His aunt, a nurse who had just dropped him off, rushed him to a hospital emergency room. Despite serious injuries, Brown survived the attack.[20][21] The shooters, Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, were later convicted of numerous unrelated murders committed during their killing spree. Muhammad was executed in 2009, while Malvo was sentenced to life in prison.
Failing nursing college student and Gulf War veteran, 40-year-old Robert Stewart Flores Jr., killed three assistant professors of nursing at the University of Arizona; this included 50-year-old Robin Rogers, 44-year-old Cheryl McGaffic, and 45-year-old Barbara Monroe. Flores finished by turning the gun on himself.[22]
A 15-year-old student was shot in the abdomen and wounded inside the basement of Lincoln High School during an argument with another student. Another 15-year-old student was arrested and charged with attempted murder.[23]
A 10th-grader was shot in the leg near Cardozo high school in Columbia Heights, resulting in a three-hour lockdown at six D.C. public schools to allow for police to search for possible gunmen.[24]
John McDonogh High School shooting. 18-year-old Steven Williams, and 17-year-old James Tate, opened fire with an AK-47 and a handgun in the gymnasium of John McDonogh High School, killing a 15-year-old student and wounding three female students. Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Tate was sentenced to fifteen years.[25][26][27]
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.[28][29]
2003 Case Western Reserve University shooting: On May 9, 2003, Biswanath Halder, a 62-year-old business school alumnus of Case Western Reserve University, killed a graduate student, wounded a professor, and another student using a semi-automatic rifle. He held the building and its nearly 100 occupants hostage for seven hours and exchanged fire with police and SWAT officers several times during the incident before being wounded and apprehended by a SWAT team. He was sentenced to life in prison.[30][31]
2003 Rocori High School shooting: 15-year-old John Jason McLaughlin shot 15-year-old freshman Seth Bartell and 17-year-old senior Aaron Rollins at Rocori High School. Rollins was killed immediately, and Bartell died from his wounds 16 days later. McLaughlin was sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole in 2038.[1]
Thomas J. Boykin was acquitted of the murder of 17-year-old James Richardson, a football player at Ballou High School in Southeast Washington, though the jury hung on lesser charges.[32] An 18-year-old student was also grazed in the leg by a bullet.[33] Boykin later plead guilty to manslaughter.[34]
16-year-old Jon W. Romano, in East Greenbush, New York, fired two rounds from a shotgun before wounding a teacher with a third at Columbia High School. He was tackled by the assistant principal and charged with one count of attempted murder.[35][36] Since the shooting Romano was released in 2020, was severely injured in a sword attack in 2022, and has gained a following on TikTok.[37]
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.[38]
14-year-old Jason Clinard killed his bus driver, 47-year-old Joyce Gregory, as she stopped to pick him up. Gregory had earlier reported Clinard for using snuff on the school bus. Clinard was given a life sentence.[40] but he appealed his conviction and in October 2023, the court ruled he had poor legal representation at trial and likely never should have been tried as an adult and was immediately released.[41]
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.[42]
After breaking up a fight between a group of youths at Weequahic High School, Special Officer Dwayne Reeves was shot and killed and his partner wounded in the hand by two men who pulled up alongside him in a car. Despite being wounded, Reeves' partner was able to return fire and hit one of the suspects in the stomach. The gunman was convicted of manslaughter and in 2007 was sentenced to 30 years in prison and was paroled in 2019.[43]
At Arthur Hill High School, a drive-by shooter fired three shots from a shotgun and blew out the back window of car in the school parking lot after school let out.[44]
At Harlan Community Academy High School, a fight broke out between two 15-year-old boys in the gymnasium. Christopher Huff took out a pistol, shooting the other youth in the leg. A police officer on duty at the school arrested the gunman. The shooter was charged as an adult with aggravated battery with a firearm.[45]
At Saginaw High School, two students; a 15-year-old and a 14-year-old were shot at during a drive-by shooting. They were leaving a homecoming dance.[46][47]
At Farmington High School, a 17-year-old male brought a disassembled shotgun to the school. The shooter brought the shotgun to the school in three pieces and then assembled it in the bathroom and then shot it at the ceiling. No one was injured.[48]
2005 Campbell County High School shooting: Inside the Campbell County High School office, 15-year-old Kenneth Bartley, shot the schools then principal, Gary Seale. He shot assistant principals Ken Bruce and Jim Pierce. Bruce later died from his wound. Bartley was sentenced to forty-five years in prison with chance of parole after twenty-nine years.[52][53][54]
14-year-old freshman Vincent Wayne Leodoro shot 16-year-old student Joseph Monti four times in the back with a handgun at Roseburg High School. Leodoro walked away from the school campus, and was confronted near a restaurant by six police officers. He threatened suicide but was persuaded to surrender.[57] He was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in July 2006, and was sentenced to be held in prison until he turns twenty five years old.[58]
2006 Pine Middle School shooting: In the hallway of Pine Middle School, 14-year-old James Scott Newman, injured two 14-year-old classmates, Alexander Rueda and Kenzie McKeon, with a revolver belonging to his parents. Two students received minor wounds. Newman was subdued by a physical education teacher. The youth was arrested and charged as an adult for attempted murder, use of a deadly weapon and use of a firearm by a minor.[59] He later pleaded guilty to charges of two counts of battery with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced as a juvenile. Newman was sentenced to house arrest until he completed two-hundred hours of community service.[60]
Christopher Williams, 26, shot his girlfriend's mother, Linda Lambesis, 57 at her home and from there he went to Essex Elementary School where Andrea, his girlfriend, worked. After he arrived at the elementary school, which was not in session at the time, he shot and killed Mary Alicia Shanks, 56, and shot Mary Snedeker, 52, nonfatally. He left the school and allegedly shot Chad Johansen, 26 nonfatally. He then turned the gun on himself, but did not die as a result.[62] Williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2008.[63]
After fatally shooting his father, Rafael Castillo, 18-year-old Alvaro Castillo drove the family minivan to his former high school and opened fire where he wounded two students. He was reportedly obsessed with the Columbine High School massacre and had written an email to the current Columbine high school principal before committing his own crime.[64] he was sentenced to life without parole.[65]
49-year-old Douglas W. Pennington, killed himself and his two sons, 26-year-old Logan P. Pennington, 24-year-old Benjamin M. Pennington, during a visit to the campus of Shepherd University.[66][67]
Five Duquesne University basketball players were shot early Sunday morning during an apparent act of random violence on campus, leaving three hospitalized — two of them in critical condition.[68]
Eugene Huff, 17, and an unnamed 16-year-old male sophomore were arguing at one of Cardozo High School's entrances. The fight climaxed when Eugene pulled out a handgun and shot his classmate in the leg. The shooting was captured on the school's surveillance system and witnesses said they heard as many as seven shots.[69][24]
Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis: 53-year-old drifter, Duane Roger Morrison, walked into Platte Canyon High School and took six girls hostage. During the ensuing siege, Morrison sexually assaulted all of the girls. When a SWAT team stormed the classroom, Morrison killed 16-year-old Emily Keyes, then took his own life after being shot and wounded by police.[70]
2006 Weston High School shooting: Eric Hainstock, a 15-year-old freshman, entered Weston High School and aimed a shotgun at a social studies teacher before it was wrestled from him by a school custodian. Hainstock then shot the high school principal, who died later that afternoon.[71][72] Hainstock was convicted of murder and is serving a life sentence.[54][73]
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.[74]
13-year-old student Thomas White fired one shot from a MAK-90 rifle at a hallway ceiling at Memorial Middle School. The gunshot struck a water pipe, and nobody was injured. He also tried repeatedly to shoot principal Stephen Gilbreth at near-point-blank range as Gilbreth ushered him out of the school. Joplin police say the attempt was foiled by an improperly seated ammunition magazine in the rifle. The principal was not injured. White was tried as an adult on charges of assault and firearms possession, and in 2009 he was sentenced to ten years of prison.[75]
18-year-old student Douglas S. Chanthabouly, killed 17-year-old Samnang Kok, in the hallways of Henry Foss High School following a personal disagreement. In 2009, Chanthabouly was sentenced to 23 years in prison on a charge of second-degree murder.[76]
At Northwestern High School, a 14-year-old girl was shot in her left leg when two men in a car shot at her as she was standing with a group of students.[77]
At H.H. Dow High School, 17-year-old David Benjamin Turner shot his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend Jessica Forsyth as they were in the school parking lot after Turner had called Forsyth and asked her to meet him at the school so he could return some of her stuff. Forsyth and her mother drove to the school. When she got out of the car, Turner pulled out a gun, shot her and then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.[78][79][80]
During an argument with several non-students and students, a student was shot in the elbow and wounded in the eating area at Centennial High School. The shooting occurred an hour after classes were dismissed, and students in after-school activities were sent home.[81]
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 as they jumped out of the windows to flee the shooter. 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 mass shooting by a lone gunman after the Orlando nightclub shooting and the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, and the deadliest school shooting, in modern U.S. history.
Two 17-year-olds were outside Henry Ford High School when four people in a car opened fire at them. Police believe the shooting was gang-related.[82][83]
Two 17-year-old Delaware State University freshmen were shot on campus. One died 32 days later on October 23, from critical injuries sustained in the attack. A suspected perpetrator, Loyer D. Braden, a freshman from East Orange, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with attempted murder; the charges were dismissed in May 2009.[85]
At SuccessTech alternative high school in downtown Cleveland, 14-year-old student Asa H. Coon shot two students and two teachers in the halls and classrooms on the fourth floor of the building. Coon then moved to another room on the same floor, where he fatally shot himself.[86]
At Miami Carol City Senior High School, a robber shot a teacher, who had been smoking a cigarette outside of the campus building. The 18-year-old robber stole the teacher's wallet and was later arrested. The teacher survived the shooting.[87][88]
Arkansas State University offensive line-man 20-year Alfred Louis was grazed in the lower left leg when someone fired several rounds from a 9mm handgun at a residence hall. He was treated at a local hospital. Charges were later dismissed against the person accused of firing the shots.[89]
At Hamilton High School, a student shot a 16-year-old student in the leg during a classroom argument over rap music. The victim's injury was not life-threatening.[90]
43-year-old 11th grade algebra teacher, Sergio Miranda, was shot by 19-year-old Patrick Lively, outside Miami Carol City Senior High School during a robbery but was expected to survive.[92][93] In 2011, Lively received a life sentence.[94]
Following a feud that started off campus earlier in the week, a 19-year-old senior was shot by a 17-year-old sophomore during a gym class held in the cafeteria with about 75 other students at Mitchell High School, before handing the gun to a coach making no attempt to flee. The victim suffered at least two gunshot wounds and was in critical condition, the suspected shooter was in custody. "He walked up to him, shot him, and made a statement to the coach that 'It's over now,' ", said principal, Daniel Ware.[95]
Murder of Larry King: 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, shot 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King, twice in the head in the computer laboratory of E.O. Green Junior High School. McInerney was apprehended in a nearby neighborhood. King, who was openly homosexual, died two days later. McInerney was initially charged with a hate crime, but that charge was dropped. McInerney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.[96]
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, seventeen of them by gunfire, before taking his own life. Kazmierczak was not enrolled at the university, but had attended in the years prior to the attack.[97]
33-year-old James Earl Matthews was shot in the stomach and buttocks at close range with a handgun on the University of Arkansas at Little Rock campus. He survived. Gerald Pride Jr. was sentenced to 20 years on multiple charges.[89]
26-year-old Omero Mendez was waiting at the Lakota Middle School campus to pick up his girlfriend's son. He was confronted by 16-year-old Luis F. Cosgaya-Alvarez and two of his friends, driving in an SUV. Cosgaya-Alvarez flashed gang signs at Mendez, and shot him once in the head. Mendez later died of his injuries. Cosgaya-Alvarez was arrested a few days later in Seattle and was charged with murder. Cosgaya-Alvarez pleaded guilty to murder and weapon enhancements, and was sentenced to eighteen years in prison.[98]
At Central High School, 15-year-old Jamar Siler killed 15-year-old Ryan McDonald. In 2011, Siler was sentenced to thirty years in prison after pleading guilty to murder in a plea agreement.[99]
A 15-year-old student brought a handgun into South High School, and shot two rounds, one into the ceiling and one shattering a trophy case. The student then put the gun to his head. Then Assistant Principal Jeff Lyons talked the student out of doing any harm.
16-year-old Christopher Walker, was killed, and three other teenagers were seriously wounded during a drive-by shooting near Henry Ford High School, soon after classes let out. Three teenagers were arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. The shooter, 15-year-old William Morton, was sentenced to life without parole, and Devon Bell was sentenced to forty-two years of prison.[101]
15-year-old Amanda Collette, was killed in the hallway at Dillard High School. The shooter, 15-year-old Teah Wimberly, was sentenced to twenty-five years to life on a first-degree murder charge.[103]
After attendees were leaving a basketball game at Dunbar High School, a truck pulled over and someone inside fired shots at the crowd, wounding five people, three critically. 18-year-old Georgio Dukes, was arrested and charged a week later with five counts of felony aggravated battery with a firearm. Police believe that the attack was gang-related.[104]
At Central High School, a 17-year-old male shot a 19-year-old male, who shot a nearby 18-year old after the teenagers had been involved in a fight.[106]
18-year-old Odane Greg Maye, a former student of Hampton University, followed a 43-year-old pizza delivery man into his former dormitory. Armed with three guns, Maye wounded the delivery man, then the dorm monitor. Lastly, Maye shot himself in a suicide attempt. He survived and was convicted of two charges of malicious wounding, two counts of using a gun in a felony; burglary; and shooting in an occupied building. He was sentenced to fourteen years of prison in November 2009, and was ordered by a judge to pay more than $62,000 in restitution to his victims for lost wages.[107]
20-year-old Jabrai Copney, 23-year-old Jason Aquino, and 19-year-old Blayn Jiggetts, of New York City, invited 21-year-old Justin Cosby, of Cambridge, into a Harvard College dormitory. After trying to rob him of one pound (450 g) of marijuana, they shot him. The victim, Cosby, was pronounced dead early the next day. Copney turned himself in three days later, and was convicted of murder and sentenced to life without parole.[108] His partners pleaded guilty to armed robbery and manslaughter with Jiggetts being sentenced to 9 to 12 years in prison and Aquino being sentenced to 18 to 20 years in prison.[109] His girlfriend, 21-year-old Brittany Smith, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact, firearm possession, and misleading a grand jury and was sentenced to 3 years in prison.[110][111]
15-year-old Larose-Cut Off Middle School student, Justin Doucet, carried his backpack to a restroom, where he put on camouflage clothes and took out a semi-automatic handgun before storming into a nearby classroom. He attempted to shoot a teacher, Jessica Plaisance, but the gun did not fire. He returned to the restroom and shot himself in the head, dying a week later of his wounds.[112][113]
After students were being let out of International Studies Academy on the first day of summer school classes, a man left a car and opened fire, wounding three people, including a 17-year-old female student. An 18-year-old man was arrested for being an accessory in the crime.[114]
A 20-year-old student was wounded in the parking lot of Skyline College after an argument between him and other men. The college campus was placed on lockdown. Three San Francisco residents, 18-year-old Germaine B. Benjamin, 20-year-old Dimaryea J. McGhee, and 18-year-old Jacori W. Bender, were each arrested and charged with felony firearm offenses.[116]
14-year-old student, Hammad Memon, killed 14-year-old Todd Brown at Discovery Middle School as classes were changing. The shooting was possibly related to gang activity. In May 2013, Memon pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to thirty years of prison. After Memon is released from prison, he is likely to be deported to his native Pakistan.[119]
A fourth-grade teacher at Inskip Elementary School shot the principal and assistant principal, injuring both and paralyzing the principal below the waist. The shooting occurred hours after students had been dismissed due to snow. The shooter fled the scene but was arrested at a highway construction roadblock. He was sentenced to 56 years in prison.[120][121]
2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting: During a biology department meeting with approximately twelve people in attendance, 44-year-old professor of biology Amy Bishop stood up and opened fire. After killing three and wounding three others, Bishop was pushed out of the meeting room by the survivors after her gun ran out of ammo. After being arrested without incident by the police outside the science building, Bishop denied that the shooting even happened. In 1986, Bishop shot and killed her brother in Braintree, Massachusetts, in an incident ruled an accident. In 1993, Bishop and her husband were questioned after a pipe bomb threat incident toward her lab supervisor.[122]
Less than a week after Northern Illinois University solemnly marked the second anniversary of a mass shooting on campus that claimed the lives of five students, the DeKalb school was the scene of further gun violence. 24-year-old NIU student, Brian Mulder, refused entry to 22-year-old Zachary R. Isaacman, when he had tried to follow a female resident into the Stevenson Residence Hall North, where they were living, because he was not a resident. Moments later, while outside the dorm smoking with a friend, Mulder was shot by Isaacman, with a handgun in the leg above the knee. Isaacman tried to flee, but was caught by police within minutes.[123]
At Deer Creek Middle School, 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood opened fire from a rifle in a parking lot, and wounded two eighth-graders Reagan Webber and Matt Thieu, before being restrained by 57-year-old Math teacher, David Benke, and held until his arrest. The boy's wounds were critical for the four days following the shooting.[124] In October 2011, Eastwood was found not guilty by reason of insanity.[125][126]
A West Bladen High School student was shot on campus as students were leaving school for the day. Investigators said the incident started when a fight broke out between two groups of students near the high school's entrance.[128]
Two students were wounded in front of Mumford High School by 17-year-old Steven Jamal Hare. He was tried as an adult and charged with assault with intent to kill. In 2012, Hare was sentenced to 27 years in prison.[129]
A 19-year-old sophomore student Colton Tooley, wielding an AK-47 and wearing a ski mask, opened fire and then killed himself in a University of Texas library[130]
15-year-old student Jose Daniel Cisneros was killed after being shot several times on an athletic field at Alisal High School while walking to school. Police said that the shooting was gang-related.[131]
41-year-old Brendan O'Rourke climbed over a fence and opened fire with a handgun in a playground of Kelly Elementary School, which had 230 students; two second-grade female students were grazed in the arms before O'Rourke was subdued by a construction worker. He was found guilty of seven counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to 189 years to life in prison.[132]
Two victims went to meet the two suspects on a field just outside of Topeka West High School school property to purchase marijuana. However the deal either went bad or they were ambushed, but Samantha Lindsay Hochard and Austin Tabor were both charged in the murder of 20-year-old Matthew C. Mitchell, and the attempted murder of 17-year-old Treshawn Wynee, who was wounded. A total of four suspects were arrested and charged with various offenses.[133][134][135][136]
15-year-old Samuel Hengel took 23 students and a teacher hostage inside a classroom of Marinette High School for five hours. He had stormed into the class, firing with a handgun at a movie projector. Police persuaded Hengel to release the hostages. After officers entered the building, Hengel shot himself in the head. He died the next day.[137]
In a gang-related attack outside Aurora Central High School, a 17-year-old girl was paralyzed. She was one of a group of students outside the school. 20-year-old Luis Enrique Guzman-Rincon, had fired shots from a car trying to hit gang rivals. Guzman-Ricon was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison.[138]
At Millard South High School, 17-year-old student, Robert Butler Jr., killed assistant principal Dr. Vicki Kaspar and wounded principal Curtis Case before opening fire at police in the front office area, causing the school nurse to be wounded by gunshot debris. Butler then drove to a parking lot and shot himself as police cornered him.[139]
Michael Phelps, a 15-year-old suspended student, returned to Martinsville West Middle School with a handgun. In the entrance of the school, Phelps shot 15-year-old Chance Jackson twice in the abdomen, critically wounding him. Phelps fled the school and dropped the handgun; he was arrested shortly after. Jackson had to undergo surgery three times to save his life; he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Phelps was convicted of attempted murder in August 2011, and was sentenced to thirty years in prison and five years of probation.[140]
Multiple gunmen opened fire during a powder puff football game at Worthing High School. One man, an 18-year-old former student named Tremaine De Ante' Paul, died. Five other people were injured.[141]
A 6-year-old boy took a semi-automatic pistol in his backpack to Ross Elementary, Later that morning as he and more than 40 other kindergartners were having lunch in a crowded cafeteria, the boy accidentally fired the gun as he was showing it off to friends. The boy, as well as another 6-year-old boy and a 5-year-old girl were injured. Houston police say the gun belonged to a friend of the boy's family.[142]
A man shot and killed two San Jose State University students in a campus parking garage, including his estranged wife. He then fatally shot himself.[143]
A 14-year-old male student was accused of firing a handgun on the campus of Highlands Intermediate School, wounding one student. The gunman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Two other suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting.[144]
64-year-old Donaciano Aguirre fatally shot his 61-year-old wife and teacher's aide, Maria Celia Aguirre, in the parking lot of Patriot High School (California) at 10:40am. He then committed suicide and the school was put on lockdown. After being searched thoroughly, no other victims were found and students were let go late in the afternoon.[146]
Cape Fear High School shooting: 15-year-old Catilyn Abercrombie, was shot in the neck with a rifle by fellow student, 15-year-old Charles Underwood, at Cape Fear High School. She was hospitalized for two months in a serious condition. Underwood was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.[147]
22-year-old Ross Truett Ashley, part-time business student at Radford University, killed a police officer engaged in an unrelated traffic stop on the campus of Virginia Tech. He then committed suicide in a nearby parking lot.[148]
Two students were shot after school at Harwell Middle School in Edinburg, Texas while trying out for their school's basketball team. The shooting allegedly was done by an adult off campus, who was shooting at a target range.[149]
A student opened fire with a handgun at North Forest High School, wounding another student. The shooter said that he had been confronted by three students who had been bullying him and he shot in self-defense. He hit a 16-year-old bystander in the leg. The 18-year-old suspect was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.[151]
Armin Jahr Elementary School:[152] A 9-year-old boy accidentally set off a firearm in class after slamming his backpack on a desk hitting 8-year-old Amina Kocer-Bowman in the abdomen causing her to spend 8 weeks in a hospital. The boy said he took the gun because he planned to run away from his uncle's house, where he lived, and that he planned to bring a gun with him for protection. The boy's mother, Jamie Lee Chaffin, a felon, eventually pleaded guilty to weapons charges and was sentenced to 14 months in prison.[153][154][155] The boy made a plea agreement with Kitsap County prosecutors, taking responsibility for bringing the handgun school to and was sentenced to a year of court-supervised probation.[155]
2012 Chardon High School shooting: 17-year-old Thomas "T. J." Lane, took a semi-automatic handgun and a knife to Chardon High School, where he fired ten shots at a group of students sitting in the cafeteria. He killed three boys and wounded three other students. One 16-year-old died immediately, two others died the following day. Lane was arrested early the next morning while standing near his car.[156] He was charged as an adult with murder, attempted murder, and firearms offenses. In March 2013, he was convicted and sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole.[157]
2012 Oikos University shooting: 43-year-old One L. Goh, was accused of shooting dead seven students with a handgun and wounding three others at Oikos University, a Christian college. He fled the scene, stealing a victim's car, and was apprehended hours later nearby. Goh was charged with seven counts of murder. In January 2013, Goh was determined to be mentally unfit for trial and committed for treatment.[166]
15-year-old Robert Gladden, fired two shots with a shotgun inside the cafeteria at Perry Hall School. He hit a 17-year-old senior in the lower back, causing critical wounds. The youth has Down syndrome. Gladden was subdued by two school faculty members, and arrested. In February 2013, he was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison on attempted murder charges.[168]
A 14-year-old student fired multiple gunshots in a classroom ceiling at Normal Community High School, and was tackled by a teacher. Nobody was injured. The student was arrested and charged with sixteen felony counts.[169][170]
18-year-old Banner Academy South student, Terrance Wright, was killed during an attempted robbery. Wright was approached by five would-be robbers as he left the school about 3:40 p.m.. He was shot in the chest as he fought back when one assailant was going through his pockets. Wright had been picked on at his previous high school because he was gay, which led him to transfer to Banner.[171]
At a Halloween party on the University of Southern California campus, an argument escalated and 20-year-old Brandon Spencer, used a handgun to shoot rival gang member, Geno Hall, seven times, critically wounding him. Spencer wounded three other people, none were students at USC, they were hospitalized with less serious injuries. Spencer was arrested just minutes after the shooting, which took place outside USC's Grand Ballroom at around 11:30 p.m.[172] In April 2014, he was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to forty years to life in prison.[173]
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: 20-year-old Adam Lanza killed twenty-six people and himself. He first killed his mother at their shared home before taking four of her guns and driving to the school, where he killed 20 first-grade children aged six and seven along with six adults, including four teachers, the principal, and the school psychologist. Two other persons were injured. Lanza then killed himself as police arrived at the school.[156][174]
16-year-old student, Bryan Oliver, entered a science classroom of Taft Union High School with a shotgun and opened fire, critically wounding 16-year-old student Bowe Cleveland. He shot at but missed another student. The classroom teacher Ryan Heber convinced Oliver, to drop his weapon. He was later arrested. On January 14, he was charged with two counts of attempted murder and assault with a firearm.[175] He was convicted and accepted a plea deal with a sentence of 27 years and 4 months.[176]
A 34-year-old gunman wounded an administrator in his office on the fourth floor of Stevens Institute of Business and Arts. The suspected gunman, Sean Johnson, a part-time student, wounded himself in a stairwell. Both the administrator and Johnson were hospitalized in stable conditions. Johnson was convicted of three felony charges, including assault and was sentenced to 60 years in prison.[177][178][179]
Two people were killed and a third person was wounded at the parking lot of Hazard Community and Technical College.[180] The third victim, 12-year-old Taylor Cornett, died from her wounds the next day.[181] 21-year-old Dalton Lee Stidham, was arrested and charged with three counts of murder. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2014.[182]
A 17-year-old boy, Tyrone Lawson, was killed in a parking lot of Chicago State University. The shooting happened after high school basketball games held on the campus, where Lawson had been a spectator. Police arrested two brothers, Michael McNabb, 33, and Brian Hewlett (under the alias Stephen Gilbert), 30 after the shooting and recovered a weapon.[175][183][184]
Lone Star College–North Harris shooting: Outside Lone Star College–North Harris, two men got into an argument. One wounded the other. He also wounded a maintenance man, and accidentally shot himself in the leg. The shooter fled into the woods and was arrested hours later. The charges against the initial suspect were dropped and another man was arrested.[185]
A 14-year-old male student was wounded at Price Middle School. The gunman, a 15-year-old student, was believed to be arguing with the other student before using a handgun to shoot him. A teacher was also wounded. Afterward, the gunman was disarmed by a school resource officer and arrested; police charged him with aggravated assault.[186][187]
At Martin Luther King high school, a 15-year-old was injured and a 16-year-old was killed after they tried to rob a school coach who was walking to his car with two students after practice. The coach was the shooter and was a reserve police officer whom authorities ruled was acting in self defense.[188][189]
At the University of Central Florida, 30-year-old student James Oliver Seevakumaran pulled a fire alarm at the Tower One dormitory, to attract a crowd. He pointed a handgun at his roommate and threatened to shoot him in their room; he released the roommate, who ran out and called 9-1-1. Seevakumaran then fatally shot himself in the head. Authorities found an assault weapon, a couple hundred rounds of ammunition and four homemade bombs inside his backpack.[190]
New River Community College shooting incident: Two women were wounded during a shooting at the campus of New River Community College. 18-year-old Neil Allen MacInnis, was taken into custody. In June 2014, he was sentenced to 38 years in prison.[191]
Three days after committing the Boston Marathon bombing, while still at large, the brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev shot and killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer Sean Collier[193] in his patrol car near MIT's Ray and Maria Stata Center.[194] About three hours after the MIT shooting and after carjacking a vehicle, Tamerlan died in a gunfight with police in Watertown, Massachusetts. Another officer was seriously wounded. Shot in the neck and hiding in a boat parked nearby, Dzhokhar was arrested 18 hours later, and hospitalized in critical condition.[194] He was sentenced to death in 2015.
Allegedly responding to a student fight, a mother of a student fired a weapon on the campus of Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School. No one was injured.[195]
2013 Santa Monica shootings: 23-year-old John Zawahri, began a killing spree at his home. After killing his 55-year-old father, Samir "Sam" Zawahri, and 25-year-old brother, Chris Zawahri, he set the house ablaze. Dressed all in black with body armor and wielding an AR-15-type semi-automatic rifle, Zawahri carjacked 41-year-old Laura Siska, shooting 50-year-old Debra Fine, as she attempted to intervene, before forcing Siska to drive to Santa Monica College. Upon arriving on the college campus, Zawahri began shooting at passing vehicles, including a police car and a city bus, leaving three people with minor injuries. Zawahri next targeted a Ford Explorer, killing the driver, 68-year-old campus groundskeeper, Carlos Navarro Franco, and fatally wounding the passenger, his 26-year-old daughter Marcela Diaz-Franco, a student at the college, who died two days later. 68-year-old Margarita Gomez, who was collecting cans outside the library, died after being shot in the abdomen and chest. Zawahri opened fire on students who were trying to run away. It ended at the college library where he opened fire on students studying for finals, before being fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers.[196]
Armed with a 7.62mm AK-47-type assault rifle and nearly 500 rounds of ammunition, 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill entered the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy shortly after 1:00 PM and took several employees hostage in the principal's office. Hill ordered his hostages to call local ABC News affiliate WSB-TV, declaring that he wanted a camera crew to record him killing police officers. When responding law enforcement officers arrived at the school, Hill exited the office and fired six rounds at police, who immediately returned fire; no one was injured in the exchange and Hill returned to the office with his hostages. During the resulting standoff with police, Hill claimed to have a bomb in his car and in the school and repeatedly threatened to kill himself and the hostages. During the standoff, police managed to evacuate the students and staff out the back of the school. Hill was eventually persuaded to surrender by one of the hostages, Antoinette Tuff, who shared stories with him and tried to keep him calm during the siege. After pleading guilty to numerous charges stemming from the incident, Hill was sentenced to 20 years in prison and 20 years of supervised probation in September 2014.[197][198]
A 5-year-old kindergarten student fired a handgun in his elementary school cafeteria. The Westside Elementary School student brought the gun to school in his backpack. While waiting for the opening bell in the cafeteria, the gun accidentally discharged one time inside the boy's backpack. There was no evidence of harmful intent and nobody was injured. To date, the boy is the youngest documented school shooter.[199]
15-year-old student, Roderick Bobo, was killed during a football game at North Panola High School in what was termed a gang-related shooting. Two others were injured in the shooting. Three men were charged as being responsible for the crime.[200]
A 15-year-old male student was shot at Carver High School, at 2:30 p.m.. He was hospitalized with minor injuries.[201] An 18-year-old male student was apprehended without further incident. The suspected gunman is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, carrying a concealed gun, possessing and discharging a firearm, and carrying a firearm onto educational property. The shooting was believed related to a dispute between the suspect and the victim.[202]
A 16-year-old student was shot in the hip outside Agape Christian Academy after a fight broke out at 2 p.m.. An innocent bystander was hit by a stray bullet or shrapnel. The two victims were treated for minor injuries. The suspected shooter reportedly fled in a car with several other males, and was not caught.[203]
12-year-old seventh-grade student Jose Reyes opened fire with a handgun at the basketball courts of Sparks Middle School, injuring one student in the shoulder. Michael Landsberry, a teacher and veteran, tried to intervene and was killed by Reyes. Reyes also wounded a student trying to help the teacher. Reyes then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.[156][201] The shooting happened before classes, and the school was evacuated and was closed for the week.
A 21-year-old student was wounded at North Carolina A&T State University. The victim was hospitalized for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The university was temporarily locked down that night. No suspects are in custody.[204]
A Stephenson High School student and a janitor were shot in an apparent confrontation between football team members and a group of teens who were not attending the school. Both were innocent bystanders.[205]
After classes ended, at least one gunman came out of the woods and opened fire on three students as they were walking to their cars at Brashear High School. One student was grazed in the head, another was struck in the neck and shoulder, and a third was hit in the leg and foot. Six people were taken into custody. The shooting is believed to be drug-related.[206]
A 15-year-old student was wounded by a 17-year-old student near a soccer field on the campus of West Orange High School. The shooting occurred after a fight broke out between the two students. The 17-year-old suspected shooter was taken into custody several miles away from the school, and is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a minor and possession of a firearm on school grounds. In October 2014, the shooter was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison.[207]
18-year-old Karl Pierson, shot 17-year-old student Claire Davis in the head, fatally injuring her, in a hallway in Arapahoe High School. Pierson then took his own life.[156] Pierson was armed with a shotgun, three Molotov cocktails, and a machete. His intention was to shoot the librarian who had disciplined him. Claire Davis died from her injuries on December 21, 2013.[208]
Four teens (16, 16, 16 and 17 years old) entered Edison High School in what was believed as a gang-initiation process. After accosting a 62-year-old woman about a mile away from school grounds, they found an athletic trainer who taught at Edison High and shot him several times in the leg and stomach.[209]
A 16-year-old student was charged with bringing a gun to school at Liberty Technology Magnet High School and shooting a classmate in the thigh. The incident occurred outside the front of the school.[210]
A 14-year-old boy was shot a few blocks away from the Hillhouse High School athletic facility, after a basketball game, and suffered wounds in his hand and leg.[211]
Two people were wounded inside the gymnasium of Berrendo Middle School, at about 8:10 a.m.. An 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were airlifted to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas in critical condition. The 12-year-old suspected shooter, Mason Campbell, a seventh grade student, was apprehended at the scene after he was talked down by a staff member and dropped the shotgun. A staff member received minor injuries. Campbell was charged with three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to a maximum sentence of confinement in a juvenile detention facility until he is twenty one years old.[212]
A student allegedly shot two other students in the gymnasium at Delaware Valley Charter School. Both victims, a male and a female, were shot in the arm. They were taken to a nearby hospital and are in stable condition, police say. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said at a news conference that the shooter ran out of the school after the shooting but was taken into custody near his home. 17-year-old Raisheem Rochwell was arrested and charged as an adult for aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and firearms offenses. Rochwell was sentenced to two years of juvenile detention.[213]
One person was critically injured at Widener University. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. outside the university sport's complex and led to an 8-hour university lock-down. The suspect was not immediately found.[214]
A 21-year-old student, Andrew Boldt, was killed in a classroom building on the campus of Purdue University. 24-year-old student Cody Cousins was found guilty of the murder and was sentenced to sixty-five years of prison. In October 2014, Cousins committed suicide in his cell.[215]
A group of students at Rebound High School got in an argument in the school's parking lot. One student pulled out a gun and shot another student in the ensuing altercation. An 18-year-old suspect is facing charges of attempted murder.[218]
Three students were fighting in a parking lot of Eastern Florida State College and one pulled out a gun and shot another of the students. All three students claimed self-defense.[220]
After a basketball game at North High School, there was gunfire in a parking lot of the school. Six males in a black jeep had come moments before the shooting and returned at the time it happened. A 15-year-old girl was injured by a ricocheting bullet. While officers were gaining control of the area, teachers on the scene led students into the school building for safety.[221]
A 16-year-old student was shot in the stomach on the campus of Salisbury High School during a dispute in the school gym. 17-year-old suspect was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm on school property and discharging a weapon on school property.[222]
Five shots were fired in the parking lot of Charles F. Brush High School, including one which hit an unoccupied police car. No one was reported to be injured, though a school basketball game was going on at the time.[223]
A male victim was shot in the back in a possible gang-related drive-by shooting near the University of Southern California. The suspect fled into the University Campus. The victim was last reported in stable condition before being transported to a local hospital.[224]
A shooting involving a campus police officer occurred at a Georgia Regents University dormitory complex. A male suspect entered a vehicle and nearly struck an officer, who opened fire. The suspect was taken to Georgia Regents Medical Center with injuries that were not believed to be critical.[225]
An argument between students led to shots being fired in a Benjamin Banneker High School parking lot during the afternoon. Investigators believe multiple people were present when shots were fired, but it was not known how many could face charges for the incident. No one was injured in the shooting.[226]
After a Friday evening student awards ceremony called "Grammy Night", four men who were affiliated with a gang fired into a crowd in the parking lot of East English Village Preparatory Academy. One 19-year-old, Darryl Smith, was fatally shot in the head. Smith was not a student at the academy.[227]
Two men fired shots inside a dormitory at Paine College on Sunday, injuring one student in the head. Neither of the suspects were students at the college.[228]
An active shooter situation was reported at Paine College on Monday with one person reported to be shot. The suspect was apparently apprehended and in custody. It was the second shooting incident to occur at the college campus in two days.[229]
A 14-year-old student was injured during a drive-by shooting in front of John F. Kennedy High School at 8:30 a.m.. He was shot as he was running towards the school campus after a fight took place. The student suffered a serious but stable injury to his leg. Police are searching for a suspect.[231]
2014 Isla Vista killings: 22-year-old former college student Elliot Rodger ambushed and stabbed to death his two roommates and their friend in his apartment, attacking each one as they arrived at different times.[236][237] After the stabbings, he drove around Isla Vista, California, near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), indiscriminately shooting at people and using his vehicle to ram others. He killed three more people by gunfire before committing suicide with a gunshot to the head.[238][239] Rodger killed six people, all of whom were University of California, Santa Barbara, students.[240][241]
19-year-old students, Paul Lee and Sarah Williams, and 24-year-old student, Thomas Fowler, were shot inside a hallway of Otto Miller Hall at Seattle Pacific University.[242] Freshman Lee was rushed to Harborview Medical Center but later died. The shooter was subdued with pepper spray and tackled to the ground by student building monitor, Jon Meis, as he paused to reload his shotgun. 26-year-old Aaron Rey Ybarra was arrested at the scene and has been charged with premeditated and attempted murder.[243] Ybarra was convicted in November 2016 and in February 2017 was sentenced to 112 years in prison.[244]
At around 8:30 a.m. shots were fired at Reynolds High School. 14-year-old freshman Emilio Hoffman was killed, a physical education teacher was injured, and the gunman, 15-year-old Jared Padgett, exchanged gunfire with police officers and then committed suicide in a restroom stall.[156][245]
Towards the end of the school day, one alternative school student in Miami was shot as a small group of students tussled. The injury was minor, requiring hospitalization, and five young adults were later questioned.[246]
An elementary school teacher with a concealed weapon permit had her gun fire accidentally in a faculty bathroom at Westbrook Elementary School. The bullet shattered a toilet, and fragments of both the bullet and the porcelain injured her leg.[247]
A 20-year-old Indiana State University student was shot by another student on Saturday inside a residence hall. The injuries were not fatal, and a full recovery was expected. The shooter was arrested on the following day.[248]
Two students got in an argument at Albemarle High School around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, and one of the students shot the other twice including once in the leg. The student who committed the shooting was allegedly involved in a stabbing of a football player last year at West Montgomery High School, which is only 20 miles (32 km) away in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. The school had held an active shooter training over the summer, which prepared the school for this incident.[249]
One student was injured at Fern Creek Traditional High School. The incident occurred around 1 p.m., reportedly after student became enraged in a hallway and pulled out a gun. The student was arrested later that day.[250]
After a homecoming football game, a fatal shooting of 17-year-old Kristofer Hunter, occurred in the Langston Hughes High School parking lot. The assailant, 18-year-old Eric Dana Johnson Jr., turned himself in a week later.[251]
At around 12:40 a.m. EST, a gunman opened fired in or near the Strozier Library at Florida State University. Three people suffered gunshot injuries and were taken to a local area hospital. One was in critical condition, another was in good condition, and the third was shortly released after treatment. The gunman, later identified as Myron May, an alumnus from the school, started firing towards responding police officers and was fatally shot by them on the steps of the library.[253]
Rosemary Anderson High School shooting: A gunman shot three students and a man outside Rosemary Anderson High School in north Portland. A 16-year-old girl was in critical condition, while the others suffered minor injuries. Two men, aged eighteen and twenty-two, were arrested in connection with the shooting.[255]
A 15-year-old boy, a student's father, and a teacher were each injured in the school parking lot at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. The student had unspecified injuries that were treated. The father was shot in the knee and the teacher was grazed in the toe. 36-year-old Michael Riley was charged in the shooting.[257] In June 2016, Riley pled guilty to first degree reckless injury, use of a dangerous weapon, and felon in possession of a firearm and on September 2, 2016, Riley was sentenced to six years in prison and six years of extended supervision.[258]
Two were injured in gunfire that occurred after a Friday night basketball game at Vanguard High School. One was injured directly by a bullet, the other by ricocheting glass.[259]
Two students were shot near the gymnasium of Frederick High School during a junior varsity (JV) boys' basketball game. Approximately two hundred students, staff, and faculty were placed on lockdown for several hours after the shooting while police searched for the suspects. Brandon Earl Tyler, 21, and Chandler Tristan Davenport, 19 were charged with the shooting.[260][261]
16-year-old Benito Aguirre was found dead in the parking lot of Tenaya Middle School. The shooting was reported to have occurred after school hours.[262][263]
Two students argued outside the music building at Bethune-Cookman University when one pulled out a gun. Both had guns and it is not disclosed who did the shooting, injuring three students. A reward was offered to help solve this case.[264]
Police said one person has been arrested for a shooting at Pershing Elementary School. The shooting occurred in the parking lot, with a 34-year-old-man being shot in the buttocks.[265]
A faculty member was killed with a rifle in the school library of Wayne Community College. The 20-year-old gunman, Kenneth Stancil, was arrested in Florida the next day. As of January 2017, Stancil, an admitted Neo-Nazi is being investigated for a hate crime.[266] Stancil was later sentenced to life without parole for the murder.[267]
A police officer was shot outside a school in a school zone while he was directing school buses into J.B. Martin Middle School, and the suspect was apprehended at the scene.[268]
Police report that a 16-year-old shot five bullets into a school bus and injured two students. Apparently, there was an argument that touched on previous events.[269]
A student, 17, was killed in a robbery on a trail by the campus of Jesse M. Bethel High School; two men were arrested, non-students of the school, and sentenced to 21 years for manslaughter.
In the early morning hours of Memorial Day weekend, a group of people were at Southwestern Classical Academy in the parking lot. Shots rang out and seven were injured, with two men being apprehended and charged.[270]
22-year-old student Christopher Starks was fatally shot in a student union building at Savannah State University. Justin Stephens was charged with the murder.[271][272]
A man was arguing with at least one other person escalated into a physical fight on the parking lot of Sacramento City College. A man opened fire, killing a 25-year-old student and wounding two others. The shooting suspects: Tevita Kaihea and Charlie Hola (both 19 years old) were not arrested for the shooting until December of that year and in 2018 Kaihea was sentenced to 112 years to life in prison and Hola was sentenced to 49 years to life.[273][274][275][276]
A man killed a woman at his home before fatally shooting an American history professor on the Delta State University campus. The shooter later committed suicide after a chase.[277]
A principal was shot in the arm and wounded at Harrisburg High School after an argument with a student. The suspect, 16-year-old Mason Buhl at the school, was taken into custody and was charged with first-degree attempted murder and sentenced to 25 years with 15 years suspended on supervised probation.[278][279]
2015 Umpqua Community College shooting: At around 10:40 a.m. PDT, a gunman, later identified as 26-year-old student Christopher Harper-Mercer, opened fire in a hall on the Umpqua Community College campus, killing eight students and a teacher, and injuring nine others. The gunman later committed suicide after engaging responding police officers in a brief gunfight.[280]
2015 Northern Arizona University shooting: One student died and three others were wounded in a shooting at Northern Arizona University. It is unclear what sparked the shooting, which took place near Mountain View Hall, a dormitory that houses most of the campus' students involved in Greek organizations. An 18-year-old student was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault.[281]
One person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting at an outdoor courtyard at Tennessee State University. The shooting may have stemmed from an argument over a dice game. A suspect has not been identified or arrested.[283]
One person died and another person was injured, after someone opened fire on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. A 21-year-old non-student suspect is sought.[284]
At Wichita West High School, an armed 17-year-old gang member ran toward the gymnasium while being followed by police after fleeing a traffic stop, the boy was then shot by an officer.[286][287]
15-year-old Cameron Smith, and 14-year-old Cooper Caffrey, were shot when 14-year-old James Austin Hancock, opened fire in the Madison High School cafeteria with a .380 caliber handgun. 15-year-old Brant Murray, and 14-year-old Katherine Douchette, also suffered shrapnel injuries.[292] Hancock was apprehended in a nearby wooded field.[293]
Two students at a prom at Antigo High School were shot and injured by 18-year-old former student Jakob Wagner. Wagner later exchanged fire with a school resource officer in the school's parking lot, and was captured after being shot and wounded by police. He died hours later in a hospital.
Uriel Adame, Juan Buendia, and Jose Guzma were arrested for a shooting at Dodge City Community College. Guzman shot at three students in a campus parking lot. No one was injured, but a car was struck by a gunshot. Guzman was arrested for attempted first degree murder and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. Adame and Buenida were arrested for conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.[294][295]
During the Augusta High School graduation ceremony when a man armed with a licensed and concealed handgun tucked in his sock tried to adjust it and accidentally fired it, injuring himself and a woman.[296][297]
2016 UCLA shooting. Mainak Sarkar, age 38, a Ph.D. student, killed his former professor, William S. Klug, age 39, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, in an engineering building at UCLA. Sarkar then killed himself. Sarkar, who lived in Minnesota, also killed his ex-wife, Ashley Hasti, age 31, in her Brooklyn Park, Minnesota home.[298][299]
One student was killed and three other individuals were injured when gunfire erupted outside of the Jeremiah Burke High School following a fire-alarm causing an evacuation of the school. Two suspects have been arrested.[300]
After killing four police officers during a protest, a gunman fled into the nearby El Centro College and got into a shootout with officers, wounding one, before firing out a window and killing a fifth police officer. After an hours-long standoff, police killed the gunman with a bomb robot.[301]
A 14-year-old female student shot a 16-year-old girl in an Alpine High School restroom before committing suicide. A police officer accidentally shot another officer during the incident.[303]
2016 Townville Elementary School shooting: Three students and a teacher were wounded after a teen opened fire at Townville Elementary School. The perpetrator's father was found dead at his home soon after the shooting. One of the victims, six-year-old Jacob Hall, died 3 days after the shooting.[304][305]
A student was shot in the abdomen and wounded at Vigor High School. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, turned himself in and was charged with assault.[306]
Two students were shot and wounded on the front lawn of Linden McKinley STEM Academy. One was shot in the shoulder and the other shot in the chest; both were hospitalized in stable condition.[307]
Four students were shot outside June Jordan High School for Equity, a San Francisco public high school. One female victim was in critical condition, while three male victims suffered minor injuries.[308] Two people were arrested in the shooting.[309]
Police say the two teens ages 14 and 16 were involved in a confrontation on the far north end of Union Middle School. The boys got into an argument. The argument lead to a shooting. The 14-year-old shot the 16-year-old twice. He was sent to the hospital in critical but stable condition.[310]
At Bay City Western High School, a sheriff's deputy who served as the school resource officer accidentally fired his gun inside a classroom. The stray bullet went through a wall, ricocheted, entered a classroom and hit a teacher in the neck, causing a minor laceration.[311]
At Mueller Park Junior High School, a 15-year-old student fired one shot into the ceiling and then pointed the weapon at his own neck. The student was confronted verbally by a teacher and another student and later arrested in possession of a shotgun, a handgun, and ammunition for each and was sentenced to spend time in a Juvenile Justice Services facility.[312][313]
A 17-year-old student was charged with attempted murder and other crimes after bringing a gun to West Liberty-Salem High School and firing two shots at a 17-year-old student in a bathroom with a shotgun. The victim was injured. The student "also is accused of discharging the weapon in the school's hallway before returning to the bathroom, where he was eventually taken into custody."[314]
A 34-year-old man was shot in Red Square at University of Washington while protesting the visit of controversial journalist Milo Yiannopoulos. The shooter turned himself in to the university police and was later questioned and released without being charged with a crime.[315]
A 37-year-old Oswego man, Matthew Lange, was shot at Scullen Middle School, which is a part of Indian Prairie School District 204, at about 7:30 PM. At the time of the shooting, there were two non-district organizations renting the building out. The victim was killed in his car while waiting to pick his son up from a weekly Polish culture class.[316][317]
An 18-year-old King City High School student was shot outside the school's auditorium. The gunman ran across the school's campus and baseball field, and fled the area. The school was then placed on lockdown. The victim was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.[318] A suspect was arrested in August 2017.[319]
North Lake College: Adrian Victor Torres killed a 20-year-old student, Janeera Nickol Gonzalez, whom he was stalking. He fatally shot her three times and the college went into lockdown before discovering that the suspect had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.[321]
Two girls, 7 and 13, were shot and wounded on a playground of Warren Elementary during an end-of-the-year picnic. Police speculated they may have been bystanders. Three arrests were made.[322]
Freeman High School: Three students were injured and one killed after a shooter opened fire. The suspect was armed with an AR-15 and a Pistol. He shot one student with the AR-15, but the gun jammed so he switched to his pistol. He killed one student after shooting him twice in the stomach and once in the head. He was stopped by a janitor. The suspect, a 15-year-old student, (Caleb Sharpe) was taken into police custody.[323]
Mattoon High School: A 14-year-old male student was subdued by a female teacher when he attempted to open fire in the school cafeteria at 11:33 a.m. Multiple shots were fired in the process, and one student was struck in the chest and was driven to a nearby hospital suffering non-life-threatening wounds. The student was taken into custody without further incident.[324][325]
At Oxford High School, an 18-year-old male assaulted a school administrator and when the police responded, the 18-year-old tried to grab the officer's gun and the gun discharged. No one was injured.[326]
After being taken into custody at his dorm, a student at Texas Tech University shot a university police officer at the campus police station before stealing his body-camera and fleeing. He was captured 90 minutes later and later pled guilty to murder.[328]
Rancho Tehama shootings: Neighbor on a rampage injured one student at Rancho Tehama Elementary School and fatally shot five adults at several locations.[332] The secretary heard the gunfire near the school and ordered the school to go on lockdown. After a custodian and the teachers put it into action, 43 year-old Kevin Neal rammed a truck into the gate of the school and fired at the classrooms hitting one student when a bullet pierced the wall. Neal fatally shot himself after sheriff's deputies rammed his vehicle during a pursuit.[332][333]
2017 Aztec High School shooting: William Atchison, 21-year-old former male student sneaked into Aztec High School disguised as a student and hid in an unlocked washroom with a Glock 9mm handgun hidden in his bag. He retreated from the washroom after being spotted by a school custodian who chased him shouting "active shooter" and "lockdown". Atchinson was able to shoot and kill two students who were caught in the hallway before he killed himself.[334][335] He had been investigated in 2016 by the FBI when he asked "where to find cheap assault rifles for a mass shooting" on an online forum.[336]
A criminal justice club student picked up a loaded gun, belonging to an advisor, which the student thought was an unloaded training weapon. She then shot at a wall target, unintentionally firing a bullet, which went through the wall and broke a window. The advisor was a licensed peace officer permitted to carry a firearm on campus.[338]
A 16-year-old male student fired at a 15-year-old female classmate that he had briefly dated in the cafeteria of Italy High School. The gunman left the school immediately after opening fire and was arrested.[340][341][342]
Shots were fired from a truck in the parking lot of NET Charter High School, targeting a crowd of students during lunch time. One student was slightly injured, apparently from injuries unrelated to gunfire. One person was arrested in connection with the shooting.[339]
A fight began in the school parking lot outside a basketball game at Lincoln High School, and the school went into lockdown after shots were fired. A 32-year-old male was transported by private vehicle to Nazareth Hospital with two gunshot wounds in his leg. He was transferred by helicopter to another hospital, but died from his injuries. Police announced that they are searching for an adult male suspect.[349]
Two 15-year-old students, a boy and a girl, were shot and injured inside a classroom at Sal Castro Middle School, which shares a campus with Belmont High School. Three other people suffered injuries unrelated to gunfire. A 12-year-old girl was arrested and charged with negligent discharge of a firearm.[350]
A student was taken to the hospital after exiting Oxon Hill High School and going to speak to individuals in a vehicle who then attempted to rob, and subsequently shot and wounded him in the school's parking lot. Two other students were arrested and charged with attempted murder and robbery.[351]
Parkland high school shooting: A 19-year-old former student (Nikolas Cruz) whose behavior had led to his expulsion began shooting students and staff members with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Seventeen people were fatally shot, consisting of 14 students and 3 staff members, and 17 others were injured. The perpetrator shot the students in hallways and classrooms on the first and third floor of the complex and blended in with the crowd of fleeing students and was arrested in a residential area of neighboring Coral Springs after walking away from the school.[353] He was later charged with murder and attempted murder.[354] The perpetrator had sat down at a McDonald's, then went to a nearby Subway. It is the deadliest mass shooting at a high school in U.S. history, surpassing the Columbine High School massacre in April 1999.
Central Michigan University shooting: 19-year-old student James Eric Davis Jr. shot and killed his parents when they came to campus to take him home for spring break. After the shooting Davis fled and the campus was placed on lockdown. Around 15 hours later police arrested him and took him to a local hospital. The incident disrupted the travel plans of students and campus activities for several days. Davis was charged with two counts of murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm used to commit murder however the judge found Davis insane and was put in a Psychiatric facility.[358][359][360][361]
Huffman High School: One student was killed and another injured when shots were fired in the school building, prompting the school to go into lockdown shortly after the bell rang for school dismissal. Law enforcement originally labeled the shooting as "accidental".[362] Subsequently, 17-year-old male student Michael Barber was charged with manslaughter and was charged as "being a certain person forbidden to possess a pistol".[363] Although the school has metal detectors, they were not being used that day.[364] School resource officers were onsite at the time of the shooting.[363] Barber was sentenced to 12 months in jail.[365]
Frederick Douglass High School: A 16-year-old male student unintentionally shot himself with a gun he had smuggled into a classroom, sustaining an injury to his left thumb. Police announced they were charging him with wanton endangerment and possession of a weapon on school property. After the shooting, the school superintendent announced that stationary metal detectors would be installed and all students would be required to enter through them.[368]
Great Mills High School: The school was placed on lockdown after a shooting occurred in the morning. A 17-year-old male student, armed with a handgun, shot and fatally injured a female student (with whom he had a prior relationship) and wounded a male student. The student shot himself in the head, fatally, while the school resource officer simultaneously shot at him.
Several shots were fired outside of Jackson High School, and two bullets shot through windows of two separate classrooms, both of which were occupied. No one was injured. The rounds were believed to be discharged from an apartment complex across the street.[372]
Forest High School: A student shot through the door of the school with a Sawed-off shotgun shortly before a national school walkout for gun control measures. The student had recently dropped out and had planned a much more serious school shooting. His injuries were not life-threatening. Sky Bouche, the 19-year-old former student was arrested.[373]
A Flint Police Department officer who was off-duty accidentally fired his gun into a gymnasium floor at a wrestling tournament at Fowlerville High School.[374][375]
Highland High School: A 14-year-old former student allegedly fired a semi-automatic rifle shortly before classes were to begin. A 15-year-old was struck in the shoulder but went into surgery and was expected to recover fully. The suspect ditched the gun in a field and was arrested nearby, and faces a charge of attempted murder.[376]
Dixon High School: A 19-year-old student recently kicked off the football team allegedly fired shots prior to graduation rehearsal. A school resource officer shot the suspect, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.[377][378]
2018 Santa Fe High School shooting: The school was evacuated when fire alarms were pulled at 7:45 am after a gunman opened fire on multiple students and staff with a Remington 870 shotgun and a .38 caliber revolver, and shot 23 people, killing 10 and injuring 13 others. The accused shooter, 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, started shooting in the art room, then went through the art hallway. Responding police officers then engaged Pagourtzis in a gunfight which lasted for 25 minutes, before Pagourtzis was wounded and taken into custody.[379] Multiple IEDs, pressure cookers, Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, propane tanks, and other homemade explosives were also found around the school and parking lot.[380] Pagourtzis is currently awaiting trial for capital murder and faces a sentence of up to 40 years to life in prison.
Mount Zion High School: An argument led to a shooting in a parking lot after a high school graduation ceremony for graduates of Perry Learning Center, killing a person and injuring three others. Mount Zion High School provided overflow parking for people attending the ceremony.[381]
2018 Noblesville West Middle School shooting: Two people were shot and injured in a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Indiana. The shooter is an unnamed middle school student who exited his science classroom and re-entered with a gun. When he returned, he shot a female student and the science teacher, identified as Jason Seaman. Seaman was shot in the abdomen, hip, and forearm. The gun was wrestled away by Seaman after both he and the female student were shot.[382][383]
At Sunrise Point Elementary School, two construction workers at the school playground were shot, one fatally during an argument over tools between the workers and another worker. the shooter then fled the scene and attempted to carjack a vehicle at a nearby car wash, Police say shots were fired at the car wash but no one was hit. The shooter then successfully carjacked another vehicle and the suspect was later arrested outside of a home.[384][385][386]
19-year-old Thailek Jacob Willis was found in a car in the parking lot of Edgewood High School suffering from a gunshot wound to the upper torso and later died at a local hospital.[387] 15-year-old Jaylin Jerome Brown and 16-year-old Yasin Wallace Powell were later charged with murder and armed robbery as they each were accused of shooting the victim in after attempting to rob him during a drug deal.[388] Brown was found guilty and convicted of second-degree murder, first-degree assault, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony or violent crime, and the possession of a firearm by a person under age 21 and was sentenced to 65 years in prison with all but 20 years suspended and Powell plead guilty to armed robbery and use of a handgun in a felony and was sentenced to 20 years in prison with all but five years suspended.[389][390]
One student was injured when two students were joking around about guns, and one student discharged a firearm at Balboa High School in San Francisco, California. 4 students were arrested in this incident, and 2 were allowed to go back to school. The school was on lockdown along with three other schools in the area for two hours.[393]
William Parsons, a 15-year-old student at Central High School, was shot and killed outside Providence Career and Technical Academy in Providence, Rhode Island. Police said that two young men got into an altercation and shots were fired, hitting the victim, who was uninvolved. The 16-year-old shooter Joel Leocra accidentally shot and injured himself while trying to get away, under a mile from the scene.[394] Leocra was sentenced to life in prison plus 10 years and must serve at least 25 years before being eligible for parole.[395]
18-year-old student Dalvin Brown was shot at Canyon Springs High School near the baseball field and later died of his injuries at a hospital.[397] 16-year-old Kayin French was arrested in connection to Brown's death shortly after the incident. His trial was scheduled for February 3, 2020.[398]
A David W. Butler High School freshman, 16-year-old Jatwan Craig Cuffie, fatally shot sophomore Bobby McKeithen. Cuffie is in custody and charged with first-degree murder.[403][404] Cuffie was sentenced to 80 to 108 months in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter.[405]
A man fired at Pentwater Public School with a BB gun which shattered the windows of a door during which he also smashed windows of vehicles. The incident took place in the evening when school was not in session.[406][407]
14-year-old Brandon Clegg[408] attempted a shooting on Dennis Intermediate School. He took two guns and threatened to kill his mother's ex-boyfriend if he did not drive him to the school.[409] After his mother called 911, police arrived just before he was able to begin his attack. After exchanging shots with officers, Clegg shot his way through a locked glass door and entered the school, where he continued to shoot at officers. After he was cornered in one of the school's stairwell, Clegg committed suicide by shooting himself.[410]
School resource officer Dana Jackson, assigned to Snyder High School, was cleaning his service weapon when it discharged. No injuries were reported. Jackson was removed from his assignment at the school.[411]
Two men were involved in an altercation on the campus of Florida International University when one of the men pulled out a gun and fired into the air. Both men were detained, and no injuries were reported.[412]
A former student at the Mississippi University for Women was shot and injured, causing a multi-hour lockdown and a search for a gunman. Police stated they were investigating whether the wound was self-inflicted. No one has been detained in relation to the crime.[413]
Seventeen-year-old Mohammad Othman was fatally shot in the parking lot of Central Elementary School. Police believe the shooter had a connection to Othman, but neither the shooter nor Othman had a relation to the elementary school.[414]
A man involved in a custody battle arrived at Cascade Middle School and became enraged. As he was being escorted from the school by police, he began struggling and pulled a gun, according to authorities. The man was shot and killed by the officers. No one else was injured.[415]
A 16-year-old boy was shot in the head, and a 15-year-old boy was also injured, in a possible robbery incident in a parking lot of Lakewood Middle School in Overland Park, Kansas. The school was not in session at the time. Both victims are expected to recover.[416]
Two males were wounded after basketball game at Davidson High School, but between Blount High School and Murphy High School, the 15-year-old suspect fled the scene before law enforcement arrived and was not arrested until February 8. His mother was arrested for harboring a fugitive.[417][418]
A man running on the Miller Grove High School track saw someone trying to break into his car, which was parked on school property. When the man confronted the person breaking into his car, he was shot once. The man was taken to a local hospital and listed in stable condition.[419]
Seventeen-year-old Mikael Neciosup, a student at Atascocita High School, was arrested after shooting a 16-year-old classmate who was trying to buy marijuana from him. The victim suffered wounds to the foot and torso which were not life-threatening. Neciosup posted Snapchat videos mocking deputies and bragging about the shooting as he was being arrested. He was charged with aggravated assault and is being held on bond.[421]
A 25-year-old was confronted by an adult staff member of Frederick Douglass High School as to his purpose on being on school grounds. In response, the gunman shot and injured the staff member.[422]
During a basketball game at the Central Academy of Excellence, an argument between two groups led to the groups being escorted out in a staggered fashion. However, as the second group was being escorted out 15-year-old Anjanique Wright in the group was shot and later pronounced dead at the hospital. Two female students (Jamya D. Norfleet, 21 and Taylor McMillon, 18) were charged with her murder.[424][425][426][427] In February 2021 Norfleet pled guilty to second degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon and was sentenced in April to 28 years in prison. McMillon pled guilty in March to voluntary manslaughter and was scheduled for sentencing in June.[428] McMillon ultimately was sentenced to 5 years in prison.[429]
Sixteen-year-old student Joshua Owen discharged a single shot in the hallway of Cleveland High School prior to classes beginning. The school was evacuated to a soccer field and then to a nearby arena where students were reunited with their parents. Authorities have not commented on whether Owen was targeting anyone or a possible motive. Owen faced charges of attempted murder, unlawful carrying of a deadly weapon, and unlawful possession of a handgun. Owens suffers from mental illness and was found not fit to stand trial. No injuries were reported.[430][431][427]
Two adult men in an ongoing dispute about a parking space agreed to meet at Eaglecrest High School to settle the dispute. During the argument, 31-year-old Marcus Johnson produced a handgun and shot 46-year-old Anthony "T.J." Cunningham. Johnson then fled the campus, returned home and called 911 to report the shooting. He was arrested when deputies arrived at his home. Cunningham, a former CU football player drafted by the Seattle Seahawks, died the next day of his wounds. Johnson is charged with first-degree murder.[430][432][433]
At Robert E. Lee High School, Michael Woods a 17-year-old student was shot and wounded in the arm. The gunman, a fellow student, had previously shot another student at the school in less than a two-year period.[434][427]
A 17-year-old student at Cheyenne South High School fired a gun toward an unoccupied vehicle in the school parking lot, shattering its window. The student was arrested on suspicion of discharging a firearm in city limits, misdemeanor possession of marijuana, felony burglary, and larceny. No injuries were reported.[430][435]
A suicidal man who planned to commit suicide by cop went on a shooting spree and shot at cars and homes and Highlands Elementary School then fired several shots at the police when they arrived, the police returned fire and struck the shooter.[436]
A substitute teacher at Blountsville Elementary School, unlawfully brought a small-caliber weapon into the classroom, which discharged while in his pocket. One student reportedly had minor injuries, and the substitute was arrested.[438]
A 10-year-old student was struck in the hand by gunfire that some claim was fired by another student on a Holmes County elementary school bus, while school district officials claim it was a drive-by shooting.[439]
A 14-year-old male student with a concealed weapon shot a 14-year-old classmate at Prescott High School in what police described as a "premeditated attack". The victim was airlifted to a nearby hospital and is in stable condition. The shooter was apprehended by school resource officers.[440] the shooter was charged as a juvenile.[427]
A 16-year-old male who was in the parking lot of Flex High School fired a shot into the School. The shooter had been in a fight with other students.[441]
At College of the Mainland, a police cadet student, 21-year-old Clayton Whatley, reached into his backpack and accidentally discharged a loaded handgun. Two other students were shot in the leg, and a third was grazed.[442]
A 19-year-old student was shot in the neck and jaw at Second Chance High School when he and two friends were leaving the school by 18-year-old student Andres Salazar who was driving a car. Salazar was charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery with a firearm.[447]
Arthur Davin Jones III, a 19-year-old student shot Shamon Micken, a 16-year-old student at Raines High School. Jones fled the state and was arrested days later in Georgia.[448] Jones is being charged with attempted murder and pled not guilty.
During a basketball competition in the gym of Carman-Ainsworth High School during a fight involving dozens of people, shots were fired and Eithan Williams, a 15-year-old student was hit in the chest. Williams left the hospital four days later and doctors said he was lucky to be alive. Four students aged 14–16 were arrested.[449]
At Monroe Clark Middle School, a teen fired a BB gun at the school, causing minor damage to the campus, then fled the scene, nobody was killed or injured in the incident.[451]
38-year-old Isaiah Johnson, dropped his son off at Blount Elementary School, and then got into an argument with another father over a traffic dispute. He discharged a firearm into the father's vehicle.[452][453][454][434]
As spectators were leaving a football game Central Catholic High School. a 16-year-old boy was shot by another teen, neither of the students attended Central Catholic High School and no fights happened before the shooting, no arrests were made.[457][458]
17-year-old Deangelo Dejuan Parnell shot 10 people during a confrontation at a stadium where a high school football game was being played. A tenth person suffered a stroke.[459]
Near the end of a football game at Jeannette High School, Damien Williams and Greg Harper got into an argument outside the stadium, the argument escalated to the point where Williams was shot in the chest by Harper after Williams allegedly punched Harper twice. Williams died and Harper is charged with homicide and reckless endangerment. Harper pled not guilty and is claiming he acted in self-defense.[460]
After a football game at Todd Stadium, the school stadium, shots were fired and three teens ages 14 and 19 were injured. No arrests have been made.[464]
As a youth football game was happening at Eastern Hills High School, parents got into a fight and shots were fired, injuring a woman and her 12-year-old daughter. Thirty-nine-year-old Chanita Holly was arrested and charged with making terroristic threats; a man who was reportedly wearing a skeleton mask is also a suspect in the incident and is believed to be the trigger man.[465]
During the second quarter of a football game between Imhotep Institute Charter High School and Mastery Gratz high school at Marcus memorial stadium, multiple gunshots were fired, a 15-year-old was shot in the thigh and a 14-year-old in the foot. The Police said multiple shell casings were found but it is unclear if the shooting happened in or outside the stadium. No suspects have been arrested.[466]
As people were leaving a football game at De Anza High School against Pinole Valley High School, police responded to reports of a fight across the street. Three teens were injured with gunshot wounds, two seriously. No arrests were made and police have no motive for the shooting.[467]
A 19-year-old student was found unconscious with a bullet wound to his abdomen. Authorities said there were no reports of a shooting or suspicious activity on campus. Another student George Wells was later charged with reckless homicide.[468][469]
A 16-year-old student was shot twice, at least once in the abdomen, by a 17-year-old classmate across the street from Ridgway High School, an alternative school next to Santa Rosa High School. The victim was hospitalized in stable condition. The 17-year-old was arrested in a classroom, and the gun used was found later that night in a bush three miles away. He is charged with attempted murder.[470][471]
Four people were charged after a fight at Hazleton Area High School in Luzerne County that left three students hurt, one of them 19-year-old Noberto Polanco-Rodriguez admitted to shooting one of the students with an orange flare gun that caused a serious injury to one of the student's arms and is charged with aggravated assault. Luis Arizmendy-Nunez, 22; Christhofany Maria, 19; and Jose Antonio Vargas,19, were charged with simple assault.[472]
2019 Saugus High School shooting: Five people were shot, two fatally and injuring three in a shooting at a courtyard of Saugus High School. The shooter, a 16-year-old male student, attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head. He was taken into custody and died the next day during hospitalization. The gun used was suspected by police to be a privately made firearm.[478][479]
Five men opened fire during a playoff game between the Camden Panthers and the Pleasantville Greyhounds at Pleasantville High School, injuring a 15-year-old boy, a 27-year-old male, and fatally injuring a 10-year-old boy. All five were later arrested for the random act of violence however the injured 27 year-old (who is believed to be the shooters target) has also been charged with unlawful possession of a handgun.[480][481][482][427] The alleged shooter Alvin Wyatt has been charged with murder and attempted murder.[471]
Police from Des Plaines pursued a bank robbery suspect into UpBeat Music and Arts, a music school in Chicago's Old Irving Park neighborhood. The bank robber and police engaged in a shootout, during which the bank robber was killed and a teenager interning at the school was shot in the arm by police. Prior to entering the school the bank robber also shot and wounded a Chicago Police officer.[483]
Two boys, aged 11 and 14-years-old were shot in the parking lot of the Searles Elementary School around 1 am, while sitting in a minivan. Both boys died of their wounds, one at the scene and the other at the hospital.[484] 18-year-old Jason Cornejo of Castro Valley and a 17-year-old juvenile from Hayward were arrested on February 14, 2020. The shooing had possible gang motivations.[485]
At Sarah J. Anderson Elementary school, Keland Hill shot and killed his estranged wife Tiffany and wounded Tiffany's mother in while Tiffany and Keland's three children were with them while they were in a vehicle in the schools parking lot. Tiffany had a restraining order against Keland for domestic violence. Keland shot and killed himself after a short car chase with deputies.[486]
Grant Fuhrman, a 16-year-old male student at Oshkosh High School was shot by resource officer Mike Wissink after stabbing him with a barbecue fork and was in stable condition. Fuhrman was charged with attempted intentional homicide.[487][488]
An individual who was not a student was shot at the edge of campus by a shooter driving a Honda Accord. This resulted in a campus lockdown. One person was injured and transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.[489]
At J.C. Harmon High School, a drive-by shooting occurred outside the school and one of several bullets fired hit a school bus, Nobody was injured.[490][491]
A man dropping off his child at the Catholic Academy of New Haven was shot and wounded, and 7 of 10 bullets that were fired in the incident struck the school building. A bullet tore into the walls of a pre-school classroom; no children were hurt.[493]
A 28-year-old woman was shot and killed at Lely High School and her shooter, 50-year-old Jose Alfredo Avila Pena who was in a relationship with the victim was charged with second-degree murder. The principal of the school said the shooting was the result of a domestic violence incident.[489][494] Pena was sentenced to life in prison.[495]
A 15-year-old was arrested after two people were wounded by gunfire during a fight at a high school basketball game between South Oak Cliff and Kimball High School. An 18-year-old man was badly wounded in the shooting, and a Dallas ISD police officer was grazed by a bullet fragment. The 15-year-old suspect, who turned himself in at Dallas police headquarters, was initially charged with aggravated assault;[497] however, after the 18-year-old student died from his injuries, the suspect was charged with murder.[498]
A 19-year-old student was shot in the chest and killed at Bellaire High School. A 16-year-old student was arrested and charged with manslaughter.[499][500]
A father accidentally shot himself while in the Three Fires Elementary School parking lot and was picking up his child when his gun went off by mistake when the man was adjusting himself inside his car.[503][504][505]
Jacques Dshawn Smith, 21, gained access to Pride Rock Residence hall at Texas A&M University–Commerce, where he is suspected of shooting his ex-girlfriend Abbaney Matts, 20, and her sister Deja Matts, 19, to death. Abbaney's two-year-old son was also injured during the shooting.[509][510]
A 22-year-old employee of the Louisiana Culinary Institute was killed in the institute's parking lot by the ex-boyfriend of his girlfriend. The ex-boyfriend was later arrested, and claimed he did not know the weapon was loaded and planned to use it as a scare tactic.[511]
A school security officer was with a school maintenance worker in the parking lot of Sagemount School when he unintentionally shot the worker in the eye. The officer was unauthorized to have the weapon on campus.[512]
A school van carrying seven elementary school students was shot at by Byron Benetas. Two bullets hit the van. Nobody was hit although two children were injured by flying glass. Benetas was arrested a short time after and later pled guilty to aggravated assault and reckless endangerment in exchange for other charges, including attempted murder, being dropped. He was sentenced to three to six years imprisonment and two years' probation.[513][514]
A large group of men jumped a fence to gain access to Atascocita High Schools football field, when an argument escalated and a 19-year-old was killed.[515]
At the Willow Woods Elementary School parking lot somebody fired a round into the air. Investigators stated there was a fight before the shooting and they believe the people involved in the fight had no affiliation with the school.[516]
Responding officers to a report of a student in distress at Collinsville High School, opened fire after a 17-year-old pointed a weapon at them, wounding the teenager.[518]
Kavion Poplous, 18, was arrested and charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated discharge of a firearm in the shooting of a student in a dorm at Western Illinois University.[520][521]
At Krouzian-Zekarian-Vasbouragan Armenian School, a shooting happened which was believed to be a hate crime targeting the Armenian people. Nobody was killed or injured in the shooting.[522][523]
A man was arrested after a 4-year-old girl was shot and killed at a house and a 16-year-old was injured nearby in the Abe Hubert Elementary School parking lot.[524]
A 20-year-old University of Alabama at Birmingham student was shot and killed in a campus parking lot outside the student center. Investigators believed the shooting occurred during an arranged meeting to sell headphones.[525]
A 15-year-old student was killed in a targeted shooting at Watson Chapel Junior High School.[527] The shooter pled guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to 40 years in prison.[528]
A student armed with a handgun was shot and killed after a confrontation with a police officer at Austin-East High School. One officer was shot but survived.[530]
An unidentified 6th-grade student fired several shots from a handgun into the ceiling in a hallway within Plymouth Middle School. He was taken into custody by police without incident. There were no reported casualties.[531]
A man shot and killed his wife in the parking lot of Smyrna Middle School after an argument prior to their picking up their child for a doctor's appointment. Police later determined that he had killed a female friend of his wife. The man was killed in a car crash attempting to flee from police.[532]
Two students and one custodian were shot and wounded by a 6th-grade female student who opened fire inside Rigby Middle School in the morning hours of May 6, 2021. The perpetrator was disarmed by a teacher and taken into custody by police.[533]
A 15-year-old boy was walking in front of Hazel Grove Elementary school when a vehicle stopped next to him. The shooter called out to the victim and then fatally shot him.[534][535][536]
Following a police chase, a man driving a vehicle crashed onto a field in front of Campus High School. He then fires shots from the vehicle at officers then vehicle caught fire and he died inside of it.[537]
A 13-year-old student allegedly shot and killed another 13-year-old student, Bennie Hargrove, during a lunch hour at Washington Middle School.[538][539]
A 14-year-old student allegedly opened fire in the parking lot of Orangeburg-Wilkinson High School while students were leaving for the day, wounding three.[540]
A drive by shooting following a high school football game at Academy Park High School wounded a civilian, resulting in police at the game firing back. Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer says there is a "high probability" that the police gunfire struck four people, including an 8-year-old girl who was killed.[542][543]
A student was shot during a fight at New Hanover High School. Another student, Chance Debalo was charged with attempted murder.[544] Deablo plead guilty to intent to kill with a deadly weapon, resulting in injury, and discharging a firearm on school grounds and he was sentenced to over four years in prison.[545]
Three people, including one student, were shot on the campus of Towson University during a gathering at 2 am. The gathering was not organized by the university or any student organization.[547]
Cedric Baxter drove his SUV into a school bus driven by his estranged wife then opened fire on it, a six-year-old child was also on the bus though neither the child or the driver were injured by the gunfire, Baxter then drove away from the scene which resulted in a high speed chase until the car crashed and Baxter was killed by the police in a shootout.[548]
At the Tri-County Education Center, two groups of teenagers got into a fight when one of the teens went home, obtained a firearm and then fired a shot into the ground in the school parking lot.[549]
A man was wounded during a football game at Fairfield High Preparatory School, while tailgating in the parking lot. The gunfire seemed to come from off of the school campus.[552]
An adult shooter opened fire in Mansfield Timberview High School after a fight escalated; four people were injured, including a 15-year-old and a teacher.[556]
A gunman opened fire at Grambling State University in the early morning outside a dining hall where students were celebrating homecoming. One person was killed and seven wounded.[559]
A student wounded another in a bathroom of Cesar Chavez High School after a gun-sale gone bad. The wounded individual realized that the money he received in the sale was fake and was shot in the argument.[563]
2021 Oxford High School shooting: A 15-year-old sophomore was taken into custody. Seven people, including a teacher, were injured, and four died, all of whom were students. An investigation is ongoing as of December 1, 2021.[564]
A man was killed and two others wounded two hours into a pair of basketball games between Humboldt High School and North Side. The shooting occurred outside the gym near the concessions.[565]
A 12-year-old was killed and his step-mother wounded when a teenager opened fire on their vehicle outside the Wilmington Park Elementary School. A 9-year-old in the playground was also injured.[566]
Two 17-year-olds were wounded while sitting in a car, in the parking lot of Auburn High School around 1pm. Three juveniles fled and were later arrested.[568]
A 15-year-old boy boarded a school van to go home when school was being dismissed at Oliver Citywide Academy. Two masked gunmen approached the van and shot the boy twice in the chest. The boy was taken to the hospital where he later died.[572] The shooter, Eugene Watson and his younger brother were not arrested until April 2023.[573] Eugene pled guilty to third-degree murder, conspiracy and firearms violations and was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison while the younger brother was adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court on one conspiracy count.[574]
A 17-year-old boy shot and wounded a 15-year-old boy in a bathroom at Colonel Zadok Magruder High School. The victim was hospitalized, and the shooter was taken into custody.[575]
A 19-year-old man (suspected to be Amaree Goodall) shot and killed another 19-year-old man, Jion Broomfield in the parking lot of Beloit Memorial High School. The victim was admitted to a nearby hospital around 9:07 P.M. CST with a gunshot wound to his leg and died shortly after. Goodall, a native of Madison, was not captured until March 30.[576][577][578][579][580]
At the South Education Center, a fight broke out which resulted in 15-year-old student Jahmari Rice being killed and a 17-year-old student critically injured.[581][582]
Two campus police and security officers were shot and killed at Bridgewater College. The shooter was taken into custody and hospitalized for non-life-threatening injuries.[583]
An 18-year-old senior at Olathe East High School, identified as Jaylon Elmore, was called to the office on suspicion of carrying a gun. Upon arriving an assistant principal demanded he be allowed to search the student's backpack. When the student refused, a School Resource Officer (SRO) was called. After the SRO arrived, four bullets were fired from each of two guns, one by the SRO and another by the student. The SRO, the assistant principal, and the student were all injured.[590] However, the Kansas City Defender has raised numerous questions about the official narrative, including whether the student or the SRO shot first. They also claim that there likely would not have been a shooting at all if the student had not been challenged about carrying a weapon in his backpack.[591]
Around 2:42 P.M. CST, shooters from multiple vehicles opened fire on a group of teenagers in front of East High School in a drive-by shooting. 3 teenagers, a 15-year-old targeted male, a 16-year-old female, and an 18-year-old female, were shot and transferred to hospitals where they were reported to be in critical condition. The targeted victim died from his injuries shortly thereafter. 6 teenagers were arrested in the following hours and were later charged as adults for murder.[592]
A student was wounded after multiple shots were fired at Erie High School around 9:20 am. No perpetrator was immediately identified and police were searching for a person who had fled campus shortly after the shooting.[594]
A shooting around the school property of University Prep High School in the Bronx killed a 17-year-old girl and wounded two others a school stairway; the victim was not the intended target, according to investigators. A 17-year-old boy was arrested.[595]
A 13-year-old was arrested and charged with institutional vandalism and possession of a weapon on school property after being seen firing a gun just above a door at the main enterprise of Western Wayne Middle School by surveillance footage.[596]
A resident of an adjacent apartment building fired more than 239 shots indiscriminately toward the Edmund Burke School in the Van Ness neighborhood of Washington, D.C., wounding a 12-year-old, two adults in their vehicles, and a school security guard. The shooting took place across the street from the student center of the University of the District of Columbia. Multiple law enforcement agencies led an intensive area lockdown for more than five hours that ended after the 23 year-old suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound as police breached the apartment door.[597]
An 8-year-old child found his mother's gun under his mother's bed and brought it to his school in his backpack. On Tuesday, May 17 at around 10 AM the gun accidentally discharged in the students backpack in the classroom and injured a 7-year old classmate. The mother, 28-year-old Tatanina Kelly is charged with three counts of child endangerment.[599] The incident took place at Walt Disney Magnet school in the Buena Park neighborhood located at 4140 N. Marine Drive.[600]
Following a graduation ceremony for Riverdale High School on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University a fight began in which two people were shot. A graduate of Riverdale was killed, a student was wounded, and another teenager was arrested.[601]
On May 19, 2022, two people, (a 16-year-old boy, and a 40-year-old woman) were shot outside East Kentwood High School's football stadium during a graduation ceremony. According to the Kent County Sheriff [601] the shooting started thirty minutes after the ceremony ended when families were leaving, at that time a white Hyundai drove by and an individual inside the car opened fire upon the families, they ended up hitting bystanders instead of their alleged target. Another group (the alleged targets) returned fire on the car, and were later arrested and charged with weapons violations, police believe there may have been as many as 5 total accomplices.[602][603]
Robb Elementary School shooting: An 18-year-old gunman entered his former elementary school and opened fire killing 21 people; consisting of 19 students and 2 teachers, and wounding 17 others. Earlier that day, he had shot his grandmother at her home, severely wounding her. It is the third-deadliest school shooting in U.S. History.[604] The gunman was killed in a shootout with responding police officers.[605]
Three people, including two of the shooters were shot after a graduation ceremony for Morris Jeff Community School on the campus of Xavier University of Louisiana. One of the victims, an elderly woman, died from her injuries.[606][607]
Both Los Angeles School police and officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the scene, and believe the incident might have been gang-related. According to police, a male student was shot in the leg, in the area of Oxnard St. and Coldwater Canyon, in front of the school, and was transported to Cedars Sinai Hospital in stable condition.[608]
A man fired multiple gunshots on the campus of United Tribes Technical College. Two people, brothers, were charged in connection with the shooting.[617]
At Madison Park Academy, police responded to a report about a shooting, a 13-year-old boy was shot and a 12-year-old boy fled after the shooting but was quickly arrested and charged with assault with a firearm and other weapons charges. Police say the victim was not the intended target.[618][619][620]
Following a football scrimmage at Roxborough High School two shooters fired at a group of football players from a car, killing a 14-year-old boy and wounding four others.[625]
2022 Oakland school shooting: Six adults were wounded in a shooting at a Rudsdale Newcomer High School, in a block of East Oakland that houses four schools. One victim died of his injuries in November 2022.[626]
Professor Thomas Meixner, the department head of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Arizona, was shot and killed on campus. A former student was arrested in connection with the shooting.[630]
A 12-year-old student at Fuquay-Varina Middle School fired a gun at a window in a classroom where several students were present. Shortly after, a teacher who heard the shot entered the room and convinced the student to give her the firearm.[640]
Four students were shot, two fatally, as students left Benito Juarez High School. In February 2023 a 16-year-old boy was arrested for the shooting.[641]
A man got out of a car and approached Franklin High School and fired several shots at three students who were walking into the building. No one was injured.[643]
A teenager was grazed by a bullet in the parking lot of Franklin High School during a basketball game. A teenager was arrested nearby for possession of an unlawful gun, though they did not say if he was the shooter.[645]
A maintenance worker at Stanford Elementary School accidentally shot himself while working at around 11 p.m. The worker did not notify anyone of the shooting, which was discovered the next day after a trail of blood was found in a staff break room. He was charged with unlawful possession of a weapon on school property.[646]
A man got into a fight outside the Washington Technology Magnet School as he picked up his sister, which ended with the man firing three gunshots. One bullet grazed a nearby staff member. The man, a member of a Karen American gang, also admitted involvement in three other shootings.[647]
Two students were killed and the program director was wounded after a shooting at a charter school. Multiple suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting.[648]
Bullets struck two windows of classrooms at PS 78 in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. One classroom was occupied by ten adults, but no bullets entered the classrooms.[651]
A man fired a shot inside a room at Bethune–Cookman University. The suspected shooter attempted to leave but was apprehended after falling down some stairs. Police found a wall in the suspect's room that had multiple bullet holes from over a period of time.[653]
During a party on the Colby College campus, an altercation broke out and a man not affiliated with the college fired two rounds into a hallway wall. No one was hit by gunfire, though the suspected shooter was treated for head injuries sustained during the fight.[655]
In the parking lot of Arlington Lamar High School, two students were shot, one fatally and a teen who was not a student was arrested for the shooting.[656][657]
17-year-old Austin Lyle, a student at East High School, was required to be pat down by administrators at the start of each day as part of a safety plan. During one pat-down, Lyle pulled out a gun and shot and wounded two administrators. Lyle fled and was later found dead near Bailey, having shot himself.[659][660]
A teacher at West High School was grazed by a bullet after a gun fired while a student was reaching into his backpack. The 14-year-old student was taken into custody.[668]
A woman waiting to pick her child up outside the International Academy of Flint was shot after an argument. Another mother was arrested for the shooting.[670]
A student at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock was shot and killed at his on-campus apartment. One suspect was arrested for the shooting and another is at large.[688]
Three people were shot at the St. Helena College & Career Academy. A 16-year-old boy was killed and three more people were injured.[689][690][691] The suspect was 16 years old at the time.[689]
A gunshot was fired into the side of a Framingham State University residence hall. The shooting is believed to be connected to a physical altercation that occurred around the same time as the shooting.[696]
A man being disruptive at a Trunk-or-Treat event at Kirkwood North Middle School fired several shots into the air before being tackled and detained by other eventgoers.[697]
Police responded to reports of a suspicious man near Kennedy Middle School. When officers arrived the man climbed onto the school's roof and fired at police. Following a shootout police shot and killed the gunman. Approximately 70 students were in the school at the time, which was placed on lockdown.[700]
A 16-year-old male and an adult got in a fight on a city bus, then the 16-year-old shot the adult and ran to Foundations Preschool where he jumped the wall and dropped the gun on the daycare property then left the school. After the teen left, a 2-year-old girl at the school found the gun and accidentally discharged it and critically injured herself.[702]
An employee at Prairie View A&M University's farm research center was shot and killed on campus. The suspected gunman, a former coworker of the victim, fled the scene but was apprehended later that day.[704]
Perry High School shooting: One student was killed and four other students and three staff members were injured. The principal later died of his injuries. The shooter, a 17-year-old student at the school, committed suicide.[708]
A student at South Carolina State University (SCSU) allegedly fired a gunshot in an academic building. No one was struck by gunfire, but one student suffered minor injuries from broken glass. That student fled from SCSU to a dining hall at nearby Claflin University, with both it and SCSU being placed on lockdown for about an hour.[712]
Shots were fired outside Thornton Academy, coming from two separate cars shooting at each other. It was unsure if they were students or had any connection to the school. No known injuries are reported, and the suspects immediately fled off. A school bus was also careened by one of the two evading cars, with no reported injuries as of Feb. 10.[713]
A campus police officer and a man exchanged gunfire in an Alabama A&M University building. The gunman was injured, while the police officer was not.[722]
A woman was shot and killed outside Wiley Elementary School during dismissal. The shooter, a former police officer and her ex-husband, became a fugitive after allegedly killing a 17-year-old girl and abducting his child with his ex-wife.[728] He was later spotted near Eugene, Oregon where he shot himself as police closed in. The child was physically unharmed.[729]
A man in his 70s was arrested for allegedly firing several gunshots following an argument near the International Studies Building at Shaw University.[730]
A 17-year-old female student was injured when a bullet fired from outside hit and grazed her in a classroom at Dunbar High School. Two suspects, a 17-year old and an 18-year old were charged with the shooting.[734]
A 17-year-old Garfield High School student was shot and killed outside the campus while trying to break up an altercation between one individual and a suspected shooter.[737]
Two people were injured in a shooting near a dorm building at Vanderbilt University. The shooting was sparked by a dispute over employment between construction workers.[738]
Four people were injured and two arrested after a shooting on the Virginia State University campus. None of the injured were students at the university.[739]
During a physical altercation involving two people occurring near by Galileo Academy of Science and Technology, a student, 16, was shot in the shoulder and wounded adjacent to the school's athletic field area. It happened around 12:35 p.m. by a liquor store, and one shot was believed by authorities to have been fired. The suspect has not yet been identified or arrested, as of September 2024. According to the victim's relatives, he was reportedly pressured to join the suspect's gang and refused.[743][744]
Three students at Alabama A&M University attacked another student inside a living complex, with one beating the victim with a gun. At one point, the gun went off, but no one was struck by gunfire.[745]
A gunshot, suspected by police to come from an adjacent apartment complex, hit a teacher at MS 391 in her hand while she was in a sixth-floor classroom; it happened one day before the scheduled start of the school year.[747]
A catering employee at Emory University fired a shot at a colleague and pointed his gun at another coworker. He fled the scene but was later arrested.[750]
A Coatesville Area School District school bus carrying high school students was shot at while moving. Nobody was hit by bullets; however, the windshield was hit, which sent glass into the face of the bus driver.[753] One male Coatesville High School student was arrested and three more suspects are being sought.[754]
An employee was shot at Santa Monica College's Media and Design campus, dying of her injuries two days later. The next day, the shooter, surrounded by police after a chase, committed suicide in his vehicle.[755][756]
A man shot another man at a University of Bridgeport dining hall. Neither the suspected shooter nor the victim were affiliated with the university.[759]
An off-duty Cleveland Police officer was arrested for allegedly firing a handgun in the Riverview Elementary School parking lot in a domestic incident.[760]
Feather River School shooting: In a religiously motivated attack, a gunman attacked the Feather River School of the Seventh-Day Adventists, killing himself and injuring two kindergarten students. Both students were taken to the hospital in critical condition. [765]
Antioch High School shooting: A 17-year-old male student shot and killed a 16-year-old girl and injured another student in the cafeteria of Antioch High School. Another student received a facial injury from a fall.[771]
A man with a gun entered Pasadena Memorial High School and fired two shots striking the victim in a shoulder. The injured victim was taken to hospital.[774]
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^Early reports of the incident claimed the student shot both the SRO and the administrator. However, a "media fact sheet" released July 22, 2022, by the Johnson County, Kansas, District Attorney said that after the SRO arrived with the assistant principal still insisting on searching the backpack, the student removed a gun from his backpack and shot the SRO four times, while the SRO returned fire. Meanwhile, the assistant principal tackled the student and was hit by two bullets. Stephen M. Howe (July 22, 2022), Media fact sheet -- Officer involved shooting, Johnson County, Kansas, July 22, 2022(PDF), WikidataQ115414345 For an early report see Olathe East HS shooting suspect arrested, WDAF-TV, March 5, 2022, WikidataQ115416616
^The Kansas City Defender also noted that according to the official narrative, the SRO received three bullet wounds plus a bullet to the chest that destroyed the SRO's body camera and was "discharged from the hospital just hours later". They also question whether this should be categorized as a "school shooting", because there's substantial evidence that the student had no intention of shooting anyone. He had been carrying the weapon in his backpack for some time, because he felt he needed it for protection, and he only removed it from his backpack when challenged by an assistant principal and by a veteran police officer (the SRO). School Cop, Not Black Student, Shot Principal During Olathe East Shooting, The Kansas City Defender, July 22, 2022, WikidataQ115417291
