Op-Ed: The rise in school shooting threats is alarming — and a cry for help
3 years, 1 month 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 come from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security’s K-12 School Shooting Database, conducted in partnership with the Violence Project mass shooting research center. The alarming rise in school shooting threats is a bellwether for the current state of the mental health of young people. By funding school-based mental health services and systems for crisis response, we can prevent next September from becoming another record year for school shooting threats.

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Schoolgirl killers: The nine females who have carried out school shootings since Columbine - as Natalie Rupnow, 15, joins roll call of horror
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5 days, 12 hours ago

Schoolgirl killers: The nine females who have carried out school shootings since Columbine - as Natalie Rupnow, 15, joins roll call of horror

Daily Mail  

School shootings have become a near-daily occurrence in the United States, but the Wisconsin rampage that left three dead on Monday was a rarity. The Abundant Life Christian School massacre is the 10th school shooting to be carried out by a female shooter since the Columbine High School shooting in 1999 where 13 were murdered. Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed a …

‘Combination of factors’ led to Wisconsin school shooting, police say
5 days, 21 hours ago

‘Combination of factors’ led to Wisconsin school shooting, police say

Firstpost  

Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes offered no details about a possible motive, though he said bullying at Abundant Life Christian School would be investigated Flowers and candles are placed outside the Abundant Life Christian School Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 in Madison, Wis., following a shooting on Monday. AP The motive for a shooting that killed a teacher and a student …

Red flags before school shootings: What students and teachers can look for to help prevent violence
5 days, 23 hours ago

Red flags before school shootings: What students and teachers can look for to help prevent violence

CNN  

CNN — To help avert potential school violence, students and staff need to know certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more than 20 years. Make sure students can report …

Live updates: Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin
54 years, 11 months ago

Live updates: Abundant Life Christian School shooting in Madison, Wisconsin

CNN  

To help thwart potential school violence, students and staff need to beware of certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more than 20 years. “We’re still seeing significant changes, but …

December 17, 2024, Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting news
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54 years, 11 months ago

December 17, 2024, Madison, Wisconsin, school shooting news

CNN  

To help thwart potential school violence, students and staff need to beware of certain warning signs – and feel comfortable reporting them. But “the general public, they really don’t know what to look for,” said former FBI special agent and profiler Mary Ellen O’Toole, who has studied school shootings for more than 20 years. “We’re still seeing significant changes, but …

US school shooting: Shooter was 15-year-old, killed herself, say cops
6 days, 17 hours ago

US school shooting: Shooter was 15-year-old, killed herself, say cops

Live Mint  

A 15-year-old female student was identified by police as the assailant who opened fire Monday at a school in the US state of Wisconsin, where a fellow student and teacher were killed and the suspected shooter was found dead. Shon Barnes, police chief in the state capital Madison, told a press briefing that three people had died and seven others …

15-year-old girl killed two in latest US school shooting: police
6 days, 19 hours ago

15-year-old girl killed two in latest US school shooting: police

Deccan Chronicle  

Washington: A 15-year-old female student was identified by police as the assailant who opened fire Monday at a school in the US state of Wisconsin, where a fellow student and teacher were killed, and the suspected shooter was found dead. Shon Barnes, police chief in the state capital Madison, told a press briefing that three people had died and seven …

Police dig into how and why a 15-year-old got a gun used to kill 2 people and injure several others at her Christian school
6 days, 23 hours ago

Police dig into how and why a 15-year-old got a gun used to kill 2 people and injure several others at her Christian school

CNN  

CNN — The pre-Christmas buzz and serene sense of safety at a Wisconsin private school were shattered when a student pulled out a gun and opened fire – killing two people, wounding six others and devastating a bewildered community. “But the trauma – it’s a lot, because I’m sure they lost friends and teachers, which is not OK. And I …

What data tells us about 2024 school shootings in the US
6 days, 23 hours ago

What data tells us about 2024 school shootings in the US

ABC  

Three people are dead, including the shooter, after a student opened fire at a Christian school in Wisconsin. The shooting took place 12 years and two days after one of the most notorious school shootings in US history: the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut where 26 people were killed. So far, 2024 has seen the second-highest …

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

Police investigating shooting threats targeting several Amsterdam secondary schools
1 month, 1 week ago

Police investigating shooting threats targeting several Amsterdam secondary schools

NL Times  

The police are investigating social media posts threatening shootings at several secondary schools in Amsterdam, mainly in the West and Nieuw-West districts, on Wednesday. Two posts circulating on Snapchat and other social media platforms include texts like “shootings tomorrow in schools West” and “everyone is going to die.” The posts first appeared on Tuesday evening. “We find it unfortunate and …

Silent wounds of a generation: The toll of gun violence on youth mental health and a call for change
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Silent wounds of a generation: The toll of gun violence on youth mental health and a call for change

Salon  

After every school shooting, a painful and familiar cycle repeats itself. In ways we do not yet fully comprehend, this public health crisis is affecting a whole generation of students who are growing up in the wake of lockdown drills and school shootings. And even more children will come home from school, haunted by the memory of crouching in silence, …

School gun deaths reach 48 this year as grim total surpasses 2023 with months to go
2 months, 2 weeks ago

School gun deaths reach 48 this year as grim total surpasses 2023 with months to go

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. The number of gun violence incidents on school grounds in 2024 so far has …

Schools are being bombarded with hoax shooting threats - and the semester has just begun
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Schools are being bombarded with hoax shooting threats - and the semester has just begun

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 Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the wake of the Apalachee …

When threats of violence at school flare up, parents in America face ‘an impossible situation’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

When threats of violence at school flare up, parents in America face ‘an impossible situation’

CNN  

Editor’s Note: CNN granted anonymity to sources in this story at their request to protect them, their families and their children’s schools from further threats. Similarly, in the first three weeks of this academic year, 282 bogus written threats to kill or shoot up a school were recorded in Florida’s Volusia County, said its sheriff, who issued a warning to …

Six years after Parkland, a Florida sheriff on rethinking school shooting prevention
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Six years after Parkland, a Florida sheriff on rethinking school shooting prevention

NPR  

Six years after Parkland, a Florida sheriff on rethinking school shooting prevention A Georgia 14-year-old has been charged with four counts of murder after a fatal shooting at his high school. This has raised a spotlight on how authorities investigate online threats to schools, which is an issue Pinellas County, Fla., Sheriff Bob Gualtieri knows all too well. In the …

Survivors and mental health experts share what they know about the long-term impact of school shootings on children
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Survivors and mental health experts share what they know about the long-term impact of school shootings on children

CNN  

CNN — Rebekah Schuler was walking to her 10th grade history class with her best friend, each with a shared headphone in her ear, blasting their favorite song, when gunshots and bloodcurdling screams sent them running for their lives. “If you say to your child, ‘Oh, you’re scared, don’t go to school’ then you’ve validated it’s dangerous to go to …

Opinion: It’s been 25 years since Columbine. This is what we’re still getting wrong about school shootings
8 months ago

Opinion: It’s been 25 years since Columbine. This is what we’re still getting wrong about school shootings

LA Times  

A boy looks through the fence at Columbine High School where 13 roses were placed in remembrance of the 13 people killed by two gun wielding students at the school on April 20, 1999. And data my colleagues and I are gathering show that there have been nearly 350 intentional school shootings in K-12 public schools since 2015, meaning these …

Anonymous tips work to prevent school shootings and suicides, new study finds
11 months ago

Anonymous tips work to prevent school shootings and suicides, new study finds

CNN  

Editor’s Note: If you or someone you know is struggling with mental health, help is available. Researchers studied data from the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System, operated by the violence prevention group Sandy Hook Promise, which includes an around-the-clock crisis center staffed by trained counselors who review tips submitted by phone and online and notify appropriate responders. In a review …

1 student dead, 5 injured in US' Iowa after teenager opens fire at high school; kills self
11 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Inside a month of America’s school shootings
1 year, 1 month ago

Inside a month of America’s school shootings

The Economist  

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For parents who’ve been through shootings, raising kids requires grappling with fears
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Surviving the unthinkable: A psychologist explains how to help kids recover after a school shooting
1 year, 8 months ago

Surviving the unthinkable: A psychologist explains how to help kids recover after a school shooting

Salon  

Monday's shooting at a Christian school in Nashville was a stark reminder of how frequently even young American children are exposed to gun violence. Most students who bear witness to school shootings will have "at least some" of the symptoms of post-traumatic stress, Lazarus said. A child who experiences a school shooting firsthand may have issues concentrating, trouble sleeping, develop …

When gun violence came to my school, the district added even more guns
1 year, 8 months ago

When gun violence came to my school, the district added even more guns

Salon  

This week, it was Nashville. A mere day after the incident, the Denver School Board unanimously decided to allow armed police officers back into the city's high schools. Three years ago, the Denver School Board kicked armed officers out of schools following the murder of George Floyd. Denverite writes, "two mental health professionals will be" at high schools, along with …

Nashville police search for clues after latest US school shooting
1 year, 8 months ago

Nashville police search for clues after latest US school shooting

Al Jazeera  

Police release body camera footage of attack at Christian primary school that left three children, three adults dead. Police on Tuesday were poring over what they described as a “manifesto” left by the attacker following the mass shooting at the Covenant School in the city’s leafy Green Hills community. Among the other evidence being assessed on Tuesday were writings by …

Five years after Parkland, school shootings haven’t stopped — and kill more people
1 year, 10 months ago

Five years after Parkland, school shootings haven’t stopped — and kill more people

Salon  

In the aftermath of the Parkland, Florida, high school shooting on Valentine's Day 2018, many Americans hoped that, finally, something would be done to address the problem of gun violence in the nation's schools. School shootings got more common, not rarer, after Parkland Since Parkland, there have been over 900 shootings in K-12 school settings according to our data. In …

Anger grows in Virginia city where first-grader shot teacher
1 year, 11 months ago

Anger grows in Virginia city where first-grader shot teacher

Associated Press  

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — When a 6-year-old shot and wounded his first-grade teacher in this shipbuilding city near Virginia’s coast, the community reacted with collective shock. During a three-hour school board meeting dedicated solely to public comment, Newport News teachers and parents said students who assaulted classmates and staff were routinely allowed to stay in the classroom with few consequences. …

6-year-old Shoots Teacher in US’ Virginia, Cops Say Act Not Accidental
1 year, 11 months ago

6-year-old Shoots Teacher in US’ Virginia, Cops Say Act Not Accidental

News 18  

A six-year-old boy opened fire in an elementary school classroom in the eastern US state of Virginia on Friday, seriously injuring a teacher, police said. He is right now in police custody,” local police chief Steve Drew told a news conference, adding that “this was not an accidental shooting.” Police said that the victim was a teacher in her 30s …

United States: Teen among 3 killed as gunman shoots at students, teacher at St Louis school
2 years, 1 month 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 …

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, …

This data could help put an end to America’s deadly mass shootings
2 years, 6 months ago

This data could help put an end to America’s deadly mass shootings

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. “It’s instinct to cast aside mass shooters as …

The lasting consequences of school shootings on the students who survive them
2 years, 6 months ago

The lasting consequences of school shootings on the students who survive them

Salon  

As the U.S. reels from another school shooting, much of the public discussion has centered on the lives lost: 19 children and two adults. Deterioration in mental health In a 2020 study, we analyzed 44 school shootings that took place in the U.S. between 2008 and 2013 to assess the impact the incidents had on students' mental health. To assess …

Experts say we can prevent school shootings. Here's what the research says
2 years, 6 months ago

Experts say we can prevent school shootings. Here's what the research says

NPR  

Experts say we can prevent school shootings. Enlarge this image toggle caption Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images Mayer says arming teachers is a bad idea "because it invites numerous disasters and problems, and the chances of it actually helping are so minuscule." Sponsor Message In 2018, a Gallup poll also found that most teachers do not want to carry …

Criminology experts: Here’s what we know about school shootings — and the gunmen who carry them out
2 years, 6 months ago

Criminology experts: Here’s what we know about school shootings — and the gunmen who carry them out

Salon  

When the Columbine High School massacre took place in 1999 it was seen as a watershed moment in the United States – the worst mass shooting at a school in the country's history. The three school shootings to surpass its death toll of 13 – 12 students, one teacher – have all taken place within the last decade: 2012's Sandy …

Training children to attack school shooters is cowardly victim-blaming
2 years, 6 months ago

Training children to attack school shooters is cowardly victim-blaming

Salon  

The first time I bought my child a bulletproof shield, he was in kindergarten. I was in school before Columbine, the school shooting that changed perceptions of gun violence and mass shootings for many, but people still worried a gun could be hidden and taken to class. With practices including turning the lights off, yelling, having fake shooters and sometimes …

27 school shootings have taken place so far this year
2 years, 6 months ago

27 school shootings have taken place so far this year

NPR  

27 school shootings have taken place so far this year Enlarge this image toggle caption Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Dario Lopez-Mills/AP A shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that has killed 19 children and two adults marks the 27th school shooting this year. Education Week has been tracking school shootings since 2018. The U.S. has surpassed 200 mass shootings this …

California school officials could mandate searches of backpacks, lockers under shooting threat
2 years, 10 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 …

Security protocols leave threat responses up to schools
3 years ago

Security protocols leave threat responses up to schools

Associated Press  

School systems nationwide rely on high-level expertise from the U.S. Secret Service and others as they work to stay vigilant for signs of potential student violence, training staff, surveilling social media and urging others to tip them off. “There is no such thing as the perfect school safety and crisis response protocol,” said Stephen Brock, a lead author on the …

Some US schools closed as viral TikTok challenge warns of shooting, bomb threats
3 years ago

Some US schools closed as viral TikTok challenge warns of shooting, bomb threats

Hindustan Times  

Schools across the United States are on alert due to a viral post on popular video sharing app TikTok. “Law enforcement agencies have investigated this threat and determined that it originated in Arizona and is not credible,” the Baltimore County Public Schools said on its Twitter account. “We handle even rumored threats with utmost seriousness, which is why we’re working …

Educators report a rise in school threats, fights and misbehavior, and blame COVID
3 years ago

Educators report a rise in school threats, fights and misbehavior, and blame COVID

LA Times  

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Supt. Ben Drati sent a message to his school community clarifying that a social media threat at Santa Monica High School was investigated and not related to threats at other schools, including Hamilton High School in Los Angeles. On Sunday night, police arrested a Buena Park High School student after he allegedly shared a photo …

Michigan school shooting: Student kills three, injures eight
3 years ago

Michigan school shooting: Student kills three, injures eight

Al Jazeera  

Police say three students were fatally shot, eight other people were injured in incident at high school north of Detroit. Authorities in the United States say a student opened fire at a high school north of Detroit, Michigan, killing three students and injuring eight other people, including a teacher. ​Oakland County undersheriff Michael McCabe told reporters that three students were …

Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
3 years, 2 months ago

Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers gunned down in turf wars, drug squabbles or for posting the wrong thing on social media. “They’re doing it in real time.” Dr. Lindsay Clukies, an emergency room doctor at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, said she and her staff often …

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