TOWNVILLE, S.C. (AP) — A teenager killed his father at their home Wednesday before going to a nearby elementary school and opening fire with a handgun, wounding two students and a teacher, authorities said. The teen was apprehended within minutes of the school shooting in this rural town about 110 miles northeast of Atlanta. One […]
FINDLAY, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio are investigating after a photo posted on social media showed a pair of smiling 14-year-old girls holding plastic guns and a sign that reads “I hate everyone, you hate everyone. Let’s shoot up the school at homecoming.” The Courier in Findlay reports police were called to Findlay High […]
In the first two months of 2016, there have been a reported seven school shootings.
Police locked down the Community College of Philadelphia after receiving a report that a man pulled a gun on a student. CNN.com reports: A suspect in the case was later apprehended, Tanya Little of the Philadelphia Police Department said shortly before noon. No shots or injuries were reported. Around 9:30 a.m., police were called to investigate […]
President Obama has made a statement regarding to tragic mass shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College earlier today.
GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — One person was killed Monday in a shooting at a North Carolina community college that was locked down as authorities searched for a gunman, officials said. “There have been shots fired on the campus of Wayne Community College,” said Kim Best, spokeswoman for the city of Goldsboro, where the school is […]
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An emergency text notice of a shooting at the University of South Carolina led to locked and barricaded doors, but didn’t stop classes at the state’s flagship university. Police officers quickly determined the shooting was a murder-suicide, isolated to one room in the five-story School of Public Health building. Students were […]
FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — Police in Maryland were searching for suspects early Thursday after two students were shot outside a high school basketball game. The Wednesday night shooting at Frederick High School sent game watchers running for cover as frantic parents rushed to the scene to make sure their children were OK. The two students […]
MARYSVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Tribal members played drums and sang songs in a gymnasium as students and parents gathered to support each other following a deadly shooting by a popular Washington state high school student. Young people hugged each other and cried and speakers urged people to come together during a community meeting Sunday afternoon […]
TROUTDALE, Ore. (AP) — A teen gunman armed with a rifle shot and killed a 14-year-old student Tuesday and injured a teacher before he likely killed himself at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon, authorities said. After the shooting stopped, police spotted the suspect slumped on a toilet in a […]
Five people were shot near Therrell High School on Tuesday. A 17-year-old boy was arrested and will now face five counts of aggravated assault. UPI reports: Atlanta Police Officer John Chafee said Marcellus Brooks was being held at the Fulton County jail after the shootings. Brooks is accused of opening fire about 100 yards away from […]
SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — In less than 10 minutes after his mother dropped him off at school on the morning of Oct. 21, 2013, seventh-grader Jose Reyes and a popular middle school teacher lay on the school yard, dead from gunshot wounds. Two classmates were wounded and a school was in panic. After seventh months […]
