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school shooting stories: 77 news summaries

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Columbine Killer's Mom Had 'No Inkling' About Dylan

Her essay is first detailed comment from a parent of the killers

Oct 10, 09 4:19 PM CDT
(AP) - A rare glimpse into the behavior of a Columbine killer the morning of the attack: "I was getting dressed for work when I heard Dylan bound down the stairs and open the front door," writes his mother in O magazine. "Wondering why he was in such a... More »

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(AP) - Recently discovered records show the Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor nearly a year and half before the worst mass shootings in modern US history. Seung-Hui Cho denied the thoughts in a session with counselor Sherry Lynch Conrad on Dec. 14, 2005. On April 16, 2007,... More »

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iPhone App Offers
School Shooter Game

Critics wonder how, why Apple approved

Jul 20, 09 11:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new iPhone game that glorifies school shootings somehow got through the Apple screeners, PC World reports. “Zombie School,” from the just-as-politically-incorrect company Retarded Arts, lets players pick off “zombie” cheerleaders, principals, and quarterbacks from atop a “zombie shooting tower.” Worse, adds TechCrunch, is the... More »

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UPDATED

 Coach Shot Dead 
 at Iowa School; 
 Ex-Player Arrested 

Adult gunman in custody

Jun 24, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A top Iowa high school football coach is dead after he was shot by a former player in the school’s weight room—with students nearby today, the Gazette of Cedar Rapids reports. Ed Thomas was shot point-blank in the head; no one else was hurt. The suspect, 24-year-old Mark... More »

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(Newser) - The man shot at Harvard University yesterday has died, the Boston Globe reports. The still-unidentified victim was shot in the entrance of a residence hall, and taken to a hospital in what police described at the time as stable condition. The university says the suspect has likely fled the area.... More »

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(Newser) - A Louisiana teenager shot himself in the head today after firing at a middle school teacher who refused to praise Marilyn Manson, Houmatoday.com reports. The 15-year-old Larose-Cut Off Middle School student, identified as Justin Doucet, left a suicide note saying he planned to go on a shooting spree. He... More »

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Georgia Prof Suspected in Triple Murder Still in US: Cops

Zinkhan's passport recovered from his car

May 4, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Authorities believe George Zinkhan, the University of Georgia professor accused of murdering his wife and two friends, has not left the country as they have his passport, police told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution today; the document was found in his abandoned car. Zinkhan was scheduled on a weekend flight to Amsterdam,... More »

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 12 Killed in Azerbaijan 
 School Shooting 

13 wounded; gunman kills self

Apr 30, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(AP) - A gunman opened fire at Azerbaijan's prestigious oil industry academy today, killing 12 and wounding 13 before turning the gun on himself. The suspect, Georgian citizen Farda Gadyrov, entered the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in Baku and climbed five floors of the building, shooting everyone he met along the way,... More »

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 Columbine Marks 
 10-Year Milestone 

Colorado comes together to remember victims, support survivors

Apr 20, 09 6:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Survivors of the Columbine High School massacre will gather today to mark 10 years since two seniors killed 12 classmates and a teacher in a bullet-fueled rampage that shook the country, USA Today reports. The anniversary is an opportunity for the community to come together for the survivors, Principal Frank... More »

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10 Years On, Schools Rusty on Columbine's Lessons

School security funding dries up a decade after shootings

Apr 14, 09 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A decade after the Columbine shootings, much of the extra funding for school security awarded in the wake of the massacre has dried up, the Wall Street Journal finds. Cutbacks such as scrapping the “cops in schools” program have educators worried, although some say improving bonds between adults and... More »

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German Gunman 'Totally Normal Teen'

Classmates say school shooter was shy but never seemed strange

Mar 14, 09 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 17-year-old who calmly gunned down his former classmates and teachers in Germany this week before taking his own life seemed like a normal teenager, Der Spiegel reports. Tim Kretschmer was inconspicuous and shy, schoolmates say, but he wasn't a loner and wasn't considered strange. Police say they have searched... More »

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(Newser) - Amid a wave of copycat threats, German police yesterday arrested a teenager suspected of planning to blow up a school near Düsseldorf, the London Times reports. Police discovered bomb-making instructions, gunpowder, and other weapons in the home of the 17-year-old after he threatened to destroy his school on April... More »

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 German Gunman Was 
 Calm, Ruthless: Witnesses 

Witnesses describe student's rampage

Mar 11, 09 3:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tim Kretschmer was calm and silent as he gunned down his former classmates today in southern Germany, witnesses tell the Telegraph. Kretschmer, 17, moved between classrooms dispatching his victims—mainly girls—with a weapon he’d brought from home. The only words survivors heard him say were “Aren’t... More »

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(Newser) - Fifteen people are dead after a 17-year-old went on a shooting spree at his former school in southern Germany; the gunman died hours later during a shootout in a nearby town. The assailant killed at least 11 people, mostly students, at the school before driving away. He then barricaded himself... More »

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 5 Shot Outside 
 Chicago High School 

Attackers opened fire as South Side students exited basketball game

Jan 10, 09 1:36 AM CST
(Newser) - Chicago cops are hunting gunmen who shot five people outside a South Side high school, reports the Chicago Tribune. The attackers opened fire from an SUV last night as a basketball game at Dunbar High School was ending. Witnesses say the gunmen pretended to fire before shooting into a crowd... More »

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Finnish Shooter Also Burned His Victims, Mainly Women

'He really went out with the intention of killing,' official says

Sep 24, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eight of the 10 victims in yesterday's shooting at a Finnish catering and tourism college were women, but it may take investigators weeks to identify the bodies—which Matti Saari charred with gasoline bombs after shooting, the Times of London reports. A college official described Saari as a “silent... More »

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(Newser) - Responding to a grieving Finland, the country's prime minister called for stricter gun laws in the wake of yesterday's school shooting. Matti Vanhanen questioned the legality of private handgun ownership, calling guns more fit for shooting ranges. It may be a difficult case to make in a country with 1.... More »

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 Finnish Cops Questioned 
 Shooter Yesterday 

YouTube videos show Saari firing at range

Sep 23, 08 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Finnish police yesterday arrested—and subsequently released—the 20-year-old they say killed 11 people, including himself, during a school shooting spree this morning, reports the Daily Telegraph. Authorities acted after finding a YouTube video of Matti Juhani Saari firing a handgun at a shooting range, and this posted message: "... More »

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 9 Dead In Finland 
 School Shooting 

Gunman shot himself after opening fire at vocational college

Sep 23, 08 7:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A shooting spree at a vocational college in Finland has left nine people dead and several others wounded, reports the BBC. The gunman, who is believed to be a 20-year-old student, entered the college wearing a ski mask and carrying an automatic weapon. Police say he finally turned the gun... More »

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Teen Gunned Down by Classmate at Tenn. HS

Suspect is in custody; Knoxville's Central HS placed under lockdown

Aug 21, 08 1:49 PM CDT
(AP) - A student fatally shot a 16-year-old classmate during a dispute today at a Tennessee high school. Other teens watched in horror as the victim clutched his chest and fell to the floor. "This wasn't a shooting that was a random act," a Knoxville policeman said. "It was... More »

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