Santa Clarita shooting: Some fear active shooter training at schools can bring its own form of trauma
5 years, 1 month ago

Santa Clarita shooting: Some fear active shooter training at schools can bring its own form of trauma

LA Times  

Rachel Ramirez, a 17-year-old senior at Saugus High School, gets a hug from her mother, Cheryl Ramirez, as they are reunited at a nearby park after a student opened fire on the Santa Clarita campus early Thursday. “What is so important is to really empower every individual to make a quick 15-second or shorter decision, ‘What am I going to do now?’,” said Joe Deedon, a former SWAT officer who runs an active shooter training company in Denver that teaches kids as young as sixth grade how to go on the offensive. “There is not a lot of consistency,” said Ken Trump, an Ohio-based school safety consultant who opposes choice-based training in schools. With choice-based models, Trump said, “We are asking kids in these programs to make adult decisions when their brains have not reached that capacity.” School safety consultant Chris Dorn said that many of the current run, hide, fight models used in schools aren’t appropriate because they were never intended for educational settings. “In fire drills, we don’t actually cause a fire in the building for kids and staff to take that drill seriously.” But Pete Blair, a criminal justice professor at Texas State University who helped develop the choice-based strategy, said that additional tactics and training could also have the opposite effect and make students feel more secure.

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What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin
3 weeks, 5 days ago

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin

CNN  

CNN — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. Evidence suggests the shooter, who also went by the name “Samantha,” died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Police Chief Shon Barnes said. The shooter did not appear …

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin
3 weeks, 5 days ago

What we know about the school shooting that left 2 people dead at a private Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin

CNN  

CNN — Police are investigating why a teenage girl brought a handgun to her small Christian school in Wisconsin and opened fire, killing two people and wounding several others a week before Christmas. Evidence suggests the shooter, who also went by the name “Samantha,” died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Police Chief Shon Barnes said. The shooter did not appear …

US news: Two students injured in shooting incident in North California, gunman dead
1 month ago

US news: Two students injured in shooting incident in North California, gunman dead

Live Mint  

Two children were wounded Wednesday in a shooting at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and deputies arrived to find the gunman on the ground near the playground, dead after apparently shooting himself, sheriff’s officials said. The shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. at the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, a private school in Palermo with fewer …

A suspect is in custody after a teen is critically hurt in a shooting at a Nebraska high school
4 months ago

A suspect is in custody after a teen is critically hurt in a shooting at a Nebraska high school

Associated Press  

— Omaha police arrested a suspect about half an hour after a shooting Tuesday that critically injured a teenage boy at a high school in Nebraska’s largest city. Families rushed to Omaha Northwest High School after the shooting was reported by the school resource officer during lunch at 12:23 p.m. Omaha Police Deputy Chief Sherie Thomas said officers from several …

What to know about the 2 students and 2 teachers killed in a Georgia school shooting
4 months ago

What to know about the 2 students and 2 teachers killed in a Georgia school shooting

Hindustan Times  

WINDER, Ga. — A 14-year-old Georgia high school student has been charged as an adult with using an assault-style rifle to kill two students and two teachers in the hallway outside his algebra classroom, according to authorities. What to know about the 2 students and 2 teachers killed in a Georgia school shooting The shooting at Apalachee High School in …

US News: Deadly Georgia School Shooting claims 4 lives, injures 9; Biden and Harris condemn violence
4 months ago

US News: Deadly Georgia School Shooting claims 4 lives, injures 9; Biden and Harris condemn violence

Live Mint  

Four individuals, including two students, were killed in a school shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia. The White House is calling for tighter gun regulations amid ongoing concerns about gun violence in the US At least four people, including two students, were killed and nine others injured when a fellow student opened fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, …

Editorial: Some schools are overdoing it with frightening active-shooter drills
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Editorial: Some schools are overdoing it with frightening active-shooter drills

LA Times  

A school safety drill in San Gabriel reached an extreme last week when, according to parents and students, the principal of the elementary school walked around, using her fingers to mime holding and shooting a gun. Though the circumstances in this case sound as though they crossed a line, it’s worth considering whether schools are overdoing disaster drills, especially ones …

1 student dead, 5 injured in US' Iowa after teenager opens fire at high school; kills self
1 year ago

1 student dead, 5 injured in US' Iowa after teenager opens fire at high school; kills self

Hindustan Times  

A teenager armed with a handgun and shotgun killed a fellow student and wounded five other people at a high school in the midwestern US state of Iowa on Thursday, authorities said. Law enforcement officers respond to a school shooting at the Perry Middle School and High School complex in Perry, Iowa, U.S. The shooting at around 7:30 am triggered …

For parents who’ve been through shootings, raising kids requires grappling with fears
1 year, 2 months ago

For parents who’ve been through shootings, raising kids requires grappling with fears

Associated Press  

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — By the time Hollan Holm pulls the family minivan into Chickasaw Park, the buzz rising from a crowd clustered around a large picnic shelter makes clear this afternoon’s story-sharing is already underway. “They’ve got other folks lined up,” says Holm, who a generation ago survived one of the first school mass shootings to shake America’s consciousness. “I …

Florida deputy didn’t follow extensive training during Parkland school massacre, supervisor says
1 year, 6 months ago

Florida deputy didn’t follow extensive training during Parkland school massacre, supervisor says

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy didn’t follow his extensive training on how to stop an active shooter when he didn’t confront the killer who murdered 17 people at a Parkland high school, a former training commander testified Thursday. Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson had undergone training both in a video simulator and with live actors …

Criminal probe focuses on school where boy, 6, shot teacher
1 year, 8 months ago

Criminal probe focuses on school where boy, 6, shot teacher

Associated Press  

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Prosecutors in the Virginia city where a 6-year-old shot his teacher in an elementary school classroom are investigating whether the “actions or omissions” of any school employees could lead to criminal charges, according to court documents released Tuesday. “Our lawsuit makes clear that we believe the school division violated state law, and we are pursuing this …

Mass school shootings kill 175 from Columbine to Nashville
1 year, 9 months ago

Mass school shootings kill 175 from Columbine to Nashville

Associated Press  

Mass shooters have killed hundreds of people throughout U.S. history in realms like stores, theaters and workplaces, but it is in schools and colleges where the carnage reverberates perhaps most keenly — places filled with children of tender ages, older students aspiring to new heights and the teachers planting the seeds of knowledge, their journeys all cut short. OXFORD HIGH …

Denver High School Shooting Seriously Injures 2 Faculty Members
1 year, 9 months ago

Denver High School Shooting Seriously Injures 2 Faculty Members

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Two administrators were seriously injured in a shooting at East High School in Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday, when a student produced a handgun during a search and opened fire. Denver Police Chief Ron Thomas told reporters both staffers were transported to Denver Health Medical Center where one is listed in serious but stable condition. Thomas said the …

United States: Teen among 3 killed as gunman shoots at students, teacher at St Louis school
2 years, 2 months ago

United States: Teen among 3 killed as gunman shoots at students, teacher at St Louis school

India TV News  

In a shocking incident, a gunman broke into a school in the United States and opened fire indiscriminately at the students and the teacher. Speaking at a press conference, Interim St. Louis Police Chief Michael Sack said that fast actions by a security guard, along with other police officers who “ran to the gunfire” helped end the shooting before more …

‘It needs to stop.’ Active shooter hoaxes at schools are having serious consequences
2 years, 3 months ago

‘It needs to stop.’ Active shooter hoaxes at schools are having serious consequences

CNN  

CNN — It was a peaceful Friday morning for Murrisha Leon, who was asleep when she received a call from a fellow parent warning her of an active shooter at their children’s high school in Arkansas. I called them, and when they didn’t answer the first time, I started crying.” Leon’s son, 14, and daughter, 16, both attend Watson Chapel …

Fake active shooter reports at California schools spur investigations, authorities say
2 years, 3 months ago

Fake active shooter reports at California schools spur investigations, authorities say

LA Times  

L.A. County sheriff’s deputies and parents gather outside Lancaster High School in the Antelope Valley as police respond to reports of an active shooter. Police were investigating a string of reports of active shooters or threats to several California schools on Wednesday, but the calls were quickly determined to be hoaxes and students are safe, authorities said. In California on …

#Watch: Police training to improve reaction to school shootings in the US in the wake of disastrous response in Uvalde
2 years, 5 months ago

#Watch: Police training to improve reaction to school shootings in the US in the wake of disastrous response in Uvalde

Firstpost  

The police response outraged Americans, especially after the release of surveillance footage showing officers waiting in the corridors of the elementary school as children and teachers lay dying behind the closed doors of the classrooms Miami, United States: Shots ring out in a Miami school classroom. The teenagers are volunteers helping police to fine tune their reaction to school shootings …

Outcry after Uvalde pressures schools to keep kids safe
2 years, 5 months ago

Outcry after Uvalde pressures schools to keep kids safe

Associated Press  

UVALDE, Texas — When the shooting began at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Mario Jimenez’s son was in the classroom next door. “How are you going to make sure I don’t have to spend 77 minutes bleeding out on the school floor like my little sister did?” At the same meeting, Rachel Martinez declared herself unwilling to send her daughter, …

Op-Ed: As a Los Angeles teacher, I want you to know what a school lockdown feels like
2 years, 7 months ago

Op-Ed: As a Los Angeles teacher, I want you to know what a school lockdown feels like

LA Times  

A “victim” is seen in a hallway as law enforcement and first responders participate in a regional active shooter training at Deering High School in Portland, Maine, in 2019. Two days after the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, we had a 15-minute lockdown at the Los Angeles high school where I’m a teacher. During this lockdown, the school administrator sent …

Uvalde school police held active shooter training just two months before massacre
2 years, 7 months ago

Uvalde school police held active shooter training just two months before massacre

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Uvalde school police held …

The limits to school security become clear as parents demand answers after Texas shooting
2 years, 7 months ago

The limits to school security become clear as parents demand answers after Texas shooting

LA Times  

A woman waits outside after school at Yorkdale Elementary in Highland Park on Wednesday, one day after 19 children and two adults were killed at a school in Texas. The Texas school shooting has prompted questions among Los Angeles-area parents about school security measures that could prevent similar violence on their children’s campuses. “Moments like these force us as educators …

‘Idolatry of violence’: AOC attacks ‘pro life’ GOP over Texas school shooting
2 years, 7 months ago

‘Idolatry of violence’: AOC attacks ‘pro life’ GOP over Texas school shooting

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has attacked “pro-life” Republicans for inaction on gun …

California school officials could mandate searches of backpacks, lockers under shooting threat
2 years, 11 months ago

California school officials could mandate searches of backpacks, lockers under shooting threat

LA Times  

California state Sen. Anthony Portantino plans to introduce another gun safety bill this year in response to the Nov. 30 school shooting in Oxford, Mich., that left four dead and seven injured. Two months after four people were killed and seven injured during a Michigan high school shooting, a California lawmaker said he will introduce a bill that would require …

Op-Ed: The rise in school shooting threats is alarming — and a cry for help
3 years, 2 months ago

Op-Ed: The rise in school shooting threats is alarming — and a cry for help

LA Times  

A rally in Chicago on March 24, 2018, held in tandem with a Washington, D.C., march spearheaded by students from Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 14 students and three teachers were shot and killed weeks earlier. In September, a record 151 school shooting threats were made, up from a three-year average of 29 for the month. These statistics …

Police: Student opens fire at Texas high school; 4 hurt
3 years, 3 months ago

Police: Student opens fire at Texas high school; 4 hurt

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A student opened fire inside …

‘No justification’ for shooting by Long Beach school safety officer, experts say
3 years, 3 months ago

‘No justification’ for shooting by Long Beach school safety officer, experts say

LA Times  

A Long Beach Unified School District safety officer speaks to a woman Wednesday outside Robert A. Millikan High School, near where 18-year-old Mona Rodriguez was shot by a different school safety officer Monday. Seth Stoughton, a former Florida police officer and a University of South Carolina law professor who studies shootings, said most law enforcement training today strongly discourages officers …

Teacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills
4 years, 10 months ago

Teacher unions: Children terrified by active shooter drills

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — The nation’s two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students’ mental health and that there are better ways to prepare for the possibility of a school shooting. “Everywhere I travel, I hear from parents and educators about active shooter drills terrifying students, leaving them unable …

2 Big Teachers Unions Call For Rethinking Student Involvement In Lockdown Drills
4 years, 11 months ago

2 Big Teachers Unions Call For Rethinking Student Involvement In Lockdown Drills

NPR  

2 Big Teachers Unions Call For Rethinking Student Involvement In Lockdown Drills Enlarge this image Dion MBD for NPR Dion MBD for NPR Ryan Pascal, a 17-year-old student at Palos Verdes High School near Los Angeles, says when her school holds active shooter drills, it's "chaos." In a 2019 research paper, James H. Price and Jagdish Khubchandani found a lack …

California: Boy, 10, hit by stray bullet at elementary school in drive-by shooting
4 years, 11 months ago

California: Boy, 10, hit by stray bullet at elementary school in drive-by shooting

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An elementary school in …

Mexico school shooting: 11-year-old boy told pupils 'today is the day' before shooting teacher dead
4 years, 11 months ago

Mexico school shooting: 11-year-old boy told pupils 'today is the day' before shooting teacher dead

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy An 11-year-old boy was …

Active Shooter Drills May Not Stop A School Shooting — But This Method Could
5 years, 1 month ago

Active Shooter Drills May Not Stop A School Shooting — But This Method Could

NPR  

Active Shooter Drills May Not Stop A School Shooting — But This Method Could Enlarge this image Molly Snee for NPR Molly Snee for NPR School shootings like the recent one in Santa Clarita, Calif., have focused the nation's attention on school safety. Sponsor Message Active shooter drills can scare vulnerable children A new law in Illinois requires students to …

California school shooting suspect described as quiet, smart
5 years, 1 month ago

California school shooting suspect described as quiet, smart

Associated Press  

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — People who knew the 16-year-old boy suspected of killing two students in a burst of gunfire at a high school outside Los Angeles described him as a quiet, smart kid who they’d never expect to turn violent. One fellow junior at Saugus High School said the suspect is a Boy Scout who she relied on to …

Student opens fire in California high school, killing 2
5 years, 1 month ago

Student opens fire in California high school, killing 2

Associated Press  

SANTA CLARITA, Calif. — A student pulled a gun from his backpack and opened fire at a Southern California high school Thursday, killing two students and wounding three others before shooting himself in the head on his 16th birthday, authorities said. The sheriff said a biography on an Instagram account reported as possibly belonging to the teen contained the posting: …

Saugus High School teacher and students recount the horrifying moment of the shooting
5 years, 1 month ago

Saugus High School teacher and students recount the horrifying moment of the shooting

LA Times  

Saugus High School students reunite with their parents at a park after Thursday’s shooting. Saugus High School choir teacher Kaitlin Holt and her students were listening to a group recording when several students burst into the classroom, saying they heard gunshots. “Her adrenaline was so high she didn’t know she had been shot,” Holt said. Eddie Mendoza, a senior at …

Santa Clarita shooting: Students heard shots and ran. ‘When I go home, I’m going to cry’
5 years, 1 month ago

Santa Clarita shooting: Students heard shots and ran. ‘When I go home, I’m going to cry’

LA Times  

Police officers escort students as they board buses from Saugus High School to a nearby park to be reunited with their parents. 8 / 39 Yvette Mojica, 16, a Saugus High School student who was in class at the time of the shooting and locked down for two hours, visits a makeshift memorial at Central Park. 10 / 39 Christine …

Experts Worry Active Shooter Drills In Schools Could Be Traumatic For Students
5 years, 2 months ago

Experts Worry Active Shooter Drills In Schools Could Be Traumatic For Students

NPR  

Experts Worry Active Shooter Drills In Schools Could Be Traumatic For Students Enlarge this image toggle caption William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images William Campbell/Corbis via Getty Images A regular drumbeat of mass shootings in the U.S., both inside schools and out, has ramped up pressure on education and law enforcement officials to do all they can to prevent the next …

Opinion: I recently took part in my first ‘active killer’ school drill. It was as terrifying as it was misguided
5 years, 2 months ago

Opinion: I recently took part in my first ‘active killer’ school drill. It was as terrifying as it was misguided

LA Times  

Campus active shooter drills are on the rise. Cati Garcia, a teacher at Valley High School in Escondido, secures her classroom door so it can’t be opened from the outside during a drill last year. Within minutes, an administrator stood before the class and asked: “So, when the shooter comes, where are you going to hide?” After a stunned pause, …

Some of the most recent deadly US mass shootings
5 years, 5 months ago

Some of the most recent deadly US mass shootings

Associated Press  

A list of some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the last two years: — Aug. 4, 2019: A gunman wearing body armor shot and killed nine people at a popular nightlife area in Dayton, Ohio. — Aug. 3, 2019: A gunman opened fire at a shopping center in El Paso, Texas, killing 20 people and …

Armed Utah teachers practice responding to school shootings
5 years, 6 months ago

Armed Utah teachers practice responding to school shootings

Associated Press  

SPANISH FORK, Utah — Nancy Miramontes had 30 seconds to find the gunman. “If teachers are going to be bringing firearms into schools, let’s make sure they know how to handle them safely,” Smith said. The firearm training is voluntary, but the Utah County Sheriff’s Teachers Academy already has a waiting list for its next four-week program. We have to …

Parents question whether shooting drills traumatize kids
5 years, 11 months ago

Parents question whether shooting drills traumatize kids

Associated Press  

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Long before an ex-student opened fire on his former classmates in Parkland, Florida, many school districts conducted regular shooting drills — exercises that sometimes included simulated gunfire and blood and often happened with no warning that the attack wasn’t real. “Do you really want it to be your kid who’s the one who takes the bullet and …

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