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March 30, 2001: Gary, Indiana, a 16 year old high school student
was shot to death by a former student in the Lew Wallace High
School parking lot.
March
5, 2001: A 15 year old in Santee, California, kills two and
wounds 15, after firing from a bathroom at Santana High School.
February
3, 2001: Charleston, South Carolina, following a high school
step dance competition, a 19 year old was murdered in a parking
lot across from the gym.
January
10, 2001: Oxnard, California, Oxnard Police SWAT team fatally
shot a male student as he held a female student hostage. The
event took place in the Hueneme High School quad just as the
students were finishing lunch.
November
29, 2000: Gunderson, San Jose, California, minutes after school
dismissal, a 16 year old male student was stabbed to death
in front of his brother, his high school principal, and several
classmates just outside of school property.
October
27, 2000: Memphis, Tennessee, following the homecoming pep
rally, an 18 year old former student was fatally shot on campus
at South Side High School.
October
19, 2000: Canarise, New York, a 12 year old intermediate male
student died from stab wounds about a block away from Canarsie
High School. The 12 year old and the 15 year old had been
fighting with two 16 year olds in the school cafeteria. The
event was believed to be gang related.
May 26,
2000: In West Palm Beach, Florida, 1 teacher was shot and
killed at Lake Worth Middle School by 13-year-old boy with
.25-caliber semiautomatic pistol on the last day of classes.
March
10, 2000: Savannah, Georgia, 3 young men were shot across
the street from the Beach High School gym, during a school
dance. The 19 year old suspect was only 3-4 feet from the
victims when shots were fired. 2 boys were killed and 1 was
injured.
February
29, 2000: A first-grader in Mount Morris Township, Michigan,
shot and mortally wounded another 6-year-old, one day after
the two had quarrelled in the schoolyard.
January
19, 2000: New Port Richey, Florida, victim was accidentally
shot through the backseat of his car with a .22 caliber handgun
by his friend as they were leaving the school parking lot
10 minutes after school dismissal. The boys had been bragging
about having the gun at school earlier that day.
December.
6, 1999: A 13-year-old student in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, allegedly
arrived at school and opened fire with his father's 9 mm semiautomatic
handgun. There were no life-threatening injuries but five
of his classmates were injured, four from gunshot wounds and
a fifth who suffered bruises in the chaos.
November
19, 1999: A 12-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed a female
classmate at the end of lunch hour outside a middle school
in Deming, New Mexico, about 33 miles from the Mexican border.
The boy was wearing a camouflage jacket when he allegedly
fired the single shot from a .22-caliber handgun.
April
20, 1999: Two young men wearing long, black trench coats opened
fire in a suburban high school in Littleton, Colorado, injuring
as many as 20 students. In all, 15 were killed, including
the two gunmen.
June 15,
1998: A male teacher and a female guidance counselor are shot
in a hallway at a Richmond, Virginia, high school. The man
suffers an injury to the abdomen that wasn’t life threatening;
the woman is reportedly grazed.
May 21,
1998: A 15-year-old student in Springfield, Oregon, expelled
the day before for bringing a gun to school, allegedly opens
fire in the school cafeteria. Two students are killed. The
suspect’s parents are later found shot dead in their
home.
May 21,
1998: Police in St. Charles, Missouri reported that three
sixth-grade boys had a “hit list” and were plotting
to kill fellow classmates on the last day of school in a sniper
attack during a false fire alarm.
May 21,
1998: A 15-year-old boy dies from a self-inflicted gunshot
wound to the head in Onalaska, Washington. Earlier in the
day, the boy boarded a high school bus with a gun in hand,
ordered his girlfriend off the bus and took her to his home,
where he shot himself.
May 21,
1998: A 15-year-old girl is shot and wounded at a suburban
Houston, Texas, high school when a gun in the backpack of
a 17-year-old classmate goes off in a biology class. The boy
is charged with a third-degree felony for taking a gun to
school.
May 19,
1998: Two boys are suspended from school in Johnston, Rhode
Island, after being accused of writing and handing out threatening
notes to classmates. The notes said things such as, “All
your friends are dead.” The boys are ordered to remain
out of school until they have been evaluated to determine
whether they are dangerous.
May 19,
1998: Three days before his graduation, an 18-year-old honor
student allegedly opens fire in a parking lot at Lincoln County
High School in Fayetteville, Tennessee, killing a classmate
who was dating his ex-girlfriend.
April
28, 1998: Two teenage boys are shot to death and a third is
wounded as they played basketball at a Pomona, California,
elementary school hours after classes had ended. A 14-year-old
boy is charged; the shooting is blamed on rivalry between
two groups of youths.
April
24, 1998: A 48-year-old science teacher is shot to death in
front of students at graduation dance in Edinboro, Pennsylvania.
A 14-year-old student at James W. Parker Middle School is
charged.
March
24, 1998: Four girls and a teacher are shot to death and 10
others wounded during a false fire alarm at Westside Middle
School in Jonesboro, Arkansas, when two boys, ages 11 and
13, open fire from the woods. Both are convicted in juvenile
court of murder and can be held up to age 21.
March
9, 1998: Jeffrey Lance Pennick II pleaded guilty to second-degree
murder, second-degree assault and third-degree assault in
[Aaron] Ducharme's death and the wounding of two other teens.
Pennick, 18, and Ducharme, 17, were among two groups that
gathered March 9 at Central Avenue Elementary School in Summit,
Washington, for a fight between two other youths. The sentence,
23 years, two months, was the maximum Pierce County Superior
Court Judge Brian Tollefson could give Jeffrey Pennick in
the death of 17-year-old Aaron Ducharme. Even with credit
for good behavior, Pennick, 18, likely will serve more than
two decades in prison.
December
1, 1997: Three students are killed and five others wounded
while they take part in a prayer circle in a hallway at Heath
High School in West Paducah, Kentucky. A 14-year-old student
pleads guilty but mentally ill to murder and is serving life
in prison. One of the wounded girls is left paralyzed.
October
1, 1997: A 16-year-old outcast in Pearl, Mississippi, is accused
of killing his mother, then going to Pearl High School and
shooting nine students. Two of them die, including the suspect's
ex-girlfriend. The 16-year-old is sentenced to life in prison.
Two others await trial on accessory charges.
February
19, 1997: A 16-year-old student opens fire with a shotgun
in a common area at the Bethel, Alaska, high school, killing
the principal and a student. Two other students are wounded.
Authorities later accuse two other students of knowing the
shootings would take place. Evan Ramsey was sentenced to two
99-year terms.
February
2, 1996: A 14-year-old boy wearing a trench coat walks into
algebra class with a hunting rifle and allegedly opens fire,
killing the teacher and two students. A third student is injured
during the shooting at a junior high school in Moses Lake,
Washington.
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