2. A 15-year-old girl died at the scene at Marshall County High School in the town of Benton. Karla Ward. Irwin Goodman, 36-year-old mathematics teacher at William J. Gaynor Junior High School, was shot and killed in the school corridor by two boys. March 23, 1994: A 16-year-old student in Seattle is killed in a gang-related drive-by shooting at the school. Missy Jenkins Smith is. Tower Kills 12, Hits 33", "Boy, Teacher Shot by Youth at Grand Rapids", "The Shootings at Grand Rapids High School", "Youth, 18, Slays 4 Women and Child in Beauty School", "PEOPLE v. PISARSKI - 6 Ill. 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After being kicked off the soccer team for smoking on school grounds, 16-year-old student Blake Docter of, 15-year-old freshman student Dartagnan Young of. Allgood then committed suicide. The girls were bystanders. Kurd had made a disparaging remark about Nicholson's daughter during her recital. She worries that he isnt equipped to handle life outside prison and could still harm others. This list does not include the 1970 Kent State shootings, or bombings such as the Bath School disaster. 44-year-old David Taber entered Ford Middle School and took three hostages. At the High School, 15-year-old student Alexander Potter fired six shots at his teacher, Prof. There have been 7 school shootings this year that resulted in injuries or deaths. Injured. Headmaster Elliott Speer was murdered by a shotgun blast through the window at Northfield Mount Hermon School. Liebeskind shot and wounded Barnes, but Barnes and a second security guard returned fire and critically wounded Liebeskind with a shot to the neck. 56-year-old teacher Samson L. Freedman was killed by 14-year-old student Kevin Simmons as he left Morris E. Leeds School. A shooting at Marshall County High School in Western Kentucky killed a 15-year old boy and a 15-year-old girl and wounded 14 others, including four who were in critical condition . For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 14-year-old Tennyson Beard got into an argument with 15-year-old William Hachmeister at Morey Junior High School, shooting and wounding him. Bullying and mental illness. A 15-year-old student was shot in the chest at the PS 147 annex of Brooklyn Automotive Trades High School after refusing to give money to a gang of seven youths. Superintendent Ralph Ricardo said that the school board had no provisions to dismiss a teacher charged with attempted murder, and therefore Moore was allowed remain on the job until pleading guilty or being convicted of the charge. 41-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. 17-year-old student Major Ray Simmons shot and wounded three classmates, one critically, at, 14-year-old Kristofer Hans intended to shoot his French teacher, LaVonne Simonfy, at, A 15-year-old boy fired five shots in gym class at. Bailey Holt and Preston Cope, both 15, were killed in the shooting. During 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. A Kentucky man who killed three students and injured five more in a school shooting a quarter century ago has a chance at parole this week. A 16-year-old student at Stow High School shot and wounded his chemistry teacher during an argument. During 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. Carneal was believed to be one of the first school shooters to come up for parole; the rest died in their attacks or were condemned to life, the Courier Journal reported. Butler died, and Ward was acquitted. 15-year-old student Thomas "T.J." Solomon Jr. wounded six students at. After being ejected from school for disobedience, 20-year-old Thomas Squires fatally shot Prof. Hayes three times in the abdomen. When they showed up, Yates had armed himself. On September 27, 28-year-old Samuel George shot at 13-year-old Curtis McGuffie with a, 1981 alumnus Barry Wayne Shaw returned to his alma mater. Hildreth was arrested and was found to have acted in self-defense; no charges were filed. Many others were injured. He intended to leave the city that weekend. class from behind the school fence. Ingrim survived. Matt Bevin said. "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. During a four-hour period, gunfire hit 11 students in three separate school incidents; five were hospitalized. ABC News Missy Jenkins Smith was a student at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky, in 1997 when a shooter opened fire, killing three of her classmates and injuring her and four others. Seven others were taken . 18-year-old dropout Michael Pisarski killed his former girlfriend, 17-year-old Christine Mitchell, inside. The bus driver was also shot but survived. He missed and instead killed 11-year-old bystander Alejandro Vargas, a student at the school. While there were no fatalities, several students felt sparks from the bullets hitting the building walls. A man shot the school mistress for whipping his son. In the days following the Kentucky shooting, several news . During the standoff, Wickes periodically released 17 of the 18 hostages before shooting himself in the head nine hours into the siege, dying in the hospital later that night. Kentucky State Police says they were notified Sunday night about a shooting on Cassidy Creek Road. List of school shootings in the United States (2000-present) See also List of school shootings in the United States by death toll This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title List of school shootings in the United States. As 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. 24-year-old David Gary killed the 33-year-old Reverend Thomas Quinlan inside a classroom at St. James School. Three years later, Spencer learned that the blood sample taken after his arrest was found to have high levels of bromide, a popular painkiller he took for headaches. 14-year-old Dewitt Duckett was shot in the neck and killed at Harlem Park Junior High School. Genealogy staff will present a program on topics relevant to the field of genealogy. She had been working late after school, when a man with a revolver entered the schoolhouse and ordered her to obey him. All I said was, 'Shut up.' Arcelia was convicted of first degree murder and is serving a life sentence. The bullets and rocks struck the bus on the drivers side, with the bullets penetrating all the way through the bus. "The community healing as a whole, I don't think it happened," Kelly Hard Alsip, another one of the survivors of the shooting, told ABC News. He was expected to recover. A teenager fired a handgun at a security guard who had chased him and three friends off the grounds of Ralph J. Bunche Middle School. Two groups of teens fired handguns at each other across Lincoln High School's parking lot. After being caught with beer at the Orme School in Mayer, Arizona, 17-year-old Jarod Huskey went on a shooting rampage on the school campus, wounding two people, before being killed in a shootout with police. Four teenage witnesses who testified against the three in the first trial recanted, saying they were pressured by police to change their stories. 14-year-old Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of students, killing three and injuring five. He also said, "I'm sorry for what I did.". The other three boys were detained for questioning and then released to their parents. Five girls suffered minor injuries from broken glass. At Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, a 12-year-old boy fired a handgun at a vice principal, William Crumbaugh. During a parent-teachers' meeting, 15-year-old student Murlan Decker was accidentally shot by his younger brother, Luther. At the Cave Run School, James Barrett and Mack Howard argued over a card game and fought a duel with pistols, killing each other. After firing four shots down the hall at responding police officers, Wickes barricaded himself inside the classroom and a standoff ensued. Excluded from this list are the following: Shootings by school staff, where the only victims are other employees, are covered at workplace killings. 13-year-old Victor Cordova Jr. fatally shot 13-year-old Deming Middle School schoolmate Araceli Tena. Henry was shot in the chest and killed. The students killed in the shooting were 14-year-old Nicole Hadley, 17-year-old Jessica James, and 15-year-old Kayce Steger. Freedman had suspended Simmons earlier in the day for cursing in the hallway. Your Hometown Radio Station playing Brett Eldredge - Mean to Me, Gov. Verlin Spencer, the 38-year-old principal of South Pasadena Junior High School, killed five of his colleagues and left another seriously injured in shootings at two locations. While 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. Six-year-old Robert Lomas was hit and died instantly; six-year-old Arthur Shively was critically wounded. After being fired from his job as a substitute teacher for fighting with a student, Robert O. Wickes entered Brentwood East Junior High School in Brentwood, New York, dressed in camouflage fatigues and armed with a semi-automatic .22-caliber rifle and over 100 rounds of ammunition, to get revenge on the student, 15-year-old Luis Burgos. Student Mathews Flounoy Ward shot the schoolmaster William H.G. A Kentucky man who killed three students and injured five more in a school shooting 25 years ago was denied parole Monday. 81, iss. "But still very lost on how to feel and how to react to it. Thomas Thornton had been drinking and objected to Benedict telling him to calm down. Two former students were sought by police. 14-year-old Bernice Turner killed 14-year-old Pasquale Coletta inside the science classroom at Kelly High School. Just minutes before the first bell rang on the first day of school at, Three students were wounded when gang-related gunfire broke out at.