‘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 High School, which was put on lockdown immediately after the school received news of a possible active shooter on campus – another in a series of reported threats at US schools this week. The Hollywood Police Department in Florida also received a call Friday afternoon regarding a “possible threat” at McArthur High School, the department said. Low priority calls can be quite serious and you’re delaying response times and not allowing help to get to people who really need it.” While investigations into hoax calls like the ones that occurred Friday are “extremely, extremely time consuming and challenging” due to callers hiding behind layers of concealment, encrypted platforms and the dark web, Miller said, it’s critical for local police to take them seriously. It wasn’t funny inside the school either, where Jacorrian Spears said students and staff were texting friends and family to say “I love you” one last time.

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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 …

‘Why did they do that? Why?’: Terrified little boy reveals horror of Wisconsin school shooting
6 days, 3 hours ago

‘Why did they do that? Why?’: Terrified little boy reveals horror of Wisconsin school 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. Officers were called to an active shooting situation …

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 …

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 …

Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy’s mugshot to social media
3 months ago

Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy’s mugshot to social media

LA Times  

A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try to get through to students and their parents: He’s posting the mug shot of any offender on social media. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood on Florida’s Atlantic Coast said he’s tired of the hoaxes targeting students, disrupting schools and sapping …

Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy’s mugshot to social media
3 months, 1 week ago

Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy’s mugshot to social media

Associated Press  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he’s posting the mugshot of any offender on social media. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood on Florida’s Atlantic Coast said he’s tired of the hoaxes targeting students, disrupting schools and …

A suspect is in custody after a teen is critically hurt in a shooting at a Nebraska high school
3 months, 1 week 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 …

JD Vance denounces school shootings as ‘fact of life’ in wake of Georgia tragedy: ‘Psychos are going to go…’
3 months, 2 weeks ago

JD Vance denounces school shootings as ‘fact of life’ in wake of Georgia tragedy: ‘Psychos are going to go…’

Hindustan Times  

JD Vance said Thursday that he lamented that school shootings are a “fact of life" and argued the US needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia. Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said he doesn't like the idea of his own kids going to a school …

US News: Deadly Georgia School Shooting claims 4 lives, injures 9; Biden and Harris condemn violence
3 months, 2 weeks 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, …

A 14-year-old boy is accused of killing 4 people at Apalachee High School
3 months, 2 weeks ago

A 14-year-old boy is accused of killing 4 people at Apalachee High School

NPR  

A 14-year-old boy is accused of killing 4 people at Apalachee High School STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: School shootings in this country happen over and over. CNN reporter Leigh Waldman is at Apalachee High School this morning, and she tells us that local law enforcement contacted the suspect at his home last year, when he was 13. WALDMAN: Well, we also …

US cops shoot dead Wisconsin student outside school premises
7 months, 3 weeks ago

US cops shoot dead Wisconsin student outside school premises

Hindustan Times  

In a harrowing incident at a Wisconsin middle school, police shot and killed a student outside Mount Horeb Middle School on Wednesday. People gather at a site designated for parent and student reunifications following a report of a armed person outside Mount Horeb Middle School in Mount Horeb, Wis., Wednesday, May 1, 2024. State Attorney General Josh Kaul provided the …

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 …

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 …

As shootings hit close to home, govs wrestle with next steps
1 year, 8 months ago

As shootings hit close to home, govs wrestle with next steps

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 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. Bill Lee on Tuesday called …

How ‘swatting’ calls spread as schools face real threats
1 year, 8 months ago

How ‘swatting’ calls spread as schools face real threats

Associated Press  

A spate of threats and false reports of shooters have been pouring into schools and colleges across the country for months, raising concerns among law enforcement and elected leaders. Officials said at the time that they had identified calls to about 250 colleges, 100 high schools and several junior high schools just since early June falsely reporting explosive devices being …

Nashville shooting: A look back at the worst gun violence in US schools
1 year, 8 months ago

Nashville shooting: A look back at the worst gun violence in US schools

Firstpost  

A rampage at Nashville’s Covenant School that killed three children and three adults is only the latest in a tragic and relentless cycle of US school mass shootings. Here are America’s deadliest classroom gun massacres dating back to the late ’90s Washington: A rampage Monday at Nashville’s Covenant School that left three children and three adults dead — plus the …

Mass school shootings kill 175 from Columbine to Nashville
1 year, 8 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 …

Teen held in Texas school shooting that left 1 dead, 1 hurt
1 year, 9 months ago

Teen held in Texas school shooting that left 1 dead, 1 hurt

Associated Press  

ARLINGTON, Texas — A 15-year-old arrested in a fatal shooting outside a Dallas-area high school will remain in custody following a Tuesday detention hearing, the boy’s lawyer said. The early-morning gunfire prompted officials at Lamar High School to lock the building down for hours, although police said they arrested a student on a capital murder charge stemming from the shooting …

1 dead, 1 injured in Texas school shooting; suspect arrested
1 year, 9 months ago

1 dead, 1 injured in Texas school shooting; suspect arrested

Hindustan Times  

A student opened fire at a Dallas-area school Monday morning, killing one student and injuring another before being arrested on a capital murder charge, police said. The gunman ran from the scene without ever entering the Lamar High School building and was taken into custody by responding officers “within minutes,” Jones said. Jones said the police officers normally stationed at …

Federal authorities investigate a case about false threats of school shootings
2 years ago

Federal authorities investigate a case about false threats of school shootings

NPR  

Federal authorities investigate a case about false threats of school shootings One individual may be responsible for hundreds of false reports of active shooters across the U.S. O'CONNOR: A local agency working with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task force has the ability to reach to that country and have a liaison already in place set to work with that nation's …

Threats to schools across US may be coming from overseas
2 years, 1 month ago

Threats to schools across US may be coming from overseas

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Federal agents believe a recent spate of threats and false reports of shooters at high schools and colleges across the U.S. may be coming from outside of the country, an FBI official said Monday. The official said investigators have been running traces on the numbers and internet addresses, which led them to believe the calls may be generated …

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 …

Students evacuated as police investigate ‘hoax’ shooting report at Hollywood High School
2 years, 3 months ago

Students evacuated as police investigate ‘hoax’ shooting report at Hollywood High School

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 Students were evacuated after …

Hollywood High School shooting hoax ‘still traumatizing’ for students and parents
2 years, 3 months ago

Hollywood High School shooting hoax ‘still traumatizing’ for students and parents

LA Times  

LAPD officers at Hollywood High School, where a report of a shooting Tuesday turned out to be a hoax After the principal announced Hollywood High School was going on lockdown Tuesday morning, Jaila Counts and her 20 ballet classmates ran to a closet, where they sat cramped for the next hour, crying silently. Los Angeles school police had received a …

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, …

Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy
2 years, 5 months ago

Frequent lockdowns may have contributed to Uvalde tragedy

Associated Press  

UVALDE, Texas — Teachers and students at Robb Elementary School knew the safety protocols when an 18-year-old with an AR-15 style rifle entered the building in May. But in South Texas, another unique kind of classroom lockdown occurs along the state’s 1,200-mile southern border: hunkering down because Border Patrol agents or state police are chasing migrants who are trying to …

Texas school shooter left trail of ominous warning signs
2 years, 5 months ago

Texas school shooter left trail of ominous warning signs

Associated Press  

The Uvalde, Texas, gunman gave off so many warning signs that he was obsessed with violence and notoriety in the months leading up to the attack that teens who knew him began calling him “school shooter.” He was once bullied as a fourth-grader in one of the same classrooms where he killed 19 children and two teachers. In March 2022, …

Police chief who led Texas school shooting response suspended
2 years, 6 months ago

Police chief who led Texas school shooting response suspended

Al Jazeera  

Local police have been under intense scrutiny over their response to the attack at the Robb Elementary School where 19 children and two teachers were shot dead by an 18-year-old gunman. The head of the Uvalde school district police force – who oversaw the response to the school shooting in which 19 children and two teachers were killed last month …

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 …

Op-Ed: As a Los Angeles teacher, I want you to know what a school lockdown feels like
2 years, 6 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 …

A dad’s anguish outside Texas school while shooting unfolded
2 years, 6 months ago

A dad’s anguish outside Texas school while shooting unfolded

Associated Press  

UVALDE, Texas — Javier Cazares raced to his daughter’s school when he heard there was a shooting, leaving his truck running with the door open as he ran into the school yard. Authorities initially said Ramos exchanged fire with a school police officer before entering the building, but they later said the officer was not actually on campus and “sped” …

TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute
2 years, 6 months ago

TIMELINE: Texas elementary school shooting, minute by minute

Associated Press  

In the hours and days following the fatal shooting of 19 children and their two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, authorities gave shifting and at times contradictory information of what happened and how they responded. 11:31 a.m. — Ramos begins shooting at the school from the school parking lot as police cars begin to …

After Texas shooting, schools around US boost security
2 years, 6 months ago

After Texas shooting, schools around US boost security

Associated Press  

In the aftermath of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, schools around the U.S. have brought in additional security staff and restricted visitors as they deal with a new rash of copycat threats. Most likely that’s not going to stop people from going crazy and just shooting up schools.” Schools have ramped up police presence in a host of …

Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe
2 years, 6 months ago

Police inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe

Associated Press  

The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement officers have become the center of the investigation into this week’s shocking school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. “This has been handled so terribly on so many levels, there will be a sacrificial lamb here or there.” As the gunman fired at …

10 Survivors Of School Gun Violence Share How It Still Reverberates Through Their Lives
2 years, 6 months ago

10 Survivors Of School Gun Violence Share How It Still Reverberates Through Their Lives

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Since the Columbine High School shooting in 1999, at least 185 children, teachers and other people have lost their lives in campus shootings across the country, according to The Washington Post. “I remain hopeful through all this that at some point we will ‘do something,’ but it has to be soon and it will take everyone who …

Despite ample school security plan, Texas shooter found gaps
2 years, 6 months ago

Despite ample school security plan, Texas shooter found gaps

Associated Press  

Robb Elementary School had measures in place to prevent this kind of violence. “You can do the best job you can to prevent a school crisis, but we cannot read the minds of all the criminals who are out there,” said Ronald Stephens, executive director of the National School Safety Center, a nonprofit that works with schools across the country. …

Thousands Of Students Walk Out Nationwide To Protest Lawmakers' Inaction On Guns
2 years, 6 months ago

Thousands Of Students Walk Out Nationwide To Protest Lawmakers' Inaction On Guns

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Thousands of students across the country walked out of school Thursday in protest of lawmakers’ inaction on gun control, two days after 19 children and two teachers were killed in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Oxford High School walk out ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Fk24dcqanX — Donald Potter May 26, 2022 Missouri In Kansas City, one student painted a …

For ‘lockdown generation’ school shootings are their reality
2 years, 6 months ago

For ‘lockdown generation’ school shootings are their reality

Associated Press  

A day after the school massacre in Texas, Ohio teacher Renee Coley thought her sixth grade students would need time to process, so she opened class with a video about the news and started a discussion. “They’ve processed this so many times.. It’s just another news day for them.” The interaction highlights how students across America have grown up numb …

The limits to school security become clear as parents demand answers after Texas shooting
2 years, 6 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 …

From Columbine to Robb, 169 dead in US mass school shootings
2 years, 6 months ago

From Columbine to Robb, 169 dead in US mass school shootings

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 …

A look at some of the deadliest U.S. school shootings
2 years, 6 months ago

A look at some of the deadliest U.S. school shootings

The Hindu  

There have been dozens of shootings and other attacks in the United States schools and colleges over the years, but until the massacre at Colorado's Columbine High School in 1999, the number of dead tended to be in the single digits. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, February 2018 An attack left 14 students and three staff members dead at the …

Children killed at Texas school - aged 5 to 11 - had summer holidays in 2 days
2 years, 6 months ago

Children killed at Texas school - aged 5 to 11 - had summer holidays in 2 days

Hindustan Times  

Robb Elementary School in Texas' Uvalde - the scene of yet another horrific school shooting in the United States - was due to close for summer holidays in two days. READ: 'When in God's name…': 5 things Joe Biden said after school shooting Then the dreaded second message - one no parent should ever have to hear: "There is an …

Texas School Shooting: In Wake of Deadliest Massacre Since 2012, A Look at Some Recent US School Shootings
2 years, 6 months ago

Texas School Shooting: In Wake of Deadliest Massacre Since 2012, A Look at Some Recent US School Shootings

News 18  

A Texas man on the brink of adulthood wore a body armour, carried a rifle, walked into an elementary school and opened fire. Texas leads the nation in school shootings since 2013, according to research by Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit organization that formed after the deadly 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Robb Elementary …

A look at some of the deadliest US school shootings
2 years, 6 months ago

A look at some of the deadliest US school shootings

India Today  

There have been dozens of shootings and other attacks in US schools and colleges over the years, but until the massacre at Colorado’s Columbine High School in 1999, the number of dead tended to be in the single digits. ROBB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, May 2022 An 18-year-old gunman opened fire Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killing 18 children …

What we know so far about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas
2 years, 6 months ago

What we know so far about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

NPR  

What we know so far about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas Enlarge this image toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP Jae C. Hong/AP A reported 21 people were killed in an attack by a lone gunman at an elementary school in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday. Uvalde is a small community Enlarge this image toggle caption Allison …

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