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Some famous psychological experiments are1. A Class DividedStudy Conducted By: Jane ElliottStudy Conducted in 1968 in an Iowa classroomExperiment Details: Jane Elliott’s famous experiment was inspired by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the inspirational life that he led. The third grade teacher developed an exercise to help her Caucasian students understand the effects of racism and prejudice.Elliott divided her class into two separate groups: blue-eyed students and brown-eyed students. On the first day, she labeled the blue-eyed group as the superior group and from that point forward they had extra privileges, leaving the brown-eyed children to represent the minority group. She discouraged the groups from interacting and singled out individual students to stress the negative characteristics of the children in the minority group. What this exercise showed was that the children’s behavior changed almost instantaneously. The group of blue-eyed students performed better academically and even began bullying their brown-eyed classmates. The brown-eyed group experienced lower self-confidence and worse academic performance. The next day, she reversed the roles of the two groups and the blue-eyed students became the minority group.At the end of the experiment, the children were so relieved that they were reported to have embraced one another and agreed that people should not be judged based on outward appearances. This exercise has since been repeated many times with similar outcomes.For more information click here2. Asch Conformity StudyStudy Conducted by: Dr. Solomon AschStudy Conducted in 1951 at Swarthmore CollegeExperiment Details: Dr. Solomon Asch conducted a groundbreaking study that was designed to evaluate a person’s likelihood to conform to a standard when there is pressure to do so.A group of participants were shown pictures with lines of various lengths and were then asked a simple question: Which line is longest? The tricky part of this study was that in each group only one person was a true participant. The others were actors with a script. Most of the actors were instructed to give the wrong answer. Strangely, the one true participant almost always agreed with the majority, even though they knew they were giving the wrong answer.The results of this study are important when we study social interactions among individuals in groups. This study is a famous example of the temptation many of us experience to conform to a standard during group situations and it showed that people often care more about being the same as others than they do about being right.3. Bobo Doll ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Dr. Alburt BanduraStudy Conducted between 1961-1963 at Stanford UniversityExperiment Details: During the early 1960s a great debate began regarding the ways in which genetics, environmental factors, and social learning shaped a child’s development. This debate still lingers and is commonly referred to as the Nature vs. Nurture Debate. Albert Bandura conducted the Bobo Doll Experiment to prove that human behavior is largely based upon social imitation rather than inherited genetic factors.In his groundbreaking study he separated participants into three groups: one was exposed to a video of an adult showing aggressive behavior towards a Bobo doll; another was exposed to video of a passive adult playing with the Bobo doll; and the third formed a control group. Children watched their assigned video and then were sent to a room with the same doll they had seen in the video (with the exception of those in the control group). What the researcher found was that children exposed to the aggressive model were more likely to exhibit aggressive behavior towards the doll themselves, while the other groups showed little imitative aggressive behavior. For those children exposed to the aggressive model, the number of derivative physical aggressions shown by the boys was 38.2 and 12.7 for the girls.The study also showed that boys exhibited more aggression when exposed to aggressive male models than boys exposed to aggressive female models. When exposed to aggressive male models, the number of aggressive instances exhibited by boys averaged 104 compared to 48.4 aggressive instances exhibited by boys who were exposed to aggressive female models. While the results for the girls show similar findings, the results were less drastic. When exposed to aggressive female models, the number of aggressive instances exhibited by girls averaged 57.7 compared to 36.3 aggressive instances exhibited by girls who were exposed to aggressive male models. The results concerning gender differences strongly supported Bandura’s secondary prediction that children will be more strongly influenced by same-sex models.4. Car Crash ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Elizabeth Loftus and John PalmerStudy Conducted in 1974 at The University of California in IrvineExperiment Details: Loftus and Palmer set out to prove just how deceiving memories can be. The 1974 Car Crash Experiment was designed to evaluate whether wording questions a certain way could influence a participant’s recall by twisting their memories of a specific event.The participants watched slides of a car accident and were asked to describe what had happened as if they were eyewitnesses to the scene. The participants were put into two groups and each group was questioned using different wording such as “how fast was the car driving at the time of impact?” versus “how fast was the car going when it smashed into the other car?” The experimenters found that the use of different verbs affected the participants’ memories of the accident, showing that memory can be easily distorted.This research suggests that memory can be easily manipulated by questioning technique, meaning that information gathered after the event can merge with original memory causing incorrect recall or reconstructive memory. The addition of false details to a memory of an event is now referred to as confabulation. This concept has very important implications for the questions used in police interviews of eyewitnesses.For more information click here5. Cognitive Dissonance ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Leon Festinger and James CarlsmithStudy Conducted in 1957 at Stanford UniversityExperiment Details: The concept of cognitive dissonance refers to a situation involving conflicting attitudes, beliefs or behaviors. This conflict produces an inherent feeling of discomfort leading to a change in one of the attitudes, beliefs or behaviors to minimize or eliminate the discomfort and restore balance.Cognitive dissonance was first investigated by Leon Festinger, after an observational study of a cult that believed that the earth was going to be destroyed by a flood. Out of this study was born an intriguing experiment conducted by Festinger and Carlsmith where participants were asked to perform a series of dull tasks (such as turning pegs in a peg board for an hour). Participant’s initial attitudes toward this task were highly negative. They were then paid either $1 or $20 to tell a participant waiting in the lobby that the tasks were really interesting. Almost all of the participants agreed to walk into the waiting room and persuade the next participant that the boring experiment would be fun. When the participants were later asked to evaluate the experiment, the participants who were paid only $1 rated the tedious task as more fun and enjoyable than the participants who were paid $20 to lie. Being paid only $1 is not sufficient incentive for lying and so those who were paid $1 experienced dissonance. They could only overcome that dissonance by coming to believe that the tasks really were interesting and enjoyable. Being paid $20 provides a reason for turning pegs and there is therefore no dissonance.For more information click here6. Fantz’s Looking ChamberStudy Conducted by: Robert L. FantzStudy Conducted in 1961 at the University of IllinoisExperiment Details: The study conducted by Robert L. Fantz is among the simplest, yet most important in the field of infant development and vision. In 1961, when this experiment was conducted, there very few ways to study what was going on in the mind of an infant. Fantz realized that the best way to figure out this puzzle was to simply watch the actions and reactions of infants. He understood the fundamental factor that if there is something of interest near humans, they generally look at it.To test this concept, Fantz set up a display board with two pictures attached. On one was a bulls-eye and on the other was the sketch of a human face. This board was hung in a chamber where a baby could lie safely underneath and see both images. Then, from behind the board, invisible to the baby, he peeked through a hole to watch what the baby looked at. This study showed that a two-month old baby looked twice as much at the human face as it did at the bulls-eye. This suggests that human babies have some powers of pattern and form selection. Before this experiment it was thought that babies looked out onto a chaotic world of which they could make little sense.For more information click here7. Hawthorne EffectStudy Conducted by: Henry A. LandsbergerStudy Conducted in 1955 at Hawthorne Works in Chicago, IllinoisExperiment Details: The Hawthorne Effect came from a 1955 study conducted by Henry Landsberger. This effect is a simple premise that human subjects in an experiment change their behavior simply because they are being studied.Landsberger performed the study by analyzing data from experiments conducted between 1924 and 1932, by Elton Mayo, at the Hawthorne Works near Chicago. The company had commissioned studies to evaluate whether the level of light within a building changed the productivity of the workers. What Mayo found was that the level of light made no difference in productivity, as the workers increased their output whenever the amount of light was switched from a low level to a high level, or vice versa. The researchers noticed a tendency that the workers’ level of efficiency increased when any variable was manipulated. The study showed that the output changed simply because the workers were aware that they were under observation. The conclusion was that the workers felt important because they were pleased to be singled out, and increased productivity as a result. Being singled out was the factor dictating increased productivity, not the changing lighting levels, or any of the other factors that they experimented upon. The Hawthorne Effect has become one of the hardest inbuilt biases to eliminate or factor into the design of any experiment in psychology and beyond.For more information click here8. Kitty Genovese CaseStudy Conducted by: New York Police ForceStudy Conducted in 1964 in New York CityExperiment Details: The murder case of Kitty Genovese was never intended to be a psychological experiment, however it ended up having serious implications for the field.According to a New York Times article, almost forty neighbors witnessed the event of Kitty Genovese being savagely attacked and murdered in Queens, New York in 1964, but not one neighbor called the police for help. Some reports state that the attacker briefly left the scene and later returned to “finish off” his victim. It was later uncovered that many of these facts were exaggerated (there were more likely only a dozen witnesses and records show that some calls to police were made).What this case later become famous for is the “Bystander Effect,” which states that the more bystanders that are present in a social situation, the less likely it is that anyone will step in and help. This effect has led to changes in medicine, psychology and many other areas. One famous example is the way CPR is taught to new learners. All students in CPR courses learn that they must assign one bystander the job of alerting authorities which minimizes the chances of no one calling for assistance.For more information click here9. Learned Helplessness ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Martin SeligmanStudy Conducted in 1967 at the University of PennsylvaniaExperiment Details: In 1965, Martin Seligman and his colleagues were conducting research on classical conditioning, the process by which an animal or human associates one thing with another.Seligman’s experiment involved the ringing of a bell and then the administration of a light shock to a dog. After a number of pairings, the dog reacted to the shock even before it happened: as soon as the dog heard the bell, he reacted as though he’d already been shocked. During the course of this study something unexpected happened. Each dog was placed in a large crate that was divided down the middle with a low fence and the dog could see and jump over the fence easily. The floor on one side of the fence was electrified, but not on the other side of the fence. Seligman placed each dog on the electrified side and administered a light shock. He expected the dog to jump to the non-shocking side of the fence. In an unexpected turn, the dogs simply laid down. The hypothesis was that as the dogs learned from the first part of the experiment that there was nothing they could do to avoid the shocks, they gave up in the second part of the experiment. To prove this hypothesis the experimenters brought in a new set of animals and found that dogs with no history in the experiment would jump over the fence.This condition was described as learned helplessness, where a human or animal does not attempt to get out of a negative situation because the past has taught them that they are helpless.For more information click here10. Little Albert ExperimentStudy Conducted by: John B. Watson and Rosalie RaynerStudy Conducted in 1920 at Johns Hopkins UniversityExperiment Details: The Little Albert experiment is considered to be among the most unethical psychological experiments of all time. The experiment was conducted in 1920 by John Watson and Rosalie Rayner at Johns Hopkins University. The hypothesis was that through a series of pairings, they could condition a nine-month-old child to develop an irrational fear.The experiment began by placing a white rat in front of the infant, who initially had no fear of the animal. Watson then produced a loud sound by striking a steel bar with a hammer every time little Albert was presented with the rat. After several pairings (the noise and the presentation of the white rat), the boy began to cry and exhibit signs of fear every time the rat appeared in the room. Watson also created similar conditioned reflexes with other common animals and objects (rabbits, Santa beard, etc.) until Albert feared them all.This study proved that classical conditioning works on humans. One of the most important implications this finding has is that adult fears are often connected to early childhood experiences.11. Magical Number SevenStudy Conducted by: George A. MillerStudy Conducted in 1956 at Princeton UniversityExperiment Details: Frequently referred to as “Miller’s Law,” the Magical Number Seven experiment purports that the number of objects an average human can hold in working memory is 7 ± 2. What this means is that the human memory capacity typically includes strings of words or concepts ranging from 5-9. This information on the limits to the capacity for processing information became one of the most highly cited papers in psychology.The Magical Number Seven Experiment was published in 1956 by cognitive psychologist George A. Miller of Princeton University’s Department of Psychology in Psychological Review. In the article, Miller discussed a concurrence between the limits of one-dimensional absolute judgment and the limits of short-term memory. In a one-dimensional absolute-judgment task, a person is presented with a number of stimuli that vary on one dimension (such as 10 different tones varying only in pitch) and responds to each stimulus with a corresponding response (learned before). Performance is almost perfect up to five or six different stimuli but declines as the number of different stimuli is increased. This means that a human’s maximum performance on one-dimensional absolute judgment can be described as an information store with the maximum capacity of approximately 2 to 3 bits of information, with the ability to distinguish between four and eight alternatives.For more information click here12. Pavlov’s Dog ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Ivan PavlovStudy Conducted in the 1890s at the Military Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, RussiaExperiment Details: Pavlov’s experiment with dogs turned out to be one of the most pivotal experiments in all of psychology. His findings on conditioning led to a whole new branch of psychological study.Pavlov began with the simple idea that there are some things that a dog does not need to learn. Specific to his study he observed that dogs do not learn to salivate when they see food. This reflex is “hard wired” into the dog. In what became “behaviorist terms,” this is an unconditioned response (a stimulus-response connection that required no learning). Pavlov outlined that there are unconditioned responses in the animal by presenting a dog with a bowl of food and then measuring its salivary secretions. In the experiment, Pavlov used a bell as his neutral stimulus (meaning it does not elicit any innate response). Whenever he gave food to his dogs, he also rang a bell. After a number of repeats of this procedure, he tried the bell on its own. What he found was that the bell on its own now caused an increase in salivation. The dog had learned to associate the bell and the food and this learning created a new behavior, the dog salivated when he heard the bell. Because this response was learned (or conditioned), it is called a conditioned response. The neutral stimulus has become a conditioned stimulus.This theory came to be known as classical conditioning (further developed by experimenter and psychologist John Watson) and involves learning to associate an unconditioned stimulus that already brings about a particular response (i.e., a reflex) with a new (conditioned) stimulus, so that the new stimulus brings about the same response.13. Robbers Cave ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Muzafer and Carolyn SherifStudy Conducted in 1954 at the University of OklahomaExperiment Details: This experiment, which studied group conflict, is considered by most to be outside the lines of what is considered ethically sound.In 1954 researchers at the University of Oklahoma assigned 22 eleven- and twelve-year-old boys from similar backgrounds into two groups. The two groups were taken to separate areas of a summer camp facility where they were able to bond as social units. The groups were housed in separate cabins and neither group knew of the other’s existence for an entire week. The boys bonded with their cabin mates during that time. Once the two groups were allowed to have contact, they showed definite signs of prejudice and hostility toward each other even though they had only been given a very short time to develop their social group. To increase the conflict between the groups, the experimenters had them compete against each other in a series of activities. This created even more hostility and eventually the groups refused to eat in the same room. The final phase of the experiment involved turning the rival groups into friends. The fun activities the experimenters had planned like shooting firecrackers and watching movies did not initially work, so they created teamwork exercises where the two groups were forced to collaborate. At the end of the experiment, the boys decided to ride the same bus home, demonstrating that conflict can be resolved and prejudice overcome through cooperation.Many critics have compared this study to Golding’s Lord of the Flies novel as a classic example of prejudice and conflict resolution.For more information click here14. Ross’ False Consensus Effect StudyStudy Conducted by: Lee RossStudy Conducted in 1977 at Stanford UniversityExperiment Details: In 1977, a social psychology professor at Stanford University named Lee Ross conducted an experiment that, in lay terms, focuses on how people can incorrectly conclude that others think the same way they do, or form a “false consensus” about the beliefs and preferences of others. Ross conducted the study in order to outline how the “false consensus effect” functions in humans.In the first part of the study, participants were asked to read about situations in which a conflict occurred and then were told two alternative ways of responding to the situation. They were asked to do three things:Guess which option other people would chooseSay which option they themselves would chooseDescribe the attributes of the person who would likely choose each of the two optionsWhat the study showed was that most of the subjects believed that other people would do the same as them, regardless of which of the two responses they actually chose themselves. This phenomenon is referred to as the false consensus effect, where an individual thinks that other people think the same way they do when they may not. The second observation coming from this important study is that when participants were asked to describe the attributes of the people who will likely make the choice opposite of their own, they made bold and sometimes negative predictions about the personalities of those who did not share their choice.For more information click here15. The Schacter and Singer Experiment on EmotionStudy Conducted by: Stanley Schachter and Jerome E. SingerStudy Conducted in 1962 at Columbia UniversityExperiment Details: In 1962 Schachter and Singer conducted a ground breaking experiment to prove their theory of emotion.In the study, a group of 184 male participants were injected with epinephrine, a hormone that induces arousal including increased heartbeat, trembling, and rapid breathing. The research participants were told that they were being injected with a new medication to test their eyesight. The first group of participants was informed the possible side effects that the injection might cause while the second group of participants were not. The participants were then placed in a room with someone they thought was another participant, but was actually a confederate in the experiment. The confederate acted in one of two ways: euphoric or angry. Participants who had not been informed about the effects of the injection were more likely to feel either happier or angrier than those who had been informed.What Schachter and Singer were trying to understand was the ways in which cognition or thoughts influence human emotion. Their study illustrates the importance of how people interpret their physiological states, which form an important component of your emotions. Though their cognitive theory of emotional arousal dominated the field for two decades, it has been criticized for two main reasons: the size of the effect seen in the experiment was not that significant and other researchers had difficulties repeating the experiment.For more information click here16. Selective Attention / Invisible Gorilla ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Daniel Simons and Christopher ChabrisStudy Conducted in 1999 at Harvard UniversityExperiment Details: In 1999 Simons and Chabris conducted their famous awareness test at Harvard University.Participants in the study were asked to watch a video and count how many passes occurred between basketball players on the white team. The video moves at a moderate pace and keeping track of the passes is a relatively easy task. What most people fail to notice amidst their counting is that in the middle of the test, a man in a gorilla suit walked onto the court and stood in the center before walking off-screen.The study found that the majority of the subjects did not notice the gorilla at all, proving that humans often overestimate their ability to effectively multi-task. What the study set out to prove is that when people are asked to attend to one task, they focus so strongly on that element that they may miss other important details.For more information click here17. Stanford Prison StudyStudy Conducted By Philip ZimbardoStudy Conducted in 1971 at Stanford UniversityExperiment Details: One of the most widely cited experiments in the field of psychology is the Stanford Prison Experiment in which psychology professor Philip Zimbardo set out to study the assumption of roles in a contrived situation.The Stanford Prison Experiment was designed to study behavior of “normal” individuals when assigned a role of prisoner or guard. College students were recruited to participate and were assigned roles of “guard” or “inmate” and Zimbardo played the role of the warden. The basement of the psychology building was the set of the prison and great care was taken to make it look and feel as realistic as possible. The prison guards were told to run a prison for two weeks. They were told not to physically harm any of the inmates during the study. After a few days, the prison guards became very abusive verbally towards the inmates and many of the prisoners became submissive to those in authority roles. The experiment inevitably had to be cancelled because some of the participants displayed troubling signs of breaking down mentally.Although the experiment was conducted very unethically, many psychologists believe that the findings showed how much human behavior is situational and that people will conform to certain roles if the conditions are right.For more information click here18. Stanley Milgram ExperimentStudy Conducted By Stanley MilgramStudy Conducted in 1961 at Stanford UniversityExperiment Details: The 1961 study conducted by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram was designed to measure people’s willingness to obey authority figures when instructed to perform acts that conflicted with their morals. The study was based on the premise that humans will inherently take direction from authority figures from very early in life.Participants were told they were participating in a study on memory. They were asked to watch another person (who was actually an actor) do a memory test and were instructed to press a button that gave an electric shock each time the person got a wrong answer (the actor did not actually receive the shocks, but pretended as if they did). Participants were told to play the role of “teacher” and administer electric shocks to “the learner,” who was supposedly in a different room, every time they answered a question incorrectly. The experimenters asked the participants to keep increasing the shocks and most of them obeyed even though the individual completing the memory test appeared to be in great pain. Despite these protests, many participants continued the experiment when the authority figure urged them to, increasing the voltage after each wrong answer until some eventually administered what would be lethal electric shocks.This experiment showed that humans are conditioned to obey authority and will usually do so even if it goes against their natural morals or common sense.For more information click here19. Surrogate Mother ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Harry HarlowStudy Conducted from 1957-1963 at the University of WisconsinExperiment Details: In a series of controversial experiments during the late 1950s and early 1960s, Harry Harlow studied the importance of a mother’s love for healthy childhood development.In order to do this he separated infant rhesus monkeys from their mothers a few hours after birth and left them to be raised by two “surrogate mothers.” One of the surrogates was made of wire with an attached bottle for food; the other was made of soft terrycloth but lacked food. What the researcher found was that the baby monkeys spent much more time with the cloth mother than the wire mother, thereby proving that affection plays a greater role than sustenance when it comes to childhood development. They also found that the monkeys that spent more time cuddling the soft mother grew up to be more healthy.This experiment showed that love, as demonstrated by physical body contact, is a more important aspect of the parent-child bond than the provision of basic needs. These findings also had implications in the attachment between fathers and their infants when the mother is the source of nourishment.20. The Good Samaritan ExperimentStudy Conducted by: John Darley and Daniel BatsonStudy Conducted in 1973 at The Princeton Theological Seminary (Researchers were from Princeton University)Experiment Details: In 1973, an experiment was created by John Darley and Daniel Batson, to investigate the potential causes that underlie altruistic behavior. The experiment researchers set out three hypotheses they wanted to test:People thinking about religion and higher principles would be no more inclined to show helping behavior than laymen.People in a rush would be much less likely to show helping behavior.People who are religious for personal gain would be less likely to help than people who are religious because they want to gain some spiritual and personal insights into the meaning of life.Student participants were given some religious teaching and instruction and then were told to travel from one building to the next. Between the two buildings was a man lying injured and appearing to be in dire need of assistance. The first variable being tested was the degree of urgency impressed upon the subjects, with some being told not to rush and others being informed that speed was of the essence.The results of the experiment were intriguing, with the haste of the subject proving to be the overriding factor. When the subject was in no hurry, nearly two-thirds of people stopped to lend assistance. When the subject was in a rush, this dropped to one in ten. People who were on the way to deliver a speech about helping others were nearly twice as likely to help as those delivering other sermons, showing that the thoughts of the individual were a factor in determining helping behavior. Religious beliefs did not appear to make much difference on the results; being religious for personal gain, or as part of a spiritual quest, did not appear to make much of a noticeable impact on the amount of helping behavior shown.For more information click here21. The Halo Effect ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Richard E. Nisbett and Timothy DeCamp WilsonStudy Conducted in 1977 at the University of MichiganExperiment Details: The Halo Effect states that people generally assume that people who are physically attractive are more likely to be intelligent, friendly, and display good judgment. In order to prove their theory Nisbett and DeCamp Wilson created a study to prove that people have little awareness of the nature of the Halo Effect, and that it influences their personal judgments, inferences and the production of a more complex social behavior.In the experiment, college students were the research participants and were asked to evaluate a psychology instructor as they view him in a videotaped interview. The students were randomly assigned to one of two groups, and each group was shown one of two different interviews with the same instructor who is a native French-speaking Belgian who spoke English with a fairly noticeable accent. In the first video, the instructor presented himself as someone likable, respectful of his students’ intelligence and motives, flexible in his approach to teaching and enthusiastic about his subject matter. In the second interview, he presented himself as much more unlikable. He was cold and distrustful toward the students and was quite rigid in his teaching style.After watching the videos, the subjects were asked to rate the lecturer on physical appearance, mannerisms and his accent, even though his mannerisms and accent were kept the same in both versions of videos. The subjects were asked to rate the professor on an 8-point scale ranging from “like extremely” to “dislike extremely.” Subjects were also told that the researchers were interested in knowing “how much their liking for the teacher influenced the ratings they just made.” Other subjects were asked to identify how much the characteristics they just rated influenced their liking of the teacher.After responding to the questionnaire, the respondents were puzzled about their reactions to the videotapes and to the questionnaire items. The students had no idea why they gave one lecturer higher ratings. Most said that how much they liked the lecturer from what he said had not affected their evaluation of his individual characteristics at all. The interesting thing about this study is that people can understand the phenomenon, but they are unaware when it is occurring. Without realizing it, humans make judgments and even when it is pointed out, they may still deny that it is a product of the halo effect phenomenon.For more information click here22. The Marshmallow TestStudy Conducted by: Walter MischelStudy Conducted in 1972 at Stanford UniversityExperiment Details: Walter Mischel of Stanford University set out to study whether deferred gratification can be an indicator of future success.In his 1972 Marshmallow Experiment children ages four to six were taken into a room where a marshmallow was placed on the table in front of them on a table. Before leaving each of the children alone in the room, the experimenter informed them that they would receive a second marshmallow if the first one was still on the table after they returned in 15 minutes. The examiner recorded how long each child resisted eating the marshmallow and noted whether it correlated with the child’s success in adulthood. A small number of the 600 children ate the marshmallow immediately and one-third delayed gratification long enough to receive the second marshmallow.In follow-up studies, Mischel found that those who deferred gratification were significantly more competent and received higher SAT scores than their peers, meaning that this characteristic likely remains with a person for life. While this study seems simplistic, the findings outline some of the foundational differences in individual traits that can predict success.For more information click here23. The Monster StudyStudy Conducted by: Wendell JohnsonStudy Conducted in 1939 at the University of IowaExperiment Details: The Monster Study received this negative title due to the unethical methods that were used to determine the effects of positive and negative speech therapy on children.Wendell Johnson of the University of Iowa selected twenty-two orphaned children, some with stutters and some without. The children were in two groups and the group of children with stutters was placed in positive speech therapy, where they were praised for their fluency. The non-stutterers were placed in negative speech therapy, where they were disparaged for every mistake in grammar that they made. As a result of the experiment, some of the children who received negative speech therapy suffered psychological effects and retained speech problems for the rest of their lives, making them examples of the significance of positive reinforcement in education.While the initial goal of the study was to investigate positive and negative speech therapy, the implication spanned much further into methods of teaching for young children.For more information click here24. Violinist at the Metro ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Staff at the Washington PostStudy Conducted in 2007 at a Washington D.C. Metro Train StationExperiment Details: An interesting study was conducted by the staff of the Washington Post to test how observant people are of what is going on around them.During the study, pedestrians rushed by without realizing that the musician playing at the entrance to the metro stop was Grammy-winning musician, Joshua Bell, who, two days before his playing in the subway, sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats average $100. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. In the 45 minutes the musician played his violin, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. Around 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32.The study and the subsequent article organized by the Washington Post was part of a social experiment looking at perception, taste and the priorities of people. Gene Weingarten wrote about the Washington Post social experiment (“In a banal setting at an inconvenient time, would beauty transcend?”) and later won a Pulitzer Prize for his story. Some of the questions the article addresses are: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? As it turns out, many of us are not nearly as perceptive to our environment as we might like to think.For more information click here25. Visual Cliff ExperimentStudy Conducted by: Eleanor Gibson and Richard WalkStudy Conducted in 1959 at Cornell UniversityExperiment Details: In 1959, psychologists Eleanor Gibson and Richard Walk set out to study depth perception in infants. They wanted to know if depth perception is a learned behavior or if it is something that we are born with. In order to study this, Gibson and Walk conducted the visual cliff experiment.Gibson and Walk studied 36 infants between the ages of six and 14 months, all of whom could crawl. The infants were placed one at a time on a visual cliff, which is this device seen above. A visual cliff was created using a large glass table that was raised about a foot off the floor. Half of the glass table had a checker pattern underneath in order to create the appearance of a ‘shallow side.’ In order to create a ‘deep side,’ a checker pattern was created on the floor; this side is the visual cliff. Even though the glass table extends all the way across, the placement of the checker pattern on the floor creates the illusion of a sudden drop-off. Researchers placed a foot-wide centerboard between the shallow side and the deep side. Gibson and Walk found the following:Nine of the infants did not move off the centerboard.All of the 27 infants who did move crossed into the shallow side when their mothers called them from the shallow side.Three of the infants crawled off the visual cliff toward their mother when called from the deep side.When called from the deep side, the remaining 24 children either crawled to the shallow side or cried because they could not cross the visual cliff and make it to their mother.What this study helped demonstrate is that depth perception is likely an inborn train in humans.For more information click hereAmong these experiments and psychological tests, we see boundaries pushed and theories taking on a life of their own. It is through the endless stream of psychological experimentation that we can see simple hypotheses become guiding theories for those in this field. The greater field of psychology became a formal field of experimental study in 1879, when Wilhelm Wundt established the first laboratory dedicated solely to psychological research in Leipzig, Germany. Wundt was the first person to refer to himself as a psychologist. Since 1879, psychology has grown into a massive collection of theories, concept, hypotheses, methods of practice and study and a specialty area within the field of healthcare. None of this would have been possible without these and many other important psychological experiments that have stood the test of time.ResourcesAbout Education: PsychologyExplorable.comMental Floss.com

Knowing they can be changed; just not willy-nilly after some shooting. Awful things happen; not changing the Constitution because of those bad-apples. From Wikipedia………………List of school shootings in the United States - WikipediaDate Location Deaths InjuriesDescription19th centryNovember 12, 1840 Charlottesville, Virginia 1 0John Anthony Gardner Davis, a law professor at the University of Virginia, was fatally shot by student Joseph Semmes, and died 3 days later.November 2, 1853 Louisville, Kentucky 1 0Student Mathews Flounoy Ward shot the schoolmaster William H.G. Butler as revenge for what Ward thought was excessive punishment of his brother the day before. Butler died, and Ward was acquitted.August 16, 1856 Florence, Alabama 2 0The schoolmaster warned students not to harm his tame sparrow, threatening death. One of the boys stepped on the bird and killed it. When the boy returned to school, the master took the boy into a private room and strangled him. The boy's father upon hearing what had happened went to the school and shot the schoolmaster dead.July 8, 1858 Baltimore, Maryland 1 0The 15-year-old son of Col. John T. Farlow (Baltimore's Marshal of Police 1867–70), was killed during a Sabbath School gathering. The perpetrator escaped, but several arrests were made.January 21, 1860 Todd County, Kentucky 1 0A son of Col. Elijah Sebree was killed by another student. Young Sebree was threatening the other boy; the latter student got a gun and fatally shot Sebree in the schoolhouse.February 6, 1864 Ashland County, Ohio 1 0George W. Longfelt, the school teacher of the Pyfer's School House, killed student Alfred Desem and fled.February 16, 1867 Knights Ferry, California 2 (including one of the perpetrators) 0Mr. McGinnis was killed by his daughter's teacher after McGinnis threatened the teacher for expelling his daughter from school. When McGinnis' son learned of this, he went to the school and killed the teacher.April 2, 1867 Madison, Florida 1 0Frank Pope, a pupil at St. John's seminary, shot and killed his teacher Mr. Bristow.June 8, 1867 New York City, New York 0 113-year-old Arthur Day secretly took a loaded pistol to PS No. 18 to shoot a dog he said had bitten him. While playing with the pistol, Day accidentally shot and wounded classmate Robert Morton.January 27, 1871 Knoxville, Tennessee 1 0John Roberts, aged ten or twelve, was accidentally shot in the eye at school and died.February 1, 1872 Washington, Pennsylvania 0 1At the all-girls Union School, 17-year-old Thomas McGiffin shot and seriously wounded the principal, Prof. Wilson, in the hip because Wilson refused to deliver a note to one of the girls. McGiffin was a son of Col. Norton McGiffin, and brother of US naval hero Philo McGiffin.February 11, 1873 Wisconsin 0 1Chris Foote shot the school mistress for whipping his son.February 20, 1874 Agency, Montana 1 0After being ejected from school for disobedience, 20-year-old Thomas Squires, fatally shot Prof. Hayes three times in the abdomen.April 9, 1874 Lebanon, Tennessee 1 0John R. Breckinridge, son of the late Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, attending classes in law at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, was killed by John L. Anderson, the Mayor's son. The latter was reportedly "crazed with liquor."May 24, 1878 St. Paul, Minnesota 0 1A 12-year-old boy, Luckert, accidentally shot and wounded Allie McDonald, another boy at the Neill school. The youth was expected to recover. His mother Mrs. McDonald went to the police station, but did not file a formal complaint.May 24, 1879 Lancaster, New York 0 1Telegraph operator Frank Shugart, shot and severely injured Mr. Carr, superintendent of the stables at a girls' school.December 1, 1881 Santa Monica, California 1 0While working late at the schoolhouse on a program for the children's concert, Mr. O'Donnell, the school master, and Mr. Williams, one of the parents, got into an argument. Williams fatally shot O'Donnell in the back.December 22, 1881 Shelby County, Indiana 0 0School teacher Charles J. Gregory shot at a pupil at close range because he refused to write on a slate. The bullet missed the boy. The teacher was arrested.January 16, 1882 Iola, Kansas 0 0A group of boys shot into a schoolhouse, but no one was hurt. Two of the boys were arrested and pleaded guilty three weeks later. They were fined $9.00 each.April 13, 1882 Huntsville, Texas 0 1G.W. Gray, a student at the Sam Houston Normal School, shot and wounded another student, M.J. Jordan. They were arguing over a comic valentine.February 14, 1883 Florence, Nebraska 0 3As some children were playing and throwing snowballs outside the Ponca Creek schoolhouse, Lem Harbaugh and the Shipley brothers, three young men, pulled up in a wagon and engaged the children in a snowball fight. One of the Shipley brothers had a .45 caliber needle gun. As the children kept throwing snowballs, Harbaugh aimed the gun at them. The lock was faulty and the gun went off; he wounded Mamie Shipley, Joy Price, and Marquis Price. Harbaugh later surrendered himself to the authorities.November 20, 1883 Barber County, Kansas 0 0A bunch of drunken cowboys stopped at several schoolhouses, forcing two teachers to drink whiskey, and firing numerous shots at three schoolhouses.February 28, 1884 Danville, Virginia 0 2As Allen Wamack, a 15-year-old boy, drove by a Negro schoolhouse, he called out "school butter" (an insult meaning a cobbing, or a whipping). The students came out and fired several shots at him; he shot back, hitting two students.March 6, 1884 Boston, Massachusetts 0 0As news of outlaw Jesse James reached the East Coast, young boys started to imitate him. For instance, boys shot at police investigating their activities at the Concord Street schoolhouse.March 15, 1884 Gainesville, Georgia 0 0In the middle of the day, a group of very drunk Jackson County farmers were shooting their revolvers as they headed down the street, driving people into their homes. As they approached the female academy, the girls fled from the yard into the school. The farmers followed, firing several rounds into the school door, but no one was hurt.June 12, 1887 Cleveland, Tennessee 1 0Will Guess shot and killed teacher Miss Irene Fann, for whipping his little sister the day before.June 13, 1889 New Brunswick, New Jersey 0 0Charles Crawford, upset over an argument with a school trustee, went up to the window and fired a pistol into a crowded schoolroom. The bullet lodged in the wall just above the teacher's head.April 24, 1890 Brazil, Indiana 0 1While the pupils of the Meridian Street School were at play, student Ben Corbery drew a revolver and seriously wounded 10-year-old Cora Brubach in the face. Cora had told the teacher about Ben's misconduct.December 27, 1890 Staunton, Virginia 1 0At Kable's Military Academy, 15-year-old A.H. Hathaway of Denison, Texas, was accidentally shot and killed by his 17-year-old classmate James Whitworth of Sulphur Springs, Texas, while they were playing with an old pistol.March 30, 1891 Liberty, Mississippi 0 14During a school exhibition and concert at the Parson Hill schoolhouse, an unknown gunman fired a double-barreled shotgun into the mixed audience, made up of black and white students, parents and teachers. Fourteen people were wounded, some seriously.April 9, 1891 Newburgh, New York 0 ?70-year-old James Foster fired a shotgun at a group of students in the playground of St. Mary's Parochial School, causing minor injuries to several of the students.March 26, 1893 Plain Dealing, Louisiana 4 1During an evening school dance at Plain Dealing High School, a fight broke out. Two students were shot and killed immediately, two more were fatally wounded, and the high school's Professor Johnson was wounded in the arm.December 13, 1898 Charleston, West Virginia 6 1+During the school exhibition, a group of young men tried to break up a student performance. When teacher Mr. Fisher tried to throw them out, they turned on him. Audience members joined the fray. Harry Flasher was shot and instantly killed, Henry Carney was fatally shot in the back, Ralph Jones and two others were also fatally shot, and George Gibson was shot in the hand; Haz Harding had his skull crushed, and several others received minor wounds.20th centuryFebruary 24, 1903 Inman, South Carolina 1 0Edward Foster, a 17-year-old student at Inman High School, was fatally wounded by his teacher Reuben Pitts after jerking a rod from Pitts' hands to avoid punishment. According to the teacher, Foster struck the pistol Pitts had drawn, and caused it to fire. Pitts was acquitted of murder on grounds of self-defense.July 21, 1903 Jackson, Kentucky 2 (both perpetrators) 1At the Cave Run School, James Barrett and Mack Howard argued over a card game and fought a duel with pistols, killing each other. 12-year-old student, James Vires, was shot in the abdomen while sitting at his desk during the gunfight.April 6, 1904 Chicago, Illinois 1 0Two students had been fighting for months over a girl. Henry Schaze threw 16-year-old Paul Jelick to the ground, drew a revolver, and killed his rival.November 16, 1904 Riverside, California 2 1At the Indian School, a gun fight broke out between pupils. Charles Colby was shot in the head with a pistol, then returned fire, killing Tom Bucanoros, and fatally wounding Fred Smith.December 16, 1904 Magee, Mississippi 1 1Parent E.E. Mangum was shot through the head and killed by the principal of the high school, Professor J.E. Woodward, after shooting the principal in the hand. Mangum had argued with Woodward, who had given Mangum's 15-year-old son a severe whipping.February 9, 1905 Colusa, California 0 1The meeting of 17-year-old Elmer Hildreth with a school Trustee ended in an armed encounter over Hildreth's being suspended. When Mr. Ingrim went after Hildreth with an axe, Hildreth shot him in the stomach. Hildreth was arrested and was found to have acted in self-defense; no charges were filed. Ingrim survived.October 5, 1905 Hickman, Kentucky 1 0Parent George Nicholson killed John Kurd at a schoolhouse during a school rehearsal. Kurd had made a disparaging remark about Nicholson's daughter during her recital.December 20, 1907 Chico, California 1 09-year-old Arthur Roberts was shot in the head and killed outside his school during a military drill by school children of the Dayton school district. Armed with old guns believed to be empty, the children had pulled the triggers.January 10, 1908 Council Bluffs, Iowa 0 0At around 6 a.m., as George O Mortensen, 35-year-old janitor of the Washington street school building, was unlocking the outer door of the school, someone discharged a shotgun from a few feet away. The shot riddled the door within a foot of his head.March 11, 1908 Boston, Massachusetts 2 (including the perpetrator) 0Thirty-nine-year-old teacher Miss Sarah Chamberlain Weed killed thirty-four-year-old teacher Elizabeth Bailey Hardee, then shot herself, at the Laurens School, a fashionable boarding school. Weed was said to be suffering from melancholia (depression).March 19, 1909 Mount Vernon, Illinois 0 1During a school performance of The Grand Central, John Moake, portraying the villain, was shot in the forehead and dangerously wounded by the hero, Roy Slater. The cartridge was thought to have been blank.June 10, 1909 Trinidad, Colorado 1 0Walter Harris, 11-year-old student, accidentally shot his teacher, B.C. Briggs, in the head while on a school field trip, killing him.August 18, 1909 Bakersfield, California 0 0After hunting doves, a group of six young men deliberately shot out the glass at the Fruitvale School. They also shot at the nearby residence of A.J. Hunter, narrowly missing several children in the rear yard.September 11, 1909 McDonald County, Missouri 1 0John Butram, a student at the Bear Hollow School, told his fellow students that school was cancelled. The teacher A.T. Kelly said it was not. When Butram drew a knife on his teacher, Kelly shot and killed him.January 12, 1910 New York City, New York 2 0"A black bearded maniac drew an automatic pistol" and fired five shots into a crowd of boys at the Harlem School, who were taunting him. 6-year-old Robert Lomas, was hit and died instantly; 6-year-old Arthur Shively, was critically wounded.March 10, 1910 Ione, California 0 0At the reform school, known as Preston School of Industry, students Albert Brown and Eugene Griffin tried to escape, stealing a revolver from the school's bakery shop. They shot at Captain William H. White when he pursued them. No one was hurt, but the boys were transferred to the adult penitentiary.August 16, 1910 Lexington, Kentucky 1 ?A general fight broke out during school board elections. Lewis Napier was shot and killed, and several other persons were hurt. Several men were arrested.April 27, 1911 Manhattan, Kansas 1 0During a school play rehearsal, a boy loaded his revolver, unknown to others. Pearl Reedy, an 18-year-old girl who was to use the gun in the play, said she was afraid to handle it. The teacher said she didn't need to fear it and pointed it at Reedy, squeezing the trigger. Reedy was fatally wounded.January 31, 1912 San Francisco, California 1 0During a stone throwing confrontation near the Oriental School on Clay Street, a group of white boys became trapped between two groups of Chinese boys. Jose Aguilar fired a BB shot air rifle twice to frighten the Chinese. 10-year-old Wong She had a gun and fired back. One bullet passed through Aguilar's coat sleeve and fatally struck 14-year-old James Kane in the school's rear yard.February 16, 1912 Lagrange, New York 1 014-year-old May McQuade was killed by classmate Raymond B. Carroll. Carroll said the shooting was accidental as he did not think the gun was loaded.November 19, 1914 Sayre, Pennsylvania 1 0While walking to school, 14-year-old Charles Listman killed 15-year-old Andrew Milton over rivalry for classmate 13-year-old Minnie London.January 13, 1915 Vancouver, Washington 0 1During a parent-teachers' meeting, 15-year-old student Murlan Decker was accidentally shot by his younger brother, Luther.February 3, 1915 Jasper, Florida 1 120-year-old Will Yates, teacher of Clear Pond school in Hamilton County, Florida, was shot and killed in a fight with Claude Holtzendorff and his two sons. The Holtzendorffs objected to one of the boys being whipped at school. When they showed up, Yates had armed himself. He shot the father through the mouth, and was fatally shot through the body, dying an hour later.September 20, 1916 Bemidji, Minnesota 0 1Olga Dahl, the 19-year-old teacher at the Round Lake District School, was found tied to a tree near the school, assaulted, and shot twice in the face. She had been working late after school, when a man with a revolver entered the school house and ordered her to obey him. He raped and shot her; she was expected to live. A group of men in Itasca County joined in hunting the assailant.December 26, 1916 Danville, Kentucky 1 ?During the Christmas tree celebration at the Harris Creek School, a fight broke out in the room packed with children and visitors. William Benedict, Sr. was instantly killed, William Benedict, Jr. was shot in the ankle, Bourdon Galloway was shot in the right arm, and Mike Gaddis was shot in the leg. Many others were injured. Thomas Thornton had been drinking and objected to Benedict telling him to calm down. Thornton's brother George left the room and returned with a revolver.June 5, 1917 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 0 116-year-old freshman Earl Wolf was accidentally shot in the leg with a revolver about noon, in the company of classmates at Central High School.October 28, 1917 Chicago, Illinois 1 0Brothers 16-year-old William and 15-year-old Ralph Carter broke into the May public school, robbing the phone boxes and teachers' desks. When they were discovered by janitor Howard Parks and policeman Thomas Conway, the latter shot at them. William was critically wounded and not expected to live; Ralph Carter was taken to jail.November 29, 1917 Manes, Missouri 0 1At the Perkins school's Thanksgiving night pie supper, 21-year-old teacher Joe Todd, was mysteriously shot. He was expected to recover.March 29, 1918 Jefferson City, Missouri 1 0At the Lincoln Institute, State Negro Normal School, 31-year-old Professor Romeo West, was killed in the dormitory by superintendent of school Theodore Martin. They were arguing about dishes to use at a social. Martin said he shot in self-defense, fatally hitting West with three of five shots.April 6, 1918 Reeder, North Dakota 1 0During the afternoon recess, a boy was looking over a 22-caliber rifle; it discharged, striking the head of the Coyne boy in the seat to the front, killing him instantly.January 9, 1919 Monroe City, Missouri 0 0While school was in session, Hugh Claggett shot through the school house's front door, while on his way home from work. No one was hurt, and he was fined $20.April 12, 1919 Ogden City, Utah 0 1During a high school assembly, six boys shot off their guns. Permission had been given in the belief the guns were loaded with blanks, but they had live shot. Teacher Verna Davidson was shot in the foot.August 4, 1919 Berkeley, California 0 2Roger Sprague, an assistant in the department of chemistry at the University of California, despondent over his inability to obtain a position, shot and wounded 59-year-old Professor Edmond O'Neill, head of department, and 37-year-old Dr. Joel Henry Hildebrand, professor of chemistry, in the offices of Gilman Hall. He went to California Hall and shot at 57-year-old May L. Cheney, appointment secretary, but hit only one of her hair combs before he was subdued.February 14, 1920 Durant, Oklahoma 0 1At the Durant Normal School, teacher Albert McFarland, was seriously wounded by one of his pupils.March 4, 1920 Cincinnati, Ohio 0 114-year-old student, Lawrence Angel, shot his teacher, Beatrice Conner, through the arm for sending him to the principal's office.May 1, 1920 Summerville, Georgia 0 0At the High School, 15-year-old student Alexander Potter, fired six shots at his teacher, Prof. Ransom, but missed. Potter was upset over having been whipped and expelled. He was sentenced to six years at a reform school.May 15, 1920 Bowling Green, Ohio 1 0While attending her son's school track meet, Mrs. F. Mahl was killed accidentally by a shot from the starter's pistol.August 1, 1920 Ogden, Utah 0 1Mike Smults, the night watchman at the Utah school for the Deaf and Blind, shot a 10-year-old boy, Dennis McDonald, as he and his brother Clinton cut through the campus. The watchman said he fired into the air as a warning.October 22, 1920 Chicago, Illinois 0 1Mrs. Carmila Rindoni went to the school and twice shot Rosalind I. Reynolds, her son's teacher, for spanking her son the day before. Mrs. Rindoni was arrested; Miss Reynolds was expected to recover.November 4, 1920 Middlesboro, Kentucky 1 0Prof. Barnes of Middlesboro High School was fatally shot by Adolphus Oaks, for whipping his sister the week before. Barnes had submitted his resignation to the school board, as students had boycotted his class in protest over the whipping. He intended to leave the city that weekend. Oaks went to jail.February 17, 1922 Valdosta, Georgia 2 0John Glover broke into the school house, where he killed a girl and fatally wounded a boy. A mob tracked and killed Glover 7 miles (11 km) away in Indianola (now Naylor, Georgia).August 1, 1922 Ardmore, Oklahoma 1 0Bryant Hignight and four other students were at the outhouse of the Mount Zion school. Hignight fired two shots. One instantly killed Raymond Guinn. When questioned, the other three boys said it was an accident.December 29, 1926 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 0 112-year-old Frederick Heilman was shot through the right instep when Gettysburg College janitor, Joseph Carver, fired toward a group of boys trying to force their way into the college gymnasium. Carver had shot into the ground, and did not realize a bullet had ricocheted. Heilman's father did not press charges.May 22, 1930 Ringe, Minnesota 1 024-year-old Douglas Petersen, killed 20-year-old teacher, Margaret Wegman, who was standing in the doorway of a rural schoolhouse.May 28, 1931 Duluth, Minnesota 1 0Katherine McMillen, 24-year-old teacher at the Howard Gensen rural school near Duluth, was accidentally killed by a pupil who brought a revolver to school.September 14, 1934 Gill, Massachusetts 1 0Headmaster Elliott Speer was murdered by a shotgun blast through the window at Northfield Mount Hermon School. The crime was never solved.June 4, 1936 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2 (including the perpetrator) 0Wesley Clow killed his Lehigh University English instructor, C. Wesley Phy for giving him a failing grade. Clow committed suicide after shooting Phy.June 4, 1937 Isabel, Kansas 1 016-year-old Robert Douthitt, was accidentally killed backstage during high school play practice. The revolver was to have been loaded with blanks, but it held live ammunition.September 24, 1937 Toledo, Ohio 0 2 (including the perpetrator)12-year-old Robert Snyder wounded his principal, June Mapes, in her office at Arlington Public School when she declined his request to call a classmate. He fled the grounds, and wounded himself.January 24, 1938 Blencoe, Iowa 1 017-year-old Edward Marley was accidentally killed by a fellow actor with a loaded gun while rehearsing for a play at Blencoe High School.July 4, 1940 Valhalla, New York 1 0Angered by the refusal of his daughter, 15-year-old Melba, to leave a boarding school and return home, 47-year-old Joseph Moshell, went to the school and shot and killed his daughter. Moshell was sentenced to death for the murder; the governor of New York later commuted his sentence to life in prison.October 2, 1942 New York City, New York 1 0Irwin Goodman, 36-year-old mathematics teacher at William J. Gaynor Junior High School, was shot and killed in the school corridor by two boys.June 26, 1946 New York City, New York 0 1A 15-year-old student was shot in the chest at PS 147 annex of Brooklyn Automotive Trades High School, after refusing to give money to a gang of seven youths.December 24, 1948 New York City, New York 1 0A 14-year-old student was fatally wounded in the head by a shot from fellow student, 17-year-old Robert Ross, when he happened into range where Ross was target shooting near a lake at the school.March 11, 1949 New York City, New York 0 1A 16-year-old student at Stuyvesant High School was accidentally shot in the arm by a fellow student who was 'showing off' with a pistol in a classroom.November 12, 1949 Columbus, Ohio 1 0Ohio State University freshman James Heer grabbed a .45 caliber handgun from the room of a Delta Tau Delta fraternity brother, and killed 21-year-old Jack McKeown, a senior and fraternity brother. Heer was sentenced to life in prison for the crime.July 22, 1950 New York City, New York 0 1A 16-year-old boy was shot in the wrist and abdomen at the PS 141 dance during an argument with a former classmate.January 24, 1951 Alton, Illinois 1 061-year-old Henry Suhre, quartermaster at Western Military Academy, was killed in the cadet store on campus.March 12, 1951 Union Mills, North Carolina 2 0Professor W.E. Sweatt, superintendent and teacher at the Alexander School, was killed by 16-year-old Billy Ray Powell and 19-year-old Hugh Justice, students whom he had reprimanded. The boys fled and also shot Wade Johnson, 15, for reporting their rule infraction to Sweatt.November 27, 1951 St. Louis, Missouri 1 015-year-old student, David Brooks, was fatally shot in front of other pupils. Two former students were sought by police.April 9, 1952 New York City, New York 1 0A 15-year-old boarding school student shot a dean rather than give up his pin-up pictures of girls in bathing suits.July 14, 1952 New York City, New York 1 0Bayard Peakes shot and killed secretary Eileen Fahey at the American Physical Society (APS) office at Columbia University, where he was reportedly upset that the APS had rejected a paper of his. Peakes was deemed insane by a judge; he was held at an asylum for the criminally insane until his death in 2000.October 2, 1953 Chicago, Illinois 1 014-year-old Bernice Turner killed 14-year-old Pasquale Coletta inside the science classroom at Kelly High School. The shooting was later ruled to be accidental.March 31, 1954 Newton, Massachusetts 1 014-year-old John Frankenberger was accidentally killed in a classroom at Day Junior High School when a pistol held by a classmate discharged.May 15, 1954 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1 2Putnam Davis Jr. was killed during a fraternity house carnival at the Phi Delta Theta house at the University of North Carolina. William Joyner and Allen Long were wounded during the exchange of gunfire in their room. The incident followed an all-night beer party. Long told police that, while the three were drinking beer at 7 a.m., Davis pulled out a gun and started shooting.January 11, 1955 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1 0After some of his dormmates urinated on his mattress during hazing, Robert B. Bechtel, a 22-year-old student proctor at Swarthmore College, returned to his Wharton Hall dorm with a shotgun and killed fellow student, 19-year-old Francis Holmes Strozier. Betchtel was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity and spent five years in a psychiatric hospital.May 4, 1956 Seat Pleasant, Maryland 1 215-year-old student, Billy Ray Prevatte, fatally shot 32-year-old teacher, Frazer Cameron, and injured 25-year-old athletic coach, Francis Daniel Wagner, and 31-year-old teacher, Robert Hicks, at Maryland Park Junior High School. He left after waiting outside the principal's office for a reprimand due to failing to turn in a written physical education assignment; he returned with a rifle, shooting the three staff members. Prevatte was sentenced to thirty years in prison and was released in 1988.October 20, 1956 New York City, New York 0 1A Booker T. Washington Junior High School student was shot and wounded in the forearm by another student armed with a home-made weapon.October 2, 1957 New York City, New York 0 1A 16-year-old student was shot in the leg by a 15-year-old classmate at a city high school.March 4, 1958 New York City, New York 0 1A 17-year-old student shot a boy in the Manual Training High School.May 1, 1958 Massapequa, New York 1 0A 15-year-old Massapequa High School freshman was killed by a classmate in a washroom.September 24, 1959 New York City, New York 1 0Twenty-seven men and boys and an arsenal were seized in the Bronx as the police headed off a gang war resulting from the fatal shooting of a teenager at Morris High School.March 30, 1960 Alice, Texas 1 014-year-old Donna Dvorak, brought a target pistol to Dubose Junior High School, and fatally shot 15-year-old Bobby Whitford, in their 9th-grade science class. Dvorak believed Whitford posed a threat to one of her girlfriends.June 7, 1960 Blaine, Minnesota 2 (including the perpetrator) 041-year-old mail-carrier, Lester Betts, confronted 33-year-old principal, Carson Hammond, in his Blaine Elementary School office, and shot him dead with a 12-gauge shotgun, in apparent jealousy over Hammond's relationships with his former wife. Betts later committed suicide.January 4, 1961 Delmont, South Dakota 1 0Donald Kurtz, 17-year-old senior at Delmont High School, was fatally wounded by a .22 caliber bullet from a rifle. The shot, intended as a sound effect for a school play, hit him in the chest during a rehearsal minutes before the play was to take place.October 17, 1961 Denver, Colorado 1 2 (including the perpetrator)14-year-old Tennyson Beard, got into an argument with 15-year-old William Hachmeister, at Morey Junior High School, shooting and wounding him. Another shot fatally struck 14-year-old Deborah Faith Humphrey. Beard attempted suicide, but survived. He was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.November 5, 1963 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 0 115-year-old Augie Holmquist, a student at Jefferson High School, was in the locker room after swimming class and was shot twice in the back and once in the hip with a .22 caliber revolver by student, 16-year-old Randy Schultz. Schultz ran home and told his parents to call the police. The boys had been playing water polo, and Holmquist had reportedly dunked Shultz. When Schultz objected, Holmquist hit him. Schultz retaliated with a gun.April 27, 1966 Bay Shore, New York 1 0A 48-year-old teacher, John S. Lane, was fatally wounded when he tried to stop 16-year-old student James Arthur Frampton, who was armed with a shotgun and seeking boys he had argued with earlier that day. Lane died about six weeks later. Frampton was sentenced to thirty years in prison for the murder.August 1, 1966 Austin, Texas 18 (including the perpetrator) 31University of Texas tower shooting: 25-year-old engineering student, Charles Whitman, shot and killed 15 people and wounded 31 during a 96-minute shooting rampage from the observation deck of the university. He was shot and killed by police. He had earlier murdered his wife and mother at their homes. It was the deadliest shooting on a U.S. college campus until the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.October 5, 1966 Grand Rapids, Minnesota 1 1Grand Rapids High School student, 15-year-old David Black, killed school administrator Forrest Willey and seriously wounded fellow student, 14-year-old Kevin Roth.November 12, 1966 Mesa, Arizona 5 218-year-old Bob Smith, took seven people hostage at Rose-Mar College of Beauty, and ordered them to lie down in a circle. He shot each in the head. Four women and a 3-year-old girl died; another woman and a baby were injured but survived. Police arrested Smith, who reportedly admired Richard Speck and Charles Whitman. Smith was sentenced to death in Arizona's gas chamber, but his sentence was commuted to life when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972.May 3, 1967 Northlake, Illinois 1 118-year-old dropout, Michael Pisarski killed his former girlfriend, 17-year-old Christine Mitchell inside West Leyden High School. The school's athletic director was wounded. Pisarski was sentenced to a maximum of 60 years in prison.January 30, 1968 Miami, Florida 1 016-year-old Blanche Ward killed fellow student, 16-year-old Linda Lipscomb, at Miami Jackson High School. According to Ward, she was threatened with a razor by Lipscomb during an argument over a fountain pen, and in the ensuing struggle, her gun went off.March 25, 1968 High Point, North Carolina 1 015-year-old David Lee Walker, was killed just outside Central High School, by 15-year-old Gerald Locklear.May 22, 1968 Miami, Florida 0 2Ernest Lee Grissom, a 15-year-old student at Drew Junior High School, seriously wounded a teacher and a 13-year-old student after he had been reprimanded for behavior.January 17, 1969 Los Angeles, California 2 0Alprentice Carter and John Huggins, two student members of the Black Panther Party, were fatally shot during a student meeting inside Campbell Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles. Reportedly there was disagreement over who would control the school's African American Studies Center. The shooter, Claude Hubert, was never found; three other men were later arrested in connection with the shooting.January 23, 1969 Washington, D.C. 1 0Herman Clifford, 45-year-old Cardozo Senior High School assistant principal, was killed in the school's hallway by 18-year-old Ronald Joyner, while trying to stop him and two other youths who had robbed the school's bank.May 13, 1969 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 013-year-old Ernest Napoleon Carter Jr. was accidentally killed by a 13-year-old classmate at Hanes Junior High School who was armed with a pistol. The shooter was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Carter's mother filed a lawsuit against the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education for $50,000 in damages.November 19, 1969 Tomah, Wisconsin 1 046-year-old Martin Mogensen, principal of Tomah Junior High School, was killed in his office by a 14-year-old boy.January 5, 1970 Washington, D.C. 1 115-year-old Tyrone Perry, was killed at Hine Junior High School.February 11, 1970 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 (including the perpetrator) 1University of Pennsylvania professors, 40-year-old Walter Koppelman, and 45-year-old Oscar Goldman, were shot by 33-year-old disgruntled graduate student, Robert Cantor, during a seminar. Cantor then took his own life. Koppelman died March 5 from his injuries, but Goldman recovered.May 4, 1970 Kent, Ohio 4 9Kent State shootings: During protests against the bombings in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, members of the Ohio National Guard shot and killed 4 unarmed college students and injured a further 9. The shootings led to protests and strikes on colleges all across the United States.May 15, 1970 Jackson, Mississippi 2 12Jackson State shootings: Shortly after midnight, a group of students were confronted by city and state police. The police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve. The event happened only 11 days after the Kent State shootings, in which National Guardsmen killed four students at Kent State University in Ohio, which had first captured national attention.November 20, 1970 Chicago, Illinois 0 2Two students were shot while standing in a second floor hallway of Harlan High School. 15-year-old Kenneth House, was shot in the lower left abdomen, his condition was described as serious. 14-year-old Portia Walls, suffered a superficial wound on her lower back. The incident was thought to have involved gang recruiting in the school.February 2, 1971 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 056-year-old teacher, Samson L. Freedman, was killed as he left Morris E. Leeds School, by 14-year-old student, Kevin Simmons. Freedman had suspended Simmons earlier in the day for cursing in the hallway.November 11, 1971 Spokane, Washington 2 (including the perpetrator) 421-year-old former MIT student, Larry J. Harmon, armed with a rifle, killed 68-year-old caretaker, Hilary Kunzon, who came upon him wrecking St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, then fled onto the campus of Gonzaga University, where he wounded four more people before he was shot and killed by police. Harmon was described by his father as a religious fanatic claiming to have visions.February 26, 1973 Richmond, Virginia 1 017-year-old Wayne Phillips, was killed when he was caught between two youths who were fighting in the hallway of Armstrong High School.November 6, 1973 Oakland, California 1 1School superintendent Marcus Foster, was killed and his assistant Robert Blackburn, was wounded when members of the Symbionese Liberation Army opened fire on them as they exited a school board meeting. Two members of the SLA were later arrested and convicted of the crime. Both were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The SLA had reportedly believed that Foster supported a measure to install police on school grounds and make students carry identification cards. In reality, Foster opposed both measures.January 17, 1974 Chicago, Illinois 1 052-year-old elementary school principal, Rudolph Jezek Jr., was killed in his office by 14-year-old Steven Guy, a former student said to be angry about being transferred to a social adjustment center.March 22, 1974 Brownstown, Indiana 1 048-year-old James T. Blevins, athletic director at Brownstown Central High School, was fatally shot in the school parking lot by a 17-year-old student waiting for him. He gave the police no motive.October 4, 1974 Kent, Ohio 0 119-year-old McKeesport student, Ray D. Gilmore, was wounded in a scuffle with two men in his third floor campus dormitory room. 26-year-old Benjamin F. Goodman and 22-year-old Carl Bell, who were not students, had their .32 caliber pistols taken and were wrestled to the floor by other students.December 30, 1974 Olean, New York 3 11Olean High School shooting: During a two-and-a-half-hour siege, 17-year-old honor student, Anthony Barbaro, the best on his rifle team, killed three adults, one being pregnant, in and around his high school and wounded eleven other persons. He shot from the windows out at the street and neighborhood. The school was closed for the Christmas holiday. Barbaro committed suicide in prison before he could stand trial.February 24, 1975 Penns Grove, New Jersey 1 124-year-old David Gary killed the 33-year-old Reverend Thomas Quinlan, inside a classroom at St. James School. Quinlan was the school's principal. A teacher was also wounded. Gary was sentenced to life in prison for the crime.March 18, 1975 St. Louis, Missouri 1 016-year-old Stephen Goods, a bystander, was killed during a fight between other teens. Three youths were convicted for the homicide.September 11, 1975 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 5Student James Briggs killed fellow student Randy Truitt at Grant High School, wounding several others.February 12, 1976 Detroit, Michigan 0 5Intruders entered Murray-Wright High School, shooting and wounding five students after an apparent dispute over a girlfriend of one of the intruders.July 12, 1976 Fullerton, California 7 2 California State University, Fullerton massacre: The gunman, 37-year-old Edward Charles Allaway, was a custodian at the California State University, Fullerton library. Allaway killed seven people and wounded two others in the library's first-floor lobby and at the building's Instructional Media Center (IMC), located in the basement. Allaway was convicted of murder, but a judge ruled him insane and ordered him to be confined to a mental institution.April 7, 1977 Whitharral, Texas 1 0High School principal, M. O. Tripp, was killed on the front steps of the school by 17-year-old student, Ricardo Lopez, for unknown reasons. Lopez was convicted of murder and subsequently sentenced to life in prison.November 19, 1977 Washington, DC 0 2"As about 50 horrified students scattered for safety, a young man wearing a hood and surgical mask yesterday shot and seriously injured the business manager of St. John's College High School in northwest Washington during a robbery attempt in the school cafeteria, District police said."January 11, 1978 Hopkinsville, Kentucky 0 1At 8:10 a.m., 13-year-old student, Andre Davis, was wounded while watching a fight between two students in the front lobby of Christian County Middle School, one of whom had a gun. A 16-year-old was charged with the assault.February 9, 1978 St. Albans, West Virginia 1 014-year-old Hayes Junior High School student, Stuart Wayne Perrock, killed 14-year-old schoolmate, Arthur Clinton Smith.February 22, 1978 Lansing, Michigan 1 1After being taunted for his beliefs, 15-year-old Roger Needham, a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi, killed one student and wounded a second with a pistol at Everett High School.April 26, 1978 Dallas, Texas 1 038-year-old Woodrow Porter, a janitor at Paul Dunbar Elementary School, was killed by the 56-year-old grandmother of an 8-year-old who was allegedly spanked by Porter earlier.May 18, 1978 Austin, Texas 1 013-year-old John Daniel Christian, son of Lyndon B. Johnson's former press secretary George Christian, killed his English teacher, 29-year-old Wilbur Grayson, with his father's rifle in front of approximately thirty classmates at Murchison Junior High School. Christian was arrested and charged but not prosecuted; he was committed to a mental hospital where he was treated for a period and released.October 17, 1978 University City, Missouri 0 418-year-old Larry Ward and two companions were escorted from the halls of University City High School following a fight with 18-year-old student, Carl Triplett. Ward ran back into the building with a gun and fired shots into a group, critically injuring Triplett in the chest and hip, and wounding 17-year-old Angela Darden and 16-year-old Jennifer Pride. Ward sustained a head injury as he was tackled by assistant principal, Franklin McCallie. His companions grabbed the gun and fled.October 17, 1978 Lanett, Alabama 0 113-year-old Robin Robinson, was paddled by Lanett Junior High School principal, Lewis Hoggs, after having a disagreement with another student. Robinson left the school, and returned with a .22-caliber handgun and shot Hoggs, grazing the top of his head. Robinson was arrested two hours later about two blocks from the school, and later charged in juvenile court.January 29, 1979 San Diego, California 2 9Cleveland Elementary School shooting: 16-year-old Brenda Spencer opened fire on Grover Cleveland Elementary School from her home across the street, killing two adults and wounding nine people. Spencer was sentenced to 25 years years to life and remains in prison.April 16, 1979 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 0 117-year-old Timothy Stahle was critically wounded in the leg and upper thigh, with shot gun pellets, as he threw rocks at the windows of Wisconsin Lutheran High School. 28-year-old school janitor, Kenneth B. Stein, was arrested.September 28, 1979 Charlestown, Massachusetts 0 115-year-old sophomore, Darryl Williams, was shot in the neck by a sniper during the half-time interval, while standing with teammates and coach in the end zone of the Charlestown High School football field. The player for the predominantly black Jamaica Plain High School team was left paralysed. A racial motivation was determined by Mayor Kevin White. 17-year-old white youths, Joseph Nardone and Stephen McGonagle, were charged with the shooting and received ten-year sentences.January 7, 1980 Stamps, Arkansas 1 016-year-old Evan Hampton, high school freshman student at Lafayette County High School, waited in a classroom for 19-year-old student Mike Sanders, whom he immediately killed. Hampton went to the principal's office, turned in the gun and waited for his arrest by police.March 20, 1980 Dallas, Texas 1 049-year-old fifth grade teacher, Rosie Pearson, was killed in J. Leslie Patton School by an unknown assailant.March 26, 1980 Big Rapids, Michigan 1 0Business professor Robert Brauer was killed in class by his 20-year-old student, Thomas Kakonis, at Ferris State College; Kakonis had failed an exam in his class. Kakonis is the son of an associate dean at the college.October 31, 1980 Hueytown, Alabama 1 (the perpetrator) 117-year-old Rudy Farmer, pulled out a .22 caliber pistol and wounded a fellow student in the art room of Hueytown High School, he then turned his gun on himself.January 27, 1981 Fayetteville, Arkansas 1 (the perpetrator) 119-year-old former freshman, James Howard Taylor, brought a 12-gauge single-shot shotgun into the Delta Delta Delta sorority house on the University of Arkansas campus. He entered the house at 5:45 p.m. and terrorized an initiation dinner. After attempting to negotiate a surrender, he was shot by police when he aimed his shot gun into the dining room.April 17, 1981 Ann Arbor, Michigan 2 0As students fled their rooms, after a homemade firebomb set a minor blaze on the sixth floor hallway of Bursley Hall dormitory, 22-year-old psychology student, Leo E. Kelly Jr., fired a sawn-off 12-gauge shotgun at his University of Michigan schoolmates at point-blank range. 19-year-old pre-medical student, Edward Siwik, and 21-year-old resident advisor, Douglas C. McGreaham, died at hospitals a few hours later. Kelly had been dismissed from UM once and was on the verge of another dismissal because of falling grades. In 1982, he was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life.December 16, 1981 Portland, Oregon 2 (including the perpetrator) 0 Shortly before noon in Engineering Hall on the school's campus in north Portland, 34-year-old University of Portland night janitor, John C. Holbrook, killed 37-year-old engineering teacher, Brian D. Massey, before taking his own life.March 19, 1982 Las Vegas, Nevada 1 217-year-old Valley High School student, Patrick Lizotte, killed his teacher Clarence Pigott and wounded two students. Lizotte was sentenced to life in prison, but was paroled in 2017.April 7, 1982 Littleton, Colorado 1 013-year-old Deer Creek Junior High School student, Scott Darwin Michael, was killed by 14-year-old classmate, Jason Price Rocha. Rocha was tried as an adult and sentenced to twelve years, plus one year of parole.November 12, 1982 Jackson, Mississippi 2 (including the perpetrator) 018-year-old school dropout, James Hartzog, killed his girlfriend, 17-year-old Faye Williams in her algebra class at Wingfield High School. Hartzog then took his own life.January 20, 1983 St. Louis County, Missouri 2 (including the perpetrator) 1Eighth grade Parkway South Middle School 14-year-old student David F. Lawler sitting in study hall classroom of 28 students opened fire, killing Randall Koger, and injuring Greg Saffo. Lawler then took his own life.|-May 16, 1983 Dallas, Texas 1 0Billy Conn Gardner, a friend of a food service worker's husband, robbed the Lake Highlands High School cafeteria manager at gun point as she was counting day's revenue in the office. Gardner shot her and took $1,600. Gardner was subsequently sentenced to death for the crime and was executed by lethal injection in 1995.February 24, 1984 Los Angeles, California 3 (including the perpetrator) 12Tyrone Mitchell killed two people and wounded twelve others when shooting at students leaving 49th Street Elementary School. He then committed suicide.April 20, 1984 Detroit, Michigan 1 013-year-old Kelly Crittendon, was accidentally killed by two classmates in a classroom at the Precious Blood School.May 17, 1984 Pleasant Hill, Iowa 2 (including the perpetrator) 017-year-old student, Todd Dunahoo, killed 16-year-old Valerie Rockafellow in the hallway at Southeast Polk High School, then turned the gun on himself.September 28, 1984 North Richland Hills, Texas 0 11981 alumnus Barry Wayne Shaw returned to his alma mater Richland High School carrying a 9mm Uzi submachine gun, an AR-15 strapped across his neck and a .45-caliber pistol in a shoulder harness looking for Ms. Ball, his English teacher. Ms. Ball's classroom had recently moved across the campus, something Barry didn't know at the time. He ran across the roof and jumped down into the courtyard before entering the building and starting his search. After some time, he finally gave up the hunt, yelled out "Homecoming, homecoming," and sprayed the school's foyer with 30 rounds of ammunition. His bullets struck windows and the ceiling, but none of the dozen or so students who were also in the foyer at the time. However, a male student was injured by flying debris. Principal Ray Williams arrived after Barry had fired his last shot to confront him. Barry threw both rifles at Ray, saying "I did it." Ray had Barry sit down and wait for the police while he inspected his students for injuries. Barry offered no resistance. He was wearing a white T-shirt under a khaki-colored vest with flap pockets, blue jeans and cowboy boots when he was arrested. Over the weekend, it was discovered that Barry had killed Dallas karate instructor Jimmy Glen Wilson and wounded Rudy Smedley earlier in the week with the submachine gun. He was charged with two counts of intent to commit murder, one count of retaliation and one count of murder.October 24, 1984 Celina, Ohio 1 045-year-old Shirley Shindeldecker, killed school bus driver 54-year-old Gene Green, as he stopped to pick up the son of Shindeldecker's estranged husband. After serving nineteen months of her sentence, Shindeldecker was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and released.January 21, 1985 Goddard, Kansas 1 3Armed with a rifle and a handgun, 14-year-old James Alan Kearbey, killed principal, James McGee, and wounded two teachers and a student at Goddard Junior High School. Kearbey was paroled in 2003.October 18, 1985 Detroit, Michigan 0 6Murray-Wright High School shooting: During half-time of the homecoming football game between Northwestern and Murray-Wright high schools, a youth opened fire with a shotgun, injuring six students with whom he had fought earlier in the day.November 26, 1985 Spanaway, Washington 3 (including the perpetrator) 014-year-old Heather Smith, killed 15-year-old Gordon Pickett, who was her ex-boyfriend, and 14-year-old Christopher Ricco, in the gymnasium at Spanaway Junior High School. She later took her own life.December 3, 1985 Concord, New Hampshire 1 (the perpetrator) 0At Concord High School, Louis Cartier, a 16-year-old dropout, entered the school with a shotgun and took students hostage, 18-year-old Patrick Lena Lena and 16-year-old Scott Hayes. Responding police officers fatally shot him after he aimed at football coach, Don LeBrun.December 10, 1985 Portland, Connecticut 1 2After being suspended for refusing to take off his hat while at school, 13-year-old student Floyd Warmsley pulled out a firearm at Portland Junior High School, shooting and wounding the 53-year-old school secretary Lynn Haddad, and killing 36-year-old janitor David Bangston.March 6, 1986 Dolton, Illinois 0 1At about 9:40 a.m., as 52-year-old math teacher Norma Cooper's third-period algebra class was beginning in a second-floor classroom in the C Building at Thornridge High School, she was shot in the shoulder by a freshman student, with a large-caliber handgun, registered to the youth's father, a security guard. He is charged with attempted murder, unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated battery. The freshman, a resident of Harvey, was enrolled in the class and apparently had recently received poor grades.April 29, 1986 Senath, Missouri 1 0A new student, 16-year-old Ritchie Overman, killed studious 15-year-old Leslie Lynn Wyatt, using a 20-gauge shotgun, in front of twenty-six "totally horrified" science class students and teacher Sheila Adams, at Senath-Hornersville High School.May 9, 1986 Fayetteville, North Carolina 0 3A 17-year-old student shot three classmates at Pine Forest High School with a .25-caliber handgun wounding them. One student was critically injured and treated for a neck wound.May 16, 1986 Cokeville, Wyoming 2 (both perpetrators) 74 (one by gunfire)Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis: 43-year-old former town marshal David Young, and his 47-year-old wife, Doris Young, took 136 children and eighteen adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School. Doris Young accidentally detonated a bomb she was carrying during the standoff, injuring herself and 73 others. David Young then shot and killed Doris, shot and wounded a teacher, and then committed suicide.December 4, 1986 Lewistown, Montana 1 314-year-old Kristofer Hans intended to shoot his French teacher at Fergus High School, for a failing grade. Instead, Henrietta Smith, who was substituting for LaVonne Simonfy, was shot in the face and died. Hans fired several other shots as he fled, wounding vice principal John Moffatt, and two students. He then ran about a mile to his home, where he was arrested after the police surrounded his house. A classmate said Hans had repeatedly threatened to kill Ms. Simonfy, saying, "I'm going to blow Simonfy's head off." He was charged as an adult, convicted and sentenced to 206 years in prison.February 4, 1987 Northridge, California 2 (including the perpetrator) 035-year-old associate professor of Computer Science Djamshid (Amir) Asgari was confronted in the Engineering Building of California State University, Northridge by 25-year-old graduate student Fawwaz Abdin. Abdin was angry about a low grade Asgari had given him a year earlier, which caused him to be put on academic probation. After Asgari refused to change his grade, Abdin shot him twice, then himself. Asgari later died at the Northridge Hospital.March 2, 1987 De Kalb, Missouri 2 (including the perpetrator) 0After constant teasing about his weight, 12-year-old honors student Nathan Ferris killed a 13-year-old classmate, Timothy Perrin, then turned the gun on himself.April 16, 1987 Detroit, Michigan 1 2Murray-Wright High School second shooting: A ninth-grade student at Murray-Wright High School killed 17-year-old Chester Jackson, a student athlete, and wounded 17-year-old Damon Matthews, and 18-year-old Tomeka Turner.September 28, 1987 Lansing, Illinois 0 1After being kicked off the soccer team for smoking on school grounds, 16-year-old student Blake Docter, of Illiana Christian High School wounded 44-year-old John Hoogewerf in the chest, the teacher who had reported him for smoking.February 11, 1988 Largo, Florida 1 2Pinellas Park High shooting: 15-year-old students, Jason Harless and Jason McCoy, took stolen .38-caliber revolvers to Pinellas Park High School. Harless shot two assistant principals and a student-teacher inside the school's cafeteria. 53-year-old Richard Allen died from his injuries, Nancy Blackwelder and intern Joseph Bloznalis were wounded.May 20, 1988 Winnetka, Illinois 1 530-year-old Laurie Dann, killed 8-year-old Nick Corwin, inside Hubbard Woods School. Five additional students were wounded. Dann later committed suicide after taking hostages in a nearby home.July 10, 1988 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 0 125-year-old Robin Jenkins, was shot in the elbow after a basketball game turned violent about 7:45 http://p.m.at Siefert Elementary School. A 28-year-old man was taken into custody the following day.September 22, 1988 Chicago, Illinois 5 (including the perpetrator) 2After killing two people at a nearby auto parts store, 40-year-old Clem “Clemmie” Henderson entered Moses Montefiore Academy, where he shot and killed the school custodian. Henderson then shot and killed police officer Irma Ruiz and wounded her partner, Greg Jaglowski, as they confronted him. Despite being shot in both legs, Officer Jaglowski managed to return fire, killing Henderson.September 26, 1988 Greenwood, South Carolina 2 9Oakland Elementary School shooting: 19-year-old James William Wilson entered Oakland Elementary School and started firing shots in the cafeteria. Two students were wounded and a first-grade teacher. After reloading his gun in a girls' restroom, he was confronted by physical education teacher, Kat Finkbeiner, who tried to stop him; she was wounded twice. He then entered a third-grade classroom and shot toward the students, killing 8-year-olds Shequila Tawoon Bradley and Tequila Maria Thomas, and wounding five others. Wilson was ultimately convicted of murder and sentenced to death.November 22, 1988 Abilene, Texas 0 116-year-old student Mason Staggs shot Cooper High School teacher, Rick Maloney in the face with a pistol, severely injuring the teacher. Staggs left the school and went fishing.December 16, 1988 Virginia Beach, Virginia 1 1At Atlantic Shores Christian School, 16-year-old student Nicholas Elliott shot two teachers with a Mac-10 9-millimeter machine pistol, killing 41-year-old Karen Farley, and critically wounding 37-year-old Sam Marino, then began firing on a classroom full of students before the gun jammed and any students were hit. He was sentenced to life plus 114 years in prison with 15 years before parole.January 17, 1989 Stockton, California 6 (including the perpetrator) 32Stockton schoolyard shooting: 24-year-old Patrick Edward Purdy fatally shot five children and wounded 32 others at the Cleveland Elementary School, before taking his own life. The victims were children of refugees from Southeast Asia. Purdy had a history of violence, alcoholism and drug addiction, and criminality.February 10, 1989 Kearns, Utah 0 0At Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, a 12-year-old boy fired a handgun at a vice principal, William Crumbaugh. No one was injured.December 5, 1989 McKeesport, Pennsylvania 1 (the perpetrator) 1While riding the school bus, 16-year-old Serra Catholic High School student, Robert Butler, shot 16-year-old schoolmate, Adam Ference, in the back of the head before fatally shooting himself. Ference was in critical condition but survived.March 27, 1990 Brooklyn, New York 0 1A black youth was taunted with racial slurs by three white youths in the stairwell of a public school in the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn. The 14-year-old was then shot and slightly wounded, because he had acted as peacemaker when the same boys had clashed with another black teen the month before.September 11, 1990 San Antonio, Texas 0 33 students were wounded when gunfire broke out at Sam Houston High School. The incident took place at 11:55 a.m. and was gang related. 17-year-old John Campbell was wounded in the right foot, 18-year-old Larry Johnson was wounded in the right thigh and calf, and a 16-year-old received a chest wound. 18-year-old Kenneth Wolford, and two other male students were arrested and charged.April 23, 1991 Compton, California 1 0A teenager aimed and fired a handgun at a security guard who had chased him and three friends off the grounds of Ralph J. Bunche Middle School. He instead killed 11-year-old Alejandro Vargas, a bystander and student at the school.September 18, 1991 Crosby, Texas 1 017-year-old Arthur Jermel Jack, was killed by 15-year-old LaKeeta Cadoree, in the cafeteria at Crosby High School.November 1, 1991 Iowa City, Iowa 6 (including the perpetrator) 1University of Iowa shooting: 28-year-old former graduate student, Gang Lu, killed four members of University of Iowa's faculty and a research student, and seriously wounded another student. 47-year-old professor of physics and astronomy, Christoph K. Goertz, 45-year-old associate professor of physics and astronomy, Robert Alan Smith, 44-year-old chairman of the physics and astronomy department, Dwight R. Nicholson, 56-year-old associate vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Theresa Anne Cleary, shot in the head and died the following day, and 27-year-old research investigator in physics and astronomy, Dr. Shan Linhua. 23-year-old Miya Rodolfo-Sioson, Dr. Cleary's temporary student receptionist in the grievance office, survived but was left paralyzed from the neck down. Lu then shot himself in the head, he died shortly after police arrived.November 25, 1991 Brooklyn, New York 1 0Thomas Jefferson High School shooting: During an argument between two teens, a stray bullet killed a third, uninvolved 16-year-old student. In 1992, 14-year-old shooter Jason Bentley, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison.January 29, 1992 Kent, Ohio 0 126-year-old graduate student, Sarah Smith, was wounded in the chest as she was waiting for her husband to pick her up at Kent State University.April 23, 1992 Bloomington, Indiana 3 (including the perpetrator) 0Indiana University graduate student Susan Clements was shot to death in her dorm by a former boyfriend before he committed suicide. A friend that attempted to intervene, Steven Molen, was also shot and critically injured; he died several days later.February 26, 1992 Brooklyn, New York 2 0Thomas Jefferson High School second shooting: 15-year-old Kahlil Sumpter, killed fellow students, 16-year-old Tyrone Sinkler and 17-year-old Ian Moore, on the school's second-floor hallway. In 1993, he was sentenced to between 6⅔ and twenty years in prison. He was released on parole in 1998.March 5, 1992 Obetz, Ohio 0 1Hamilton Middle School: Gordon W. Dye Jr. shot his bully Gregg Johnson in the head with a .22-caliber pistol in the school cafeteria. Gregg was rushed to Children's Hospital in Columbus where doctors found the bullet and traced its path. It had entered between Gregg's eyes and traveled the nasal sinuses where it shattered bones. Its trajectory was parallel to the bottom of the skull and was deflected by part of the skull base. This deflection sent the bullet on a downward path, to the adenoids.May 1, 1992 Olivehurst, California 4 10Lindhurst High School shooting: Former student, 20-year-old Eric Houston, killed three students and one teacher, and wounded nine other students and teacher before surrendering to police. Houston was later sentenced to death and remains on California's death row.September 11, 1992 Amarillo, Texas 0 7Following a pep rally, in a hallway near the activity center of Palo Duro High School, for the evening football match-up against Hereford High, 17 year old Randy Earl Matthews shot and wounded 7 students with a .22 caliber pistol. Matthews had attended the school for 9 days when the incident occurred and was believed to have been bullied at his previous school in Memphis Texas. Matthews was charged with one count attempted murder, five counts aggravated assault, and one count of unlawfully carrying a weapon onto school grounds. He served eight years.October 19, 1992 The Bronx, New York 0 3Two 14-year-old girls and a 16-year-old boy were shot at outside a Bronx high school.November 4, 1992 Detroit, Michigan 0 1111 students were hit by gunfire during a four-hour period in three separate school incidents, five were hospitalized. Six students at Finney High School were grazed by buckshot after three ski-masked gunmen opened fire in a crowded hallway. A 14-year-old was in custody for shooting three Foch Middle School students as they passed by the Marcus Garvey Academy. In the third incident, 16-year-old DeWayne Boyd was hit in the chest, when shots were fired at two Mumford High School students.December 14, 1992 Great Barrington, Massachusetts 2 4Wayne Lo, a Taiwanese-born American, opened fire at Bard College at Simon's Rock. He killed one student and a professor, and wounded four people. Lo was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders.January 6, 1993 Brentwood, New York 0 1Brentwood High School. Former student, Matthew Hunter, was shot by two gunmen during a basketball game between Brentwood High School and Sachem High School. The assault was over a dispute about the theft of a gold chain.January 18, 1993 Grayson, Kentucky 2 0East Carter High School shooting: 17-year-old Scott Pennington, a student at East Carter High School, fatally shot his 48-year-old English teacher, Deanna McDavid, and 52-year-old head custodian, Marvin Hicks. Pennington was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 25 years.February 22, 1993 Los Angeles, California 1 015-year-old Robert Heard, fatally shot 17-year-old Michael Shean Ensley in the corridor of the Reseda High School's science building.April 15, 1993 Acushnet, Massachusetts 1 044-year-old David Taber entered Ford Middle School and took three hostages. During the hostage crisis, Taber killed school nurse Carol Day. Taber was found not guilty of the murder by reason of insanity.May 14, 1993 Irving, Texas 1 017-year-old Max Alexander Martinez, killed 17-year-old Jose Balderas, with a .38 caliber revolver in a hallway in Nimitz High School during a dispute over girls.May 24, 1993 Pennsburg, Pennsylvania 1 015-year-old student Jason Smith killed another student who had bullied him at Upper Perkiomen High School. He was charged as an adult and sentenced to between twelve and twenty-five years in prison.September 17, 1993 Sheridan, Wyoming 1 (the perpetrator) 429-year-old Kevin Newman, wounded four students before killing himself at Central Junior High School.November 4, 1993 New Britain, Connecticut 1 018-year-old Miguel DeJesus, was gunned down on the steps of New Britain High School. Rival gang members, 24-year-old Maurice Flanagan and 23-year-old Thomas Mejia, were charged.December 1, 1993 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1 0Wauwatosa West High School shooting: 21-year-old former student, Leonard D. McDowell, shot 46-year-old associate principal, Dale Breitlow, three times with a revolver in a second-floor hallway of Wauwatosa West High School. McDowell was found guilty of the murder and sane at the time of the shooting, he was sentenced to life in prison. His sentence was upheld by the state Court of Appeals in April 1997.January 24, 1994 Columbia, South Carolina 1 018-year-old Floyd Eugene Brown, shot fellow Eau Claire High School student, 17-year-old Earnest Dunlap, following an argument the week before. Brown was arrested shortly after at his home. A 16-year-old boy was also arrested for kicking Dunlap after the shooting. A jury later acquitted Brown of murder.January 31, 1994 Seattle, Washington 1 024-year-old Darrell Cloud, a former student at Whitman Middle School in North Seattle, killed 45-year-old Neal Summers, who had sexually abused Cloud since he was thirteen. Cloud served nine years in prison. He later received a $250,000 settlement in a civil suit against Seattle Schools, charging that Summers had not been adequately supervised.February 18, 1994 Spartanburg, South Carolina 0 1At around 10 p.m., 24-year-old Roosevelt Johnson was shot in the leg, after a basketball game at Spartanburg High School.March 1, 1994 Boonville, Missouri 2 033-year-old Dante D. Hayes, a hunter and ex-convict, killed 58-year-old Richard Vancena, a cafeteria manager, and 33-year-old Robin Michelle Coleman, a cook, in the mess hall of Kemper Military School and College. He was drunk and looking for his wife Anna Hayes with whom he had a fight the night before. No students were harmed. Hayes was layer convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to life without parole.April 12, 1994 Butte, Montana 1 010-year-old Jason Osmanson, teased because his parents had AIDS, killed an 11-year-old student on the playground of Margaret Leary Elementary School. Osmanson was sent to a private residential treatment center.April 21, 1994 Nashville, Tennessee 1 014-year-old Jeremy Bryant, killed 13-year-old Terrence Murray, in music class at J.T. Moore Middle School.October 12, 1994 Greensboro, North Carolina 1 (the perpetrator) 1After being suspended for smoking, 16-year-old Nicholas Atkinson, returned to Grimsley High School with a 9 mm pistol. After wounding assistant principal, Bill Whites, Atkinson took his own life.October 17, 1994 Chicago, Illinois 0 1A 16-year-old female student was shot in the thigh outside Hubbard High School when a teenage boy rode past on a bicycle and fired into a crowd. It is believed the shooting was meant for rival gang members, but the girl was hit instead. The boy lived in the neighborhood.November 7, 1994 Wickliffe, Ohio 1 5 (including the perpetrator)Wickliffe Middle School shooting: 37-year-old former student, Keith A. Ledeger, killed 41-year-old custodian, Pete Christopher, at Wickliffe Middle School, and wounded 47-year-old assistant principal, Jim Anderson, 47-year-old police officer, Thomas Schmidt, and 50-year-old teacher, Lowell Grimm, before being injured and taken into custody. Ledeger was sentenced to 57 years in prison, and died in prison in 2011.December 14, 1994 Albany, New York 0 1Ralph J. Tortorici, 26, a military veteran and psychology major at the State University of New York at Albany held hostage a large lecture hall from 9:10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Tortorici, armed with a .270-caliber rifle with more than two dozen rounds of ammunition and a hunting knife, walked into the ancient history class of Hans Pohlsander, saying, "Don't worry. Nobody move. You guys are getting held hostage." The standoff ended when Tortorici had his gun taken away by Jason McEnaney, a 19-year-old student. McEnaney was shot in the leg, groin, and abdomen in the exchange. Tortorici suffered from a well-document history of mental illness, argued during the hostage crisis that the government had implanted a control chip in his head during a procedure at Albany Medical Center, and ultimately committed suicide in 1999 in prison while serving a 15 1/2 year sentence.January 12, 1995 Seattle, Washington 0 2A 15-year-old student at Garfield High School left school during the day and returned with his grandfather's handgun. He wounded two students.September 29, 1995 Tavares, Florida 1 014-year-old student Keith E. Johnson, killed 13-year-old Joey Summerall, at Tavares Middle School with a handgun that he had stolen from his neighbor's home. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.October 12, 1995 Blackville, South Carolina 2 (including the perpetrator) 1Blackville-Hilda High School shooting: Suspended student, 16-year-old Toby R. Sincino, killed 56-year-old math teacher, Phyllis Senn, and wounded 38-year-old math teacher, Johhnny Thompson, before committing suicide at Blackville-Hilda High School.November 15, 1995 Lynnville, Tennessee 2 1Richland High School shooting: 17-year-old James Rouse, killed a student and teacher at Richland High School and seriously wounded another teacher with a rifle. Rouse was later sentenced to life in prison without parole.January 19, 1996 Washington, D.C. 1 0Two masked gunmen killed 14-year-old Damion Blocker in a stairwell at Winston Education Center. One shooter, 16-year-old Darrick Evans, was sentenced to 41 years to life in prison.February 2, 1996 Moses Lake, Washington 3 1Frontier Middle School shooting: 14-year-old Barry Loukaitis, killed a teacher and two students and wounded another student when he opened fire on his algebra class.February 29, 1996 St. Louis, Missouri 2 130-year-old Mark Boyd, hired 23-year-old Malik Nettles, to kill 15-year-old Kyunia Taylor, as she rode on a school bus bound for Beaumont High School. Taylor was pregnant with a child fathered by Boyd; a baby girl was delivered by emergency caesarean section, but died 23 days later. The bus driver was also shot, he survived. Both Boyd and Nettles were convicted of murder. Boyd was sentenced to 26 years while Nettles was sentenced to life without parole.August 15, 1996 San Diego, California 3 0San Diego State University shooting: At San Diego State University, 36-year-old graduate student, Frederick Martin Davidson, killed three professors, 32-year-old Chen Liang, 44-year-old D. Preston Lowrey III, and 36-year-old Costas Lyrintzis, that he believed were involved in a conspiracy against him. Davidson was sentenced to serve three life terms without parole.September 17, 1996 State College, Pennsylvania 1 219-year-old Jillian Robbins, killed one student and injured two outside Pennsylvania State University's HUB–Robeson Center. Robbins was sentenced to between 30 and 60 years in prison.September 25, 1996 Decatur, Georgia 1 216-year-old David Dubose Jr., killed English teacher, Horace Morgan, on the steps of Dekalb Alternative School. Dubose was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was committed indefinitely to a state mental hospital.October 9, 1996 Sherwood, Arkansas 1 014-year-old Willis Ward Johnson, killed 20-year-old James Earl Routt, as they rode a school bus. he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and sentenced to 46 years in prison.October 16, 1996 West Lafayette, Indiana 2 (including the perpetrator) 018-year-old Jarrod Allan Eskew killed 27-year-old Jay Severson, his Wiley Hall dorm counselor, and himself after being found with drugs the previous day.January 27, 1997 West Palm Beach, Florida 1 014-year-old Conniston Middle School student, Tronneal Mangum, fatally shot 14-year-old classmate, John Pierre Kamel, just minutes before school started, over a $40 debt.He was originally sentenced to life in prison but has since been reduced to 40 years.February 19, 1997 Bethel, Alaska 2 2Bethel Regional High School shooting: 16-year-old student, Evan Ramsey, killed Bethel Regional High School principal, Ron Edwards, and 15-year-old student, Joshua Palacios, and wounded two other students.October 1, 1997 Pearl, Mississippi 3 7Pearl High School shooting: 16-year-old Luke Woodham, murdered his 50-year-old mother, Mary, at home before killing his ex-girlfriend, 16-year-old student, Christina Menefee, and 17-year-old student, Lydia Kaye Dew, then wounding seven others at Pearl High School. Woodham was sentenced to life in prison.October 15, 1997 Palmetto, Florida 0 1After an argument between them the day before, 13-year-old Brandon Hartsoe took a .38 revolver from his mother's dresser drawer and shot 13-year-old Lincoln Middle School classmate, Trent Murray, in the back causing serious injury, then continued to fire three more shots in the general area of other students. Hartsoe was sentenced in 1998 to serve until his 18th birthday. His probation was set to end in October 2009.December 1, 1997 West Paducah, Kentucky 3 5Heath High School shooting: Three students were killed and five wounded by 14-year-old Michael Carneal, as they participated in a prayer circle. Carneal was sentenced to life in prison.December 15, 1997 Stamps, Arkansas 0 2Concealed in a wooded area on school grounds, 14-year-old Joseph "Colt" Todd, wounded two students as they were entering Stamps High School.March 1, 1998 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 3At around 4:15 p.m., gunfire broke out as a crowd streamed from the Palestra after a high school championship basketball game near the University of Pennsylvania. A 22-year-old man was shot in the back and killed, and a student working at the fine arts building was shot in the leg.March 24, 1998 Craighead County, Arkansas 5 10Westside Middle School shootings: 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson, and 11-year-old Andrew Golden, killed a teacher and four students, and wounded ten others, as Westside Middle School emptied during a fire alarm intentionally set off by Golden. Both shooters were sentenced to confinement until their 21st birthdays.April 24, 1998 Edinboro, Pennsylvania 1 3Parker Middle School dance shooting: 14-year-old student, Andrew Wurst, fatally shot 48-year-old teacher, John Gillette, and wounded two students and another teacher at an 8th grade graduation dance. He is serving a thirty to sixty-year sentence in a prison for young offenders.May 19, 1998 Fayetteville, Tennessee 1 018-year-old Jacob Lee Davis, shot 18-year-old Robert Creson, at Lincoln County High School in a dispute over a girl. Davis received a life sentence on July 29, 1999.May 21, 1998 Springfield, Oregon 4 25Thurston High School shooting: After killing his parents at home, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel, drove to Thurston High School, where he killed two students and wounded 25 others. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to 111 years of prison.June 15, 1998 Richmond, Virginia 0 214-year-old student, Quinshawn Brooker, wounded 45-year-old basketball coach and history teacher, Gregory Carter, and 74-year-old Head Start volunteer, Eloise Wilson, in the hallway of Armstrong High School.December 10, 1998 Detroit, Michigan 1 052-year-old Professor Andrzej Olbrot, was killed by 48-year-old graduate doctoral student, Wlodzimierz Dedecjusat, at Wayne State University.January 8, 1999 Carrollton, Georgia 2 (both perpetrators) 015-year-old Andrea Garrett was found dead and 17-year-old Jeff Miller seriously wounded in the girls' restroom at Central Carrollton County High School, after a suspected suicide pact. Miller died the next day.April 16, 1999 Notus, Idaho 0 015-year-old Shawn Cooper, fired two shots from a shotgun near the front desk at Notus Jr. Sr. High School. There were no serious injuries, but some students were close enough to the blast to be grazed by shrapnel from the tile floor. Cooper had been undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder.April 20, 1999 Littleton, Colorado 15 (including both perpetrators) 21Columbine High School massacre: 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold, students at Columbine High School, killed twelve students and one teacher. They injured 21 additional people, and three more were injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair committed suicide in the library after a brief gunfight with police at the end of the massacre. Eric and Dylan used a 9mm Hi-Point 995 Carbine rifle, a Savage 67H pump-action shotgun (sawed off), multiple pipe bombs, propane tanks, gasoline bombs, etc. Klebold used an Intratec TEC-DC9 semi-automatic pistol, a stevens 311d double barreled sawed-off shotgun multiple pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails, and propane tanks.May 20, 1999 Conyers, Georgia 0 615-year-old student Thomas "T.J." Solomon Jr., wounded six students at Heritage High School. A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition, and the other victims suffered from non-life-threatening injuries. Solomon initially faced up to 351 years of prison if convicted of aggravated assault and other charges. In 2000 he was found guilty but mentally ill and was sentenced to forty years in prison and sixty-five years of probation.November 19, 1999 Deming, New Mexico 1 013-year-old Victor Cordova Jr., fatally shot 13-year-old Deming Middle School schoolmate, Araceli Tena. Cordova said he had intended to commit suicide but was jostled by others and his gun moved. He could not be charged as an adult as he was under 14 so he received the maximum sentence for a juvenile: a minimum of two years in prison, with a maximum of being held until his 21st birthday. In December 2003, he was released to his aunt and uncle to live with them in Colorado.December 6, 1999 Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 0 6Before his middle school opened, 13-year-old Seth Trickey opened fire in the courtyard. While there were no fatalities, several students felt sparks from the bullets hitting the building walls. Five were injured, including a girl who was shot in the face. Trickey brought the gun from home. he was tried as juvenile and released in March 2005.21st century2000sFebruary 29, 2000 Flint, Michigan 1 0Shooting of Kayla Rolland: At Buell Elementary School, 6-year-old Dedrick Owens fatally shot 6-year-old classmate Kayla Rolland. To date, Owens is the youngest documented school shooter.May 26, 2000 Lake Worth, Florida 1 013-year-old honor student, Nathaniel Brazill, was sent home for throwing water balloons, but returned to his Lake Worth Middle School with a family pistol. He fatally shot teacher Barry Grunow, a popular teacher, he was Brazill's favorite.June 28, 2000 Seattle, Washington 2 (including the perpetrator) 058-year-old Director of the Division of Pathology of the University of Washington Medical Center, Rodger C. Haggitt, was shot dead by 42-year-old Chinese (Taiwan) emigrant and then U. S. citizen, Jian Chen, who had just completed his second year of forensic pathology residency training and had been notified of his contract non-renewal (which Chen wrote would dishonor his family). Chen then committed suicide. In 2001 the Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society was named in memory of Dr. Haggitt.August 28, 2000 Fayetteville, Arkansas 2 (including the perpetrator) 036-year-old James Easton Kelly, a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at University of Arkansas, killed 67-year-old John R. Locke, the English professor overseeing his coursework. Kelly had been dismissed from this PhD program for lack of progress toward his degree. Kelly shot Locke three times before committing suicide in the director's office, which had been isolated by campus police.September 26, 2000 New Orleans, Louisiana 0 213 year-olds Darrel Johnson, and Alfred Anderson were initially charged with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of 15 year-old William Pennington. Pennington, after being shot, managed to gain control of the gun and shoot Johnson in the back. Charges were later reduced to Aggravated Battery.December 1, 2000 San Diego, California 0 1 (the perpetrator)A 15-year-old Junipero Serra High School student who showed off a handgun on campus and threatened to shoot a classmate, ended up accidentally shooting himself, causing minor injuries.March 5, 2001 Santee, California 2 13Santana High School shooting: 15-year-old student, Charles Andrew Williams, killed two students, 14-year-old Bryan Zuckor, and 15-year-old Randy Gordon, at Santana High School and wounded thirteen others. He was arrested and convicted of murder and attempted murder. He was sentenced to life with the chance of parole after serving fifty years.March 7, 2001 Williamsport, Pennsylvania 0 114-year-old student, Elizabeth Catherine Bush, wounded fellow student Kimberly Marchese in the cafeteria of Bishop Neumann High School.May 16, 2001 Parkland, Washington 2 (including the perpetrator) 040-year-old music instructor and organist James D. Holloway was shot multiple times with a .22-caliber handgun at Pacific Lutheran University by a 55-year-old man from Tacoma. The shooter was not a student or employee of the university and also killed himself. The victim was apparently chosen at random as the shooter had a personal dispute with a different staff member who was not on campus that day.March 22, 2001 El Cajon, California 0 518-year-old former student, Jason Hoffman, opened fire at Granite Hills High School, injuring five people. He was convicted of assault and sentenced to prison, where he committed suicide in 2002.March 30, 2001 Gary, Indiana 1 017-year-old Donald Ray Burt Jr., fatally shot Neal Boyd, IV with one bullet to the head in a parking lot outside Lew Wallace High School. Burt was sentenced to 57 years in prison.January 15, 2002 New York City, New York 0 217-year-old Vincent Rodriguez, wounded two students at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in Manhattan, with a semi-automatic pistol. He was retaliating for the victims having harassed his girlfriend. In February 2003, Rodriguez was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of assault and attempted assault.January 16, 2002 Grundy, Virginia 3 3Appalachian School of Law shooting: Recently dismissed graduate student, 42-year-old Peter Odighizuwa, killed three at the Appalachian School of Law. 42-year-old dean Anthony Sutin, and 41-year-old professor Thomas Blackwell were killed along with 33-year-old student, Angela Dales. Three other students were also wounded. In 2005 Odighizuwa received three life sentences and an additional 28 years without the possibility of parole.February 20, 2002 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1 016-year-old Washington High School student, Joseph Johnson Jr., was killed by Phillip D. Jackson Jr., when violence erupts between rival fans in the parking lot, after a basketball game between Vincent High School.October 7, 2002 Bowie, Maryland 0 1In the Beltway sniper attacks, one victim of several was 13-year-old Iran Brown, who was wounded as he arrived at Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Maryland. His aunt, a nurse who had just dropped him off, rushed him to a hospital emergency room. Despite serious injuries, Brown survived the attack. The shooters, Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, were later convicted of numerous unrelated murders committed during their killing spree. Muhammad was executed in 2009, while Malvo was sentenced to life in prison.October 28, 2002 Tucson, Arizona 4 (including the perpetrator) 0Failing nursing college student and Gulf War veteran, 40-year-old Robert Stewart Flores Jr., killed three assistant professors of nursing at the University of Arizona, 50-year-old Robin Rogers, 44-year-old Cheryl McGaffic, and 45-year-old Barbara Monroe, before turning the gun on himself.October 29, 2002 Jersey City, New Jersey 0 1A 15-year-old student was shot in the abdomen and wounded inside a basement of Lincoln High School, during an argument with another student. Another 15-year-old student was arrested and charged with attempted murder.April 14, 2003 New Orleans, Louisiana 1 3John McDonogh High School shooting. 18-year-old Steven Williams, and 17-year-old James Tate opened fire with an AK-47 and a handgun in the gymnasium of John McDonogh High School, killing a 15-year-old student and wounding three female students. Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Tate was sentenced to fifteen years.April 24, 2003 Red Lion, Pennsylvania 2 (including the perpetrator) 014-year-old student James Sheets, entered Red Lion Area Junior High School armed with his stepfather's pistols. He killed the school's principal, Eugene Segro, before killing himself.May 9, 2003 Cleveland, Ohio 1 2On May 9, 2003, Biswanath Halder, a 62-year-old business school alumnus of Case Western Reserve University, killed a graduate student and wounded a professor and another student using a semi-automatic rifle. He held the building and its nearly 100 occupants hostage for seven hours before being apprehended by a SWAT team. He was sentenced to life in prison.September 24, 2003 Cold Spring, Minnesota 2 0Rocori High School shooting: 15-year-old John Jason McLaughlin, shot 15-year-old freshman Seth Bartell and 17-year-old senior Aaron Rollins at Rocori High School. Rollins was killed immediately, and Bartell died from his wounds sixteen days later. McLaughlin was sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole in 2038.February 2, 2004 Washington, D.C. 1 0Thomas J. Boykin was acquitted of the murder of 17-year-old James Richardson, a football player at Ballou High School in Southeast Washington.February 9, 2004 East Greenbush, New York 0 1Jon W. Romano in East Greenbush, New York fired two rounds from a shotgun, wounding one teacher. He was tackled by the assistant principal and charged with one count of attempted murder.May 7, 2004 Randallstown, Maryland 0 4Two students were charged with a school shooting that arose from a dispute after a basketball game at Randallstown High School. Four persons were injured, two seriously. One student was paralyzed from the waist down.February 8, 2005 Chicago, Illinois 0 1An 18-year-old student at Bowen High School was shot in the leg as she left the school around 2:30 p.m.March 2, 2005 Dover, Tennessee 1 014-year-old Jason Clinard, killed his bus driver, 47-year-old Joyce Gregory, as she stopped to pick him up. Gregory had earlier reported Clinard for using snuff on the school bus. Clinard was given a life sentence. but he has since filed for post conviction reliefMarch 21, 2005 Red Lake, Minnesota 10 (including the perpetrator) 7Red Lake shootings: 16-year-old student Jeffrey Weise, killed his grandfather and grandfather's companion at their home, where he had been living, at the Red Lake Indian Reservation. He drove to Red Lake Senior High School. Armed with his grandfather's police weapons, Weise killed five students, one teacher, and one security guard, wounding seven others, before committing suicide following a gunfight with police officers.September 13, 2005 Chicago, Illinois 0 1At Harlan Community Academy High School, a fight broke out between two 15-year-old boys in the gymnasium. Christopher Huff took out a pistol, shooting the other youth in the leg. A police officer on duty at the school arrested the gunman. The suspected shooter was charged as an adult with aggravated battery with a firearm.November 8, 2005 Jacksboro, Tennessee 1 2Campbell County High School shooting: Inside the Campbell County High School office, 15-year-old Kenneth Bartley, shot the school principal, Gary Seale. He shot assistant principals Ken Bruce and Jim Pierce. Bruce later died from his wound. Bartley was sentenced to forty-five years in prison with chance of parole after twenty-nine years.February 23, 2006 Roseburg, Oregon 0 114-year-old freshman Vincent Wayne Leodoro, shot student 16-year-old Joseph Monti, four times in the back with a handgun at Roseburg High School. Leodoro walked away from the school campus, and was confronted near a restaurant by six police officers. He threatened suicide but was persuaded to surrender. He was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in July 2006, and will be held in prison until he turns twenty five years old.March 14, 2006 Reno, Nevada 0 2Pine Middle School shooting: In the hallway of Pine Middle School, 14-year-old James Scott Newman, injured two 14-year-old classmates, Alexander Rueda and Kenzie McKeon, with a revolver belonging to his parents. Two students received minor wounds. Newman was subdued by a physical education teacher. The youth was arrested and charged as an adult for attempted murder, use of a deadly weapon and use of a firearm by a minor. He later pleaded guilty to charges of two counts of battery with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced as a juvenile. Newman was sentenced to house arrest until he completed two-hundred hours of community service.August 24, 2006 Essex Junction, Vermont 2 3 (including the perpetrator)Christopher Williams, 26, shot his girlfriend's mother, Linda Lambesis, 57 at her home and from there he went to Essex Elementary School where Andrea, his girlfriend, worked. After he arrived at the elementary school, which was not in session at the time, he shot and killed Mary Alicia Shanks, 56, and shot Mary Snedeker, 52, nonfatally. He left the school and allegedly shot Chad Johansen, 26 nonfatally. He then turned the gun on himself, but did not die as a result. Williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2008.August 30, 2006 Hillsborough, North Carolina 1 2After shooting and killing his father, teenager Alvaro Castillo went to his high school, where he wounded two students. He was reportedly obsessed with the Columbine shootings and had written an email to the current Columbine high school principal before committing his own crime.September 2, 2006 Shepherdstown, West Virginia 3 (including the perpetrator) 049-year-old Douglas W. Pennington, killed himself and his two sons, 26-year-old Logan P. Pennington, 24-year-old Benjamin M. Pennington, during a visit to the campus of Shepherd University.September 17, 2006 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 0 5Five Duquesne basketball players were shot early Sunday morning during an apparent act of random violence on campus, leaving three hospitalized — two of them in critical condition.September 27, 2006 Bailey, Colorado 2 (including the perpetrator) 0Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis: 53-year-old drifter, Duane Roger Morrison, walked into Platte Canyon High School and took six girls hostage. During the ensuing siege, Morrison sexually assaulted all of the girls. When a SWAT team stormed the classroom, Morrison killed 16-year-old Emily Keyes, then took his own life after being shot and wounded by police.September 29, 2006 Cazenovia, Wisconsin 1 0Weston High School shooting: At around 8 a.m., 15-year-old freshman, Eric Hainstock, entered Weston High School. He aimed a 20-gauge shotgun at social studies teacher, Chuck Keller, before it was wrestled from him by school custodian, Dave Thompson. Hainstock then shot 49-year-old high school principal, John Alfred Klang, with a .22 caliber revolver. Klang died later that afternoon. Hainstock was charged and convicted of murder, and is serving a life sentence. He will be eligible for parole in 2037.October 2, 2006 Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania 6 (including the perpetrator) 5West Nickel Mines School shooting: 32-year-old milk truck driver, Charles Carl Roberts IV, killed five Amish girls and wounded five others before killing himself in an Amish school in the hamlet of Nickel Mines, in Bart Township, Lancaster County.October 9, 2006 Joplin, Missouri 0 013-year-old student Thomas White fired one shot from a Mac-90 rifle at a hallway ceiling at Memorial Middle School. The gunshot struck a water pipe, and nobody was injured. He also tried repeatedly to shoot principal Stephen Gilbreth at near-point-blank range as Gilbreth ushered him out of the school. Joplin police say the attempt was foiled by an improperly seated ammunition clip in the rifle. The principal was not injured. White was tried as an adult on charges of assault and firearms possession, and in 2009 he was sentenced to ten years of prison.January 3, 2007 Tacoma, Washington 1 018-year-old student Douglas S. Chanthabouly, killed 17-year-old Samnang Kok, in the hallways of Henry Foss High School following a personal disagreement. In 2009, Chanthabouly was sentenced to 23 years in prison on a charge of second-degree murder.March 7, 2007 Compton, California 0 1During an argument with several non-students and students, a student was shot in the elbow and wounded in the eating area at Centennial High School. The shooting occurred an hour after classes were dismissed, and students in after-school activities were sent home.April 16, 2007 Blacksburg, Virginia 33 (including the perpetrator) 23Virginia Tech shooting: 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with 2 pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech, and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide. The first attack was on the second floor of Norris Hall where he shot a young girl and another student that came to help. He then changed his clothes, and made multiple videos stating that he "had to do it for his brothers and sisters." He then made several pictures of him with hammers, large knifes, and guns. He then chained the doors shut and shot and killed 30 more students and staff. He also shot 17 more students and staff wounding them. 6 more students were also wounded from non gunshot injuries. He was described as extremely quiet and lonely. During the rampage he wore a black T-shirt, a russet vest, a backwards baseball cap, black military cargo pants, black boots, and grip gloves. The incident is the 3rd deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in modern U.S. history and the deadliest school shooting in modern U.S. history.September 21, 2007 Dover, Delaware 1 1Two 17-year-old Delaware State University freshmen were shot on campus. One died 32 days later on October 23, from critical injuries sustained in the attack. A suspected perpetrator, Loyer D. Braden, a freshman from East Orange, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with attempted murder; the charges were dismissed in May 2009.October 10, 2007 Cleveland, Ohio 1 (the perpetrator) 5At SuccessTech alternative high school in downtown Cleveland, 14-year-old student Asa H. Coon shot two students and two teachers in the halls and classrooms on the fourth floor of the building. Coon then moved to another room on the same floor, where he fatally shot himself.January 23, 2008 Jonesboro, Arkansas 0 1Arkansas State University offensive line-man 20-year Alfred Louis was grazed in the lower left leg when someone fired several rounds from a 9mm handgun at a residence hall. He was treated at a local hospital. Charges were later dismissed against the person accused of firing the shots.February 4, 2008 Memphis, Tennessee 0 1At Hamilton High School, a student shot a 16-year-old student in the leg during a classroom argument over rap music. The victim's injury was not life-threatening.February 8, 2008 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 3 (including the perpetrator) 0Latina Williams, a 23-year-old nursing student at Louisiana Technical College killed two classmates and herself in a second floor classroom.February 11, 2008 Miami Gardens, Florida 0 143-year-old 11th grade algebra teacher, Sergio Miranda, was shot by 19-year-old Patrick Lively, outside Miami Carol City Senior High School during a robbery but was expected to survive. In 2011, Lively received a life sentence.February 11, 2008 Memphis, Tennessee 0 1Following a feud that started off campus earlier in the week, a 19-year-old senior was shot by a 17-year-old sophomore during a gym class held in the cafeteria with about 75 other students at Mitchell High School, before handing the gun to a coach making no attempt to flee. The victim suffered at least two gunshot wounds and was in critical condition, the suspected shooter was in custody. "He walked up to him, shot him, and made a statement to the coach that 'It's over now,' ", said principal, Daniel Ware.February 12, 2008 Oxnard, California 1 0Murder of Larry King: 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, shot 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King, twice in the head in the computer laboratory of E.O. Green Junior High School. McInerney was apprehended in a nearby neighborhood. King, who was openly homosexual, died two days later. McInerney was initially charged with a hate crime, but that charge was dropped. McInerney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.February 14, 2008 DeKalb, Illinois 6 (including the perpetrator) 21Northern Illinois University shooting: 27-year-old Steven Kazmierczak, shot multiple people with a shotgun in a classroom of Northern Illinois University, killing five and injuring 21, before taking his own life. Kazmierczak was not enrolled at the university, but had attended in the years prior to the attack.February 27, 2008 Little Rock, Arkansas 0 133-year old James Earl Matthews was shot in the stomach and buttocks as close range with a handgun on the University of Arkansas at little rock campus. He survived. Gerald Pride Jr. was sentenced to 20 years on multiple charges.August 14, 2008 Federal Way, Washington 1 026-year-old Omero Mendez was waiting at the Lakota Middle School campus to pick up his girlfriend's son. He was confronted by 16-year-old Luis F. Cosgaya-Alvarez and two of his friends, driving in an SUV. Cosgaya-Alvarez flashed gang signs at Mendez, and shot him once in the head. Mendez later died of his injuries. Cosgaya-Alvarez was arrested a few days later in Seattle and was charged with murder. Cosgaya-Alvarez pleaded guilty to murder and weapon enhancements, and was sentenced to eighteen years in prison.August 21, 2008 Knoxville, Tennessee 1 0At Central High School, 15-year-old Jamar Siler killed 15-year-old Ryan McDonald. In 2011, Siler was sentenced to thirty years in prison after pleading guilty to murder in a plea agreement.September 2, 2008 Willoughby, Ohio 0 0A 15-year-old student brought a handgun into South High School, and shot two rounds, one into the ceiling and one shattering a trophy case. The student then put the gun to his head. Then Assistant Principal Jeff Lyons talked the student out of doing any harm.October 16, 2008 Detroit, Michigan 1 316-year-old Christopher Walker, was killed, and three other teenagers were seriously wounded during a drive-by shooting near Henry Ford High School, soon after classes let out. Three teenagers were arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. The shooter, 15-year-old William Morton, was sentenced to life without parole, and Devon Bell was sentenced to forty-two years of prison.October 26, 2008 Conway, Arkansas 2 1University of Central Arkansas shootings: Four young men fatally shot two students, 18-year-old Ryan Henderson, and 19-year-old Chavares Block, and wounded a 19-year-old campus visitor in the leg, outside the Arkansas Hall dormitory of University of Central Arkansas.November 12, 2008 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1 015-year-old Amanda Collette, was killed in the hallway at Dillard High School. The shooter, 15-year-old Teah Wimberly, was sentenced to twenty-five years to life on a first-degree murder charge.January 9, 2009 Chicago, Illinois 0 5After attendees were leaving a basketball game at Dunbar High School, a truck pulled over and someone inside fired shots at the crowd, wounding five people, three critically. 18-year-old Georgio Dukes, was arrested and charged a week later with five counts of felony aggravated battery with a firearm. Police believe that the attack was gang-related.April 26, 2009 Hampton, Virginia 0 318-year-old Odane Greg Maye, a former student of Hampton University, followed a 43-year-old pizza delivery man into his former dormitory. Armed with three guns, Maye wounded the delivery man, then the dorm monitor. Lastly, Maye shot himself in a suicide attempt. He survived and was convicted of two charges of malicious wounding, two counts of using a gun in a felony; burglary; and shooting in an occupied building. He was sentenced to fourteen years of prison in November 2009, and was ordered by a judge to pay more than $62,000 in restitution to his victims for lost wages.May 18, 2009 Cambridge, Massachusetts 1 020-year-old Jabrai Copney, 23-year-old Jason Aquino, and 19-year-old Blayn Jiggetts, of New York City, invited 21-year-old Justin Cosby, of Cambridge, into a Harvard College dormitory. After trying to rob him of a pound of marijuana, they shot him. The victim, Cosby, was pronounced dead early the next day. Copney turned himself in three days later, and was convicted of murder. His partners pleaded guilty to armed robbery and manslaughter. His girlfriend, 21-year-old Brittany Smith, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact, firearm possession, and misleading a grand jury.May 18, 2009 Larose, Louisiana 1 (the perpetrator) 015-year-old Larose-Cut Off Middle School student, Justin Doucet, carried his backpack to a restroom, where he put on camouflage clothes and took out a semi-automatic handgun before storming into a nearby classroom. He attempted to shoot a teacher, Jessica Plaisance, but the gun did not fire. He returned to the restroom and shot himself in the head, dying a week later of his wounds.June 16, 2009 San Francisco, California 0 3After students were being let out of International Studies Academy on the first day of summer school classes, a man left a car and opened fire, wounding three people, including a 17-year-old female student. An 18-year-old man was arrested for being an accessory in the crime.September 3, 2009 San Bruno, California 0 1A 20-year-old student was wounded in the parking lot of Skyline College after an argument between him and other men. The college campus was placed on lockdown. Three San Francisco residents, 18-year-old Germaine B. Benjamin, 20-year-old Dimaryea J. McGhee, and 18-year-old Jacori W. Bender, were each arrested and charged with felony firearm offenses.February 5, 2010 Madison, Alabama 1 014-year-old student, Hammad Memon, killed 14-year-old Todd Brown at Discovery Middle School as classes were changing. The shooting was possibly related to gang activity. In May 2013, Memon pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to thirty years of prison. After Memon is released from prison, he is likely to be deported to his native Pakistan.February 12, 2010 Huntsville, Alabama 3 3University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting: 44-year-old biology professor, Amy Bishop, killed the chairman of the biology department, 52-year-old Gopi K. Podila, and biology professors, 50-year-old, Maria Ragland Davis and 52-year-old Adriel D. Johnson. She also wounded biology professors, Luis Rogelio Cruz-Vera and Joseph G. Leahy, and staff assistant, Stephanie Monticciolo. Bishop was sentenced to life without parole.February 19, 2010 DeKalb, Illinois 0 1Less than a week after Northern Illinois University solemnly marked the second anniversary of a mass shooting on campus that claimed the lives of five students, the DeKalb school was the scene of further gun violence. 24-year-old NIU student, Brian Mulder, refused entry to 22-year-old Zachary R. Isaacman, when he had tried to follow a female resident into the Stevenson Residence Hall North, where they were living, because he was not a resident. Moments later, while outside the dorm smoking with a friend, Mulder was shot by Isaacman, with a handgun in the leg above the knee. Isaacman tried to flee, but was caught by police within minutes.February 23, 2010 Littleton, Colorado 0 2At Deer Creek Middle School, 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood opened fire from a rifle in a parking lot, and wounded two eighth-graders Reagan Webber and Matt Thieu, before being restrained by 57-year-old Math teacher, David Benke, and held until his arrest. The boy's wounds were critical for the four days following the shooting. In October 2011, Eastwood was found not guilty by reason of insanity.March 9, 2010 Columbus, Ohio 2 (including the perpetrator) 151-year-old Ohio State University custodian, Nathaniel Brown, killed a co-worker and wounded another before committing suicide.May 11, 2010 Bladenboro, North Carolina 0 1A West Bladen High School student was shot on campus as students were leaving school for the day. Investigators said the incident started when a fight broke out between two groups of students near the high school's entrance.September 8, 2010 Detroit, Michigan 0 2Two students were wounded in front of Mumford High School by 17-year-old Steven Jamal Hare. He was tried as an adult and charged with assault with intent to kill. In 2012, Hare was sentenced to 27 years in prison.September 28, 2010 Austin, Texas 1 (the perpetrator) 1A 19-year-old sophomore student Colton Tooley, wielding an AK-47 and wearing a ski mask, opened fire and then killed himself in a University of Texas libraryOctober 1, 2010 Salinas, California 1 015-year-old student Jose Daniel Cisneros was killed after being shot several times on an athletic field at Alisal High School while walking to school. Police said that the shooting was gang-related.October 8, 2010 Carlsbad, California 0 241-year-old Brendan O'Rourke climbed over a fence and opened fire with a handgun in a playground of Kelly Elementary School, which had 230 students; two second-grade female students were grazed in the arms before O'Rourke was subdued by a construction worker. He was found guilty of seven counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to 189 years to life in prison.November 29, 2010 Marinette, Wisconsin 1 (the perpetrator) 015-year-old Samuel Hengel, took 23 students and a teacher hostage inside a classroom of Marinette High School for five hours. He had stormed into the class, firing with a handgun at a movie projector. Police persuaded Hengel to release the hostages. After officers entered the building, Hengel shot himself in the head. He died the next day.December 6, 2010 Aurora, Colorado 0 1In a gang-related attack outside Aurora Central High School, a 17-year-old girl was paralyzed. She was one of a group of students outside the school. 20-year-old Luis Enrique Guzman-Rincon, had fired shots from a car trying to hit gang rivals. Guzman-Ricon was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison.January 5, 2011 Omaha, Nebraska 2 (including the perpetrator) 2At Millard South High School, 18-year-old student, Robert Butler Jr., killed assistant principal Dr. Vicki Kaspar and wounded principal Curtis Case before opening fire at police in the front office area, causing the school nurse to be wounded by gunshot debris. Butler then drove to a parking lot and shot himself as police cornered him.March 25, 2011 Martinsville, Indiana 0 1Michael Phelps, a 15-year-old suspended student, returned to Martinsville West Middle School with a handgun. In the entrance of the school, Phelps shot 15-year-old Chance Jackson twice in the abdomen, critically wounding him. Phelps fled the school and dropped the handgun; he was arrested shortly after. Jackson had to undergo surgery three times to save his life; he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Phelps was convicted of attempted murder in August 2011, and was sentenced to thirty years in prison and five years of probation.March 31, 2011 Houston, Texas 1 5Multiple gunmen opened fire during a powder puff football game at Worthing High School. One man, an 18-year-old former student named Tremaine De Ante' Paul, died. Five other people were injured.May 23, 2011 Pearl City, Hawaii 0 1A 14-year-old male student was accused of firing a handgun on the campus of Highlands Intermediate School, wounding one student. The gunman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Two other suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting.August 19, 2011 Albany, Georgia 0 1An Albany State University student was shot on campus.October 24, 2011 Fayetteville, North Carolina 0 1Cape Fear High School shooting: 15-year-old Catilyn Abercrombie, was shot in the neck with a rifle by fellow student, 15-year-old Charles Underwood, at Cape Fear High School. She was hospitalized for two months in a serious condition. Underwood was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.December 8, 2011 Blacksburg, Virginia 2 (including the perpetrator) 022-year-old, Ross Truett Ashley, part-time business student at Radford University, killed a police officer engaged in an unrelated traffic stop on the campus of Virginia Tech, he then committed suicide in a nearby parking lot.December 9, 2011 Edinburg, Texas 0 2Two students were shot after school at Harwell Middle School in Edinburg, Texas while trying out for their school's basketball team. The shooting allegedly was done by an adult off campus, who was shooting at a target range.January 10, 2012 Houston, Texas 0 1A student opened fire with a handgun at North Forest High School, wounding another student. The shooter said that he had been confronted by three students who had been bullying him and he shot in self-defense. He hit a 16-year-old bystander in the leg. The 18-year-old suspect was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.February 27, 2012 Chardon, Ohio 3 3Chardon High School shooting: 17-year-old Thomas "T. J." Lane, took a semi-automatic handgun and a knife to Chardon High School, where he fired ten shots at a group of students sitting in the cafeteria. He killed three boys and wounded three other students. One 16-year-old died immediately, two others died the following day. Lane was arrested early the next morning while standing near his car. He was charged as an adult with murder, attempted murder, and firearms offenses. In March 2013, he was convicted and sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole.March 6, 2012 Jacksonville, Florida 2 (including the perpetrator) 0A murder-suicide resulted in two deaths on the campus of the Episcopal School of Jacksonville. Shane Schumerth, a Spanish teacher who had been fired that morning returned to the campus in the early afternoon via a pedestrian entrance, armed with an AK-47 which he concealed in a guitar case. He entered the office of the Head of School, Dale Regan, and fired multiple shots, fatally wounding her. Schumerth then killed himself, in the office.April 2, 2012 Oakland, California 7 3Oikos University shooting: 43-year-old One L. Goh, was accused of shooting dead seven students with a handgun and wounding three others at Oikos University, a Christian college. He fled the scene, stealing a victim's car, and was apprehended hours later nearby. Goh was charged with seven counts of murder. In January 2013, Goh was determined to be mentally unfit for trial and committed for treatment.August 16, 2012 Memphis, Tennessee 0 2Two Hamilton High School students were wounded in the parking lot of the school. The attack was believed to be gang-related.August 27, 2012 Perry Hall, Maryland 0 115-year-old Robert Gladden, fired two shots with a shotgun inside the cafeteria at Perry Hall School. He hit a 17-year-old senior in the lower back, causing critical wounds. The youth has Down syndrome. Gladden was subdued by two school faculty members, and arrested. In February 2013, he was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison on attempted murder charges.September 7, 2012 Normal, Illinois 0 0A 14-year-old student fired multiple gunshots in a classroom ceiling at Normal Community High School, and was tackled by a teacher. Nobody was injured. The student was arrested and charged with sixteen felony counts.October 19, 2012 Chicago, Illinois 1 018-year-old Banner Academy South student, Terrance Wright, was killed during an attempted robbery. Wright was approached by five would-be robbers as he left the school about 3:40 p.m.. He was shot in the chest as he fought back when one assailant was going through his pockets. Wright had been picked on at his previous high school because he was gay, which led him to transfer to Banner.October 31, 2012 Los Angeles, California 0 4At a Halloween party on the University of Southern California campus, an argument escalated and 20-year-old Brandon Spencer, used a handgun to shoot rival gang member, Geno Hall, seven times, critically wounding him. Spencer wounded three other people, none were students at USC, they were hospitalized with less serious injuries. Spencer was arrested just minutes after the shooting, which took place outside USC's Grand Ballroom at around 11:30 p.m. In April 2014, he was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to forty years to life in prison.December 14, 2012 Newtown, Connecticut 28 (including the perpetrator) 2Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: 20-year-old Adam Lanza, killed twenty-six people and himself. He first killed his mother at their shared home before taking her guns and driving to the school. Lanza brought four guns with him. He killed twenty first-grade children aged six and seven during the attack at school, along with six adults, including four teachers, the principal, and the school psychologist. Two other persons were injured. Lanza then killed himself as police arrived at the school.January 10, 2013 Taft, California 0 216-year-old student, Bryan Oliver, entered a science classroom of Taft Union High School with a shotgun and opened fire, critically wounding 16-year-old student Bowe Cleveland. He shot at but missed another student. The classroom teacher Ryan Heber convinced Oliver, to drop his weapon. He was later arrested. On January 14, he was charged with two counts of attempted murder and assault with a firearm. He was convicted and accepted a plea deal with a sentence of 27 years and 4 months. According to the attorney for the Cleveland family, they were not satisfied with the sentence.January 12, 2013 Detroit, Michigan 0 1A 16-year-old Osborn High School student was shot and wounded after a basketball game.January 15, 2013 St. Louis, Missouri 0 2A 34-year-old gunman wounded an administrator in his office on the fourth floor of Stevens Institute of Business and Arts. The suspected gunman, Sean Johnson, a part-time student, wounded himself in a stairwell. Both the administrator and Johnson were hospitalized in stable conditions. Johnson was charged with three felony charges, including assault.January 15, 2013 Hazard, Kentucky 3 0Two people were killed and a third person was wounded at the parking lot of Hazard Community and Technical College. The third victim, 12-year-old Taylor Cornett, died from her wounds the next day. 21-year-old Dalton Lee Stidham, was arrested and charged with three counts of murder. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2014.January 16, 2013 Chicago, Illinois 1 0A 17-year-old boy, Tyrone Lawson, was killed in a parking lot of Chicago State University. The shooting happened after high school basketball games held on the campus, where Lawson had been a spectator. Police arrested two brothers, Michael McNabb, 33, and Brian Hewlett (under the alias Stephen Gilbert), 30 after the shooting and recovered a weapon.January 22, 2013 Houston, Texas 0 3Lone Star College–North Harris shooting: Outside Lone Star College–North Harris, two men got into an argument. One wounded the other. He also wounded a maintenance man, and accidentally shot himself in the leg. The shooter fled into the woods and was arrested hours later. The charges against the initial suspect were dropped and another man was arrested.January 31, 2013 Phoenix, Arizona 0 0An argument between two rival gangs escalated to what police described as a "gun battle" at Cesar Chavez High School. Approximately fifteen shots were fired in the vicinity of people waiting to get into a scheduled boys' basketball game. No one was injured.January 31, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia 0 2A 14-year-old male student was wounded at Price Middle School. The gunman, a 15-year-old student, was believed to be arguing with the other student before using a handgun to shoot him. A teacher was also wounded. Afterward, the gunman was disarmed by a school resource officer and arrested; police charged him with aggravated assault.March 18, 2013 Orlando, Florida 1 (the perpetrator) 0At the University of Central Florida, 30-year-old student James Oliver Seevakumaran pulled a fire alarm at the Tower One dormitory, to attract a crowd. He pointed a handgun at his roommate and threatened to shoot him in their room; he released the roommate, who ran out and called 9-1-1. Seevakumaran then fatally shot himself in the head. Authorities found an assault weapon, a couple hundred rounds of ammunition and four homemade bombs inside his backpack.April 12, 2013 Christiansburg, Virginia 0 2New River Community College shooting incident: Two women were wounded during a shooting at the campus of New River Community College. 18-year-old Neil Allen MacInnis, was taken into custody. In June 2014, he was sentenced to 38 years in prison.April 16, 2013 Grambling, Louisiana 0 3Three students were injured on the campus of Grambling State University.April 18, 2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts 1 0Three days after committing the Boston Marathon bombings, while still at large, the brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev shot and killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer Sean Collier in his patrol car near MIT's Ray and Maria Stata Center. About three hours after the MIT shooting and after carjacking a vehicle, Tamerlan died in a gunfight with police in Watertown, Massachusetts. Another officer was seriously wounded. Shot in the neck and hiding in a boat parked nearby, Dzhokhar was arrested 18 hours later, and hospitalized in critical condition. He was sentenced to death in 2015.May 14, 2013 Birmingham, Alabama 0 0Allegedly responding to a student fight, a mother of a student fired a weapon on the campus of Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School. No one was injured.June 7, 2013 Santa Monica, California 6 (including the perpetrator) 42013 Santa Monica shooting: 23-year-old John Zawahri, began a killing spree at his home. After killing his 55-year-old father, Samir "Sam" Zawahri, and 25-year-old brother, Chris Zawahri, he set the house ablaze. Dressed all in black with body armor and wielding an AR-15-type semi-automatic rifle, Zawahri carjacked 41-year-old Laura Siska, shooting 50-year-old Debra Fine, as she attempted to intervene, before forcing Siska to drive to Santa Monica College. Upon arriving on the college campus, Zawahri began shooting at passing vehicles, including a police car and a city bus, leaving three people with minor injuries. Zawahri next targeted a Ford Explorer, killing the driver, 68-year-old campus groundskeeper, Carlos Navarro Franco, and fatally wounding the passenger, his 26-year-old daughter Marcela Diaz-Franco, a student at the college, who died two days later. 68-year-old Margarita Gomez, who was collecting cans outside the library, died after being shot in the abdomen and chest. Zawahri opened fire on students who were trying to run away. It ended at the college library where he opened fire on students studying for finals, before being fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers.August 20, 2013 Decatur, Georgia 0 0Armed with an AK-47 and other weapons, 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill fired six shots inside the front office of Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy. He barricaded himself in the office, where police returned fire. Nobody was injured. Children were evacuated. After talking with school bookkeeper, Antoinette Tuff in the front office, he was persuaded to surrender before anyone was hurt. Hill was arrested and charged.August 23, 2013 Sardis, Mississippi 1 215-year-old student, Roderick Bobo, was killed during a football game at North Panola High School in what was termed a gang-related shooting. Two others were injured in the shooting. Three men were charged as being responsible for the crime.August 30, 2013 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 0 1A 15-year-old male student was shot at Carver High School, at 2:30 p.m.. He was hospitalized with minor injuries. An 18-year-old male student was apprehended without further incident. The suspected gunman is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, carrying a concealed gun, possessing and discharging a firearm, and carrying a firearm onto educational property. The shooting was believed related to a dispute between the suspect and the victim.October 4, 2013 Pine Hills, Florida 0 2A 16-year-old student was shot in the hip outside Agape Christian Academy after a fight broke out at 2 p.m.. An innocent bystander was hit by a stray bullet or shrapnel. The two victims were treated for minor injuries. The suspected shooter reportedly fled in a car with several other males, and was not caught.October 21, 2013 Sparks, Nevada 2 (including the perpetrator) 212-year-old seventh-grade student Jose Reyes opened fire with a handgun at the basketball courts of Sparks Middle School, injuring one student in the shoulder. Michael Landsberry, a teacher and veteran, tried to intervene and was killed by Reyes. Reyes also wounded a student trying to help the teacher. Reyes then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The shooting happened before classes, and the school was evacuated and was closed for the week.November 2, 2013 Greensboro, North Carolina 0 1A 21-year-old student was wounded at North Carolina A&T State University. The victim was hospitalized for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The university was temporarily locked down that night. No suspects are in custody.November 3, 2013 Lithonia, Georgia 0 2A Stephenson High School student and a janitor were shot in an apparent confrontation between football team members and a group of teens who were not attending the school. Both were innocent bystanders.November 13, 2013 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 0 3After classes ended, at least one gunman came out of the woods and opened fire on three students as they were walking to their cars at Brashear High School. One student was grazed in the head, another was struck in the neck and shoulder, and a third was hit in the leg and foot. Six people were taken into custody. The shooting is believed to be drug-related.December 4, 2013 Winter Garden, Florida 0 1A 15-year-old student was wounded by a 17-year-old student near a soccer field on the campus of West Orange High School. The shooting occurred after a fight broke out between the two students. The 17-year-old suspected shooter was taken into custody several miles away from the school, and is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a minor and possession of a firearm on school grounds. In October 2014, the shooter was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison.December 13, 2013 Centennial, Colorado 2 (including the perpetrator) 018-year-old Karl Pierson, shot 17-year-old student Claire Davis in the head, fatally injuring her, in a hallway in Arapahoe High School. Pierson then took his own life. Pierson was armed with a shotgun, three Molotov cocktails, and a machete. His intention was to shoot the librarian who had disciplined him. Claire Davis died from her injuries on December 21, 2013.December 19, 2013 Fresno, California 0 1Four teens (16, 16, 16 and 17 years old) entered Edison High School in what was believed as a gang-initiation process. After accosting a 62-year-old woman about a mile away from school grounds, they found an athletic trainer who taught at Edison High and shot him several times in the leg and stomach.January 9, 2014 Jackson, Tennessee 0 1A 16-year-old student was charged with bringing a gun to school at Liberty Technology Magnet High School and shooting a classmate in the thigh. The incident occurred outside the front of the school.January 13, 2014 New Haven, Connecticut 0 1A 14-year-old boy was shot outside of a basketball game at the Hillhouse High School athletic facility, suffering wounds in his hand and leg.January 14, 2014 Roswell, New Mexico 0 3Two people were wounded inside the gymnasium of Berrendo Middle School, at about 8:10 a.m.. An 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were airlifted to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas in critical condition. The 12-year-old suspected shooter, Mason Campbell, a seventh grade student, was apprehended at the scene after he was talked down by a staff member and dropped the shotgun. A staff member received minor injuries. Campbell was charged with three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to a maximum sentence of confinement in a juvenile detention facility until he is twenty one years old.January 17, 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 0 2A student allegedly shot two other students in the gymnasium at Delaware Valley Charter School. Both victims, a male and a female, were shot in the arm. They were taken to a nearby hospital and are in stable condition, police say. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said at a news conference that the shooter ran out of the school after the shooting but was taken into custody near his home. 17-year-old Raisheem Rochwell was arrested and charged as an adult for aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and firearms offenses. Rochwell was sentenced to two years of juvenile detention.January 20, 2014 Chester, Pennsylvania 0 1One person was critically injured at Widener University. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. outside the university sport's complex and led to an 8-hour university lock-down. The suspect was not immediately found.January 21, 2014 West Lafayette, Indiana 1 0A 21-year-old student, Andrew Boldt, was killed in a classroom building on the campus of Purdue University. 24-year-old student Cody Cousins was found guilty of the murder and was sentenced to sixty-five years of prison. In October 2014, Cousins committed suicide in his cell.January 24, 2014 Orangeburg, South Carolina 1 0A 20-year-old student was killed at South Carolina State University. A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with murder.January 25, 2014 Los Angeles, California 1 0A man was killed at Los Angeles Valley College. Two suspects were arrested in the fatal shooting.January 27, 2014 Carbondale, Illinois 0 1A group of students at Rebound High School got in an argument in the school's parking lot. One student pulled out a gun and shot another student in the ensuing altercation. An 18-year-old suspect is facing charges of attempted murder.January 28, 2014 Nashville, Tennessee 0 1One student was shot in the leg in an apparent altercation over a gambling debt at Tennessee State University.January 30, 2014 Palm Bay, Florida 0 1Three students were fighting in a parking lot of Eastern Florida State College and one pulled out a gun and shot another of the students. All three students claimed self-defense.January 31, 2014 Des Moines, Iowa 0 1After a basketball game at North High School, there was gunfire in a parking lot of the school. Six males in a black jeep had come moments before the shooting and returned at the time it happened. A 15-year-old girl was injured by a ricocheting bullet. While officers were gaining control of the area, teachers on the scene led students into the school building for safety.February 10, 2014 Salisbury, North Carolina 0 1A 16-year-old student was shot in the stomach on the campus of Salisbury High School during a dispute in the school gym. 17-year-old suspect was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm on school property and discharging a weapon on school property.February 10, 2014 Lyndhurst, Ohio 0 0Five shots were fired in the parking lot of Charles F. Brush High School, including one which hit an unoccupied police car. No one was reported to be injured, though a school basketball game was going on at the time.February 12, 2014 Los Angeles, California 0 1A male victim was shot in the back in a possible gang-related drive-by shooting near the University of Southern California. The suspect fled into the University Campus. The victim was last reported in stable condition before being transported to a local hospital.February 22, 2014 Augusta, Georgia 0 1A shooting involving a campus police officer occurred at a Georgia Regents University dormitory complex. A male suspect entered a vehicle and nearly struck an officer, who opened fire. The suspect was taken to Georgia Regents Medical Center with injuries that were not believed to be critical.March 25, 2014 College Park, Georgia 0 0An argument between students led to shots being fired in a Benjamin Banneker High School parking lot during the afternoon. Investigators believe multiple people were present when shots were fired, but it was not known how many could face charges for the incident. No one was injured in the shooting.April 11, 2014 Detroit, Michigan 1 0After a Friday evening student awards ceremony called "Grammy Night", four men who were affiliated with a gang fired into a crowd in the parking lot of East English Village Preparatory Academy. One 19-year-old, Darryl Smith, was fatally shot in the head. Smith was not a student at the academy.May 4, 2014 Augusta, Georgia 0 1Two men fired shots inside a dormitory at Paine College on Sunday, injuring one student in the head. Neither of the suspects were students at the college.May 5, 2014 Augusta, Georgia 0 1An active shooter situation was reported at Paine College on Monday with one person reported to be shot. The suspect was apparently apprehended and in custody. It was the second shooting incident to occur at the college campus in two days.May 8, 2014 Lawrenceville, Georgia 0 1A person was shot on a student parking lot roof at Georgia Gwinnett College, receiving an injury. The specific cause has not been identified.May 14, 2014 Richmond, California 0 1A 14-year-old student was injured during a drive-by shooting in front of John F. Kennedy High School at 8:30 a.m.. He was shot as he was running towards the school campus after a fight took place. The student suffered a serious but stable injury to his leg. Police are searching for a suspect.June 5, 2014 Seattle, Washington 1 319-year-old students, Paul Lee and Sarah Williams, and 24-year-old student, Thomas Fowler, were shot inside a hallway of Otto Miller Hall at Seattle Pacific University. Freshman Lee was rushed to Harborview Medical Center but later died. The shooter was subdued with pepper spray and tackled to the ground by student building monitor, Jon Meis, as he paused to reload his shotgun. 26-year-old Aaron Rey Ybarra was arrested at the scene and has been charged with premeditated and attempted murder.June 10, 2014 Troutdale, Oregon 2 (including the perpetrator) 1At around 8:30 a.m. shots were fired at Reynolds High School. 14-year-old freshman Emilio Hoffman was killed, a physical education teacher was injured, and the gunman, 15-year-old Jared Padgett, exchanged gunfire with police officers and then committed suicide in a restroom stall.September 9, 2014 Miami, Florida 0 1Towards the end of the school day, one alternative school student in Miami was shot as a small group of students tussled. The injury was minor, requiring hospitalization, and five young adults were later questioned.September 11, 2014 Taylorsville, Utah 0 1An elementary school teacher with a concealed weapon permit had her gun fire accidentally in a faculty bathroom. The bullet shattered a toilet, and fragments of both the bullet and the porcelain injured her leg.September 27, 2014 Terre Haute, Indiana 0 1A 20-year-old Indiana State University student was shot by another student on Saturday inside a residence hall. The injuries were not fatal, and a full recovery was expected. The shooter was arrested on the following day.September 30, 2014 Albemarle, North Carolina 0 1Two students got in an argument at Albemarle High School around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, and one of the students shot the other twice including once in the leg. The student who committed the shooting was allegedly involved in a stabbing of a football player last year at West Montgomery High School, which is only 20 miles (32 km) away in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. The school had held an active shooter training over the summer, which prepared the school for this incident.September 30, 2014 Louisville, Kentucky 0 1One student was injured at Fern Creek Traditional High School. The incident occurred around 1 p.m., reportedly after student became enraged in a hallway and pulled out a gun. The student was arrested later that day.October 3, 2014 Fairburn, Georgia 1 0After a homecoming football game, a fatal shooting of 17-year-old Kristofer Hunter, occurred in the Langston Hughes High School parking lot. The assailant, 18-year-old Eric Dana Johnson Jr., turned himself in a week later.October 24, 2014 Marysville, Washington 5 (including the perpetrator) 1Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting. 15-year-old freshman, Jaylen Fryberg, shot five students in the school cafeteria of Marysville Pilchuck High School, fatally wounding four, before committing suicide.November 20, 2014 Tallahassee, Florida 1 (the perpetrator) 3At around 12:40 a.m. EST, a gunman opened fired in or near the Strozier Library at Florida State University. Three people suffered gunshot injuries and were taken to a local area hospital. One was in critical condition, another was in good condition, and the third was shortly released after treatment. The gunman, later identified as Myron May, an alumnus from the school, started firing towards responding police officers and was fatally shot by them on the steps of the library.November 20, 2014 Miami, Florida 1 1Two teens were shot during a fight at Miami Carol City High School. One of the boys died.December 12, 2014 Portland, Oregon 0 4Rosemary Anderson High School shooting: A gunman shot three students and a man outside Rosemary Anderson High School in north Portland. A 16-year-old girl was in critical condition, while the others suffered minor injuries. Two men, aged eighteen and twenty-two, were arrested in connection with the shooting.January 15, 2015 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 0 3A 15-year-old boy, a student's father, and a teacher were each injured in the school parking lot at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. The student had unspecified injuries that were treated. The father was shot in the knee and the teacher was grazed in the toe. A 36-year-old man was charged in the shooting.January 16, 2015 Ocala, Florida 0 2Two were injured in gunfire that occurred after a Friday night basketball game. One was injured directly by a bullet, the other by ricocheting glass.February 4, 2015 Frederick, Maryland 0 2Two students were shot near the gymnasium of Frederick High School during a junior varsity (JV) boys' basketball game. Approximately two hundred students, staff, and faculty were placed on lock-down for several hours after the shooting while police searched for the suspects. No suspects have been apprehended, although witnesses report seeing four black males dressed all in black who are considered by police to be suspects in this shooting.February 14, 2015 Merced, California 1 0A teenager was found dead in the parking lot of Tenaya Middle School. The shooting was reported to have occurred after school hours.February 23, 2015 Daytona Beach, Florida 0 3Two students argued outside the music building at Bethune-Cookman University when one pulled out a gun. Both had guns and it is not disclosed who did the shooting, injuring three students. A reward was offered to help solve this case.March 30, 2015 University City, Missouri 0 1Police said one person has been arrested for a shooting at Pershing Elementary School. The shooting occurred in the parking lot, with a 34-year-old-man being shot in the buttocks.April 13, 2015 Goldsboro, North Carolina 1 0A faculty member was killed with a rifle in the school library of Wayne Community College. The suspected 20-year-old gunman, Kenneth Stancil, was arrested in Florida the next day. As of January 2017, Stancil, an admitted Neo-Nazi is being investigated for a hate crime. Stancil was later sentenced to life without parole for the murder.April 16, 2015 Paradis, Louisiana 0 1A police officer was shot outside a school in a school zone while he was directing school buses into J.B. Martin Middle School, and the suspect was apprehended at the scene.April 27, 2015 Lacey, Washington 0 0A 15-year-old student at North Thurston High School walked into the commons area and fired two shots into the ceiling from a .357 magnum pistol. Brady Olson, a teacher at the school, was able to tackle the student before they could turn the gun on other students. No one was injured or killed. The student is facing charges of firing and possessing a gun on school property.May 12, 2015 Jacksonville, Florida 0 2Police report that a 16-year-old shot five bullets into a school bus and injured two students. Apparently, there was an argument that touched on previous events.May 24, 2015 Flint, Michigan 0 7In the early morning hours of Memorial Day weekend, a group of people were at Southwestern Classical Academy in the parking lot. Shots rang out and seven were injured, with two men being apprehended and charged.August 27, 2015 Savannah, Georgia 1 022-year-old student Christopher Starks was fatally shot in a student union building at Savannah State University. The shooter has not been identified.September 3, 2015 Sacramento, California 1 2A man was arguing with at least one other person escalated into a physical fight on the parking lot of Sacramento City College. A man opened fire, killing a 25-year-old student and wounding two others. The shooting suspect has not been arrested.September 14, 2015 Cleveland, Mississippi 2 (including the perpetrator) 0A geography professor at Delta State University fatally shot a fellow history professor. The geography professor was chased by police and eventually died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.September 30, 2015 Harrisburg, South Dakota 0 1A principal was shot in the arm and wounded at Harrisburg High School after an argument with a student. The suspect, a 16-year-old student at the school, was taken into custody and is charged with first-degree attempted murder.October 1, 2015 Roseburg, Oregon 10 (including the perpetrator) 9Umpqua Community College shooting: At around 10:40 a.m. PDT, a gunman, later identified as 26-year-old student Christopher Harper-Mercer, opened fire in a hall on the Umpqua Community College campus, killing eight students and one teacher, and injuring nine others. The gunman later committed suicide after engaging responding police officers in a brief gunfight.October 9, 2015 Flagstaff, Arizona 1 3One student died and three others were wounded in a shooting at Northern Arizona University. It is unclear what sparked the shooting, which took place near Mountain View Hall, a dormitory that houses most of the campus' students involved in Greek organizations. An 18-year-old student was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault.October 9, 2015 Houston, Texas 1 1One person died and another person was injured after someone opened fire outside a Texas Southern University dorm.October 22, 2015 Nashville, Tennessee 1 3One person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting at an outdoor courtyard at Tennessee State University. The shooting may have stemmed from an argument over a dice game. A suspect has not been identified or arrested.November 1, 2015 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 1One person died and another person was injured after someone opened fire on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. A 21-year-old non-student suspect is sought.November 20, 2015 North Las Vegas, Nevada 1 0A 16-year-old student was fatally shot during a fight after school hours that involved multiple people on the campus of Mojave High School.January 22, 2016 Indianapolis, Indiana 0 1A 15-year-old male was shot in the leg and injured during a night-time basketball game at Lawrence Central High School.January 29, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 0 0A gunshot was fired during a fight in a stairwell at Franklin High School, and no injuries were reported. Three people were detained.February 9, 2016 Muskegon Heights, Michigan 0 4Four people, including two students, were injured during a basketball game event in the parking lot of Muskegon Heights High School.February 12, 2016 Glendale, Arizona 2 (including the perpetrator) 0Two 15-year-old girls died in an apparent Murder-Suicide at Independence High School.February 29, 2016 Middletown, Ohio 0 415-year-old Cameron Smith, and 14-year-old Cooper Caffrey, were shot when 14-year-old James Austin Hancock, opened fire in the Madison High School cafeteria with a .380 caliber handgun. 15-year-old Brant Murray, and 14-year-old Katherine Douchette, also suffered shrapnel injuries. Hancock was apprehended in a nearby wooded field.April 23, 2016 Antigo, Wisconsin 1 (the perpetrator) 2Two students at a prom at Antigo High School were shot and injured by 18-year-old former student Jakob Wagner. Wagner later exchanged fire with a school resource officer in the school's parking lot, and was captured after being shot and wounded by police. He died hours later in a hospital.June 1, 2016 Los Angeles, California 3 (including the perpetrator) 02016 UCLA shooting. Mainak Sarkar, age 38, a Ph.D. student, killed his former professor, William S. Klug, age 39, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, in an engineering building at UCLA. Sarkar then killed himself. Sarkar, who lived in Minnesota, also killed his ex-wife, Ashley Hasti, age 31, in her Brooklyn Park, Minnesota home.June 8, 2016 Dorchester, Massachusetts 1 3One student was killed and three other individuals were injured when gunfire erupted outside of the Jeremiah Burke High School following a fire-alarm causing an evacuation of the school. Two suspects have been arrested.September 9, 2016 Alpine, Texas 1 (the perpetrator) 2A 14-year-old female student shot a 16-year-old girl in an Alpine High School restroom before committing suicide. A police officer accidentally shot another officer during the incident.September 28, 2016 Townville, South Carolina 2 2Townville Elementary School shooting: Two students and one teacher were wounded after a teen opened fire at Townville Elementary School. The suspect's father was found dead at his home soon after the shooting. One of the victims, six-year-old Jacob Hall, died 3 days after the shooting.October 11, 2016 Mobile, Alabama 0 1A student was shot in the abdomen and wounded at Vigor High School. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, turned himself in and was charged with assault.October 13, 2016 Columbus, Ohio 0 2Two students were shot and wounded on the front lawn of Linden McKinley STEM Academy. One was shot in the shoulder and the other shot in the chest; both were hospitalized in stable condition.October 18, 2016 San Francisco, California 0 4Four students were shot outside June Jordan High School for Equity, a San Francisco public high school. One female victim was in critical condition, while three male victims suffered minor injuries. Two people were arrested in the shooting.October 25, 2016 Sandy, Utah 0 1Police say the two teens ages 14 and 16 were involved in a confrontation on the far north end of Union Middle School. The boys got into an argument. The argument lead to a shooting. The 14 year old shot the 16 year old twice. He was sent to the hospital in critical but stable condition.December 1, 2016 Bountiful, Utah 0 0At Mueller Park Junior High School, a 15-year-old student fired one shot into the ceiling and then pointed the weapon at his own neck. The student was confronted verbally by a teacher and another student and later arrested in possession of a shotgun, a handgun, and ammunition for each.January 20, 2017 West Liberty, Ohio 0 1A 17-year-old student was charged with attempted murder and other crimes after bringing a gun to West Liberty-Salem High School and firing two shots at a 17-year-old student in a bathroom with a shotgun. The victim was injured. The student "also is accused of discharging the weapon in the school's hallway before returning to the bathroom, where he was eventually taken into custody."January 20, 2017 Seattle, Washington 0 1A 34-year-old man was shot in Red Square at University of Washington while protesting the visit of controversial journalist Milo Yiannopoulos. The shooter turned himself in to the university police and was later questioned and released without being charged with a crime.January 27, 2017 Naperville, Illinois 1 0A 37-year-old Oswego man, named Matthew Lange, was shot at Scullen Middle School, which is a part of Indian Prairie School District 204 at about 7:30 PM. The school is located at 2815 Mistflower Lane, Naperville, Illinois. At the time of the shooting, there were two non-district organizations renting the building out. The victim was waiting to pick his son up from a weekly Polish culture class. He was shot in the head. He was killed through his car window. He was brought to Edward Hospital in Naperville. The City is still seeking answers over a year later.March 21, 2017 King City, California 0 1An 18-year-old King City High School student was shot outside the school's auditorium. The gunman ran across the school's campus and baseball field, and fled the area. The school was then placed on lock-down. The victim was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. A suspect was arrested in August 2017.April 10, 2017 San Bernardino, California 3 (including the perpetrator) 1North Park Elementary School shooting: Cedric Anderson, age 53, of Riverside, California, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting and killing his estranged wife, Karen Elaine Smith, age 53, in a classroom. An eight-year-old student was also fatally shot, and a seven-year-old student was injured.May 4, 2017 Irving, Texas 2 (including the perpetrator) 0North Lake College: Adrian Victor Torres killed a 20-year-old student, Janeera Nickol Gonzalez, whom he was stalking. He fatally shot her three times and the college went into lock-down before discovering that the suspect has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.September 13, 2017 Rockford, Washington 1 3Freeman High School: Three students were injured and one killed after a shooter opened fire. The suspect was armed with an AR-15 and a Pistol. He shot one student with the AR-15, but the gun jammed so he switched to his pistol. He killed one student after shooting him twice in the stomach and once in the head. He was stopped by a janitor. The suspect, a 15-year-old student, (Caleb Sharpe) was taken into police custody.September 20, 2017 Mattoon, Illinois 0 1Mattoon High School: A 14-year-old male student was subdued by a female teacher when he attempted to open fire in the school cafeteria at 11:33 a.m. Multiple shots were fired in the process, and one student was struck in the chest and was driven to a nearby hospital suffering non-life-threatening wounds. The student was taken into custody without further incident.November 13, 2017 Albany, Georgia 0 2Two people were shot on the Albany State University campus.November 14, 2017 Rancho Tehama Reserve, California 6 (including the perpetrator) 18Rancho Tehama Reserve shootings: Neighbor on a rampage injured one student at Rancho Tehama Elementary School and fatally shot five adults at several locations. The secretary heard the gunfire near the school and ordered the school to go on lock-down. After a custodian and the teachers put it into action, 43 year-old Kevin Neal rammed a truck into the gate of the school and fired at the classrooms hitting one student when a bullet pierced the wall. Neal fatally shot himself after sheriff's deputies rammed his vehicle during a pursuit.December 7, 2017 Aztec, New Mexico 3 (including the perpetrator) 0Aztec High School shooting: William Atchison, 21-year-old former male student snuck into Aztec High School disguised as a student and hid in an unlocked washroom with a Glock 9mm hidden in his bag. He retreated from the washroom after being spotted by a school custodian who chased him shouting "active shooter" and "lock-down". Atchinson was able to shoot and kill two students who were caught in the hallway before he killed himself. He had been investigated in 2016 by the FBI when he asked "where to find cheap assault rifles for a mass shooting" on an online forum.January 10, 2018 Denison, Texas 0 0A criminal justice club student picked up a loaded gun, belonging to an adviser, which the student thought was an unloaded training weapon. She then shot at a wall target, unintentionally firing a bullet, which went through the wall and broke a window. The adviser was a licensed peace officer permitted to carry a firearm on campus.January 20, 2018 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 0A student was fatally shot at a party at 1 a.m. on the campus of Wake Forest University.January 22, 2018 Italy, Texas 0 1A 16-year-old male student fired at a 15-year-old female classmate that he had briefly dated in the cafeteria of Italy High School. The gunman left the school immediately after opening fire and was arrested.January 22, 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana 0 1Shots were fired from a truck in the parking lot of NET Charter High School, targeting a crowd of students during lunch time. One student was slightly injured, apparently from injuries unrelated to gunfire. One person was arrested in connection with the shooting.January 23, 2018 Marshall County, Kentucky 2 18Marshall County High School shooting: Gabriel Ross Parker, a 15-year-old male student shot 16 people in the lobby at Marshall County High School and caused non-gunshot injuries to four others. Two 15-year-old students died: one killed at the scene, another died of wounds at Vanderbilt Medical Center.January 25, 2018 Mobile, Alabama 0 0A disagreement between two 16-year-old students escalated when Jonah Neal pulled out a handgun. School administrators noticed the weapon and tried to calm him; Neal then fled across campus. He was pursued by staff until he fired the gun four or five times into the air. Nobody was injured. Neal was taken into custody and charged for multiple offenses, including possession of a weapon on school property.January 31, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 0A fight began in the school parking lot outside a basketball game, and the school went into lock-down after shots were fired. A 32-year-old male was transported by private vehicle to Nazareth Hospital with two gunshot wounds in his leg. He was transferred by helicopter to another hospital, but died from his injuries. Police announced that they are searching for an adult male suspect.February 1, 2018 Los Angeles, California 0 5Two 15-year-old students, a boy and a girl, were shot and injured inside a classroom at Sal Castro Middle School, which shares a campus with Belmont High School. Three other people suffered injuries unrelated to gunfire. A 12-year-old girl was arrested and charged with negligent discharge of a firearm.February 5, 2018 Oxon Hill, Maryland 0 1A student was taken to the hospital after exiting Oxon Hill High School and going to speak to individuals in a vehicle who then attempted to rob, and subsequently shot and wounded him in the school's parking lot. Two other students were arrested and charged with attempted murder and robbery.February 9, 2018 Nashville, Tennessee 0 1Pearl-Cohn High School: A student was shot five times in the parking lot.February 14, 2018 Parkland, Florida 17 17Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting: A 19-year-old former student (Nikolas Cruz) whose behavior had led to his expulsion began shooting students and staff members with a rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after activating a fire alarm. Seventeen people were killed, and 17 others were injured. The suspect shot the students on the first and third floor of the complex. The suspected shooter blended in with the crowd of fleeing students and was arrested in a residential area of neighboring Coral Springs after walking away from the school. He was later charged with murder and attempted murder. The suspect had sat down at a McDonald's, then went to a nearby Subway.February 24, 2018 Savannah, Georgia 1 0Savannah State University: A non-student was shot on campus and later died.February 27, 2018 Itta Bena, Mississippi 0 1Mississippi Valley State University: A person was shot in a recreation center. The injury was not life-threatening.February 27, 2018 Norfolk, Virginia 0 1Norfolk State University: A student was shot from an adjacent dorm room while doing homework. He was not seriously injured.March 2, 2018 Mount Pleasant, Michigan 2 0Central Michigan University shooting: 19-year-old student James Eric Davis Jr. shot and killed his mother and father when they came to campus to take him home for spring break. After the shooting Davis fled and the campus was placed on lock-down. Around 15 hours later police arrested him and took him to a local hospital. The incident disrupted the travel plans of students and campus activities for several days. Davis was charged with two counts of murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm used to commit murder.March 7, 2018 Birmingham, Alabama 1 2Huffman High School: One student was killed and another injured when shots were fired in the school building, prompting the school to go into lock-down shortly after the bell rang for school dismissal. Law enforcement originally labeled the shooting as "accidental". Subsequently, a 17-year-old male student was charged with manslaughter and will be charged as "being a certain person forbidden to possess a pistol". Although the school has metal detectors, they were not being used that day. School resource officers were onsite at the time of the shooting.March 7, 2018 Jackson, Mississippi 0 1Jackson State University: A student was shot inside a dormitory. His injuries were not life-threatening.March 8, 2018 Mobile, Alabama 0 1University of South Alabama: One person was hospitalized after a shooting on campus.March 9, 2018 Lexington, Kentucky 0 1 (the perpetrator)Frederick Douglass High School: A 16-year-old male student unintentionally shot himself with a gun he had smuggled into a classroom, sustaining an injury to his left thumb. Police announced they were charging him with wanton endangerment and possession of a weapon on school property. After the shooting, the school superintendent announced that stationary metal detectors would be installed and all students would be required to enter through them.March 13, 2018 Seaside, California 0 1Seaside High School: A teacher accidentally discharged a firearm while teaching a public safety class, injuring one student.March 14, 2018 Birmingham, Alabama 2 (including the perpetrator) 1University of Alabama at Birmingham: A disgruntled employee entered the UAB Highlands Hospital on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and shot two hospital employees, fatally wounding one, on the second floor. The perpetrator then shot and fatally wounded himself.March 20, 2018 Great Mills, Maryland 2 (including the perpetrator) 1Great Mills High School: The school was placed on lock-down after a shooting occurred in the morning. A 17-year-old male student, armed with a handgun, shot and fatally injured a female student (with whom he had a prior relationship) and wounded a male student. The student shot himself in the head, fatally, while the school resource officer simultaneously shot at him.April 12, 2018 Raytown, Missouri 0 1South Middle School: A man was shot in the stomach in the parking lot during a track meet.April 20, 2018 Ocala, Florida 0 1Forest High School: A student shot through the door of the school with a Sawed-off shotgun shortly before a national school walkout for gun control measures. The student had recently dropped out and had planned a much more serious school shooting. His injuries were not life-threatening. The 19-year-old former student was arrested.May 11, 2018 Palmdale, California 0 1Highland High School: A 14-year-old former student allegedly fired a semi-automatic rifle shortly before classes were to begin. A 15-year-old was struck in the shoulder but went into surgery and was expected to recover fully. The suspect ditched the gun in a field and was arrested nearby, and faces a charge of attempted murder.May 16, 2018 Dixon, Illinois 0 1 (the perpetrator)Dixon High School: A 19-year-old student recently kicked off the football team allegedly fired shots prior to graduation rehearsal. A school resource officer shot the suspect, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.May 18, 2018 Santa Fe, Texas 10 13 (including the perpetrator)Santa Fe High School shooting: The school was evacuated when fire alarms were pulled at 7:45 am after students said they had heard gunshots. The shooter (Dimitrios Pagourtzis) started in the art room, then went through the art hallway. The shooter had a Remington 870 shotgun and a .38 caliber revolver. Multiple IEDs, pressure cookers, Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, propane tanks, and other homemade explosives were also found around the school and parking lot.May 18, 2018 Jonesboro, Georgia 1 3Mount Zion High School: An argument led to a shooting in a parking lot after a high school graduation ceremony for graduates of Perry Learning Center. Mount Zion High School provided overflow parking for people attending the ceremony.May 25, 2018 Noblesville, Indiana 0 2Noblesville West Middle School shooting: Two people were shot and injured in a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Indiana. The shooter is an unnamed middle school student who exited his science classroom and re-entered with a gun. When he returned, he shot a female student and the science teacher, identified as Jason Seamen. Seamen was shot in the abdomen, hip, and forearm. The gun was wrestled away by Seamen after both he and the female student were shot.August 17, 2018 Wellington, Florida 0 2Two people were shot and injured at a football game in Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, Florida.August 20, 2018 Atlanta, Georgia 0 0A shootout erupted on the campus of Georgia State University the night before classes started.August 30, 2018 San Francisco, California 0 1One student was injured when two students were joking around about guns, and one student discharged a firearm at Balboa High School in San Francisco, California. 4 students were arrested in this incident, and 2 were allowed to go back to school. The school was on lock-down along with three other schools in the area for two hours.September 5, 2018 Providence, Rhode Island 1 1 (the perpetrator)William Parsons, a 15-year-old student at Central High School, was shot and killed outside Providence Career and Technical Academy in Providence, Rhode Island. Police said that two young men got into an altercation and shots were fired, hitting the victim, who was uninvolved. The 16-year-old suspect accidentally shot and injured himself while trying to get away, under a mile from the scene.September 10, 2018 Memphis, Tennessee 0 1A teen girl was injured after shots were fired into school bus full of students attending Fairley High School.September 11, 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada 1 0An 18-year-old student was shot at Canyon Springs High School near the baseball field and later died of his injuries at a hospital.October 29, 2018 Matthews, North Carolina 1 1A David W. Butler High School freshman, 16 year old Jatwan Craig Cuffie, fatally shot sophomore Bobby McKeithen. Cuffie is in custody and charged with first-degree murder.December 13, 2018 Richmond, Indiana 1 (the perpetrator) 014-year-old Brandon Clegg attempted a shooting on Dennis Intermediate School. He took two guns and threatened to kill her boyfriend if he did not drive him to the school. Informed of his intentions by his own mother, police arrived just before he was able to begin his attack. After exchanging shots with officers, Clegg shot his way through a locked glass door and entered the school, where he continued to shoot at officers. After he was cornered in one of the school's stairwell, Clegg committed suicide by shooting himself.January 25, 2019 Mobile, Alabama 0 2Two males were wounded after basketball game at Davidson High School, but between Blount High School and Murphy High School, the 15-year old suspect fled the scene before law enforcement arrived and was not arrested until February 8 (making him the first school shooter to ever go two weeks without being caught). His mother was arrested for harboring a fugitve.February 8, 2019 Baltimore, Maryland 0 1A 25-year-old was confronted by an adult staff member of Frederick Douglas High School, as to his purpose on being on school grounds, in response the gunman shot and injured the staff member.February 12, 2019 Kansas City, Missouri 1 0During a basketball game at the Central Academy for Excellence, an argument between two groups led to the groups being escorted out in a staggered fashion. However, as the second group was being escorted out 15-year old Anjanique Wright in the group was shot and later pronounced dead at the hospital. Two female students were charged with her murder.February 14, 2019 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 0 0A 16-year-old student at V. Sue Cleveland High School discharged a handgun inside the school before classes started and was arrested off school grounds.March 22, 2019 Blounstville, Alabama 0 1A substitute teacher at Blountsville Elementary School, unlawfully brought a small caliber weapon into the classroom, which discharged while in his pocket. One student reportedly had minor injuries, and the substitute was arrested.April 1, 2019 Prescott, Arkansas 0 1A 14-year-old male student with a concealed weapon shot a 14-year-old classmate at Prescott High School in what police described as a “premeditated attack”. The victim was airlifted to a nearby hospital and is in stable condition. The shooter was apprehended by school resource officers.April 25, 2019 Dekalb County 0 10A man who was in the woods shot and injured 10 children at a with pellet or BB gun at a DeKalb County elementary school playground.

There have been many shootings periodically……………………………List of school shootings in the United States - WikipediaDate Location Deaths InjuriesDescription19th centuryNovember 12, 1840 Charlottesville, Virginia 1 0John Anthony Gardner Davis, a law professor at the University of Virginia, was fatally shot by student Joseph Semmes, and died 3 days later.November 2, 1853 Louisville, Kentucky 1 0Student Mathews Flounoy Ward shot the schoolmaster William H.G. Butler as revenge for what Ward thought was excessive punishment of his brother the day before. Butler died, and Ward was acquitted.August 16, 1856 Florence, Alabama 2 0The schoolmaster warned students not to harm his tame sparrow, threatening death. One of the boys stepped on the bird and killed it. When the boy returned to school, the master took the boy into a private room and strangled him. The boy's father upon hearing what had happened went to the school and shot the schoolmaster dead.July 8, 1858 Baltimore, Maryland 1 0The 15-year-old son of Col. John T. Farlow (Baltimore's Marshal of Police 1867–70), was killed during a Sabbath School gathering. The perpetrator escaped, but several arrests were made.January 21, 1860 Todd County, Kentucky 1 0A son of Col. Elijah Sebree was killed by another student. Young Sebree was threatening the other boy; the latter student got a gun and fatally shot Sebree in the schoolhouse.February 6, 1864 Ashland County, Ohio 1 0George W. Longfelt, the school teacher of the Pyfer's School House, killed student Alfred Desem and fled.February 16, 1867 Knights Ferry, California 2 (including one of the perpetrators) 0Mr. McGinnis was killed by his daughter's teacher after McGinnis threatened the teacher for expelling his daughter from school. When McGinnis' son learned of this, he went to the school and killed the teacher.April 2, 1867 Madison, Florida 1 0Frank Pope, a pupil at St. John's seminary, shot and killed his teacher Mr. Bristow.June 8, 1867 New York City, New York 0 113-year-old Arthur Day secretly took a loaded pistol to PS No. 18 to shoot a dog he said had bitten him. While playing with the pistol, Day accidentally shot and wounded classmate Robert Morton.January 27, 1871 Knoxville, Tennessee 1 0John Roberts, aged ten or twelve, was accidentally shot in the eye at school and died.February 1, 1872 Washington, Pennsylvania 0 1At the all-girls Union School, 17-year-old Thomas McGiffin shot and seriously wounded the principal, Prof. Wilson, in the hip because Wilson refused to deliver a note to one of the girls. McGiffin was a son of Col. Norton McGiffin, and brother of US naval hero Philo McGiffin.February 11, 1873 Wisconsin 0 1Chris Foote shot the school mistress for whipping his son.February 20, 1874 Agency, Montana 1 0After being ejected from school for disobedience, 20-year-old Thomas Squires, fatally shot Prof. Hayes three times in the abdomen.April 9, 1874 Lebanon, Tennessee 1 0John R. Breckinridge, son of the late Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, attending classes in law at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee, was killed by John L. Anderson, the Mayor's son. The latter was reportedly "crazed with liquor."May 24, 1878 St. Paul, Minnesota 0 1A 12-year-old boy, Luckert, accidentally shot and wounded Allie McDonald, another boy at the Neill school. The youth was expected to recover. His mother Mrs. McDonald went to the police station, but did not file a formal complaint.May 24, 1879 Lancaster, New York 0 1Telegraph operator Frank Shugart, shot and severely injured Mr. Carr, superintendent of the stables at a girls' school.December 1, 1881 Santa Monica, California 1 0While working late at the schoolhouse on a program for the children's concert, Mr. O'Donnell, the school master, and Mr. Williams, one of the parents, got into an argument. Williams fatally shot O'Donnell in the back.December 22, 1881 Shelby County, Indiana 0 0School teacher Charles J. Gregory shot at a pupil at close range because he refused to write on a slate. The bullet missed the boy. The teacher was arrested.January 16, 1882 Iola, Kansas 0 0A group of boys shot into a schoolhouse, but no one was hurt. Two of the boys were arrested and pleaded guilty three weeks later. They were fined $9.00 each.April 13, 1882 Huntsville, Texas 0 1G.W. Gray, a student at the Sam Houston Normal School, shot and wounded another student, M.J. Jordan. They were arguing over a comic valentine.February 14, 1883 Florence, Nebraska 0 3As some children were playing and throwing snowballs outside the Ponca Creek schoolhouse, Lem Harbaugh and the Shipley brothers, three young men, pulled up in a wagon and engaged the children in a snowball fight. One of the Shipley brothers had a .45 caliber needle gun. As the children kept throwing snowballs, Harbaugh aimed the gun at them. The lock was faulty and the gun went off; he wounded Mamie Shipley, Joy Price, and Marquis Price. Harbaugh later surrendered himself to the authorities.November 20, 1883 Barber County, Kansas 0 0A bunch of drunken cowboys stopped at several schoolhouses, forcing two teachers to drink whiskey, and firing numerous shots at three schoolhouses.February 28, 1884 Danville, Virginia 0 2As Allen Wamack, a 15-year-old boy, drove by a Negro schoolhouse, he called out "school butter" (an insult meaning a cobbing, or a whipping). The students came out and fired several shots at him; he shot back, hitting two students.March 6, 1884 Boston, Massachusetts 0 0As news of outlaw Jesse James reached the East Coast, young boys started to imitate him. For instance, boys shot at police investigating their activities at the Concord Street schoolhouse.March 15, 1884 Gainesville, Georgia 0 0In the middle of the day, a group of very drunk Jackson County farmers were shooting their revolvers as they headed down the street, driving people into their homes. As they approached the female academy, the girls fled from the yard into the school. The farmers followed, firing several rounds into the school door, but no one was hurt.June 12, 1887 Cleveland, Tennessee 1 0Will Guess shot and killed teacher Miss Irene Fann, for whipping his little sister the day before.June 13, 1889 New Brunswick, New Jersey 0 0Charles Crawford, upset over an argument with a school trustee, went up to the window and fired a pistol into a crowded schoolroom. The bullet lodged in the wall just above the teacher's head.April 24, 1890 Brazil, Indiana 0 1While the pupils of the Meridian Street School were at play, student Ben Corbery drew a revolver and seriously wounded 10-year-old Cora Brubach in the face. Cora had told the teacher about Ben's misconduct.December 27, 1890 Staunton, Virginia 1 0At Kable's Military Academy, 15-year-old A.H. Hathaway of Denison, Texas, was accidentally shot and killed by his 17-year-old classmate James Whitworth of Sulphur Springs, Texas, while they were playing with an old pistol.March 30, 1891 Liberty, Mississippi 0 14During a school exhibition and concert at the Parson Hill schoolhouse, an unknown gunman fired a double-barreled shotgun into the mixed audience, made up of black and white students, parents and teachers. Fourteen people were wounded, some seriously.April 9, 1891 Newburgh, New York 0 ?70-year-old James Foster fired a shotgun at a group of students in the playground of St. Mary's Parochial School, causing minor injuries to several of the students.March 26, 1893 Plain Dealing, Louisiana 4 1During an evening school dance at Plain Dealing High School, a fight broke out. Two students were shot and killed immediately, two more were fatally wounded, and the high school's Professor Johnson was wounded in the arm.December 13, 1898 Charleston, West Virginia 6 1+During the school exhibition, a group of young men tried to break up a student performance. When teacher Mr. Fisher tried to throw them out, they turned on him. Audience members joined the fray. Harry Flasher was shot and instantly killed, Henry Carney was fatally shot in the back, Ralph Jones and two others were also fatally shot, and George Gibson was shot in the hand; Haz Harding had his skull crushed, and several others received minor wounds.20th centuryFebruary 24, 1903 Inman, South Carolina 1 0Edward Foster, a 17-year-old student at Inman High School, was fatally wounded by his teacher Reuben Pitts after jerking a rod from Pitts' hands to avoid punishment. According to the teacher, Foster struck the pistol Pitts had drawn, and caused it to fire. Pitts was acquitted of murder on grounds of self-defense.July 21, 1903 Jackson, Kentucky 2 (both perpetrators) 1At the Cave Run School, James Barrett and Mack Howard argued over a card game and fought a duel with pistols, killing each other. 12-year-old student, James Vires, was shot in the abdomen while sitting at his desk during the gunfight.April 6, 1904 Chicago, Illinois 1 0Two students had been fighting for months over a girl. Henry Schaze threw 16-year-old Paul Jelick to the ground, drew a revolver, and killed his rival.November 16, 1904 Riverside, California 2 1At the Indian School, a gun fight broke out between pupils. Charles Colby was shot in the head with a pistol, then returned fire, killing Tom Bucanoros, and fatally wounding Fred Smith.December 16, 1904 Magee, Mississippi 1 1Parent E.E. Mangum was shot through the head and killed by the principal of the high school, Professor J.E. Woodward, after shooting the principal in the hand. Mangum had argued with Woodward, who had given Mangum's 15-year-old son a severe whipping.February 9, 1905 Colusa, California 0 1The meeting of 17-year-old Elmer Hildreth with a school Trustee ended in an armed encounter over Hildreth's being suspended. When Mr. Ingrim went after Hildreth with an axe, Hildreth shot him in the stomach. Hildreth was arrested and was found to have acted in self-defense; no charges were filed. Ingrim survived.October 5, 1905 Hickman, Kentucky 1 0Parent George Nicholson killed John Kurd at a schoolhouse during a school rehearsal. Kurd had made a disparaging remark about Nicholson's daughter during her recital.December 20, 1907 Chico, California 1 09-year-old Arthur Roberts was shot in the head and killed outside his school during a military drill by school children of the Dayton school district. Armed with old guns believed to be empty, the children had pulled the triggers.January 10, 1908 Council Bluffs, Iowa 0 0At around 6 a.m., as George O Mortensen, 35-year-old janitor of the Washington street school building, was unlocking the outer door of the school, someone discharged a shotgun from a few feet away. The shot riddled the door within a foot of his head.March 11, 1908 Boston, Massachusetts 2 (including the perpetrator) 0Thirty-nine-year-old teacher Miss Sarah Chamberlain Weed killed thirty-four-year-old teacher Elizabeth Bailey Hardee, then shot herself, at the Laurens School, a fashionable boarding school. Weed was said to be suffering from melancholia (depression).March 19, 1909 Mount Vernon, Illinois 0 1During a school performance of The Grand Central, John Moake, portraying the villain, was shot in the forehead and dangerously wounded by the hero, Roy Slater. The cartridge was thought to have been blank.June 10, 1909 Trinidad, Colorado 1 0Walter Harris, 11-year-old student, accidentally shot his teacher, B.C. Briggs, in the head while on a school field trip, killing him.August 18, 1909 Bakersfield, California 0 0After hunting doves, a group of six young men deliberately shot out the glass at the Fruitvale School. They also shot at the nearby residence of A.J. Hunter, narrowly missing several children in the rear yard.September 11, 1909 McDonald County, Missouri 1 0John Butram, a student at the Bear Hollow School, told his fellow students that school was cancelled. The teacher A.T. Kelly said it was not. When Butram drew a knife on his teacher, Kelly shot and killed him.January 12, 1910 New York City, New York 2 0"A black bearded maniac drew an automatic pistol" and fired five shots into a crowd of boys at the Harlem School, who were taunting him. 6-year-old Robert Lomas, was hit and died instantly; 6-year-old Arthur Shively, was critically wounded.March 10, 1910 Ione, California 0 0At the reform school, known as Preston School of Industry, students Albert Brown and Eugene Griffin tried to escape, stealing a revolver from the school's bakery shop. They shot at Captain William H. White when he pursued them. No one was hurt, but the boys were transferred to the adult penitentiary.August 16, 1910 Lexington, Kentucky 1 ?A general fight broke out during school board elections. Lewis Napier was shot and killed, and several other persons were hurt. Several men were arrested.April 27, 1911 Manhattan, Kansas 1 0During a school play rehearsal, a boy loaded his revolver, unknown to others. Pearl Reedy, an 18-year-old girl who was to use the gun in the play, said she was afraid to handle it. The teacher said she didn't need to fear it and pointed it at Reedy, squeezing the trigger. Reedy was fatally wounded.January 31, 1912 San Francisco, California 1 0During a stone throwing confrontation near the Oriental School on Clay Street, a group of white boys became trapped between two groups of Chinese boys. Jose Aguilar fired a BB shot air rifle twice to frighten the Chinese. 10-year-old Wong She had a gun and fired back. One bullet passed through Aguilar's coat sleeve and fatally struck 14-year-old James Kane in the school's rear yard.February 16, 1912 Lagrange, New York 1 014-year-old May McQuade was killed by classmate Raymond B. Carroll. Carroll said the shooting was accidental as he did not think the gun was loaded.November 19, 1914 Sayre, Pennsylvania 1 0While walking to school, 14-year-old Charles Listman killed 15-year-old Andrew Milton over rivalry for classmate 13-year-old Minnie London.January 13, 1915 Vancouver, Washington 0 1During a parent-teachers' meeting, 15-year-old student Murlan Decker was accidentally shot by his younger brother, Luther.February 3, 1915 Jasper, Florida 1 120-year-old Will Yates, teacher of Clear Pond school in Hamilton County, Florida, was shot and killed in a fight with Claude Holtzendorff and his two sons. The Holtzendorffs objected to one of the boys being whipped at school. When they showed up, Yates had armed himself. He shot the father through the mouth, and was fatally shot through the body, dying an hour later.September 20, 1916 Bemidji, Minnesota 0 1Olga Dahl, the 19-year-old teacher at the Round Lake District School, was found tied to a tree near the school, assaulted, and shot twice in the face. She had been working late after school, when a man with a revolver entered the school house and ordered her to obey him. He raped and shot her; she was expected to live. A group of men in Itasca County joined in hunting the assailant.December 26, 1916 Danville, Kentucky 1 ?During the Christmas tree celebration at the Harris Creek School, a fight broke out in the room packed with children and visitors. William Benedict, Sr. was instantly killed, William Benedict, Jr. was shot in the ankle, Bourdon Galloway was shot in the right arm, and Mike Gaddis was shot in the leg. Many others were injured. Thomas Thornton had been drinking and objected to Benedict telling him to calm down. Thornton's brother George left the room and returned with a revolver.June 5, 1917 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 0 116-year-old freshman Earl Wolf was accidentally shot in the leg with a revolver about noon, in the company of classmates at Central High School.October 28, 1917 Chicago, Illinois 1 0Brothers 16-year-old William and 15-year-old Ralph Carter broke into the May public school, robbing the phone boxes and teachers' desks. When they were discovered by janitor Howard Parks and policeman Thomas Conway, the latter shot at them. William was critically wounded and not expected to live; Ralph Carter was taken to jail.November 29, 1917 Manes, Missouri 0 1At the Perkins school's Thanksgiving night pie supper, 21-year-old teacher Joe Todd, was mysteriously shot. He was expected to recover.March 29, 1918 Jefferson City, Missouri 1 0At the Lincoln Institute, State Negro Normal School, 31-year-old Professor Romeo West, was killed in the dormitory by superintendent of school Theodore Martin. They were arguing about dishes to use at a social. Martin said he shot in self-defense, fatally hitting West with three of five shots.April 6, 1918 Reeder, North Dakota 1 0During the afternoon recess, a boy was looking over a 22-caliber rifle; it discharged, striking the head of the Coyne boy in the seat to the front, killing him instantly.January 9, 1919 Monroe City, Missouri 0 0While school was in session, Hugh Claggett shot through the school house's front door, while on his way home from work. No one was hurt, and he was fined $20.April 12, 1919 Ogden City, Utah 0 1During a high school assembly, six boys shot off their guns. Permission had been given in the belief the guns were loaded with blanks, but they had live shot. Teacher Verna Davidson was shot in the foot.August 4, 1919 Berkeley, California 0 2Roger Sprague, an assistant in the department of chemistry at the University of California, despondent over his inability to obtain a position, shot and wounded 59-year-old Professor Edmond O'Neill, head of department, and 37-year-old Dr. Joel Henry Hildebrand, professor of chemistry, in the offices of Gilman Hall. He went to California Hall and shot at 57-year-old May L. Cheney, appointment secretary, but hit only one of her hair combs before he was subdued.February 14, 1920 Durant, Oklahoma 0 1At the Durant Normal School, teacher Albert McFarland, was seriously wounded by one of his pupils.March 4, 1920 Cincinnati, Ohio 0 114-year-old student, Lawrence Angel, shot his teacher, Beatrice Conner, through the arm for sending him to the principal's office.May 1, 1920 Summerville, Georgia 0 0At the High School, 15-year-old student Alexander Potter, fired six shots at his teacher, Prof. Ransom, but missed. Potter was upset over having been whipped and expelled. He was sentenced to six years at a reform school.May 15, 1920 Bowling Green, Ohio 1 0While attending her son's school track meet, Mrs. F. Mahl was killed accidentally by a shot from the starter's pistol.August 1, 1920 Ogden, Utah 0 1Mike Smults, the night watchman at the Utah school for the Deaf and Blind, shot a 10-year-old boy, Dennis McDonald, as he and his brother Clinton cut through the campus. The watchman said he fired into the air as a warning.October 22, 1920 Chicago, Illinois 0 1Mrs. Carmila Rindoni went to the school and twice shot Rosalind I. Reynolds, her son's teacher, for spanking her son the day before. Mrs. Rindoni was arrested; Miss Reynolds was expected to recover.November 4, 1920 Middlesboro, Kentucky 1 0Prof. Barnes of Middlesboro High School was fatally shot by Adolphus Oaks, for whipping his sister the week before. Barnes had submitted his resignation to the school board, as students had boycotted his class in protest over the whipping. He intended to leave the city that weekend. Oaks went to jail.February 17, 1922 Valdosta, Georgia 2 0John Glover broke into the school house, where he killed a girl and fatally wounded a boy. A mob tracked and killed Glover 7 miles (11 km) away in Indianola (now Naylor, Georgia).August 1, 1922 Ardmore, Oklahoma 1 0Bryant Hignight and four other students were at the outhouse of the Mount Zion school. Hignight fired two shots. One instantly killed Raymond Guinn. When questioned, the other three boys said it was an accident.December 29, 1926 Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 0 112-year-old Frederick Heilman was shot through the right instep when Gettysburg College janitor, Joseph Carver, fired toward a group of boys trying to force their way into the college gymnasium. Carver had shot into the ground, and did not realize a bullet had ricocheted. Heilman's father did not press charges.May 22, 1930 Ringe, Minnesota 1 024-year-old Douglas Petersen, killed 20-year-old teacher, Margaret Wegman, who was standing in the doorway of a rural schoolhouse.May 28, 1931 Duluth, Minnesota 1 0Katherine McMillen, 24-year-old teacher at the Howard Gensen rural school near Duluth, was accidentally killed by a pupil who brought a revolver to school.September 14, 1934 Gill, Massachusetts 1 0Headmaster Elliott Speer was murdered by a shotgun blast through the window at Northfield Mount Hermon School. The crime was never solved.June 4, 1936 Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 2 (including the perpetrator) 0Wesley Clow killed his Lehigh University English instructor, C. Wesley Phy for giving him a failing grade. Clow committed suicide after shooting Phy.June 4, 1937 Isabel, Kansas 1 016-year-old Robert Douthitt, was accidentally killed backstage during high school play practice. The revolver was to have been loaded with blanks, but it held live ammunition.September 24, 1937 Toledo, Ohio 0 2 (including the perpetrator)12-year-old Robert Snyder wounded his principal, June Mapes, in her office at Arlington Public School when she declined his request to call a classmate. He fled the grounds, and wounded himself.January 24, 1938 Blencoe, Iowa 1 017-year-old Edward Marley was accidentally killed by a fellow actor with a loaded gun while rehearsing for a play at Blencoe High School.July 4, 1940 Valhalla, New York 1 0Angered by the refusal of his daughter, 15-year-old Melba, to leave a boarding school and return home, 47-year-old Joseph Moshell, went to the school and shot and killed his daughter. Moshell was sentenced to death for the murder; the governor of New York later commuted his sentence to life in prison.October 2, 1942 New York City, New York 1 0Irwin Goodman, 36-year-old mathematics teacher at William J. Gaynor Junior High School, was shot and killed in the school corridor by two boys.June 26, 1946 New York City, New York 0 1A 15-year-old student was shot in the chest at PS 147 annex of Brooklyn Automotive Trades High School, after refusing to give money to a gang of seven youths.December 24, 1948 New York City, New York 1 0A 14-year-old student was fatally wounded in the head by a shot from fellow student, 17-year-old Robert Ross, when he happened into range where Ross was target shooting near a lake at the school.March 11, 1949 New York City, New York 0 1A 16-year-old student at Stuyvesant High School was accidentally shot in the arm by a fellow student who was 'showing off' with a pistol in a classroom.November 12, 1949 Columbus, Ohio 1 0Ohio State University freshman James Heer grabbed a .45 caliber handgun from the room of a Delta Tau Delta fraternity brother, and killed 21-year-old Jack McKeown, a senior and fraternity brother. Heer was sentenced to life in prison for the crime.July 22, 1950 New York City, New York 0 1A 16-year-old boy was shot in the wrist and abdomen at the PS 141 dance during an argument with a former classmate.January 24, 1951 Alton, Illinois 1 061-year-old Henry Suhre, quartermaster at Western Military Academy, was killed in the cadet store on campus.March 12, 1951 Union Mills, North Carolina 2 0Professor W.E. Sweatt, superintendent and teacher at the Alexander School, was killed by 16-year-old Billy Ray Powell and 19-year-old Hugh Justice, students whom he had reprimanded. The boys fled and also shot Wade Johnson, 15, for reporting their rule infraction to Sweatt.November 27, 1951 St. Louis, Missouri 1 015-year-old student, David Brooks, was fatally shot in front of other pupils. Two former students were sought by police.April 9, 1952 New York City, New York 1 0A 15-year-old boarding school student shot a dean rather than give up his pin-up pictures of girls in bathing suits.July 14, 1952 New York City, New York 1 0Bayard Peakes shot and killed secretary Eileen Fahey at the American Physical Society (APS) office at Columbia University, where he was reportedly upset that the APS had rejected a paper of his. Peakes was deemed insane by a judge; he was held at an asylum for the criminally insane until his death in 2000.October 2, 1953 Chicago, Illinois 1 014-year-old Bernice Turner killed 14-year-old Pasquale Coletta inside the science classroom at Kelly High School. The shooting was later ruled to be accidental.March 31, 1954 Newton, Massachusetts 1 014-year-old John Frankenberger was accidentally killed in a classroom at Day Junior High School when a pistol held by a classmate discharged.May 15, 1954 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 1 2Putnam Davis Jr. was killed during a fraternity house carnival at the Phi Delta Theta house at the University of North Carolina. William Joyner and Allen Long were wounded during the exchange of gunfire in their room. The incident followed an all-night beer party. Long told police that, while the three were drinking beer at 7 a.m., Davis pulled out a gun and started shooting.January 11, 1955 Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1 0After some of his dormmates urinated on his mattress during hazing, Robert B. Bechtel, a 22-year-old student proctor at Swarthmore College, returned to his Wharton Hall dorm with a shotgun and killed fellow student, 19-year-old Francis Holmes Strozier. Betchtel was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity and spent five years in a psychiatric hospital.May 4, 1956 Seat Pleasant, Maryland 1 215-year-old student, Billy Ray Prevatte, fatally shot 32-year-old teacher, Frazer Cameron, and injured 25-year-old athletic coach, Francis Daniel Wagner, and 31-year-old teacher, Robert Hicks, at Maryland Park Junior High School. He left after waiting outside the principal's office for a reprimand due to failing to turn in a written physical education assignment; he returned with a rifle, shooting the three staff members. Prevatte was sentenced to thirty years in prison and was released in 1988.October 20, 1956 New York City, New York 0 1A Booker T. Washington Junior High School student was shot and wounded in the forearm by another student armed with a home-made weapon.October 2, 1957 New York City, New York 0 1A 16-year-old student was shot in the leg by a 15-year-old classmate at a city high school.March 4, 1958 New York City, New York 0 1A 17-year-old student shot a boy in the Manual Training High School.May 1, 1958 Massapequa, New York 1 0A 15-year-old Massapequa High School freshman was killed by a classmate in a washroom.September 24, 1959 New York City, New York 1 0Twenty-seven men and boys and an arsenal were seized in the Bronx as the police headed off a gang war resulting from the fatal shooting of a teenager at Morris High School.March 30, 1960 Alice, Texas 1 014-year-old Donna Dvorak, brought a target pistol to Dubose Junior High School, and fatally shot 15-year-old Bobby Whitford, in their 9th-grade science class. Dvorak believed Whitford posed a threat to one of her girlfriends.June 7, 1960 Blaine, Minnesota 2 (including the perpetrator) 041-year-old mail-carrier, Lester Betts, confronted 33-year-old principal, Carson Hammond, in his Blaine Elementary School office, and shot him dead with a 12-gauge shotgun, in apparent jealousy over Hammond's relationships with his former wife. Betts later committed suicide.January 4, 1961 Delmont, South Dakota 1 0Donald Kurtz, 17-year-old senior at Delmont High School, was fatally wounded by a .22 caliber bullet from a rifle. The shot, intended as a sound effect for a school play, hit him in the chest during a rehearsal minutes before the play was to take place.October 17, 1961 Denver, Colorado 1 2 (including the perpetrator)14-year-old Tennyson Beard, got into an argument with 15-year-old William Hachmeister, at Morey Junior High School, shooting and wounding him. Another shot fatally struck 14-year-old Deborah Faith Humphrey. Beard attempted suicide, but survived. He was later found not guilty by reason of insanity.November 5, 1963 Cedar Rapids, Iowa 0 115-year-old Augie Holmquist, a student at Jefferson High School, was in the locker room after swimming class and was shot twice in the back and once in the hip with a .22 caliber revolver by student, 16-year-old Randy Schultz. Schultz ran home and told his parents to call the police. The boys had been playing water polo, and Holmquist had reportedly dunked Shultz. When Schultz objected, Holmquist hit him. Schultz retaliated with a gun.April 27, 1966 Bay Shore, New York 1 0A 48-year-old teacher, John S. Lane, was fatally wounded when he tried to stop 16-year-old student James Arthur Frampton, who was armed with a shotgun and seeking boys he had argued with earlier that day. Lane died about six weeks later. Frampton was sentenced to thirty years in prison for the murder.August 1, 1966 Austin, Texas 18 (including the perpetrator) 31University of Texas tower shooting: 25-year-old engineering student, Charles Whitman, shot and killed 15 people and wounded 31 during a 96-minute shooting rampage from the observation deck of the university. He was shot and killed by police. He had earlier murdered his wife and mother at their homes. It was the deadliest shooting on a U.S. college campus until the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007.October 5, 1966 Grand Rapids, Minnesota 1 1Grand Rapids High School student, 15-year-old David Black, killed school administrator Forrest Willey and seriously wounded fellow student, 14-year-old Kevin Roth.November 12, 1966 Mesa, Arizona 5 218-year-old Bob Smith, took seven people hostage at Rose-Mar College of Beauty, and ordered them to lie down in a circle. He shot each in the head. Four women and a 3-year-old girl died; another woman and a baby were injured but survived. Police arrested Smith, who reportedly admired Richard Speck and Charles Whitman. Smith was sentenced to death in Arizona's gas chamber, but his sentence was commuted to life when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972.May 3, 1967 Northlake, Illinois 1 118-year-old dropout, Michael Pisarski killed his former girlfriend, 17-year-old Christine Mitchell inside West Leyden High School. The school's athletic director was wounded. Pisarski was sentenced to a maximum of 60 years in prison.January 30, 1968 Miami, Florida 1 016-year-old Blanche Ward killed fellow student, 16-year-old Linda Lipscomb, at Miami Jackson High School. According to Ward, she was threatened with a razor by Lipscomb during an argument over a fountain pen, and in the ensuing struggle, her gun went off.March 25, 1968 High Point, North Carolina 1 015-year-old David Lee Walker, was killed just outside Central High School, by 15-year-old Gerald Locklear.May 22, 1968 Miami, Florida 0 2Ernest Lee Grissom, a 15-year-old student at Drew Junior High School, seriously wounded a teacher and a 13-year-old student after he had been reprimanded for behavior.January 17, 1969 Los Angeles, California 2 0Alprentice Carter and John Huggins, two student members of the Black Panther Party, were fatally shot during a student meeting inside Campbell Hall at the University of California, Los Angeles. Reportedly there was disagreement over who would control the school's African American Studies Center. The shooter, Claude Hubert, was never found; three other men were later arrested in connection with the shooting.January 23, 1969 Washington, D.C. 1 0Herman Clifford, 45-year-old Cardozo Senior High School assistant principal, was killed in the school's hallway by 18-year-old Ronald Joyner, while trying to stop him and two other youths who had robbed the school's bank.May 13, 1969 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 013-year-old Ernest Napoleon Carter Jr. was accidentally killed by a 13-year-old classmate at Hanes Junior High School who was armed with a pistol. The shooter was charged with involuntary manslaughter. Carter's mother filed a lawsuit against the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education for $50,000 in damages.November 19, 1969 Tomah, Wisconsin 1 046-year-old Martin Mogensen, principal of Tomah Junior High School, was killed in his office by a 14-year-old boy.January 5, 1970 Washington, D.C. 1 115-year-old Tyrone Perry, was killed at Hine Junior High School.February 11, 1970 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 (including the perpetrator) 1University of Pennsylvania professors, 40-year-old Walter Koppelman, and 45-year-old Oscar Goldman, were shot by 33-year-old disgruntled graduate student, Robert Cantor, during a seminar. Cantor then took his own life. Koppelman died March 5 from his injuries, but Goldman recovered.May 4, 1970 Kent, Ohio 4 9Kent State shootings: During protests against the bombings in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, members of the Ohio National Guard shot and killed 4 unarmed college students and injured a further 9. The shootings led to protests and strikes on colleges all across the United States.May 15, 1970 Jackson, Mississippi 2 12Jackson State shootings: Shortly after midnight, a group of students were confronted by city and state police. The police opened fire, killing two students and injuring twelve. The event happened only 11 days after the Kent State shootings, in which National Guardsmen killed four students at Kent State University in Ohio, which had first captured national attention.November 20, 1970 Chicago, Illinois 0 2Two students were shot while standing in a second floor hallway of Harlan High School. 15-year-old Kenneth House, was shot in the lower left abdomen, his condition was described as serious. 14-year-old Portia Walls, suffered a superficial wound on her lower back. The incident was thought to have involved gang recruiting in the school.February 2, 1971 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 056-year-old teacher, Samson L. Freedman, was killed as he left Morris E. Leeds School, by 14-year-old student, Kevin Simmons. Freedman had suspended Simmons earlier in the day for cursing in the hallway.November 11, 1971 Spokane, Washington 2 (including the perpetrator) 421-year-old former MIT student, Larry J. Harmon, armed with a rifle, killed 68-year-old caretaker, Hilary Kunzon, who came upon him wrecking St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, then fled onto the campus of Gonzaga University, where he wounded four more people before he was shot and killed by police. Harmon was described by his father as a religious fanatic claiming to have visions.February 26, 1973 Richmond, Virginia 1 017-year-old Wayne Phillips, was killed when he was caught between two youths who were fighting in the hallway of Armstrong High School.November 6, 1973 Oakland, California 1 1School superintendent Marcus Foster, was killed and his assistant Robert Blackburn, was wounded when members of the Symbionese Liberation Army opened fire on them as they exited a school board meeting. Two members of the SLA were later arrested and convicted of the crime. Both were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The SLA had reportedly believed that Foster supported a measure to install police on school grounds and make students carry identification cards. In reality, Foster opposed both measures.January 17, 1974 Chicago, Illinois 1 052-year-old elementary school principal, Rudolph Jezek Jr., was killed in his office by 14-year-old Steven Guy, a former student said to be angry about being transferred to a social adjustment center.March 22, 1974 Brownstown, Indiana 1 048-year-old James T. Blevins, athletic director at Brownstown Central High School, was fatally shot in the school parking lot by a 17-year-old student waiting for him. He gave the police no motive.October 4, 1974 Kent, Ohio 0 119-year-old McKeesport student, Ray D. Gilmore, was wounded in a scuffle with two men in his third floor campus dormitory room. 26-year-old Benjamin F. Goodman and 22-year-old Carl Bell, who were not students, had their .32 caliber pistols taken and were wrestled to the floor by other students.December 30, 1974 Olean, New York 3 11Olean High School shooting: During a two-and-a-half-hour siege, 17-year-old honor student, Anthony Barbaro, the best on his rifle team, killed three adults, one being pregnant, in and around his high school and wounded eleven other persons. He shot from the windows out at the street and neighborhood. The school was closed for the Christmas holiday. Barbaro committed suicide in prison before he could stand trial.February 24, 1975 Penns Grove, New Jersey 1 124-year-old David Gary killed the 33-year-old Reverend Thomas Quinlan, inside a classroom at St. James School. Quinlan was the school's principal. A teacher was also wounded. Gary was sentenced to life in prison for the crime.March 18, 1975 St. Louis, Missouri 1 016-year-old Stephen Goods, a bystander, was killed during a fight between other teens. Three youths were convicted for the homicide.September 11, 1975 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 1 5Student James Briggs killed fellow student Randy Truitt at Grant High School, wounding several others.February 12, 1976 Detroit, Michigan 0 5Intruders entered Murray-Wright High School, shooting and wounding five students after an apparent dispute over a girlfriend of one of the intruders.July 12, 1976 Fullerton, California 7 2 California State University, Fullerton massacre: The gunman, 37-year-old Edward Charles Allaway, was a custodian at the California State University, Fullerton library. Allaway killed seven people and wounded two others in the library's first-floor lobby and at the building's Instructional Media Center (IMC), located in the basement. Allaway was convicted of murder, but a judge ruled him insane and ordered him to be confined to a mental institution.April 7, 1977 Whitharral, Texas 1 0High School principal, M. O. Tripp, was killed on the front steps of the school by 17-year-old student, Ricardo Lopez, for unknown reasons. Lopez was convicted of murder and subsequently sentenced to life in prison.November 19, 1977 Washington, DC 0 2"As about 50 horrified students scattered for safety, a young man wearing a hood and surgical mask yesterday shot and seriously injured the business manager of St. John's College High School in northwest Washington during a robbery attempt in the school cafeteria, District police said."January 11, 1978 Hopkinsville, Kentucky 0 1At 8:10 a.m., 13-year-old student, Andre Davis, was wounded while watching a fight between two students in the front lobby of Christian County Middle School, one of whom had a gun. A 16-year-old was charged with the assault.February 9, 1978 St. Albans, West Virginia 1 014-year-old Hayes Junior High School student, Stuart Wayne Perrock, killed 14-year-old schoolmate, Arthur Clinton Smith.February 22, 1978 Lansing, Michigan 1 1After being taunted for his beliefs, 15-year-old Roger Needham, a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi, killed one student and wounded a second with a pistol at Everett High School.April 26, 1978 Dallas, Texas 1 038-year-old Woodrow Porter, a janitor at Paul Dunbar Elementary School, was killed by the 56-year-old grandmother of an 8-year-old who was allegedly spanked by Porter earlier.May 18, 1978 Austin, Texas 1 013-year-old John Daniel Christian, son of Lyndon B. Johnson's former press secretary George Christian, killed his English teacher, 29-year-old Wilbur Grayson, with his father's rifle in front of approximately thirty classmates at Murchison Junior High School. Christian was arrested and charged but not prosecuted; he was committed to a mental hospital where he was treated for a period and released.October 17, 1978 University City, Missouri 0 418-year-old Larry Ward and two companions were escorted from the halls of University City High School following a fight with 18-year-old student, Carl Triplett. Ward ran back into the building with a gun and fired shots into a group, critically injuring Triplett in the chest and hip, and wounding 17-year-old Angela Darden and 16-year-old Jennifer Pride. Ward sustained a head injury as he was tackled by assistant principal, Franklin McCallie. His companions grabbed the gun and fled.October 17, 1978 Lanett, Alabama 0 113-year-old Robin Robinson, was paddled by Lanett Junior High School principal, Lewis Hoggs, after having a disagreement with another student. Robinson left the school, and returned with a .22-caliber handgun and shot Hoggs, grazing the top of his head. Robinson was arrested two hours later about two blocks from the school, and later charged in juvenile court.January 29, 1979 San Diego, California 2 9Cleveland Elementary School shooting: 16-year-old Brenda Spencer opened fire on Grover Cleveland Elementary School from her home across the street, killing two adults and wounding nine people. Spencer was sentenced to 25 years years to life and remains in prison.April 16, 1979 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 0 117-year-old Timothy Stahle was critically wounded in the leg and upper thigh, with shot gun pellets, as he threw rocks at the windows of Wisconsin Lutheran High School. 28-year-old school janitor, Kenneth B. Stein, was arrested.September 28, 1979 Charlestown, Massachusetts 0 115-year-old sophomore, Darryl Williams, was shot in the neck by a sniper during the half-time interval, while standing with teammates and coach in the end zone of the Charlestown High School football field. The player for the predominantly black Jamaica Plain High School team was left paralysed. A racial motivation was determined by Mayor Kevin White. 17-year-old white youths, Joseph Nardone and Stephen McGonagle, were charged with the shooting and received ten-year sentences.January 7, 1980 Stamps, Arkansas 1 016-year-old Evan Hampton, high school freshman student at Lafayette County High School, waited in a classroom for 19-year-old student Mike Sanders, whom he immediately killed. Hampton went to the principal's office, turned in the gun and waited for his arrest by police.March 20, 1980 Dallas, Texas 1 049-year-old fifth grade teacher, Rosie Pearson, was killed in J. Leslie Patton School by an unknown assailant.March 26, 1980 Big Rapids, Michigan 1 0Business professor Robert Brauer was killed in class by his 20-year-old student, Thomas Kakonis, at Ferris State College; Kakonis had failed an exam in his class. Kakonis is the son of an associate dean at the college.October 31, 1980 Hueytown, Alabama 1 (the perpetrator) 117-year-old Rudy Farmer, pulled out a .22 caliber pistol and wounded a fellow student in the art room of Hueytown High School, he then turned his gun on himself.January 27, 1981 Fayetteville, Arkansas 1 (the perpetrator) 119-year-old former freshman, James Howard Taylor, brought a 12-gauge single-shot shotgun into the Delta Delta Delta sorority house on the University of Arkansas campus. He entered the house at 5:45 p.m. and terrorized an initiation dinner. After attempting to negotiate a surrender, he was shot by police when he aimed his shot gun into the dining room.April 17, 1981 Ann Arbor, Michigan 2 0As students fled their rooms, after a homemade firebomb set a minor blaze on the sixth floor hallway of Bursley Hall dormitory, 22-year-old psychology student, Leo E. Kelly Jr., fired a sawn-off 12-gauge shotgun at his University of Michigan schoolmates at point-blank range. 19-year-old pre-medical student, Edward Siwik, and 21-year-old resident advisor, Douglas C. McGreaham, died at hospitals a few hours later. Kelly had been dismissed from UM once and was on the verge of another dismissal because of falling grades. In 1982, he was convicted on two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life.December 16, 1981 Portland, Oregon 2 (including the perpetrator) 0 Shortly before noon in Engineering Hall on the school's campus in north Portland, 34-year-old University of Portland night janitor, John C. Holbrook, killed 37-year-old engineering teacher, Brian D. Massey, before taking his own life.March 19, 1982 Las Vegas, Nevada 1 217-year-old Valley High School student, Patrick Lizotte, killed his teacher Clarence Pigott and wounded two students. Lizotte was sentenced to life in prison, but was paroled in 2017.April 7, 1982 Littleton, Colorado 1 013-year-old Deer Creek Junior High School student, Scott Darwin Michael, was killed by 14-year-old classmate, Jason Price Rocha. Rocha was tried as an adult and sentenced to twelve years, plus one year of parole.November 12, 1982 Jackson, Mississippi 2 (including the perpetrator) 018-year-old school dropout, James Hartzog, killed his girlfriend, 17-year-old Faye Williams in her algebra class at Wingfield High School. Hartzog then took his own life.January 20, 1983 St. Louis County, Missouri 2 (including the perpetrator) 1Eighth grade Parkway South Middle School 14-year-old student David F. Lawler sitting in study hall classroom of 28 students opened fire, killing Randall Koger, and injuring Greg Saffo. Lawler then took his own life.|-May 16, 1983 Dallas, Texas 1 0Billy Conn Gardner, a friend of a food service worker's husband, robbed the Lake Highlands High School cafeteria manager at gun point as she was counting day's revenue in the office. Gardner shot her and took $1,600. Gardner was subsequently sentenced to death for the crime and was executed by lethal injection in 1995.February 24, 1984 Los Angeles, California 3 (including the perpetrator) 12Tyrone Mitchell killed two people and wounded twelve others when shooting at students leaving 49th Street Elementary School. He then committed suicide.April 20, 1984 Detroit, Michigan 1 013-year-old Kelly Crittendon, was accidentally killed by two classmates in a classroom at the Precious Blood School.May 17, 1984 Pleasant Hill, Iowa 2 (including the perpetrator) 017-year-old student, Todd Dunahoo, killed 16-year-old Valerie Rockafellow in the hallway at Southeast Polk High School, then turned the gun on himself.September 28, 1984 North Richland Hills, Texas 0 11981 alumnus Barry Wayne Shaw returned to his alma mater Richland High School carrying a 9mm Uzi submachine gun, an AR-15 strapped across his neck and a .45-caliber pistol in a shoulder harness looking for Ms. Ball, his English teacher. Ms. Ball's classroom had recently moved across the campus, something Barry didn't know at the time. He ran across the roof and jumped down into the courtyard before entering the building and starting his search. After some time, he finally gave up the hunt, yelled out "Homecoming, homecoming," and sprayed the school's foyer with 30 rounds of ammunition. His bullets struck windows and the ceiling, but none of the dozen or so students who were also in the foyer at the time. However, a male student was injured by flying debris. Principal Ray Williams arrived after Barry had fired his last shot to confront him. Barry threw both rifles at Ray, saying "I did it." Ray had Barry sit down and wait for the police while he inspected his students for injuries. Barry offered no resistance. He was wearing a white T-shirt under a khaki-colored vest with flap pockets, blue jeans and cowboy boots when he was arrested. Over the weekend, it was discovered that Barry had killed Dallas karate instructor Jimmy Glen Wilson and wounded Rudy Smedley earlier in the week with the submachine gun. He was charged with two counts of intent to commit murder, one count of retaliation and one count of murder.October 24, 1984 Celina, Ohio 1 045-year-old Shirley Shindeldecker, killed school bus driver 54-year-old Gene Green, as he stopped to pick up the son of Shindeldecker's estranged husband. After serving nineteen months of her sentence, Shindeldecker was found not guilty by reason of insanity, and released.January 21, 1985 Goddard, Kansas 1 3Armed with a rifle and a handgun, 14-year-old James Alan Kearbey, killed principal, James McGee, and wounded two teachers and a student at Goddard Junior High School. Kearbey was paroled in 2003.October 18, 1985 Detroit, Michigan 0 6Murray-Wright High School shooting: During half-time of the homecoming football game between Northwestern and Murray-Wright high schools, a youth opened fire with a shotgun, injuring six students with whom he had fought earlier in the day.November 26, 1985 Spanaway, Washington 3 (including the perpetrator) 014-year-old Heather Smith, killed 15-year-old Gordon Pickett, who was her ex-boyfriend, and 14-year-old Christopher Ricco, in the gymnasium at Spanaway Junior High School. She later took her own life.December 3, 1985 Concord, New Hampshire 1 (the perpetrator) 0At Concord High School, Louis Cartier, a 16-year-old dropout, entered the school with a shotgun and took students hostage, 18-year-old Patrick Lena Lena and 16-year-old Scott Hayes. Responding police officers fatally shot him after he aimed at football coach, Don LeBrun.December 10, 1985 Portland, Connecticut 1 2After being suspended for refusing to take off his hat while at school, 13-year-old student Floyd Warmsley pulled out a firearm at Portland Junior High School, shooting and wounding the 53-year-old school secretary Lynn Haddad, and killing 36-year-old janitor David Bangston.March 6, 1986 Dolton, Illinois 0 1At about 9:40 a.m., as 52-year-old math teacher Norma Cooper's third-period algebra class was beginning in a second-floor classroom in the C Building at Thornridge High School, she was shot in the shoulder by a freshman student, with a large-caliber handgun, registered to the youth's father, a security guard. He is charged with attempted murder, unlawful use of a weapon and aggravated battery. The freshman, a resident of Harvey, was enrolled in the class and apparently had recently received poor grades.April 29, 1986 Senath, Missouri 1 0A new student, 16-year-old Ritchie Overman, killed studious 15-year-old Leslie Lynn Wyatt, using a 20-gauge shotgun, in front of twenty-six "totally horrified" science class students and teacher Sheila Adams, at Senath-Hornersville High School.May 9, 1986 Fayetteville, North Carolina 0 3A 17-year-old student shot three classmates at Pine Forest High School with a .25-caliber handgun wounding them. One student was critically injured and treated for a neck wound.May 16, 1986 Cokeville, Wyoming 2 (both perpetrators) 74 (one by gunfire)Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis: 43-year-old former town marshal David Young, and his 47-year-old wife, Doris Young, took 136 children and eighteen adults hostage at Cokeville Elementary School. Doris Young accidentally detonated a bomb she was carrying during the standoff, injuring herself and 73 others. David Young then shot and killed Doris, shot and wounded a teacher, and then committed suicide.December 4, 1986 Lewistown, Montana 1 314-year-old Kristofer Hans intended to shoot his French teacher at Fergus High School, for a failing grade. Instead, Henrietta Smith, who was substituting for LaVonne Simonfy, was shot in the face and died. Hans fired several other shots as he fled, wounding vice principal John Moffatt, and two students. He then ran about a mile to his home, where he was arrested after the police surrounded his house. A classmate said Hans had repeatedly threatened to kill Ms. Simonfy, saying, "I'm going to blow Simonfy's head off." He was charged as an adult, convicted and sentenced to 206 years in prison.February 4, 1987 Northridge, California 2 (including the perpetrator) 035-year-old associate professor of Computer Science Djamshid (Amir) Asgari was confronted in the Engineering Building of California State University, Northridge by 25-year-old graduate student Fawwaz Abdin. Abdin was angry about a low grade Asgari had given him a year earlier, which caused him to be put on academic probation. After Asgari refused to change his grade, Abdin shot him twice, then himself. Asgari later died at the Northridge Hospital.March 2, 1987 De Kalb, Missouri 2 (including the perpetrator) 0After constant teasing about his weight, 12-year-old honors student Nathan Ferris killed a 13-year-old classmate, Timothy Perrin, then turned the gun on himself.April 16, 1987 Detroit, Michigan 1 2Murray-Wright High School second shooting: A ninth-grade student at Murray-Wright High School killed 17-year-old Chester Jackson, a student athlete, and wounded 17-year-old Damon Matthews, and 18-year-old Tomeka Turner.September 28, 1987 Lansing, Illinois 0 1After being kicked off the soccer team for smoking on school grounds, 16-year-old student Blake Docter, of Illiana Christian High School wounded 44-year-old John Hoogewerf in the chest, the teacher who had reported him for smoking.February 11, 1988 Largo, Florida 1 2Pinellas Park High shooting: 15-year-old students, Jason Harless and Jason McCoy, took stolen .38-caliber revolvers to Pinellas Park High School. Harless shot two assistant principals and a student-teacher inside the school's cafeteria. 53-year-old Richard Allen died from his injuries, Nancy Blackwelder and intern Joseph Bloznalis were wounded.May 20, 1988 Winnetka, Illinois 1 530-year-old Laurie Dann, killed 8-year-old Nick Corwin, inside Hubbard Woods School. Five additional students were wounded. Dann later committed suicide after taking hostages in a nearby home.July 10, 1988 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 0 125-year-old Robin Jenkins, was shot in the elbow after a basketball game turned violent about 7:45 http://p.m.at Siefert Elementary School. A 28-year-old man was taken into custody the following day.September 22, 1988 Chicago, Illinois 5 (including the perpetrator) 2After killing two people at a nearby auto parts store, 40-year-old Clem “Clemmie” Henderson entered Moses Montefiore Academy, where he shot and killed the school custodian. Henderson then shot and killed police officer Irma Ruiz and wounded her partner, Greg Jaglowski, as they confronted him. Despite being shot in both legs, Officer Jaglowski managed to return fire, killing Henderson.September 26, 1988 Greenwood, South Carolina 2 9Oakland Elementary School shooting: 19-year-old James William Wilson entered Oakland Elementary School and started firing shots in the cafeteria. Two students were wounded and a first-grade teacher. After reloading his gun in a girls' restroom, he was confronted by physical education teacher, Kat Finkbeiner, who tried to stop him; she was wounded twice. He then entered a third-grade classroom and shot toward the students, killing 8-year-olds Shequila Tawoon Bradley and Tequila Maria Thomas, and wounding five others. Wilson was ultimately convicted of murder and sentenced to death.November 22, 1988 Abilene, Texas 0 116-year-old student Mason Staggs shot Cooper High School teacher, Rick Maloney in the face with a pistol, severely injuring the teacher. Staggs left the school and went fishing.December 16, 1988 Virginia Beach, Virginia 1 1At Atlantic Shores Christian School, 16-year-old student Nicholas Elliott shot two teachers with a Mac-10 9-millimeter machine pistol, killing 41-year-old Karen Farley, and critically wounding 37-year-old Sam Marino, then began firing on a classroom full of students before the gun jammed and any students were hit. He was sentenced to life plus 114 years in prison with 15 years before parole.January 17, 1989 Stockton, California 6 (including the perpetrator) 32Stockton schoolyard shooting: 24-year-old Patrick Edward Purdy fatally shot five children and wounded 32 others at the Cleveland Elementary School, before taking his own life. The victims were children of refugees from Southeast Asia. Purdy had a history of violence, alcoholism and drug addiction, and criminality.February 10, 1989 Kearns, Utah 0 0At Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, a 12-year-old boy fired a handgun at a vice principal, William Crumbaugh. No one was injured.December 5, 1989 McKeesport, Pennsylvania 1 (the perpetrator) 1While riding the school bus, 16-year-old Serra Catholic High School student, Robert Butler, shot 16-year-old schoolmate, Adam Ference, in the back of the head before fatally shooting himself. Ference was in critical condition but survived.March 27, 1990 Brooklyn, New York 0 1A black youth was taunted with racial slurs by three white youths in the stairwell of a public school in the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn. The 14-year-old was then shot and slightly wounded, because he had acted as peacemaker when the same boys had clashed with another black teen the month before.September 11, 1990 San Antonio, Texas 0 33 students were wounded when gunfire broke out at Sam Houston High School. The incident took place at 11:55 a.m. and was gang related. 17-year-old John Campbell was wounded in the right foot, 18-year-old Larry Johnson was wounded in the right thigh and calf, and a 16-year-old received a chest wound. 18-year-old Kenneth Wolford, and two other male students were arrested and charged.April 23, 1991 Compton, California 1 0A teenager aimed and fired a handgun at a security guard who had chased him and three friends off the grounds of Ralph J. Bunche Middle School. He instead killed 11-year-old Alejandro Vargas, a bystander and student at the school.September 18, 1991 Crosby, Texas 1 017-year-old Arthur Jermel Jack, was killed by 15-year-old LaKeeta Cadoree, in the cafeteria at Crosby High School.November 1, 1991 Iowa City, Iowa 6 (including the perpetrator) 1University of Iowa shooting: 28-year-old former graduate student, Gang Lu, killed four members of University of Iowa's faculty and a research student, and seriously wounded another student. 47-year-old professor of physics and astronomy, Christoph K. Goertz, 45-year-old associate professor of physics and astronomy, Robert Alan Smith, 44-year-old chairman of the physics and astronomy department, Dwight R. Nicholson, 56-year-old associate vice president for academic affairs, Dr. Theresa Anne Cleary, shot in the head and died the following day, and 27-year-old research investigator in physics and astronomy, Dr. Shan Linhua. 23-year-old Miya Rodolfo-Sioson, Dr. Cleary's temporary student receptionist in the grievance office, survived but was left paralyzed from the neck down. Lu then shot himself in the head, he died shortly after police arrived.November 25, 1991 Brooklyn, New York 1 0Thomas Jefferson High School shooting: During an argument between two teens, a stray bullet killed a third, uninvolved 16-year-old student. In 1992, 14-year-old shooter Jason Bentley, was sentenced to three to nine years in prison.January 29, 1992 Kent, Ohio 0 126-year-old graduate student, Sarah Smith, was wounded in the chest as she was waiting for her husband to pick her up at Kent State University.April 23, 1992 Bloomington, Indiana 3 (including the perpetrator) 0Indiana University graduate student Susan Clements was shot to death in her dorm by a former boyfriend before he committed suicide. A friend that attempted to intervene, Steven Molen, was also shot and critically injured; he died several days later.February 26, 1992 Brooklyn, New York 2 0Thomas Jefferson High School second shooting: 15-year-old Kahlil Sumpter, killed fellow students, 16-year-old Tyrone Sinkler and 17-year-old Ian Moore, on the school's second-floor hallway. In 1993, he was sentenced to between 6⅔ and twenty years in prison. He was released on parole in 1998.March 5, 1992 Obetz, Ohio 0 1Hamilton Middle School: Gordon W. Dye Jr. shot his bully Gregg Johnson in the head with a .22-caliber pistol in the school cafeteria. Gregg was rushed to Children's Hospital in Columbus where doctors found the bullet and traced its path. It had entered between Gregg's eyes and traveled the nasal sinuses where it shattered bones. Its trajectory was parallel to the bottom of the skull and was deflected by part of the skull base. This deflection sent the bullet on a downward path, to the adenoids.May 1, 1992 Olivehurst, California 4 10Lindhurst High School shooting: Former student, 20-year-old Eric Houston, killed three students and one teacher, and wounded nine other students and teacher before surrendering to police. Houston was later sentenced to death and remains on California's death row.September 11, 1992 Amarillo, Texas 0 7Following a pep rally, in a hallway near the activity center of Palo Duro High School, for the evening football match-up against Hereford High, 17 year old Randy Earl Matthews shot and wounded 7 students with a .22 caliber pistol. Matthews had attended the school for 9 days when the incident occurred and was believed to have been bullied at his previous school in Memphis Texas. Matthews was charged with one count attempted murder, five counts aggravated assault, and one count of unlawfully carrying a weapon onto school grounds. He served eight years.October 19, 1992 The Bronx, New York 0 3Two 14-year-old girls and a 16-year-old boy were shot at outside a Bronx high school.November 4, 1992 Detroit, Michigan 0 1111 students were hit by gunfire during a four-hour period in three separate school incidents, five were hospitalized. Six students at Finney High School were grazed by buckshot after three ski-masked gunmen opened fire in a crowded hallway. A 14-year-old was in custody for shooting three Foch Middle School students as they passed by the Marcus Garvey Academy. In the third incident, 16-year-old DeWayne Boyd was hit in the chest, when shots were fired at two Mumford High School students.December 14, 1992 Great Barrington, Massachusetts 2 4Wayne Lo, a Taiwanese-born American, opened fire at Bard College at Simon's Rock. He killed one student and a professor, and wounded four people. Lo was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders.January 6, 1993 Brentwood, New York 0 1Brentwood High School. Former student, Matthew Hunter, was shot by two gunmen during a basketball game between Brentwood High School and Sachem High School. The assault was over a dispute about the theft of a gold chain.January 18, 1993 Grayson, Kentucky 2 0East Carter High School shooting: 17-year-old Scott Pennington, a student at East Carter High School, fatally shot his 48-year-old English teacher, Deanna McDavid, and 52-year-old head custodian, Marvin Hicks. Pennington was sentenced to life in prison without parole for 25 years.February 22, 1993 Los Angeles, California 1 015-year-old Robert Heard, fatally shot 17-year-old Michael Shean Ensley in the corridor of the Reseda High School's science building.April 15, 1993 Acushnet, Massachusetts 1 044-year-old David Taber entered Ford Middle School and took three hostages. During the hostage crisis, Taber killed school nurse Carol Day. Taber was found not guilty of the murder by reason of insanity.May 14, 1993 Irving, Texas 1 017-year-old Max Alexander Martinez, killed 17-year-old Jose Balderas, with a .38 caliber revolver in a hallway in Nimitz High School during a dispute over girls.May 24, 1993 Pennsburg, Pennsylvania 1 015-year-old student Jason Smith killed another student who had bullied him at Upper Perkiomen High School. He was charged as an adult and sentenced to between twelve and twenty-five years in prison.September 17, 1993 Sheridan, Wyoming 1 (the perpetrator) 429-year-old Kevin Newman, wounded four students before killing himself at Central Junior High School.November 4, 1993 New Britain, Connecticut 1 018-year-old Miguel DeJesus, was gunned down on the steps of New Britain High School. Rival gang members, 24-year-old Maurice Flanagan and 23-year-old Thomas Mejia, were charged.December 1, 1993 Wauwatosa, Wisconsin 1 0Wauwatosa West High School shooting: 21-year-old former student, Leonard D. McDowell, shot 46-year-old associate principal, Dale Breitlow, three times with a revolver in a second-floor hallway of Wauwatosa West High School. McDowell was found guilty of the murder and sane at the time of the shooting, he was sentenced to life in prison. His sentence was upheld by the state Court of Appeals in April 1997.January 24, 1994 Columbia, South Carolina 1 018-year-old Floyd Eugene Brown, shot fellow Eau Claire High School student, 17-year-old Earnest Dunlap, following an argument the week before. Brown was arrested shortly after at his home. A 16-year-old boy was also arrested for kicking Dunlap after the shooting. A jury later acquitted Brown of murder.January 31, 1994 Seattle, Washington 1 024-year-old Darrell Cloud, a former student at Whitman Middle School in North Seattle, killed 45-year-old Neal Summers, who had sexually abused Cloud since he was thirteen. Cloud served nine years in prison. He later received a $250,000 settlement in a civil suit against Seattle Schools, charging that Summers had not been adequately supervised.February 18, 1994 Spartanburg, South Carolina 0 1At around 10 p.m., 24-year-old Roosevelt Johnson was shot in the leg, after a basketball game at Spartanburg High School.March 1, 1994 Boonville, Missouri 2 033-year-old Dante D. Hayes, a hunter and ex-convict, killed 58-year-old Richard Vancena, a cafeteria manager, and 33-year-old Robin Michelle Coleman, a cook, in the mess hall of Kemper Military School and College. He was drunk and looking for his wife Anna Hayes with whom he had a fight the night before. No students were harmed. Hayes was layer convicted of two counts of murder and sentenced to life without parole.April 12, 1994 Butte, Montana 1 010-year-old Jason Osmanson, teased because his parents had AIDS, killed an 11-year-old student on the playground of Margaret Leary Elementary School. Osmanson was sent to a private residential treatment center.April 21, 1994 Nashville, Tennessee 1 014-year-old Jeremy Bryant, killed 13-year-old Terrence Murray, in music class at J.T. Moore Middle School.October 12, 1994 Greensboro, North Carolina 1 (the perpetrator) 1After being suspended for smoking, 16-year-old Nicholas Atkinson, returned to Grimsley High School with a 9 mm pistol. After wounding assistant principal, Bill Whites, Atkinson took his own life.October 17, 1994 Chicago, Illinois 0 1A 16-year-old female student was shot in the thigh outside Hubbard High School when a teenage boy rode past on a bicycle and fired into a crowd. It is believed the shooting was meant for rival gang members, but the girl was hit instead. The boy lived in the neighborhood.November 7, 1994 Wickliffe, Ohio 1 5 (including the perpetrator)Wickliffe Middle School shooting: 37-year-old former student, Keith A. Ledeger, killed 41-year-old custodian, Pete Christopher, at Wickliffe Middle School, and wounded 47-year-old assistant principal, Jim Anderson, 47-year-old police officer, Thomas Schmidt, and 50-year-old teacher, Lowell Grimm, before being injured and taken into custody. Ledeger was sentenced to 57 years in prison, and died in prison in 2011.December 14, 1994 Albany, New York 0 1Ralph J. Tortorici, 26, a military veteran and psychology major at the State University of New York at Albany held hostage a large lecture hall from 9:10 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. Tortorici, armed with a .270-caliber rifle with more than two dozen rounds of ammunition and a hunting knife, walked into the ancient history class of Hans Pohlsander, saying, "Don't worry. Nobody move. You guys are getting held hostage." The standoff ended when Tortorici had his gun taken away by Jason McEnaney, a 19-year-old student. McEnaney was shot in the leg, groin, and abdomen in the exchange. Tortorici suffered from a well-document history of mental illness, argued during the hostage crisis that the government had implanted a control chip in his head during a procedure at Albany Medical Center, and ultimately committed suicide in 1999 in prison while serving a 15 1/2 year sentence.January 12, 1995 Seattle, Washington 0 2A 15-year-old student at Garfield High School left school during the day and returned with his grandfather's handgun. He wounded two students.September 29, 1995 Tavares, Florida 1 014-year-old student Keith E. Johnson, killed 13-year-old Joey Summerall, at Tavares Middle School with a handgun that he had stolen from his neighbor's home. He was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.October 12, 1995 Blackville, South Carolina 2 (including the perpetrator) 1Blackville-Hilda High School shooting: Suspended student, 16-year-old Toby R. Sincino, killed 56-year-old math teacher, Phyllis Senn, and wounded 38-year-old math teacher, Johhnny Thompson, before committing suicide at Blackville-Hilda High School.November 15, 1995 Lynnville, Tennessee 2 1Richland High School shooting: 17-year-old James Rouse, killed a student and teacher at Richland High School and seriously wounded another teacher with a rifle. Rouse was later sentenced to life in prison without parole.January 19, 1996 Washington, D.C. 1 0Two masked gunmen killed 14-year-old Damion Blocker in a stairwell at Winston Education Center. One shooter, 16-year-old Darrick Evans, was sentenced to 41 years to life in prison.February 2, 1996 Moses Lake, Washington 3 1Frontier Middle School shooting: 14-year-old Barry Loukaitis, killed a teacher and two students and wounded another student when he opened fire on his algebra class.February 29, 1996 St. Louis, Missouri 2 130-year-old Mark Boyd, hired 23-year-old Malik Nettles, to kill 15-year-old Kyunia Taylor, as she rode on a school bus bound for Beaumont High School. Taylor was pregnant with a child fathered by Boyd; a baby girl was delivered by emergency caesarean section, but died 23 days later. The bus driver was also shot, he survived. Both Boyd and Nettles were convicted of murder. Boyd was sentenced to 26 years while Nettles was sentenced to life without parole.August 15, 1996 San Diego, California 3 0San Diego State University shooting: At San Diego State University, 36-year-old graduate student, Frederick Martin Davidson, killed three professors, 32-year-old Chen Liang, 44-year-old D. Preston Lowrey III, and 36-year-old Costas Lyrintzis, that he believed were involved in a conspiracy against him. Davidson was sentenced to serve three life terms without parole.September 17, 1996 State College, Pennsylvania 1 219-year-old Jillian Robbins, killed one student and injured two outside Pennsylvania State University's HUB–Robeson Center. Robbins was sentenced to between 30 and 60 years in prison.September 25, 1996 Decatur, Georgia 1 216-year-old David Dubose Jr., killed English teacher, Horace Morgan, on the steps of Dekalb Alternative School. Dubose was found not guilty by reason of insanity and was committed indefinitely to a state mental hospital.October 9, 1996 Sherwood, Arkansas 1 014-year-old Willis Ward Johnson, killed 20-year-old James Earl Routt, as they rode a school bus. he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and sentenced to 46 years in prison.October 16, 1996 West Lafayette, Indiana 2 (including the perpetrator) 018-year-old Jarrod Allan Eskew killed 27-year-old Jay Severson, his Wiley Hall dorm counselor, and himself after being found with drugs the previous day.January 27, 1997 West Palm Beach, Florida 1 014-year-old Conniston Middle School student, Tronneal Mangum, fatally shot 14-year-old classmate, John Pierre Kamel, just minutes before school started, over a $40 debt.He was originally sentenced to life in prison but has since been reduced to 40 years.February 19, 1997 Bethel, Alaska 2 2Bethel Regional High School shooting: 16-year-old student, Evan Ramsey, killed Bethel Regional High School principal, Ron Edwards, and 15-year-old student, Joshua Palacios, and wounded two other students.October 1, 1997 Pearl, Mississippi 3 7Pearl High School shooting: 16-year-old Luke Woodham, murdered his 50-year-old mother, Mary, at home before killing his ex-girlfriend, 16-year-old student, Christina Menefee, and 17-year-old student, Lydia Kaye Dew, then wounding seven others at Pearl High School. Woodham was sentenced to life in prison.October 15, 1997 Palmetto, Florida 0 1After an argument between them the day before, 13-year-old Brandon Hartsoe took a .38 revolver from his mother's dresser drawer and shot 13-year-old Lincoln Middle School classmate, Trent Murray, in the back causing serious injury, then continued to fire three more shots in the general area of other students. Hartsoe was sentenced in 1998 to serve until his 18th birthday. His probation was set to end in October 2009.December 1, 1997 West Paducah, Kentucky 3 5Heath High School shooting: Three students were killed and five wounded by 14-year-old Michael Carneal, as they participated in a prayer circle. Carneal was sentenced to life in prison.December 15, 1997 Stamps, Arkansas 0 2Concealed in a wooded area on school grounds, 14-year-old Joseph "Colt" Todd, wounded two students as they were entering Stamps High School.March 1, 1998 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 3At around 4:15 p.m., gunfire broke out as a crowd streamed from the Palestra after a high school championship basketball game near the University of Pennsylvania. A 22-year-old man was shot in the back and killed, and a student working at the fine arts building was shot in the leg.March 24, 1998 Craighead County, Arkansas 5 10Westside Middle School shootings: 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson, and 11-year-old Andrew Golden, killed a teacher and four students, and wounded ten others, as Westside Middle School emptied during a fire alarm intentionally set off by Golden. Both shooters were sentenced to confinement until their 21st birthdays.April 24, 1998 Edinboro, Pennsylvania 1 3Parker Middle School dance shooting: 14-year-old student, Andrew Wurst, fatally shot 48-year-old teacher, John Gillette, and wounded two students and another teacher at an 8th grade graduation dance. He is serving a thirty to sixty-year sentence in a prison for young offenders.May 19, 1998 Fayetteville, Tennessee 1 018-year-old Jacob Lee Davis, shot 18-year-old Robert Creson, at Lincoln County High School in a dispute over a girl. Davis received a life sentence on July 29, 1999.May 21, 1998 Springfield, Oregon 4 25Thurston High School shooting: After killing his parents at home, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel, drove to Thurston High School, where he killed two students and wounded 25 others. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to 111 years of prison.June 15, 1998 Richmond, Virginia 0 214-year-old student, Quinshawn Brooker, wounded 45-year-old basketball coach and history teacher, Gregory Carter, and 74-year-old Head Start volunteer, Eloise Wilson, in the hallway of Armstrong High School.December 10, 1998 Detroit, Michigan 1 052-year-old Professor Andrzej Olbrot, was killed by 48-year-old graduate doctoral student, Wlodzimierz Dedecjusat, at Wayne State University.January 8, 1999 Carrollton, Georgia 2 (both perpetrators) 015-year-old Andrea Garrett was found dead and 17-year-old Jeff Miller seriously wounded in the girls' restroom at Central Carrollton County High School, after a suspected suicide pact. Miller died the next day.April 16, 1999 Notus, Idaho 0 015-year-old Shawn Cooper, fired two shots from a shotgun near the front desk at Notus Jr. Sr. High School. There were no serious injuries, but some students were close enough to the blast to be grazed by shrapnel from the tile floor. Cooper had been undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder.April 20, 1999 Littleton, Colorado 15 (including both perpetrators) 21Columbine High School massacre: 18-year-old Eric Harris and 17-year-old Dylan Klebold, students at Columbine High School, killed twelve students and one teacher. They injured 21 additional people, and three more were injured while attempting to escape the school. The pair committed suicide in the library after a brief gunfight with police at the end of the massacre. Eric and Dylan used a 9mm Hi-Point 995 Carbine rifle, a Savage 67H pump-action shotgun (sawed off), multiple pipe bombs, propane tanks, gasoline bombs, etc. Klebold used an Intratec TEC-DC9 semi-automatic pistol, a stevens 311d double barreled sawed-off shotgun multiple pipe bombs, Molotov cocktails, and propane tanks.May 20, 1999 Conyers, Georgia 0 615-year-old student Thomas "T.J." Solomon Jr., wounded six students at Heritage High School. A 15-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition, and the other victims suffered from non-life-threatening injuries. Solomon initially faced up to 351 years of prison if convicted of aggravated assault and other charges. In 2000 he was found guilty but mentally ill and was sentenced to forty years in prison and sixty-five years of probation.November 19, 1999 Deming, New Mexico 1 013-year-old Victor Cordova Jr., fatally shot 13-year-old Deming Middle School schoolmate, Araceli Tena. Cordova said he had intended to commit suicide but was jostled by others and his gun moved. He could not be charged as an adult as he was under 14 so he received the maximum sentence for a juvenile: a minimum of two years in prison, with a maximum of being held until his 21st birthday. In December 2003, he was released to his aunt and uncle to live with them in Colorado.December 6, 1999 Fort Gibson, Oklahoma 0 6Before his middle school opened, 13-year-old Seth Trickey opened fire in the courtyard. While there were no fatalities, several students felt sparks from the bullets hitting the building walls. Five were injured, including a girl who was shot in the face. Trickey brought the gun from home. he was tried as juvenile and released in March 2005.21st century2000sFebruary 29, 2000 Flint, Michigan 1 0Shooting of Kayla Rolland: At Buell Elementary School, 6-year-old Dedrick Owens fatally shot 6-year-old classmate Kayla Rolland. To date, Owens is the youngest documented school shooter.May 26, 2000 Lake Worth, Florida 1 013-year-old honor student, Nathaniel Brazill, was sent home for throwing water balloons, but returned to his Lake Worth Middle School with a family pistol. He fatally shot teacher Barry Grunow, a popular teacher, he was Brazill's favorite.June 28, 2000 Seattle, Washington 2 (including the perpetrator) 058-year-old Director of the Division of Pathology of the University of Washington Medical Center, Rodger C. Haggitt, was shot dead by 42-year-old Chinese (Taiwan) emigrant and then U. S. citizen, Jian Chen, who had just completed his second year of forensic pathology residency training and had been notified of his contract non-renewal (which Chen wrote would dishonor his family). Chen then committed suicide. In 2001 the Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society was named in memory of Dr. Haggitt.August 28, 2000 Fayetteville, Arkansas 2 (including the perpetrator) 036-year-old James Easton Kelly, a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature at University of Arkansas, killed 67-year-old John R. Locke, the English professor overseeing his coursework. Kelly had been dismissed from this PhD program for lack of progress toward his degree. Kelly shot Locke three times before committing suicide in the director's office, which had been isolated by campus police.September 26, 2000 New Orleans, Louisiana 0 213 year-olds Darrel Johnson, and Alfred Anderson were initially charged with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of 15 year-old William Pennington. Pennington, after being shot, managed to gain control of the gun and shoot Johnson in the back. Charges were later reduced to Aggravated Battery.December 1, 2000 San Diego, California 0 1 (the perpetrator)A 15-year-old Junipero Serra High School student who showed off a handgun on campus and threatened to shoot a classmate, ended up accidentally shooting himself, causing minor injuries.March 5, 2001 Santee, California 2 13Santana High School shooting: 15-year-old student, Charles Andrew Williams, killed two students, 14-year-old Bryan Zuckor, and 15-year-old Randy Gordon, at Santana High School and wounded thirteen others. He was arrested and convicted of murder and attempted murder. He was sentenced to life with the chance of parole after serving fifty years.March 7, 2001 Williamsport, Pennsylvania 0 114-year-old student, Elizabeth Catherine Bush, wounded fellow student Kimberly Marchese in the cafeteria of Bishop Neumann High School.May 16, 2001 Parkland, Washington 2 (including the perpetrator) 040-year-old music instructor and organist James D. Holloway was shot multiple times with a .22-caliber handgun at Pacific Lutheran University by a 55-year-old man from Tacoma. The shooter was not a student or employee of the university and also killed himself. The victim was apparently chosen at random as the shooter had a personal dispute with a different staff member who was not on campus that day.March 22, 2001 El Cajon, California 0 518-year-old former student, Jason Hoffman, opened fire at Granite Hills High School, injuring five people. He was convicted of assault and sentenced to prison, where he committed suicide in 2002.March 30, 2001 Gary, Indiana 1 017-year-old Donald Ray Burt Jr., fatally shot Neal Boyd, IV with one bullet to the head in a parking lot outside Lew Wallace High School. Burt was sentenced to 57 years in prison.January 15, 2002 New York City, New York 0 217-year-old Vincent Rodriguez, wounded two students at Martin Luther King, Jr. High School in Manhattan, with a semi-automatic pistol. He was retaliating for the victims having harassed his girlfriend. In February 2003, Rodriguez was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of assault and attempted assault.January 16, 2002 Grundy, Virginia 3 3Appalachian School of Law shooting: Recently dismissed graduate student, 42-year-old Peter Odighizuwa, killed three at the Appalachian School of Law. 42-year-old dean Anthony Sutin, and 41-year-old professor Thomas Blackwell were killed along with 33-year-old student, Angela Dales. Three other students were also wounded. In 2005 Odighizuwa received three life sentences and an additional 28 years without the possibility of parole.February 20, 2002 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1 016-year-old Washington High School student, Joseph Johnson Jr., was killed by Phillip D. Jackson Jr., when violence erupts between rival fans in the parking lot, after a basketball game between Vincent High School.October 7, 2002 Bowie, Maryland 0 1In the Beltway sniper attacks, one victim of several was 13-year-old Iran Brown, who was wounded as he arrived at Benjamin Tasker Middle School in Bowie, Maryland. His aunt, a nurse who had just dropped him off, rushed him to a hospital emergency room. Despite serious injuries, Brown survived the attack. The shooters, Lee Boyd Malvo and John Allen Muhammad, were later convicted of numerous unrelated murders committed during their killing spree. Muhammad was executed in 2009, while Malvo was sentenced to life in prison.October 28, 2002 Tucson, Arizona 4 (including the perpetrator) 0Failing nursing college student and Gulf War veteran, 40-year-old Robert Stewart Flores Jr., killed three assistant professors of nursing at the University of Arizona, 50-year-old Robin Rogers, 44-year-old Cheryl McGaffic, and 45-year-old Barbara Monroe, before turning the gun on himself.October 29, 2002 Jersey City, New Jersey 0 1A 15-year-old student was shot in the abdomen and wounded inside a basement of Lincoln High School, during an argument with another student. Another 15-year-old student was arrested and charged with attempted murder.April 14, 2003 New Orleans, Louisiana 1 3John McDonogh High School shooting. 18-year-old Steven Williams, and 17-year-old James Tate opened fire with an AK-47 and a handgun in the gymnasium of John McDonogh High School, killing a 15-year-old student and wounding three female students. Williams was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Tate was sentenced to fifteen years.April 24, 2003 Red Lion, Pennsylvania 2 (including the perpetrator) 014-year-old student James Sheets, entered Red Lion Area Junior High School armed with his stepfather's pistols. He killed the school's principal, Eugene Segro, before killing himself.May 9, 2003 Cleveland, Ohio 1 2On May 9, 2003, Biswanath Halder, a 62-year-old business school alumnus of Case Western Reserve University, killed a graduate student and wounded a professor and another student using a semi-automatic rifle. He held the building and its nearly 100 occupants hostage for seven hours before being apprehended by a SWAT team. He was sentenced to life in prison.September 24, 2003 Cold Spring, Minnesota 2 0Rocori High School shooting: 15-year-old John Jason McLaughlin, shot 15-year-old freshman Seth Bartell and 17-year-old senior Aaron Rollins at Rocori High School. Rollins was killed immediately, and Bartell died from his wounds sixteen days later. McLaughlin was sentenced to life in prison with the chance of parole in 2038.February 2, 2004 Washington, D.C. 1 0Thomas J. Boykin was acquitted of the murder of 17-year-old James Richardson, a football player at Ballou High School in Southeast Washington.February 9, 2004 East Greenbush, New York 0 1Jon W. Romano in East Greenbush, New York fired two rounds from a shotgun, wounding one teacher. He was tackled by the assistant principal and charged with one count of attempted murder.May 7, 2004 Randallstown, Maryland 0 4Two students were charged with a school shooting that arose from a dispute after a basketball game at Randallstown High School. Four persons were injured, two seriously. One student was paralyzed from the waist down.February 8, 2005 Chicago, Illinois 0 1An 18-year-old student at Bowen High School was shot in the leg as she left the school around 2:30 p.m.March 2, 2005 Dover, Tennessee 1 014-year-old Jason Clinard, killed his bus driver, 47-year-old Joyce Gregory, as she stopped to pick him up. Gregory had earlier reported Clinard for using snuff on the school bus. Clinard was given a life sentence. but he has since filed for post conviction reliefMarch 21, 2005 Red Lake, Minnesota 10 (including the perpetrator) 7Red Lake shootings: 16-year-old student Jeffrey Weise, killed his grandfather and grandfather's companion at their home, where he had been living, at the Red Lake Indian Reservation. He drove to Red Lake Senior High School. Armed with his grandfather's police weapons, Weise killed five students, one teacher, and one security guard, wounding seven others, before committing suicide following a gunfight with police officers.September 13, 2005 Chicago, Illinois 0 1At Harlan Community Academy High School, a fight broke out between two 15-year-old boys in the gymnasium. Christopher Huff took out a pistol, shooting the other youth in the leg. A police officer on duty at the school arrested the gunman. The suspected shooter was charged as an adult with aggravated battery with a firearm.November 8, 2005 Jacksboro, Tennessee 1 2Campbell County High School shooting: Inside the Campbell County High School office, 15-year-old Kenneth Bartley, shot the school principal, Gary Seale. He shot assistant principals Ken Bruce and Jim Pierce. Bruce later died from his wound. Bartley was sentenced to forty-five years in prison with chance of parole after twenty-nine years.February 23, 2006 Roseburg, Oregon 0 114-year-old freshman Vincent Wayne Leodoro, shot student 16-year-old Joseph Monti, four times in the back with a handgun at Roseburg High School. Leodoro walked away from the school campus, and was confronted near a restaurant by six police officers. He threatened suicide but was persuaded to surrender. He was found guilty of attempted murder and assault in July 2006, and will be held in prison until he turns twenty five years old.March 14, 2006 Reno, Nevada 0 2Pine Middle School shooting: In the hallway of Pine Middle School, 14-year-old James Scott Newman, injured two 14-year-old classmates, Alexander Rueda and Kenzie McKeon, with a revolver belonging to his parents. Two students received minor wounds. Newman was subdued by a physical education teacher. The youth was arrested and charged as an adult for attempted murder, use of a deadly weapon and use of a firearm by a minor. He later pleaded guilty to charges of two counts of battery with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced as a juvenile. Newman was sentenced to house arrest until he completed two-hundred hours of community service.August 24, 2006 Essex Junction, Vermont 2 3 (including the perpetrator)Christopher Williams, 26, shot his girlfriend's mother, Linda Lambesis, 57 at her home and from there he went to Essex Elementary School where Andrea, his girlfriend, worked. After he arrived at the elementary school, which was not in session at the time, he shot and killed Mary Alicia Shanks, 56, and shot Mary Snedeker, 52, nonfatally. He left the school and allegedly shot Chad Johansen, 26 nonfatally. He then turned the gun on himself, but did not die as a result. Williams was sentenced to life in prison without parole in 2008.August 30, 2006 Hillsborough, North Carolina 1 2After shooting and killing his father, teenager Alvaro Castillo went to his high school, where he wounded two students. He was reportedly obsessed with the Columbine shootings and had written an email to the current Columbine high school principal before committing his own crime.September 2, 2006 Shepherdstown, West Virginia 3 (including the perpetrator) 049-year-old Douglas W. Pennington, killed himself and his two sons, 26-year-old Logan P. Pennington, 24-year-old Benjamin M. Pennington, during a visit to the campus of Shepherd University.September 17, 2006 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 0 5Five Duquesne basketball players were shot early Sunday morning during an apparent act of random violence on campus, leaving three hospitalized — two of them in critical condition.September 27, 2006 Bailey, Colorado 2 (including the perpetrator) 0Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis: 53-year-old drifter, Duane Roger Morrison, walked into Platte Canyon High School and took six girls hostage. During the ensuing siege, Morrison sexually assaulted all of the girls. When a SWAT team stormed the classroom, Morrison killed 16-year-old Emily Keyes, then took his own life after being shot and wounded by police.September 29, 2006 Cazenovia, Wisconsin 1 0Weston High School shooting: At around 8 a.m., 15-year-old freshman, Eric Hainstock, entered Weston High School. He aimed a 20-gauge shotgun at social studies teacher, Chuck Keller, before it was wrestled from him by school custodian, Dave Thompson. Hainstock then shot 49-year-old high school principal, John Alfred Klang, with a .22 caliber revolver. Klang died later that afternoon. Hainstock was charged and convicted of murder, and is serving a life sentence. He will be eligible for parole in 2037.October 2, 2006 Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania 6 (including the perpetrator) 5West Nickel Mines School shooting: 32-year-old milk truck driver, Charles Carl Roberts IV, killed five Amish girls and wounded five others before killing himself in an Amish school in the hamlet of Nickel Mines, in Bart Township, Lancaster County.October 9, 2006 Joplin, Missouri 0 013-year-old student Thomas White fired one shot from a Mac-90 rifle at a hallway ceiling at Memorial Middle School. The gunshot struck a water pipe, and nobody was injured. He also tried repeatedly to shoot principal Stephen Gilbreth at near-point-blank range as Gilbreth ushered him out of the school. Joplin police say the attempt was foiled by an improperly seated ammunition clip in the rifle. The principal was not injured. White was tried as an adult on charges of assault and firearms possession, and in 2009 he was sentenced to ten years of prison.January 3, 2007 Tacoma, Washington 1 018-year-old student Douglas S. Chanthabouly, killed 17-year-old Samnang Kok, in the hallways of Henry Foss High School following a personal disagreement. In 2009, Chanthabouly was sentenced to 23 years in prison on a charge of second-degree murder.March 7, 2007 Compton, California 0 1During an argument with several non-students and students, a student was shot in the elbow and wounded in the eating area at Centennial High School. The shooting occurred an hour after classes were dismissed, and students in after-school activities were sent home.April 16, 2007 Blacksburg, Virginia 33 (including the perpetrator) 23Virginia Tech shooting: 23-year-old student, Seung-Hui Cho, armed with 2 pistols, a Glock 19 and a Walther P22, killed thirty-two students and faculty members at Virginia Tech, and wounded another seventeen students and faculty members in two separate attacks before committing suicide. The first attack was on the second floor of Norris Hall where he shot a young girl and another student that came to help. He then changed his clothes, and made multiple videos stating that he "had to do it for his brothers and sisters." He then made several pictures of him with hammers, large knifes, and guns. He then chained the doors shut and shot and killed 30 more students and staff. He also shot 17 more students and staff wounding them. 6 more students were also wounded from non gunshot injuries. He was described as extremely quiet and lonely. During the rampage he wore a black T-shirt, a russet vest, a backwards baseball cap, black military cargo pants, black boots, and grip gloves. The incident is the 3rd deadliest shooting by a lone gunman in modern U.S. history and the deadliest school shooting in modern U.S. history.September 21, 2007 Dover, Delaware 1 1Two 17-year-old Delaware State University freshmen were shot on campus. One died 32 days later on October 23, from critical injuries sustained in the attack. A suspected perpetrator, Loyer D. Braden, a freshman from East Orange, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with attempted murder; the charges were dismissed in May 2009.October 10, 2007 Cleveland, Ohio 1 (the perpetrator) 5At SuccessTech alternative high school in downtown Cleveland, 14-year-old student Asa H. Coon shot two students and two teachers in the halls and classrooms on the fourth floor of the building. Coon then moved to another room on the same floor, where he fatally shot himself.January 23, 2008 Jonesboro, Arkansas 0 1Arkansas State University offensive line-man 20-year Alfred Louis was grazed in the lower left leg when someone fired several rounds from a 9mm handgun at a residence hall. He was treated at a local hospital. Charges were later dismissed against the person accused of firing the shots.February 4, 2008 Memphis, Tennessee 0 1At Hamilton High School, a student shot a 16-year-old student in the leg during a classroom argument over rap music. The victim's injury was not life-threatening.February 8, 2008 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 3 (including the perpetrator) 0Latina Williams, a 23-year-old nursing student at Louisiana Technical College killed two classmates and herself in a second floor classroom.February 11, 2008 Miami Gardens, Florida 0 143-year-old 11th grade algebra teacher, Sergio Miranda, was shot by 19-year-old Patrick Lively, outside Miami Carol City Senior High School during a robbery but was expected to survive. In 2011, Lively received a life sentence.February 11, 2008 Memphis, Tennessee 0 1Following a feud that started off campus earlier in the week, a 19-year-old senior was shot by a 17-year-old sophomore during a gym class held in the cafeteria with about 75 other students at Mitchell High School, before handing the gun to a coach making no attempt to flee. The victim suffered at least two gunshot wounds and was in critical condition, the suspected shooter was in custody. "He walked up to him, shot him, and made a statement to the coach that 'It's over now,' ", said principal, Daniel Ware.February 12, 2008 Oxnard, California 1 0Murder of Larry King: 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, shot 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King, twice in the head in the computer laboratory of E.O. Green Junior High School. McInerney was apprehended in a nearby neighborhood. King, who was openly homosexual, died two days later. McInerney was initially charged with a hate crime, but that charge was dropped. McInerney pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 21 years in prison.February 14, 2008 DeKalb, Illinois 6 (including the perpetrator) 21Northern Illinois University shooting: 27-year-old Steven Kazmierczak, shot multiple people with a shotgun in a classroom of Northern Illinois University, killing five and injuring 21, before taking his own life. Kazmierczak was not enrolled at the university, but had attended in the years prior to the attack.February 27, 2008 Little Rock, Arkansas 0 133-year old James Earl Matthews was shot in the stomach and buttocks as close range with a handgun on the University of Arkansas at little rock campus. He survived. Gerald Pride Jr. was sentenced to 20 years on multiple charges.August 14, 2008 Federal Way, Washington 1 026-year-old Omero Mendez was waiting at the Lakota Middle School campus to pick up his girlfriend's son. He was confronted by 16-year-old Luis F. Cosgaya-Alvarez and two of his friends, driving in an SUV. Cosgaya-Alvarez flashed gang signs at Mendez, and shot him once in the head. Mendez later died of his injuries. Cosgaya-Alvarez was arrested a few days later in Seattle and was charged with murder. Cosgaya-Alvarez pleaded guilty to murder and weapon enhancements, and was sentenced to eighteen years in prison.August 21, 2008 Knoxville, Tennessee 1 0At Central High School, 15-year-old Jamar Siler killed 15-year-old Ryan McDonald. In 2011, Siler was sentenced to thirty years in prison after pleading guilty to murder in a plea agreement.September 2, 2008 Willoughby, Ohio 0 0A 15-year-old student brought a handgun into South High School, and shot two rounds, one into the ceiling and one shattering a trophy case. The student then put the gun to his head. Then Assistant Principal Jeff Lyons talked the student out of doing any harm.October 16, 2008 Detroit, Michigan 1 316-year-old Christopher Walker, was killed, and three other teenagers were seriously wounded during a drive-by shooting near Henry Ford High School, soon after classes let out. Three teenagers were arrested and charged in connection with the shooting. The shooter, 15-year-old William Morton, was sentenced to life without parole, and Devon Bell was sentenced to forty-two years of prison.October 26, 2008 Conway, Arkansas 2 1University of Central Arkansas shootings: Four young men fatally shot two students, 18-year-old Ryan Henderson, and 19-year-old Chavares Block, and wounded a 19-year-old campus visitor in the leg, outside the Arkansas Hall dormitory of University of Central Arkansas.November 12, 2008 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 1 015-year-old Amanda Collette, was killed in the hallway at Dillard High School. The shooter, 15-year-old Teah Wimberly, was sentenced to twenty-five years to life on a first-degree murder charge.January 9, 2009 Chicago, Illinois 0 5After attendees were leaving a basketball game at Dunbar High School, a truck pulled over and someone inside fired shots at the crowd, wounding five people, three critically. 18-year-old Georgio Dukes, was arrested and charged a week later with five counts of felony aggravated battery with a firearm. Police believe that the attack was gang-related.April 26, 2009 Hampton, Virginia 0 318-year-old Odane Greg Maye, a former student of Hampton University, followed a 43-year-old pizza delivery man into his former dormitory. Armed with three guns, Maye wounded the delivery man, then the dorm monitor. Lastly, Maye shot himself in a suicide attempt. He survived and was convicted of two charges of malicious wounding, two counts of using a gun in a felony; burglary; and shooting in an occupied building. He was sentenced to fourteen years of prison in November 2009, and was ordered by a judge to pay more than $62,000 in restitution to his victims for lost wages.May 18, 2009 Cambridge, Massachusetts 1 020-year-old Jabrai Copney, 23-year-old Jason Aquino, and 19-year-old Blayn Jiggetts, of New York City, invited 21-year-old Justin Cosby, of Cambridge, into a Harvard College dormitory. After trying to rob him of a pound of marijuana, they shot him. The victim, Cosby, was pronounced dead early the next day. Copney turned himself in three days later, and was convicted of murder. His partners pleaded guilty to armed robbery and manslaughter. His girlfriend, 21-year-old Brittany Smith, pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact, firearm possession, and misleading a grand jury.May 18, 2009 Larose, Louisiana 1 (the perpetrator) 015-year-old Larose-Cut Off Middle School student, Justin Doucet, carried his backpack to a restroom, where he put on camouflage clothes and took out a semi-automatic handgun before storming into a nearby classroom. He attempted to shoot a teacher, Jessica Plaisance, but the gun did not fire. He returned to the restroom and shot himself in the head, dying a week later of his wounds.June 16, 2009 San Francisco, California 0 3After students were being let out of International Studies Academy on the first day of summer school classes, a man left a car and opened fire, wounding three people, including a 17-year-old female student. An 18-year-old man was arrested for being an accessory in the crime.September 3, 2009 San Bruno, California 0 1A 20-year-old student was wounded in the parking lot of Skyline College after an argument between him and other men. The college campus was placed on lockdown. Three San Francisco residents, 18-year-old Germaine B. Benjamin, 20-year-old Dimaryea J. McGhee, and 18-year-old Jacori W. Bender, were each arrested and charged with felony firearm offenses.February 5, 2010 Madison, Alabama 1 014-year-old student, Hammad Memon, killed 14-year-old Todd Brown at Discovery Middle School as classes were changing. The shooting was possibly related to gang activity. In May 2013, Memon pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to thirty years of prison. After Memon is released from prison, he is likely to be deported to his native Pakistan.February 12, 2010 Huntsville, Alabama 3 3University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting: 44-year-old biology professor, Amy Bishop, killed the chairman of the biology department, 52-year-old Gopi K. Podila, and biology professors, 50-year-old, Maria Ragland Davis and 52-year-old Adriel D. Johnson. She also wounded biology professors, Luis Rogelio Cruz-Vera and Joseph G. Leahy, and staff assistant, Stephanie Monticciolo. Bishop was sentenced to life without parole.February 19, 2010 DeKalb, Illinois 0 1Less than a week after Northern Illinois University solemnly marked the second anniversary of a mass shooting on campus that claimed the lives of five students, the DeKalb school was the scene of further gun violence. 24-year-old NIU student, Brian Mulder, refused entry to 22-year-old Zachary R. Isaacman, when he had tried to follow a female resident into the Stevenson Residence Hall North, where they were living, because he was not a resident. Moments later, while outside the dorm smoking with a friend, Mulder was shot by Isaacman, with a handgun in the leg above the knee. Isaacman tried to flee, but was caught by police within minutes.February 23, 2010 Littleton, Colorado 0 2At Deer Creek Middle School, 32-year-old Bruco Strong Eagle Eastwood opened fire from a rifle in a parking lot, and wounded two eighth-graders Reagan Webber and Matt Thieu, before being restrained by 57-year-old Math teacher, David Benke, and held until his arrest. The boy's wounds were critical for the four days following the shooting. In October 2011, Eastwood was found not guilty by reason of insanity.March 9, 2010 Columbus, Ohio 2 (including the perpetrator) 151-year-old Ohio State University custodian, Nathaniel Brown, killed a co-worker and wounded another before committing suicide.May 11, 2010 Bladenboro, North Carolina 0 1A West Bladen High School student was shot on campus as students were leaving school for the day. Investigators said the incident started when a fight broke out between two groups of students near the high school's entrance.September 8, 2010 Detroit, Michigan 0 2Two students were wounded in front of Mumford High School by 17-year-old Steven Jamal Hare. He was tried as an adult and charged with assault with intent to kill. In 2012, Hare was sentenced to 27 years in prison.September 28, 2010 Austin, Texas 1 (the perpetrator) 1A 19-year-old sophomore student Colton Tooley, wielding an AK-47 and wearing a ski mask, opened fire and then killed himself in a University of Texas libraryOctober 1, 2010 Salinas, California 1 015-year-old student Jose Daniel Cisneros was killed after being shot several times on an athletic field at Alisal High School while walking to school. Police said that the shooting was gang-related.October 8, 2010 Carlsbad, California 0 241-year-old Brendan O'Rourke climbed over a fence and opened fire with a handgun in a playground of Kelly Elementary School, which had 230 students; two second-grade female students were grazed in the arms before O'Rourke was subdued by a construction worker. He was found guilty of seven counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to 189 years to life in prison.November 29, 2010 Marinette, Wisconsin 1 (the perpetrator) 015-year-old Samuel Hengel, took 23 students and a teacher hostage inside a classroom of Marinette High School for five hours. He had stormed into the class, firing with a handgun at a movie projector. Police persuaded Hengel to release the hostages. After officers entered the building, Hengel shot himself in the head. He died the next day.December 6, 2010 Aurora, Colorado 0 1In a gang-related attack outside Aurora Central High School, a 17-year-old girl was paralyzed. She was one of a group of students outside the school. 20-year-old Luis Enrique Guzman-Rincon, had fired shots from a car trying to hit gang rivals. Guzman-Ricon was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison.January 5, 2011 Omaha, Nebraska 2 (including the perpetrator) 2At Millard South High School, 18-year-old student, Robert Butler Jr., killed assistant principal Dr. Vicki Kaspar and wounded principal Curtis Case before opening fire at police in the front office area, causing the school nurse to be wounded by gunshot debris. Butler then drove to a parking lot and shot himself as police cornered him.March 25, 2011 Martinsville, Indiana 0 1Michael Phelps, a 15-year-old suspended student, returned to Martinsville West Middle School with a handgun. In the entrance of the school, Phelps shot 15-year-old Chance Jackson twice in the abdomen, critically wounding him. Phelps fled the school and dropped the handgun; he was arrested shortly after. Jackson had to undergo surgery three times to save his life; he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. Phelps was convicted of attempted murder in August 2011, and was sentenced to thirty years in prison and five years of probation.March 31, 2011 Houston, Texas 1 5Multiple gunmen opened fire during a powder puff football game at Worthing High School. One man, an 18-year-old former student named Tremaine De Ante' Paul, died. Five other people were injured.May 23, 2011 Pearl City, Hawaii 0 1A 14-year-old male student was accused of firing a handgun on the campus of Highlands Intermediate School, wounding one student. The gunman was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Two other suspects were arrested in connection with the shooting.August 19, 2011 Albany, Georgia 0 1An Albany State University student was shot on campus.October 24, 2011 Fayetteville, North Carolina 0 1Cape Fear High School shooting: 15-year-old Catilyn Abercrombie, was shot in the neck with a rifle by fellow student, 15-year-old Charles Underwood, at Cape Fear High School. She was hospitalized for two months in a serious condition. Underwood was arrested and charged with attempted murder. He was convicted of attempted first-degree murder and sentenced to fifteen years in prison.December 8, 2011 Blacksburg, Virginia 2 (including the perpetrator) 022-year-old, Ross Truett Ashley, part-time business student at Radford University, killed a police officer engaged in an unrelated traffic stop on the campus of Virginia Tech, he then committed suicide in a nearby parking lot.December 9, 2011 Edinburg, Texas 0 2Two students were shot after school at Harwell Middle School in Edinburg, Texas while trying out for their school's basketball team. The shooting allegedly was done by an adult off campus, who was shooting at a target range.January 10, 2012 Houston, Texas 0 1A student opened fire with a handgun at North Forest High School, wounding another student. The shooter said that he had been confronted by three students who had been bullying him and he shot in self-defense. He hit a 16-year-old bystander in the leg. The 18-year-old suspect was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.February 27, 2012 Chardon, Ohio 3 3Chardon High School shooting: 17-year-old Thomas "T. J." Lane, took a semi-automatic handgun and a knife to Chardon High School, where he fired ten shots at a group of students sitting in the cafeteria. He killed three boys and wounded three other students. One 16-year-old died immediately, two others died the following day. Lane was arrested early the next morning while standing near his car. He was charged as an adult with murder, attempted murder, and firearms offenses. In March 2013, he was convicted and sentenced to three life sentences without the possibility of parole.March 6, 2012 Jacksonville, Florida 2 (including the perpetrator) 0A murder-suicide resulted in two deaths on the campus of the Episcopal School of Jacksonville. Shane Schumerth, a Spanish teacher who had been fired that morning returned to the campus in the early afternoon via a pedestrian entrance, armed with an AK-47 which he concealed in a guitar case. He entered the office of the Head of School, Dale Regan, and fired multiple shots, fatally wounding her. Schumerth then killed himself, in the office.April 2, 2012 Oakland, California 7 3Oikos University shooting: 43-year-old One L. Goh, was accused of shooting dead seven students with a handgun and wounding three others at Oikos University, a Christian college. He fled the scene, stealing a victim's car, and was apprehended hours later nearby. Goh was charged with seven counts of murder. In January 2013, Goh was determined to be mentally unfit for trial and committed for treatment.August 16, 2012 Memphis, Tennessee 0 2Two Hamilton High School students were wounded in the parking lot of the school. The attack was believed to be gang-related.August 27, 2012 Perry Hall, Maryland 0 115-year-old Robert Gladden, fired two shots with a shotgun inside the cafeteria at Perry Hall School. He hit a 17-year-old senior in the lower back, causing critical wounds. The youth has Down syndrome. Gladden was subdued by two school faculty members, and arrested. In February 2013, he was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison on attempted murder charges.September 7, 2012 Normal, Illinois 0 0A 14-year-old student fired multiple gunshots in a classroom ceiling at Normal Community High School, and was tackled by a teacher. Nobody was injured. The student was arrested and charged with sixteen felony counts.October 19, 2012 Chicago, Illinois 1 018-year-old Banner Academy South student, Terrance Wright, was killed during an attempted robbery. Wright was approached by five would-be robbers as he left the school about 3:40 p.m.. He was shot in the chest as he fought back when one assailant was going through his pockets. Wright had been picked on at his previous high school because he was gay, which led him to transfer to Banner.October 31, 2012 Los Angeles, California 0 4At a Halloween party on the University of Southern California campus, an argument escalated and 20-year-old Brandon Spencer, used a handgun to shoot rival gang member, Geno Hall, seven times, critically wounding him. Spencer wounded three other people, none were students at USC, they were hospitalized with less serious injuries. Spencer was arrested just minutes after the shooting, which took place outside USC's Grand Ballroom at around 11:30 p.m. In April 2014, he was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to forty years to life in prison.December 14, 2012 Newtown, Connecticut 28 (including the perpetrator) 2Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting: 20-year-old Adam Lanza, killed twenty-six people and himself. He first killed his mother at their shared home before taking her guns and driving to the school. Lanza brought four guns with him. He killed twenty first-grade children aged six and seven during the attack at school, along with six adults, including four teachers, the principal, and the school psychologist. Two other persons were injured. Lanza then killed himself as police arrived at the school.January 10, 2013 Taft, California 0 216-year-old student, Bryan Oliver, entered a science classroom of Taft Union High School with a shotgun and opened fire, critically wounding 16-year-old student Bowe Cleveland. He shot at but missed another student. The classroom teacher Ryan Heber convinced Oliver, to drop his weapon. He was later arrested. On January 14, he was charged with two counts of attempted murder and assault with a firearm. He was convicted and accepted a plea deal with a sentence of 27 years and 4 months. According to the attorney for the Cleveland family, they were not satisfied with the sentence.January 12, 2013 Detroit, Michigan 0 1A 16-year-old Osborn High School student was shot and wounded after a basketball game.January 15, 2013 St. Louis, Missouri 0 2A 34-year-old gunman wounded an administrator in his office on the fourth floor of Stevens Institute of Business and Arts. The suspected gunman, Sean Johnson, a part-time student, wounded himself in a stairwell. Both the administrator and Johnson were hospitalized in stable conditions. Johnson was charged with three felony charges, including assault.January 15, 2013 Hazard, Kentucky 3 0Two people were killed and a third person was wounded at the parking lot of Hazard Community and Technical College. The third victim, 12-year-old Taylor Cornett, died from her wounds the next day. 21-year-old Dalton Lee Stidham, was arrested and charged with three counts of murder. He was sentenced to life in prison in 2014.January 16, 2013 Chicago, Illinois 1 0A 17-year-old boy, Tyrone Lawson, was killed in a parking lot of Chicago State University. The shooting happened after high school basketball games held on the campus, where Lawson had been a spectator. Police arrested two brothers, Michael McNabb, 33, and Brian Hewlett (under the alias Stephen Gilbert), 30 after the shooting and recovered a weapon.January 22, 2013 Houston, Texas 0 3Lone Star College–North Harris shooting: Outside Lone Star College–North Harris, two men got into an argument. One wounded the other. He also wounded a maintenance man, and accidentally shot himself in the leg. The shooter fled into the woods and was arrested hours later. The charges against the initial suspect were dropped and another man was arrested.January 31, 2013 Phoenix, Arizona 0 0An argument between two rival gangs escalated to what police described as a "gun battle" at Cesar Chavez High School. Approximately fifteen shots were fired in the vicinity of people waiting to get into a scheduled boys' basketball game. No one was injured.January 31, 2013 Atlanta, Georgia 0 2A 14-year-old male student was wounded at Price Middle School. The gunman, a 15-year-old student, was believed to be arguing with the other student before using a handgun to shoot him. A teacher was also wounded. Afterward, the gunman was disarmed by a school resource officer and arrested; police charged him with aggravated assault.March 18, 2013 Orlando, Florida 1 (the perpetrator) 0At the University of Central Florida, 30-year-old student James Oliver Seevakumaran pulled a fire alarm at the Tower One dormitory, to attract a crowd. He pointed a handgun at his roommate and threatened to shoot him in their room; he released the roommate, who ran out and called 9-1-1. Seevakumaran then fatally shot himself in the head. Authorities found an assault weapon, a couple hundred rounds of ammunition and four homemade bombs inside his backpack.April 12, 2013 Christiansburg, Virginia 0 2New River Community College shooting incident: Two women were wounded during a shooting at the campus of New River Community College. 18-year-old Neil Allen MacInnis, was taken into custody. In June 2014, he was sentenced to 38 years in prison.April 16, 2013 Grambling, Louisiana 0 3Three students were injured on the campus of Grambling State University.April 18, 2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts 1 0Three days after committing the Boston Marathon bombings, while still at large, the brothers Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev shot and killed Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus police officer Sean Collier in his patrol car near MIT's Ray and Maria Stata Center. About three hours after the MIT shooting and after carjacking a vehicle, Tamerlan died in a gunfight with police in Watertown, Massachusetts. Another officer was seriously wounded. Shot in the neck and hiding in a boat parked nearby, Dzhokhar was arrested 18 hours later, and hospitalized in critical condition. He was sentenced to death in 2015.May 14, 2013 Birmingham, Alabama 0 0Allegedly responding to a student fight, a mother of a student fired a weapon on the campus of Ossie Ware Mitchell Middle School. No one was injured.June 7, 2013 Santa Monica, California 6 (including the perpetrator) 42013 Santa Monica shooting: 23-year-old John Zawahri, began a killing spree at his home. After killing his 55-year-old father, Samir "Sam" Zawahri, and 25-year-old brother, Chris Zawahri, he set the house ablaze. Dressed all in black with body armor and wielding an AR-15-type semi-automatic rifle, Zawahri carjacked 41-year-old Laura Siska, shooting 50-year-old Debra Fine, as she attempted to intervene, before forcing Siska to drive to Santa Monica College. Upon arriving on the college campus, Zawahri began shooting at passing vehicles, including a police car and a city bus, leaving three people with minor injuries. Zawahri next targeted a Ford Explorer, killing the driver, 68-year-old campus groundskeeper, Carlos Navarro Franco, and fatally wounding the passenger, his 26-year-old daughter Marcela Diaz-Franco, a student at the college, who died two days later. 68-year-old Margarita Gomez, who was collecting cans outside the library, died after being shot in the abdomen and chest. Zawahri opened fire on students who were trying to run away. It ended at the college library where he opened fire on students studying for finals, before being fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers.August 20, 2013 Decatur, Georgia 0 0Armed with an AK-47 and other weapons, 20-year-old Michael Brandon Hill fired six shots inside the front office of Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy. He barricaded himself in the office, where police returned fire. Nobody was injured. Children were evacuated. After talking with school bookkeeper, Antoinette Tuff in the front office, he was persuaded to surrender before anyone was hurt. Hill was arrested and charged.August 23, 2013 Sardis, Mississippi 1 215-year-old student, Roderick Bobo, was killed during a football game at North Panola High School in what was termed a gang-related shooting. Two others were injured in the shooting. Three men were charged as being responsible for the crime.August 30, 2013 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 0 1A 15-year-old male student was shot at Carver High School, at 2:30 p.m.. He was hospitalized with minor injuries. An 18-year-old male student was apprehended without further incident. The suspected gunman is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, carrying a concealed gun, possessing and discharging a firearm, and carrying a firearm onto educational property. The shooting was believed related to a dispute between the suspect and the victim.October 4, 2013 Pine Hills, Florida 0 2A 16-year-old student was shot in the hip outside Agape Christian Academy after a fight broke out at 2 p.m.. An innocent bystander was hit by a stray bullet or shrapnel. The two victims were treated for minor injuries. The suspected shooter reportedly fled in a car with several other males, and was not caught.October 21, 2013 Sparks, Nevada 2 (including the perpetrator) 212-year-old seventh-grade student Jose Reyes opened fire with a handgun at the basketball courts of Sparks Middle School, injuring one student in the shoulder. Michael Landsberry, a teacher and veteran, tried to intervene and was killed by Reyes. Reyes also wounded a student trying to help the teacher. Reyes then committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The shooting happened before classes, and the school was evacuated and was closed for the week.November 2, 2013 Greensboro, North Carolina 0 1A 21-year-old student was wounded at North Carolina A&T State University. The victim was hospitalized for serious but non-life-threatening injuries. The university was temporarily locked down that night. No suspects are in custody.November 3, 2013 Lithonia, Georgia 0 2A Stephenson High School student and a janitor were shot in an apparent confrontation between football team members and a group of teens who were not attending the school. Both were innocent bystanders.November 13, 2013 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 0 3After classes ended, at least one gunman came out of the woods and opened fire on three students as they were walking to their cars at Brashear High School. One student was grazed in the head, another was struck in the neck and shoulder, and a third was hit in the leg and foot. Six people were taken into custody. The shooting is believed to be drug-related.December 4, 2013 Winter Garden, Florida 0 1A 15-year-old student was wounded by a 17-year-old student near a soccer field on the campus of West Orange High School. The shooting occurred after a fight broke out between the two students. The 17-year-old suspected shooter was taken into custody several miles away from the school, and is charged with attempted murder, aggravated battery with a firearm, possession of a firearm by a minor and possession of a firearm on school grounds. In October 2014, the shooter was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison.December 13, 2013 Centennial, Colorado 2 (including the perpetrator) 018-year-old Karl Pierson, shot 17-year-old student Claire Davis in the head, fatally injuring her, in a hallway in Arapahoe High School. Pierson then took his own life. Pierson was armed with a shotgun, three Molotov cocktails, and a machete. His intention was to shoot the librarian who had disciplined him. Claire Davis died from her injuries on December 21, 2013.December 19, 2013 Fresno, California 0 1Four teens (16, 16, 16 and 17 years old) entered Edison High School in what was believed as a gang-initiation process. After accosting a 62-year-old woman about a mile away from school grounds, they found an athletic trainer who taught at Edison High and shot him several times in the leg and stomach.January 9, 2014 Jackson, Tennessee 0 1A 16-year-old student was charged with bringing a gun to school at Liberty Technology Magnet High School and shooting a classmate in the thigh. The incident occurred outside the front of the school.January 13, 2014 New Haven, Connecticut 0 1A 14-year-old boy was shot outside of a basketball game at the Hillhouse High School athletic facility, suffering wounds in his hand and leg.January 14, 2014 Roswell, New Mexico 0 3Two people were wounded inside the gymnasium of Berrendo Middle School, at about 8:10 a.m.. An 11-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl were airlifted to a hospital in Lubbock, Texas in critical condition. The 12-year-old suspected shooter, Mason Campbell, a seventh grade student, was apprehended at the scene after he was talked down by a staff member and dropped the shotgun. A staff member received minor injuries. Campbell was charged with three counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced to a maximum sentence of confinement in a juvenile detention facility until he is twenty one years old.January 17, 2014 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 0 2A student allegedly shot two other students in the gymnasium at Delaware Valley Charter School. Both victims, a male and a female, were shot in the arm. They were taken to a nearby hospital and are in stable condition, police say. Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said at a news conference that the shooter ran out of the school after the shooting but was taken into custody near his home. 17-year-old Raisheem Rochwell was arrested and charged as an adult for aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and firearms offenses. Rochwell was sentenced to two years of juvenile detention.January 20, 2014 Chester, Pennsylvania 0 1One person was critically injured at Widener University. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. outside the university sport's complex and led to an 8-hour university lock-down. The suspect was not immediately found.January 21, 2014 West Lafayette, Indiana 1 0A 21-year-old student, Andrew Boldt, was killed in a classroom building on the campus of Purdue University. 24-year-old student Cody Cousins was found guilty of the murder and was sentenced to sixty-five years of prison. In October 2014, Cousins committed suicide in his cell.January 24, 2014 Orangeburg, South Carolina 1 0A 20-year-old student was killed at South Carolina State University. A 19-year-old was arrested and charged with murder.January 25, 2014 Los Angeles, California 1 0A man was killed at Los Angeles Valley College. Two suspects were arrested in the fatal shooting.January 27, 2014 Carbondale, Illinois 0 1A group of students at Rebound High School got in an argument in the school's parking lot. One student pulled out a gun and shot another student in the ensuing altercation. An 18-year-old suspect is facing charges of attempted murder.January 28, 2014 Nashville, Tennessee 0 1One student was shot in the leg in an apparent altercation over a gambling debt at Tennessee State University.January 30, 2014 Palm Bay, Florida 0 1Three students were fighting in a parking lot of Eastern Florida State College and one pulled out a gun and shot another of the students. All three students claimed self-defense.January 31, 2014 Des Moines, Iowa 0 1After a basketball game at North High School, there was gunfire in a parking lot of the school. Six males in a black jeep had come moments before the shooting and returned at the time it happened. A 15-year-old girl was injured by a ricocheting bullet. While officers were gaining control of the area, teachers on the scene led students into the school building for safety.February 10, 2014 Salisbury, North Carolina 0 1A 16-year-old student was shot in the stomach on the campus of Salisbury High School during a dispute in the school gym. 17-year-old suspect was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, possession of a firearm on school property and discharging a weapon on school property.February 10, 2014 Lyndhurst, Ohio 0 0Five shots were fired in the parking lot of Charles F. Brush High School, including one which hit an unoccupied police car. No one was reported to be injured, though a school basketball game was going on at the time.February 12, 2014 Los Angeles, California 0 1A male victim was shot in the back in a possible gang-related drive-by shooting near the University of Southern California. The suspect fled into the University Campus. The victim was last reported in stable condition before being transported to a local hospital.February 22, 2014 Augusta, Georgia 0 1A shooting involving a campus police officer occurred at a Georgia Regents University dormitory complex. A male suspect entered a vehicle and nearly struck an officer, who opened fire. The suspect was taken to Georgia Regents Medical Center with injuries that were not believed to be critical.March 25, 2014 College Park, Georgia 0 0An argument between students led to shots being fired in a Benjamin Banneker High School parking lot during the afternoon. Investigators believe multiple people were present when shots were fired, but it was not known how many could face charges for the incident. No one was injured in the shooting.April 11, 2014 Detroit, Michigan 1 0After a Friday evening student awards ceremony called "Grammy Night", four men who were affiliated with a gang fired into a crowd in the parking lot of East English Village Preparatory Academy. One 19-year-old, Darryl Smith, was fatally shot in the head. Smith was not a student at the academy.May 4, 2014 Augusta, Georgia 0 1Two men fired shots inside a dormitory at Paine College on Sunday, injuring one student in the head. Neither of the suspects were students at the college.May 5, 2014 Augusta, Georgia 0 1An active shooter situation was reported at Paine College on Monday with one person reported to be shot. The suspect was apparently apprehended and in custody. It was the second shooting incident to occur at the college campus in two days.May 8, 2014 Lawrenceville, Georgia 0 1A person was shot on a student parking lot roof at Georgia Gwinnett College, receiving an injury. The specific cause has not been identified.May 14, 2014 Richmond, California 0 1A 14-year-old student was injured during a drive-by shooting in front of John F. Kennedy High School at 8:30 a.m.. He was shot as he was running towards the school campus after a fight took place. The student suffered a serious but stable injury to his leg. Police are searching for a suspect.June 5, 2014 Seattle, Washington 1 319-year-old students, Paul Lee and Sarah Williams, and 24-year-old student, Thomas Fowler, were shot inside a hallway of Otto Miller Hall at Seattle Pacific University. Freshman Lee was rushed to Harborview Medical Center but later died. The shooter was subdued with pepper spray and tackled to the ground by student building monitor, Jon Meis, as he paused to reload his shotgun. 26-year-old Aaron Rey Ybarra was arrested at the scene and has been charged with premeditated and attempted murder.June 10, 2014 Troutdale, Oregon 2 (including the perpetrator) 1At around 8:30 a.m. shots were fired at Reynolds High School. 14-year-old freshman Emilio Hoffman was killed, a physical education teacher was injured, and the gunman, 15-year-old Jared Padgett, exchanged gunfire with police officers and then committed suicide in a restroom stall.September 9, 2014 Miami, Florida 0 1Towards the end of the school day, one alternative school student in Miami was shot as a small group of students tussled. The injury was minor, requiring hospitalization, and five young adults were later questioned.September 11, 2014 Taylorsville, Utah 0 1An elementary school teacher with a concealed weapon permit had her gun fire accidentally in a faculty bathroom. The bullet shattered a toilet, and fragments of both the bullet and the porcelain injured her leg.September 27, 2014 Terre Haute, Indiana 0 1A 20-year-old Indiana State University student was shot by another student on Saturday inside a residence hall. The injuries were not fatal, and a full recovery was expected. The shooter was arrested on the following day.September 30, 2014 Albemarle, North Carolina 0 1Two students got in an argument at Albemarle High School around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, and one of the students shot the other twice including once in the leg. The student who committed the shooting was allegedly involved in a stabbing of a football player last year at West Montgomery High School, which is only 20 miles (32 km) away in Mount Gilead, North Carolina. The school had held an active shooter training over the summer, which prepared the school for this incident.September 30, 2014 Louisville, Kentucky 0 1One student was injured at Fern Creek Traditional High School. The incident occurred around 1 p.m., reportedly after student became enraged in a hallway and pulled out a gun. The student was arrested later that day.October 3, 2014 Fairburn, Georgia 1 0After a homecoming football game, a fatal shooting of 17-year-old Kristofer Hunter, occurred in the Langston Hughes High School parking lot. The assailant, 18-year-old Eric Dana Johnson Jr., turned himself in a week later.October 24, 2014 Marysville, Washington 5 (including the perpetrator) 1Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting. 15-year-old freshman, Jaylen Fryberg, shot five students in the school cafeteria of Marysville Pilchuck High School, fatally wounding four, before committing suicide.November 20, 2014 Tallahassee, Florida 1 (the perpetrator) 3At around 12:40 a.m. EST, a gunman opened fired in or near the Strozier Library at Florida State University. Three people suffered gunshot injuries and were taken to a local area hospital. One was in critical condition, another was in good condition, and the third was shortly released after treatment. The gunman, later identified as Myron May, an alumnus from the school, started firing towards responding police officers and was fatally shot by them on the steps of the library.November 20, 2014 Miami, Florida 1 1Two teens were shot during a fight at Miami Carol City High School. One of the boys died.December 12, 2014 Portland, Oregon 0 4Rosemary Anderson High School shooting: A gunman shot three students and a man outside Rosemary Anderson High School in north Portland. A 16-year-old girl was in critical condition, while the others suffered minor injuries. Two men, aged eighteen and twenty-two, were arrested in connection with the shooting.January 15, 2015 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 0 3A 15-year-old boy, a student's father, and a teacher were each injured in the school parking lot at Wisconsin Lutheran High School. The student had unspecified injuries that were treated. The father was shot in the knee and the teacher was grazed in the toe. A 36-year-old man was charged in the shooting.January 16, 2015 Ocala, Florida 0 2Two were injured in gunfire that occurred after a Friday night basketball game. One was injured directly by a bullet, the other by ricocheting glass.February 4, 2015 Frederick, Maryland 0 2Two students were shot near the gymnasium of Frederick High School during a junior varsity (JV) boys' basketball game. Approximately two hundred students, staff, and faculty were placed on lock-down for several hours after the shooting while police searched for the suspects. No suspects have been apprehended, although witnesses report seeing four black males dressed all in black who are considered by police to be suspects in this shooting.February 14, 2015 Merced, California 1 0A teenager was found dead in the parking lot of Tenaya Middle School. The shooting was reported to have occurred after school hours.February 23, 2015 Daytona Beach, Florida 0 3Two students argued outside the music building at Bethune-Cookman University when one pulled out a gun. Both had guns and it is not disclosed who did the shooting, injuring three students. A reward was offered to help solve this case.March 30, 2015 University City, Missouri 0 1Police said one person has been arrested for a shooting at Pershing Elementary School. The shooting occurred in the parking lot, with a 34-year-old-man being shot in the buttocks.April 13, 2015 Goldsboro, North Carolina 1 0A faculty member was killed with a rifle in the school library of Wayne Community College. The suspected 20-year-old gunman, Kenneth Stancil, was arrested in Florida the next day. As of January 2017, Stancil, an admitted Neo-Nazi is being investigated for a hate crime. Stancil was later sentenced to life without parole for the murder.April 16, 2015 Paradis, Louisiana 0 1A police officer was shot outside a school in a school zone while he was directing school buses into J.B. Martin Middle School, and the suspect was apprehended at the scene.April 27, 2015 Lacey, Washington 0 0A 15-year-old student at North Thurston High School walked into the commons area and fired two shots into the ceiling from a .357 magnum pistol. Brady Olson, a teacher at the school, was able to tackle the student before they could turn the gun on other students. No one was injured or killed. The student is facing charges of firing and possessing a gun on school property.May 12, 2015 Jacksonville, Florida 0 2Police report that a 16-year-old shot five bullets into a school bus and injured two students. Apparently, there was an argument that touched on previous events.May 24, 2015 Flint, Michigan 0 7In the early morning hours of Memorial Day weekend, a group of people were at Southwestern Classical Academy in the parking lot. Shots rang out and seven were injured, with two men being apprehended and charged.August 27, 2015 Savannah, Georgia 1 022-year-old student Christopher Starks was fatally shot in a student union building at Savannah State University. The shooter has not been identified.September 3, 2015 Sacramento, California 1 2A man was arguing with at least one other person escalated into a physical fight on the parking lot of Sacramento City College. A man opened fire, killing a 25-year-old student and wounding two others. The shooting suspect has not been arrested.September 14, 2015 Cleveland, Mississippi 2 (including the perpetrator) 0A geography professor at Delta State University fatally shot a fellow history professor. The geography professor was chased by police and eventually died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.September 30, 2015 Harrisburg, South Dakota 0 1A principal was shot in the arm and wounded at Harrisburg High School after an argument with a student. The suspect, a 16-year-old student at the school, was taken into custody and is charged with first-degree attempted murder.October 1, 2015 Roseburg, Oregon 10 (including the perpetrator) 9Umpqua Community College shooting: At around 10:40 a.m. PDT, a gunman, later identified as 26-year-old student Christopher Harper-Mercer, opened fire in a hall on the Umpqua Community College campus, killing eight students and one teacher, and injuring nine others. The gunman later committed suicide after engaging responding police officers in a brief gunfight.October 9, 2015 Flagstaff, Arizona 1 3One student died and three others were wounded in a shooting at Northern Arizona University. It is unclear what sparked the shooting, which took place near Mountain View Hall, a dormitory that houses most of the campus' students involved in Greek organizations. An 18-year-old student was arrested and charged with murder and aggravated assault.October 9, 2015 Houston, Texas 1 1One person died and another person was injured after someone opened fire outside a Texas Southern University dorm.October 22, 2015 Nashville, Tennessee 1 3One person was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting at an outdoor courtyard at Tennessee State University. The shooting may have stemmed from an argument over a dice game. A suspect has not been identified or arrested.November 1, 2015 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 1One person died and another person was injured after someone opened fire on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. A 21-year-old non-student suspect is sought.November 20, 2015 North Las Vegas, Nevada 1 0A 16-year-old student was fatally shot during a fight after school hours that involved multiple people on the campus of Mojave High School.January 22, 2016 Indianapolis, Indiana 0 1A 15-year-old male was shot in the leg and injured during a night-time basketball game at Lawrence Central High School.January 29, 2016 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 0 0A gunshot was fired during a fight in a stairwell at Franklin High School, and no injuries were reported. Three people were detained.February 9, 2016 Muskegon Heights, Michigan 0 4Four people, including two students, were injured during a basketball game event in the parking lot of Muskegon Heights High School.February 12, 2016 Glendale, Arizona 2 (including the perpetrator) 0Two 15-year-old girls died in an apparent Murder-Suicide at Independence High School.February 29, 2016 Middletown, Ohio 0 415-year-old Cameron Smith, and 14-year-old Cooper Caffrey, were shot when 14-year-old James Austin Hancock, opened fire in the Madison High School cafeteria with a .380 caliber handgun. 15-year-old Brant Murray, and 14-year-old Katherine Douchette, also suffered shrapnel injuries. Hancock was apprehended in a nearby wooded field.April 23, 2016 Antigo, Wisconsin 1 (the perpetrator) 2Two students at a prom at Antigo High School were shot and injured by 18-year-old former student Jakob Wagner. Wagner later exchanged fire with a school resource officer in the school's parking lot, and was captured after being shot and wounded by police. He died hours later in a hospital.June 1, 2016 Los Angeles, California 3 (including the perpetrator) 02016 UCLA shooting. Mainak Sarkar, age 38, a Ph.D. student, killed his former professor, William S. Klug, age 39, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, in an engineering building at UCLA. Sarkar then killed himself. Sarkar, who lived in Minnesota, also killed his ex-wife, Ashley Hasti, age 31, in her Brooklyn Park, Minnesota home.June 8, 2016 Dorchester, Massachusetts 1 3One student was killed and three other individuals were injured when gunfire erupted outside of the Jeremiah Burke High School following a fire-alarm causing an evacuation of the school. Two suspects have been arrested.September 9, 2016 Alpine, Texas 1 (the perpetrator) 2A 14-year-old female student shot a 16-year-old girl in an Alpine High School restroom before committing suicide. A police officer accidentally shot another officer during the incident.September 28, 2016 Townville, South Carolina 2 2Townville Elementary School shooting: Two students and one teacher were wounded after a teen opened fire at Townville Elementary School. The suspect's father was found dead at his home soon after the shooting. One of the victims, six-year-old Jacob Hall, died 3 days after the shooting.October 11, 2016 Mobile, Alabama 0 1A student was shot in the abdomen and wounded at Vigor High School. The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, turned himself in and was charged with assault.October 13, 2016 Columbus, Ohio 0 2Two students were shot and wounded on the front lawn of Linden McKinley STEM Academy. One was shot in the shoulder and the other shot in the chest; both were hospitalized in stable condition.October 18, 2016 San Francisco, California 0 4Four students were shot outside June Jordan High School for Equity, a San Francisco public high school. One female victim was in critical condition, while three male victims suffered minor injuries. Two people were arrested in the shooting.October 25, 2016 Sandy, Utah 0 1Police say the two teens ages 14 and 16 were involved in a confrontation on the far north end of Union Middle School. The boys got into an argument. The argument lead to a shooting. The 14 year old shot the 16 year old twice. He was sent to the hospital in critical but stable condition.December 1, 2016 Bountiful, Utah 0 0At Mueller Park Junior High School, a 15-year-old student fired one shot into the ceiling and then pointed the weapon at his own neck. The student was confronted verbally by a teacher and another student and later arrested in possession of a shotgun, a handgun, and ammunition for each.January 20, 2017 West Liberty, Ohio 0 1A 17-year-old student was charged with attempted murder and other crimes after bringing a gun to West Liberty-Salem High School and firing two shots at a 17-year-old student in a bathroom with a shotgun. The victim was injured. The student "also is accused of discharging the weapon in the school's hallway before returning to the bathroom, where he was eventually taken into custody."January 20, 2017 Seattle, Washington 0 1A 34-year-old man was shot in Red Square at University of Washington while protesting the visit of controversial journalist Milo Yiannopoulos. The shooter turned himself in to the university police and was later questioned and released without being charged with a crime.January 27, 2017 Naperville, Illinois 1 0A 37-year-old Oswego man, named Matthew Lange, was shot at Scullen Middle School, which is a part of Indian Prairie School District 204 at about 7:30 PM. The school is located at 2815 Mistflower Lane, Naperville, Illinois. At the time of the shooting, there were two non-district organizations renting the building out. The victim was waiting to pick his son up from a weekly Polish culture class. He was shot in the head. He was killed through his car window. He was brought to Edward Hospital in Naperville. The City is still seeking answers over a year later.March 21, 2017 King City, California 0 1An 18-year-old King City High School student was shot outside the school's auditorium. The gunman ran across the school's campus and baseball field, and fled the area. The school was then placed on lock-down. The victim was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. A suspect was arrested in August 2017.April 10, 2017 San Bernardino, California 3 (including the perpetrator) 1North Park Elementary School shooting: Cedric Anderson, age 53, of Riverside, California, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting and killing his estranged wife, Karen Elaine Smith, age 53, in a classroom. An eight-year-old student was also fatally shot, and a seven-year-old student was injured.May 4, 2017 Irving, Texas 2 (including the perpetrator) 0North Lake College: Adrian Victor Torres killed a 20-year-old student, Janeera Nickol Gonzalez, whom he was stalking. He fatally shot her three times and the college went into lock-down before discovering that the suspect has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.September 13, 2017 Rockford, Washington 1 3Freeman High School: Three students were injured and one killed after a shooter opened fire. The suspect was armed with an AR-15 and a Pistol. He shot one student with the AR-15, but the gun jammed so he switched to his pistol. He killed one student after shooting him twice in the stomach and once in the head. He was stopped by a janitor. The suspect, a 15-year-old student, (Caleb Sharpe) was taken into police custody.September 20, 2017 Mattoon, Illinois 0 1Mattoon High School: A 14-year-old male student was subdued by a female teacher when he attempted to open fire in the school cafeteria at 11:33 a.m. Multiple shots were fired in the process, and one student was struck in the chest and was driven to a nearby hospital suffering non-life-threatening wounds. The student was taken into custody without further incident.November 13, 2017 Albany, Georgia 0 2Two people were shot on the Albany State University campus.November 14, 2017 Rancho Tehama Reserve, California 6 (including the perpetrator) 18Rancho Tehama Reserve shootings: Neighbor on a rampage injured one student at Rancho Tehama Elementary School and fatally shot five adults at several locations. The secretary heard the gunfire near the school and ordered the school to go on lock-down. After a custodian and the teachers put it into action, 43 year-old Kevin Neal rammed a truck into the gate of the school and fired at the classrooms hitting one student when a bullet pierced the wall. Neal fatally shot himself after sheriff's deputies rammed his vehicle during a pursuit.December 7, 2017 Aztec, New Mexico 3 (including the perpetrator) 0Aztec High School shooting: William Atchison, 21-year-old former male student snuck into Aztec High School disguised as a student and hid in an unlocked washroom with a Glock 9mm hidden in his bag. He retreated from the washroom after being spotted by a school custodian who chased him shouting "active shooter" and "lock-down". Atchinson was able to shoot and kill two students who were caught in the hallway before he killed himself. He had been investigated in 2016 by the FBI when he asked "where to find cheap assault rifles for a mass shooting" on an online forum.January 10, 2018 Denison, Texas 0 0A criminal justice club student picked up a loaded gun, belonging to an adviser, which the student thought was an unloaded training weapon. She then shot at a wall target, unintentionally firing a bullet, which went through the wall and broke a window. The adviser was a licensed peace officer permitted to carry a firearm on campus.January 20, 2018 Winston-Salem, North Carolina 1 0A student was fatally shot at a party at 1 a.m. on the campus of Wake Forest University.January 22, 2018 Italy, Texas 0 1A 16-year-old male student fired at a 15-year-old female classmate that he had briefly dated in the cafeteria of Italy High School. The gunman left the school immediately after opening fire and was arrested.January 22, 2018 New Orleans, Louisiana 0 1Shots were fired from a truck in the parking lot of NET Charter High School, targeting a crowd of students during lunch time. One student was slightly injured, apparently from injuries unrelated to gunfire. One person was arrested in connection with the shooting.January 23, 2018 Marshall County, Kentucky 2 18Marshall County High School shooting: Gabriel Ross Parker, a 15-year-old male student shot 16 people in the lobby at Marshall County High School and caused non-gunshot injuries to four others. Two 15-year-old students died: one killed at the scene, another died of wounds at Vanderbilt Medical Center.January 25, 2018 Mobile, Alabama 0 0A disagreement between two 16-year-old students escalated when Jonah Neal pulled out a handgun. School administrators noticed the weapon and tried to calm him; Neal then fled across campus. He was pursued by staff until he fired the gun four or five times into the air. Nobody was injured. Neal was taken into custody and charged for multiple offenses, including possession of a weapon on school property.January 31, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 0A fight began in the school parking lot outside a basketball game, and the school went into lock-down after shots were fired. A 32-year-old male was transported by private vehicle to Nazareth Hospital with two gunshot wounds in his leg. He was transferred by helicopter to another hospital, but died from his injuries. Police announced that they are searching for an adult male suspect.February 1, 2018 Los Angeles, California 0 5Two 15-year-old students, a boy and a girl, were shot and injured inside a classroom at Sal Castro Middle School, which shares a campus with Belmont High School. Three other people suffered injuries unrelated to gunfire. A 12-year-old girl was arrested and charged with negligent discharge of a firearm.February 5, 2018 Oxon Hill, Maryland 0 1A student was taken to the hospital after exiting Oxon Hill High School and going to speak to individuals in a vehicle who then attempted to rob, and subsequently shot and wounded him in the school's parking lot. Two other students were arrested and charged with attempted murder and robbery.February 9, 2018 Nashville, Tennessee 0 1Pearl-Cohn High School: A student was shot five times in the parking lot.February 14, 2018 Parkland, Florida 17 17Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting: A 19-year-old former student (Nikolas Cruz) whose behavior had led to his expulsion began shooting students and staff members with a rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after activating a fire alarm. Seventeen people were killed, and 17 others were injured. The suspect shot the students on the first and third floor of the complex. The suspected shooter blended in with the crowd of fleeing students and was arrested in a residential area of neighboring Coral Springs after walking away from the school. He was later charged with murder and attempted murder. The suspect had sat down at a McDonald's, then went to a nearby Subway.February 24, 2018 Savannah, Georgia 1 0Savannah State University: A non-student was shot on campus and later died.February 27, 2018 Itta Bena, Mississippi 0 1Mississippi Valley State University: A person was shot in a recreation center. The injury was not life-threatening.February 27, 2018 Norfolk, Virginia 0 1Norfolk State University: A student was shot from an adjacent dorm room while doing homework. He was not seriously injured.March 2, 2018 Mount Pleasant, Michigan 2 0Central Michigan University shooting: 19-year-old student James Eric Davis Jr. shot and killed his mother and father when they came to campus to take him home for spring break. After the shooting Davis fled and the campus was placed on lock-down. Around 15 hours later police arrested him and took him to a local hospital. The incident disrupted the travel plans of students and campus activities for several days. Davis was charged with two counts of murder and one count of unlawful possession of a firearm used to commit murder.March 7, 2018 Birmingham, Alabama 1 2Huffman High School: One student was killed and another injured when shots were fired in the school building, prompting the school to go into lock-down shortly after the bell rang for school dismissal. Law enforcement originally labeled the shooting as "accidental". Subsequently, a 17-year-old male student was charged with manslaughter and will be charged as "being a certain person forbidden to possess a pistol". Although the school has metal detectors, they were not being used that day. School resource officers were onsite at the time of the shooting.March 7, 2018 Jackson, Mississippi 0 1Jackson State University: A student was shot inside a dormitory. His injuries were not life-threatening.March 8, 2018 Mobile, Alabama 0 1University of South Alabama: One person was hospitalized after a shooting on campus.March 9, 2018 Lexington, Kentucky 0 1 (the perpetrator)Frederick Douglass High School: A 16-year-old male student unintentionally shot himself with a gun he had smuggled into a classroom, sustaining an injury to his left thumb. Police announced they were charging him with wanton endangerment and possession of a weapon on school property. After the shooting, the school superintendent announced that stationary metal detectors would be installed and all students would be required to enter through them.March 13, 2018 Seaside, California 0 1Seaside High School: A teacher accidentally discharged a firearm while teaching a public safety class, injuring one student.March 14, 2018 Birmingham, Alabama 2 (including the perpetrator) 1University of Alabama at Birmingham: A disgruntled employee entered the UAB Highlands Hospital on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham and shot two hospital employees, fatally wounding one, on the second floor. The perpetrator then shot and fatally wounded himself.March 20, 2018 Great Mills, Maryland 2 (including the perpetrator) 1Great Mills High School: The school was placed on lock-down after a shooting occurred in the morning. A 17-year-old male student, armed with a handgun, shot and fatally injured a female student (with whom he had a prior relationship) and wounded a male student. The student shot himself in the head, fatally, while the school resource officer simultaneously shot at him.April 12, 2018 Raytown, Missouri 0 1South Middle School: A man was shot in the stomach in the parking lot during a track meet.April 20, 2018 Ocala, Florida 0 1Forest High School: A student shot through the door of the school with a Sawed-off shotgun shortly before a national school walkout for gun control measures. The student had recently dropped out and had planned a much more serious school shooting. His injuries were not life-threatening. The 19-year-old former student was arrested.May 11, 2018 Palmdale, California 0 1Highland High School: A 14-year-old former student allegedly fired a semi-automatic rifle shortly before classes were to begin. A 15-year-old was struck in the shoulder but went into surgery and was expected to recover fully. The suspect ditched the gun in a field and was arrested nearby, and faces a charge of attempted murder.May 16, 2018 Dixon, Illinois 0 1 (the perpetrator)Dixon High School: A 19-year-old student recently kicked off the football team allegedly fired shots prior to graduation rehearsal. A school resource officer shot the suspect, who suffered non-life-threatening injuries.May 18, 2018 Santa Fe, Texas 10 13 (including the perpetrator)Santa Fe High School shooting: The school was evacuated when fire alarms were pulled at 7:45 am after students said they had heard gunshots. The shooter (Dimitrios Pagourtzis) started in the art room, then went through the art hallway. The shooter had a Remington 870 shotgun and a .38 caliber revolver. Multiple IEDs, pressure cookers, Molotov cocktails, pipe bombs, propane tanks, and other homemade explosives were also found around the school and parking lot.May 18, 2018 Jonesboro, Georgia 1 3Mount Zion High School: An argument led to a shooting in a parking lot after a high school graduation ceremony for graduates of Perry Learning Center. Mount Zion High School provided overflow parking for people attending the ceremony.May 25, 2018 Noblesville, Indiana 0 2Noblesville West Middle School shooting: Two people were shot and injured in a shooting at Noblesville West Middle School in Noblesville, Indiana. The shooter is an unnamed middle school student who exited his science classroom and re-entered with a gun. When he returned, he shot a female student and the science teacher, identified as Jason Seamen. Seamen was shot in the abdomen, hip, and forearm. The gun was wrestled away by Seamen after both he and the female student were shot.August 17, 2018 Wellington, Florida 0 2Two people were shot and injured at a football game in Palm Beach Central High School in Wellington, Florida.August 20, 2018 Atlanta, Georgia 0 0A shootout erupted on the campus of Georgia State University the night before classes started.August 30, 2018 San Francisco, California 0 1One student was injured when two students were joking around about guns, and one student discharged a firearm at Balboa High School in San Francisco, California. 4 students were arrested in this incident, and 2 were allowed to go back to school. The school was on lock-down along with three other schools in the area for two hours.September 5, 2018 Providence, Rhode Island 1 1 (the perpetrator)William Parsons, a 15-year-old student at Central High School, was shot and killed outside Providence Career and Technical Academy in Providence, Rhode Island. Police said that two young men got into an altercation and shots were fired, hitting the victim, who was uninvolved. The 16-year-old suspect accidentally shot and injured himself while trying to get away, under a mile from the scene.September 10, 2018 Memphis, Tennessee 0 1A teen girl was injured after shots were fired into school bus full of students attending Fairley High School.September 11, 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada 1 0An 18-year-old student was shot at Canyon Springs High School near the baseball field and later died of his injuries at a hospital.October 29, 2018 Matthews, North Carolina 1 1A David W. Butler High School freshman, 16 year old Jatwan Craig Cuffie, fatally shot sophomore Bobby McKeithen. Cuffie is in custody and charged with first-degree murder.December 13, 2018 Richmond, Indiana 1 (the perpetrator) 014-year-old Brandon Clegg attempted a shooting on Dennis Intermediate School. He took two guns and threatened to kill her boyfriend if he did not drive him to the school. Informed of his intentions by his own mother, police arrived just before he was able to begin his attack. After exchanging shots with officers, Clegg shot his way through a locked glass door and entered the school, where he continued to shoot at officers. After he was cornered in one of the school's stairwell, Clegg committed suicide by shooting himself.January 25, 2019 Mobile, Alabama 0 2Two males were wounded after basketball game at Davidson High School, but between Blount High School and Murphy High School, the 15-year old suspect fled the scene before law enforcement arrived and was not arrested until February 8 (making him the first school shooter to ever go two weeks without being caught). His mother was arrested for harboring a fugitve.February 8, 2019 Baltimore, Maryland 0 1A 25-year-old was confronted by an adult staff member of Frederick Douglas High School, as to his purpose on being on school grounds, in response the gunman shot and injured the staff member.February 12, 2019 Kansas City, Missouri 1 0During a basketball game at the Central Academy for Excellence, an argument between two groups led to the groups being escorted out in a staggered fashion. However, as the second group was being escorted out 15-year old Anjanique Wright in the group was shot and later pronounced dead at the hospital. Two female students were charged with her murder.February 14, 2019 Rio Rancho, New Mexico 0 0A 16-year-old student at V. Sue Cleveland High School discharged a handgun inside the school before classes started and was arrested off school grounds.March 22, 2019 Blounstville, Alabama 0 1A substitute teacher at Blountsville Elementary School, unlawfully brought a small caliber weapon into the classroom, which discharged while in his pocket. One student reportedly had minor injuries, and the substitute was arrested.April 1, 2019 Prescott, Arkansas 0 1A 14-year-old male student with a concealed weapon shot a 14-year-old classmate at Prescott High School in what police described as a “premeditated attack”. The victim was airlifted to a nearby hospital and is in stable condition. The shooter was apprehended by school resource officers.April 25, 2019 Dekalb County 0 10A man who was in the woods shot and injured 10 children at a with pellet or BB gun at a DeKalb County elementary school playground.