[ Hazards & Disasters
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[
Human Events ] [
Shootings ]
School Shootings
1989 January 17th. - USA, California,
Stockton, Cleveland Elementary School: Gunman killed 5 children and
wounded 30 others.
1989 December 6th
- Canada, Montreal: Around 5pm, Marc Lepine walked into an engineering
classroom at a university with a rifle and ordered two separate groups,
men in one, female students in the other. He sent the males out of the
room and started executing the nine remaining female students. Afterwards,
he continued the shooting spree through the hall, the cafeteria, and
upper floor classrooms. There, he shot at the other women before committing
suicide. In the end, 14 women were killed and 15 of mixed gender were
seriously injured.
1996 February 2nd. - USA, Washington, Moses Lake High School:
a 14-year-old student shot 3 people (a teacher and 2 students) to death
and wounded another student.
1996 March 13th - United Kingdom, Scotland, Dunblane; Around
9:30, Thomas Hamilton parked his car in the school's parking lot and
cut several phone lines on a telephone pole. Armed with two 3-mm Browning
pistols, two Smith & Wesson revolvers, and ammunition, he entered
the school through a side door. Inside, he advanced while shooting indiscriminately
and in rapid succession. Within three to four minutes, he fired fifty-eight
shots before shooting himself. 17 people, including 16 five-year olds
died, and 14 other were injured.
1997 February 19th. - USA, Alaska, Bethel High School: 16-year-old
student shot principal and 1 student to death, 2 other students were
injured.
1997 October 1st. - USA, Mississippi, Pearl High School: after
killing his mother, a 16-year-old student killed 2 classmates, including
his ex-girlfriend, and injured 6 others.
1997 December 1st. - USA, Kentucky, West Paducah, Heath High School:
14-year-old student killed 3 students and wounded 5 others at an informal
prayer meeting.
1998 March 24th. - USA, Arkansas, Jonesboro, Westside Middle
School: two 11- and 13- year old boys opened fire at Westside Middle
School after a hoax firealarm; 5 people died, 12 were injured.
1998 April 24th. - USA, Pennsylvania, Edinboro, Parker Middle
School: at a graduation party a 14-year-old killed a teacher and wounded
3 other people.
1998 May 17th. - USA, Oregon, Springfield, Thurston High School:
a 15-year-old teenager carried out a shooting rampage. 2 classmates
died and 22 others were injured.
1998 May 19th. - USA, Tennessee, Fayetteville, Lincoln County
High School: an 18-year-old student was shot in a school parking lot
dispute over a girl by another 18-year-old student.
1998 June 15th. - USA, Virginia, Richmond, Armstrong High School:
14-year-old shooter injured 2 teachers.
1999 April 20th. - USA, Colorado, Littleton, Columbine High School:
in the most violent school assault in U.S. history two students, 17
and 18 years old, fired more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition and detonated
30 explosive devices during their rampage. 12 people were killed; 24
students were injured, some of them critically, 160 patients had to
be triaged, and more than 2,000 people were evacuated during the shooting.
In the aftermath of the violence more than 60 other live explosives
were found in and around the school.
1999 April 28th. - Canada, Alberta, Taber, W.R. Myers High School:
first fatal High School shooting in the country in 20 years; 1 student
was killed another one injured.
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1999 May 20th.
- USA, Georgia, Conyers, Heritage High School: 15-year-old gunman injured
6 students.
1999 August 10th. - USA, Los Angeles, North Valley Jewish Community
Center: at 10:40 AM, a self-proclaimed white supremacist entered the North
Valley Jewish Community Center in Granada Hills, a quiet suburb in the
northern part of Los Angeles. There were about 70 children, ages 5-12,
and some staff members in the building at the time. The offender immediately
opened fire in the front hallway with a machine gun. He shot about 70
rounds and wounded 5 people.
1999
September 15th.
- USA, Texas, Fort Worth: a gunman opened fire in a Baptist church during
a prayer service. The shooting claimed the lives of 7 people including
3 teenagers. 8 others were injured, some critically.
1999 November 1st. - Germany, Bad Reichenhall: a 16-year-old
teenager opened fire from his home in the small town of Bad Reichenhall
in southern Germany. 4 people died and 6 were injured in front of the
adjacent hospital. It took nearly an hour to evacuate the critically
injured.
1999 November 19th. - USA, New Mexico, Deming Middle School: 13-year-old
shooter killed 1 person
1999 December 6th. - USA, Oklahoma, Fort Gibson's Middle School:
in another school shooting, a 13-year-old student fired at least 15
rounds from a semiautomatic handgun and wounded 4 students.
1999 December 7th. - The Netherlands, Veghel, De Leijgraaf High
School: a 17-year-old student opened fire injuring a teacher and three
students. Such incidents are extremely rare in the Netherlands, where
gun control is strict and weapons are available only on the black market.
2000 February 29th. - USA, Michigan, Mount Morris Township, Buell
Elementary School: a six-year-old boy shot and killed a six-year-old
girl with a .32-caliber handgun.
2001
March 5th. - USA, California, Santee near San Diego, Santana High
School: 15-year old student opened fire and killed two students and
wounded 13 other people
2001 March 22nd.
- USA, California, El Cajon near San Diego, Granite Hills High School:
18-year old student started shooting and wounded 5 people
2003 September
24th - USA, Minnesota, Cold Spring, Rocori High School: A 15-year-old
boy opened fire in the weight room and the gym; a veteran teacher talked
the boy into handing over the small-caliber handgun. When police arrived,
the boy was in the custody of the school's staff; one student died and
another was critically wounded.
2005 March 21st
– USA, Minnesota, Beltrami County, Red Lake High School: A student
killed his grandparents at their home and then went on a shooting rampage
with two handguns and a shotgun at a 300-student school on a sovereign
Indian reservation near the Canadian border; eight people (a teacher,
a security guard, 5 students, and the assailant) died at the school
and 12 others were injured.
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