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  • February 2008

    • NIU Gunman Had Stopped Taking Meds

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 15, 08 10:38 AM CST

      NIU Gunman Had Stopped Taking Meds

      (Newser) - The gunman who killed five and wounded 15 in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall yesterday was identified this morning as Steven Kazmierczak, an ex-NIU grad student who had won top sociology department honors, the Chicago Tribune reports. "There were no red flags," said the campus police chief. But police said this morning he had recently stopped taking regular medication and had been behaving erratically. More »

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      Chicago  • college  • school shooting  • University of Chicago  • Northern Illinois University  • gunman  • gun violence

    • 6th Student Dies in NIU Shooting

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 15, 08 5:29 AM CST

      6th Student Dies in NIU Shooting

      (Newser) - A sixth victim of the gunman who opened fire in an Illinois college classroom yesterday has died and at least four more remain in critical condition. The assailant, a former grad student at Northern Illinois University, entered through a door to the right of the lecture stage and silently started shooting. He fired a shotgun at the more than 100 students in Geology 104, then shot and wounded the instructor with a handgun, and then shot himself. More »

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      college  • school shooting  • Northern Illinois University  • gunman  • gun violence

    • College Shooter Kills 5, Self

      Chicago Tribune  |  Feb 14, 08 6:06 PM CST

      College Shooter Kills 5, Self

      (Newser) - A gunman opened fire in a packed lecture hall at Northern Illinois University today, killing five students before fatally shooting himself, the Chicago Tribune reports. Another 16 people were wounded. Witnesses say the gunman, clad in black, entered the lecture hall without speaking and opened fire. He had a shotgun and two handguns. Police identified him only as a former grad student with no apparent criminal history. More »

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      college  • shooting  • Illinois  • school shooting  • Northern Illinois University  • DeKalb

    • Nursing Student Kills 2, Turns Gun on Self

      Associated Press  |  Feb 8, 08 2:47 PM CST

      Nursing Student Kills 2, Turns Gun on Self

      (Newser) - A student shot and killed two other students and herself this morning at the Louisiana Technical College in Baton Rouge, CNN reports. Police arrived within minutes, only to find all three already dead amidst widespread chaos. “There was mass pandemonium, people running,” a sergeant said. “One officer told me he could still smell gunpowder.” More »

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      school shooting  • Louisiana  • Baton Rouge

  • January 2008

    • Did Huckabee Cash In on School Shooting?

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 26, 08 3:18 PM CST

      Did Huckabee Cash In on School Shooting?

      (Newser) - The crime shook Arkansas: Two boys, 11 and 13, killed four classmates and a teacher in 1998 in what became known as the Jonesboro shootings. Within days, then-Gov. Mike Huckabee had a $25,000 book deal about youth violence. A decade later, the deal still rankles some who say the governor cashed in on tragedy, the Los Angeles Times reports. More »

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      Republicans  • Mike Huckabee  • school shooting  • Arkansas

  • December 2007

    • Va. Tech to Turn Shooting Site into Peace Studies Center

      Washington Post  |  Dec 20, 07 6:20 PM CST

      Va. Tech to Turn Shooting Site into Peace Studies Center

      (Newser) - Virginia Tech's Norris Hall will soon house the university's new Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention, in an effort to keep alive the memory of those who died in that building during the April 16 massacre. School officials announced the plan today, after a several months-long deliberation about how to use the massive, 4,300 square foot building, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      school shooting  • Virginia Tech shootings  • Virginia Tech  • academia

    • 6 Hit by Gunfire Leaving Las Vegas School Bus

      Associated Press  |  Dec 11, 07 7:12 PM CST

      6 Hit by Gunfire Leaving Las Vegas School Bus

      (Newser) - Gunfire hit six people as they stepped off a Las Vegas school bus around 2pm today, the AP reports. One adult male was hurt critically and one teenage male seriously after both were shot in the torso, a hospital spokeswoman said. Four others received minor gun shot wounds, and one has been released. Police suspect at least two gunmen in the shooting. More »

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      Las Vegas  • shooting  • school shooting  • student  • hospital  • gunman

  • November 2007

    • Students Aim to Put Guns on Campus

      Time  |  Nov 22, 07 11:43 AM CST

      Students Aim to Put Guns on Campus

      (Newser) - Thousands of college students think they have a way to make their campuses safer: more guns. Students with a license to carry concealed weapons should be able to do it on campus, argues the group Students for Concealed Carry on Campus. “It’s the basic right of self defense,” said one student. “Here on campus, we don’t have that right.” More »

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      college  • school shooting  • gun control  • college student

    • Finnish Killer Linked to US Teen

      Philadelphia Inquirer  |  Nov 13, 07 3:28 AM CST

      Finnish Killer Linked to US Teen

      (Newser) - The Finnish teenager who killed eight people and committed suicide last week chatted online with a Philadelphia area youth who plotted a Columbine-style assault at a suburban school. Dillon Cossey, 14, told his attorney that the Finnish youth "gave no indication he was going to do anything violent" and Cossey insisted he "offered nothing in the way of encouragement." More »

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      school shooting  • high school  • Columbine school massacre  • Pekka Eric Auvinen  • Dillon Cossey

    • School Shooters Connect Online

      Times (UK)  |  Nov 10, 07 6:40 AM CST

      School Shooters Connect Online

      (Newser) - The internet may be a training ground for teenage killers who were previously considered to be desperate loners, suggests the Times of London. Helsinki police believe that Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the Finnish 18-year-old who murdered eight fellow students before shooting himself Wednesday, had spoken in online message boards with Dylan Cossey, the Philadelphia teen arrested last month for planning an attack on his school. More »

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      school shooting  • Finland  • Columbine school massacre  • Pekka Eric Auvinen  • Dillon Cossey

    • Finland School Shooter Left Suicide Note

      Associated Press  |  Nov 8, 07 4:55 PM CST

      Finland School Shooter Left Suicide Note

      (Newser) - The Finnish gunman who killed nine people, including himself, and injured a dozen others yesterday left a suicide note in which he said goodbye to his family and "indicated his will against society," the AP reports. Police say the 18-year-old, who also attempted to set the school afire, fired at least 69 of the 500 round of ammunition he brought. More »

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      school shooting  • Finland

    • Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

      Reuters  |  Nov 7, 07 4:50 PM CST

      Finnish School Shooter Dies; Toll Now 9

      (Newser) - The teen who killed eight in a Finland school today has died in a hospital after a self-inflicted gunshot. Five boys, two girls and a woman identified as the school's principal were killed in the rampage in Tuusula, 40 miles north of Helsinki. "He was moving systematically through the school hallways … shooting through the doors," one witness told Reuters . More »

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      YouTube  • school shooting  • Finland

    • Finland School Shooting Linked to YouTube

      CNN  |  Nov 7, 07 11:20 AM CST

      Finland School Shooting Linked to YouTube

      (Newser) - At least eight people are dead at a high school in Finland where an 18-year-old opened fire today, CNN reports, and the killer seems to have left warnings of the spree on YouTube. Suspected gunman Pekka-Eric Auvinen, in critical condition at a hospital north of Helsinki, posted a video earlier today titled "Jokela High School Massacre - 11/7/2007." More »

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      YouTube  • school shooting  • Finland

  • October 2007

    • Philly Police Foil Teen's Plot to Attack School

      Associated Press  |  Oct 11, 07 8:51 PM CDT

      Philly Police Foil Teen's Plot to Attack School

      (Newser) - Police near Philadelphia raided the home of a 14-year-old boy and seized an arsenal of weapons—including an assault rifle and homemade grenades, along with 30 air-powered guns—the boy apparently wanted to use in a Columbine-style attack.  The home-schooled teen said he felt bullied and tried to recruit another boy to help him attack a nearby high school, the AP reported.  More »

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      school shooting  • Philadelphia  • Columbine school massacre

    • Ohio School Shooting Not Out of the Blue

      Associated Press  |  Oct 11, 07 6:42 AM CDT

      Ohio School Shooting Not Out of the Blue

      (Newser) - Asa Coon, the Cleveland 14-year-old who shot two teachers and two classmates yesterday before turning his gun on himself, had a troubled past that included fights at school and a suicide attempt, reports the AP. Coon twice spent time in juvenile facilities, was charged with domestic violence against his mother, and was suspended before the attack for fighting with another student at SuccessTech Academy. More »

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      school shooting  • gun violence

    • Cleveland Teen Shoots Four, Then Kills Self

      Reuters  |  Oct 10, 07 5:27 PM CDT

      Cleveland Teen Shoots Four, Then Kills Self

      (Newser) - A 14-year-old student killed himself after opening fire at his Cleveland high school today, inflicting non-fatal gunshot wounds on two adults and two students, Reuters reports. The incident occurred in early afternoon at SuccessTech Academy. Various media reports suggested that the boy had been suspended prior to the shooting spree. The adults were reported to be in stable condition. More »

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      school shooting  • Cleveland

  • September 2007

    • Student Charged in Del. State Shooting

      News Journal (Del.)  |  Sep 24, 07 6:39 PM CDT

      Student Charged in Del. State Shooting

      (Newser) - An 18-year-old Delaware State freshman was charged with attempted murder today in Friday's shooting of two other students. The alleged gunman had been in a fight with one of the victims earlier in the week and sought revenge after an unidentified person spit in his face, the Wilmington News Journal reports, quoting the arrest warrant. More »

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      school shooting  • Delaware State University

    • Delaware St. Shooting Probe Focuses on Students

      Associated Press  |  Sep 21, 07 5:21 PM CDT

      Delaware St. Shooting Probe Focuses on Students

      (Newser) - Police have identified two students as "persons of interest" in the investigation of the shooting of two fellow students early this morning on the Delaware State campus. One was in custody for questioning this afternoon, the AP reports. One of the two 17-year-old victims refused to answer questions from the police, suggesting he may know the shooter. More »

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      school shooting  • Delaware State University

    • Two Students Wounded in Delaware State Shooting

      Associated Press  |  Sep 21, 07 6:49 AM CDT

      Two Students Wounded in Delaware State Shooting

      (Newser) - Two students were wounded early this morning in a shooting at Delaware State University. The campus was locked down, as police search for the shooter. Both students are alive, one with serious wounds that a university spokesman called “potentially life-threatening.” Classes are canceled for the day, with students and faculty told to remain in their buildings until further notice. More »

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      school shooting  • Delaware  • Delaware State University

    • Amish Community Heals, Slowly

      Lancaster (Pa.) New Era  |  Sep 13, 07 12:12 PM CDT

      Amish Community Heals, Slowly

      (Newser) - It's been almost a year since the shooting spree at an Amish schoolhouse in rural Pennsylvania in which five girls were killed and five wounded. In the Lancaster New Era, the families talk with stunning directness about the particular pain of losing a child and making peace with the "new normal." "You can wake up one day and think, 'You know what? I'm starting to heal," says one mother . More »

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      school shooting  • family  • Pennsylvania  • Amish

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