My high school classmates were massacred in 2018. How are we still in the exact same place?
2 years, 6 months ago

My high school classmates were massacred in 2018. How are we still in the exact same place?

LA Times  

In my first journalism job, I wrote two obituaries and edited 17. Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School’s journalism department sit on a panel at the Columbia Student Press Assn.’s conference in March 2018. I realized that none of the students who go to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School now were there back on Feb. 14, 2018, when the shooting happened. On June 11, after the March for Our Lives, my close friend from high school — someone I had hidden with back on Valentine’s Day 2018 — texted me. I saw my old classmate Cameron Kasky, whom I hadn’t seen since high school, and wished I wasn’t seeing again just to interview him about mass shootings.

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Inside the chilling cult of the 'Columbiners': Disturbing number of school shooters around the world inspired by 1999 bloodbath as it's linked to latest tragedy where Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed teache
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Inside the chilling cult of the 'Columbiners': Disturbing number of school shooters around the world inspired by 1999 bloodbath as it's linked to latest tragedy where Natalie Rupnow, 15, killed teache

Daily Mail  

On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys dressed in black trench coats went on a killing rampage at Columbine High School in what was at one time the deadliest school shooting in American history. Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz researched the 1999 massacre before gunning down 17 people at his Florida high school Investigators said that Cruz, who was sentenced to …

Teenage girl plotting mass shooting at high school is arrested after gun misfires
3 weeks ago

Teenage girl plotting mass shooting at high school is arrested after gun misfires

Daily Mail  

A 19-year-old student who wanted to find 'peace' with herself shot a classmate at a high school in the northern Brazilian town of Natal on Tuesday, the Rio Grande de Norte Civil Police said. Lyedja Santos, a 19-year-old student, was arrested Tuesday after she shot an 18-year-old classmate in the head at E. Berilo Wanderley School, a high school in …

Shooting in Madison is the latest carnage at a US school or college over the past 25 years
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Shooting in Madison is the latest carnage at a US school or college over the past 25 years

Associated Press  

Hundreds of people in the U.S. have died in shootings over the past 25 years in places like offices, stores and theaters, but the carnage perhaps hits hardest when it happens in schools and colleges. APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL, September 2024, 4 dead A 14-year-old student opened fire inside a Winder, Georgia, high school with an assault-style rifle, killing two other …

These are the 2 students and 2 teachers killed at Apalachee High School in Georgia
4 months ago

These are the 2 students and 2 teachers killed at Apalachee High School in Georgia

NPR  

These are the 2 students and 2 teachers killed at Apalachee High School in Georgia toggle caption Jessica McGowan/Getty Images The four victims of Wednesday's mass shooting in Winder, Ga., were crucial to the interwoven fabric of a high school. All of those who lost their lives in the Apalachee High School attack were loved in their families and community. …

Teenage student charged with murder after four people killed in school shooting in Georgia
4 months ago

Teenage student charged with murder after four people killed in school shooting in Georgia

ABC  

A 14-year-old has been charged with murder after four people were killed and at least nine injured in a school shooting in the US state of Georgia, according to local authorities. "What you see behind us is an evil thing," Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith said at a brief news conference outside Apalachee High School. The two texted "I love …

Parkland high school massacre site: Demolition begins as families of the victims look on
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Parkland high school massacre site: Demolition begins as families of the victims look on

CNN  

Parkland, Florida CNN — For six years, a building at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where a gunman killed 17 people, was a nightmare frozen in time. In a statement, the district said Friday it “is continuing to work with the families and school staff to determine future use of the site.” The shooting ripped apart 17 …

Newtown High graduates told to honor 20 classmates killed as first-graders ‘today and every day’
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Newtown High graduates told to honor 20 classmates killed as first-graders ‘today and every day’

Associated Press  

NEWTOWN, Conn. — It was an emotional graduation ceremony for high school seniors in Newtown, Connecticut, who observed a moment of silence for their 20 classmates who were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. “Let us strive to honor them today and every day.” Newtown Schools Superintendent Chris Melillo told the 335 graduates, “Life is too short to …

Newtown High graduation honors 20 classmates killed as first-graders at Sandy Hook
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Newtown High graduation honors 20 classmates killed as first-graders at Sandy Hook

LA Times  

Survivors of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting share their thoughts on high school graduation before a rally against gun violence on June 7 in Newtown, Conn. It was an emotional graduation ceremony for high school seniors in Newtown, Conn., who observed a moment of silence for their 20 classmates who were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary …

Sandy Hook survivors will honor murdered classmates at their high school graduation
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Sandy Hook survivors will honor murdered classmates at their high school graduation

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. open image in gallery Survivors of the Sandy …

Nashville School Shooting: Audrey Hale Joins List of Ex-Students who Targeted their Alma Mater
1 year, 9 months ago

Nashville School Shooting: Audrey Hale Joins List of Ex-Students who Targeted their Alma Mater

News 18  

Audrey Hale on Monday joined several other shooters who attacked staff and students of their former school. The Sandy Hook School shooting, which is the fourth deadliest mass shooting in the world, was also perpetrated by a former student, Adam Lanza. The 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Florida’s Parkland was also perpetrated by a former student, 19-year-old …

Decades of deadly gun violence in US schools
1 year, 9 months ago

Decades of deadly gun violence in US schools

Al Jazeera  

Nashville shooting that killed six people, including three children, is just the latest school attack to raise questions about easy access to assault weapons. Here are the deadliest gun massacres of the last 25 years in the United States: Robb Elementary School – 2022 Nineteen students and two teachers were shot dead on May 24, 2022, when an 18-year-old gunman …

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 …

Parkland families share anguish at Nikolas Cruz sentencing hearing: ‘Because of you, I will never feel safe’
2 years, 2 months ago

Parkland families share anguish at Nikolas Cruz sentencing hearing: ‘Because of you, I will never feel safe’

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. Because of you, I will never feel safe …

St Louis school shooting latest: Suspect Orlando Harris had AR-15, 600 rounds and manifesto praising mass shooters
2 years, 2 months ago

St Louis school shooting latest: Suspect Orlando Harris had AR-15, 600 rounds and manifesto praising mass shooters

The Independent  

✕ Close One adult, one girl and shooter die in shooting at St. Louis high school, police confirm 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 …

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz avoids death penalty and is sentenced to life
2 years, 2 months ago

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz avoids death penalty and is sentenced to life

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. open image in gallery Marjory Stoneman Douglas High …

In a surprise, the defense rests early in the Parkland school shooting trial
2 years, 3 months ago

In a surprise, the defense rests early in the Parkland school shooting trial

NPR  

In a surprise, the defense rests early in the Parkland school shooting trial Enlarge this image toggle caption Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images Rhona Wise/AFP via Getty Images In Florida, defense attorneys for the gunman who killed 17 people at a Parkland high school surprised prosecutors and the judge today by abruptly resting their case. Dr. Kenneth Jones said, "I …

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 …

Missed warning signs, failings, and lessons learned: What happened during the Parkland massacre
2 years, 4 months ago

Missed warning signs, failings, and lessons learned: What happened during the Parkland 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 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. Law enforcement at the entrance to …

10 Survivors Of School Gun Violence Share How It Still Reverberates Through Their Lives
2 years, 7 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 …

The Texas school shooting victims have all been identified: This is who they are
2 years, 7 months ago

The Texas school shooting victims have all been identified: This is who they are

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. The identities of the child victims have been …

From Columbine to Robb, 169 dead in US mass school shootings
2 years, 7 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, 7 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 …

Texas school shooting, 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and more: A look back at deadliest school attacks in the US
2 years, 7 months ago

Texas school shooting, 2012 Sandy Hook massacre and more: A look back at deadliest school attacks in the US

Firstpost  

At least 19 students and two adults were killed at the Texas elementary school. It is the deadliest school shooting since the Sandy Hook killings, which claimed the life of 20 first-graders, between the ages of six and five, and six educators At least 21 people, including 19 children and two adults, were killed in a shooting at an elementary …

A look at some of the deadliest US school shootings
2 years, 7 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, 7 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 …

Survivors of Parkland and Columbine shootings share their outrage over Uvalde tragedy
2 years, 7 months ago

Survivors of Parkland and Columbine shootings share their outrage over Uvalde tragedy

NPR  

Survivors of Parkland and Columbine shootings share their outrage over Uvalde tragedy Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Higley/AP Kevin Higley/AP The tragedies at their schools happened decades apart, but two survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and Columbine High School shootings were united Tuesday in their outrage. David Hogg, a survivor of the 2018 Parkland, Fla. high …

At least 21 dead in Texas school shooting: "They f**king failed our kids"
2 years, 7 months ago

At least 21 dead in Texas school shooting: "They f**king failed our kids"

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. A South Texas town is reeling Tuesday night after at least 21 people — including 19 students and two adults — were killed and an unknown number of others wounded by a gunman during a mass shooting at a local elementary school. "They fucking failed our kids again," Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland …

School shootings have increased recently; the violence in Texas is among the deadliest
2 years, 7 months ago

School shootings have increased recently; the violence in Texas is among the deadliest

LA Times  

Students are brought out of the Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., after a shooting killed 17 in 2018. School shootings have been on the rise recently, but the scale of carnage Tuesday at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, is by far the worst since the 2018 attack at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. There have …

Parkland, Florida student arrested in school shooting threat
3 years, 1 month ago

Parkland, Florida student arrested in school shooting threat

Associated Press  

PARKLAND, Fla. — A South Florida teenager has been arrested after investigators learned he made a threat against Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a mass shooting that killed 17 people on Valentine’s Day in 2018. Officials said the 17-year-old high school junior had sent a text message to his classmates in a social media chat room just …

Teen suspect charged as adult in Michigan high school shooting as fourth student dies
3 years, 1 month ago

Teen suspect charged as adult in Michigan high school shooting as fourth student dies

LA Times  

Students attend a vigil Tuesday at LakePoint Community Church in Oxford, Mich. A 15-year-old sophomore was charged with murder in a shooting at his high school that killed four students and injured others. A 15-year-old boy was charged with murder for a shooting that killed four fellow students and injured more at a Michigan high school, authorities said Wednesday as …

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland school massacre
3 years, 2 months ago

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to 2018 Parkland school massacre

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering 17 people during a rampage at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving a jury to decide whether he will be executed for one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings. He does not deserve life in prison.” Anthony Borges, a former Stoneman Douglas student who was shot five …

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to Parkland school shooting that left 17 dead
3 years, 2 months ago

Nikolas Cruz pleads guilty to Parkland school shooting that left 17 dead

LA Times  

The guilty plea by Nikolas Cruz, 23, does not guarantee that he will avoid a death sentence in the 2018 massacre of 17 people in Parkland, Fla. Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering 17 people during a rampage at his former high school in Parkland, Fla., leaving a jury to decide whether he will be executed for one of …

11-year-old boy dies after shooting during school Zoom lesson in California
4 years, 1 month ago

11-year-old boy dies after shooting during school Zoom lesson in California

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 California boy …

Some of the most recent deadly US mass shootings
5 years, 4 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. 31, 2019: Seven people were killed in West Texas in shootings in the area of Midland and Odessa. — Aug. 4, 2019: A gunman wearing body armor shot and killed nine people at a popular nightlife area in Dayton, Ohio. …

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 …

Some of the most recent deadly U.S. mass shootings
5 years, 5 months ago

Some of the most recent deadly U.S. mass shootings

The Hindu  

A gunman opened fire on August 3 at a shopping centre in El Paso, Texas, killing 20 people and injuring more than two dozen. A list of some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the last two years: May 31, 2019: Longtime city worker DeWayne Craddock opened fire in a building that houses Virginia Beach government …

Denver Suburb Reels After School Shooting Kills 1 Student, Injures 8
5 years, 8 months ago

Denver Suburb Reels After School Shooting Kills 1 Student, Injures 8

NPR  

Denver Suburb Reels After School Shooting Kills 1 Student, Injures 8 Kendrick Castillo, the student killed in this week's school shooting in Colorado, was honored in a community vigil. NOEL KING, HOST: One student was killed and eight others injured after a school shooting on Tuesday. Hundreds of people attended a public vigil last night to honor victims from the …

US teen kills herself a year after surviving Parkland school shooting
5 years, 9 months ago

US teen kills herself a year after surviving Parkland school shooting

Hindustan Times  

A teenager who survived the Parkland school shooting in Florida has killed herself while struggling with survivors’ guilt, local media reported Friday. Sydney Aiello, 19, was a student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas on February 14 last year when a former student opened fire with a semi-automatic weapon, killing 14 students and three staff members. Her mother, Cara, told CBS Miami …

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