The National School Safety Center's Report on School Associated
Transcript of The National School Safety Center's Report on School Associated
The National School Safety Center's Report on
School Associated Violent DeathsInternet: www.schoolsafety.usE-mail: [email protected]
In-House Report of the National School Safety Center141 Duesenberg Drive, Suite 11 • Westlake Village, CA 91362 • Ph: 805/373-9977 • Fax: 805/373-9277
Dr. Ronald D. Stephens, Executive Director
DEFINITION: A school-associated violent death is any homicide, suicide, or weapons-related violent death in the United States in which the fatal injury occurred: 1) on the property of a functioning public, private or parochial elementary or secondary school, Kindergarten through grade 12, (including alternative schools);2) on the way to or from regular sessions at such a school; 3) while person was attending or was on the way to or from an official school-sponsored event;4) as an obvious direct result of school incident/s, function/s or activities, whether on or off school bus/vehicle or school property.
* Note: Not a scientific survey. Since information is taken from newspaper clipping services, it is possible that not all such clippings have reached the NSSC.
SCOPE:Newspaper accounts, on which NSSC bases this report, frequently do not list names and ages of those who are charged with the deaths of others. Such omissions were in some cases because the person charged was a minor. In some instances, persons were killed in drive-by shootings, gang encounters or during melees in which the killer was not identified, and the killers were either never apprehended or were caught days or months after the crime was first reported. As a result, more is known about victims than about perpetrators and therefor information in this report relates more to victims thatn to perpetrators.
DATES:This report covers all reported school associated violent deaths that the National School Safety Center knows of from the 1992-1993 School year to present. For purposes of this study, the new school year begins on August 1st.
MISSING INFORMATION:The National School Safety Center has worked hard to make this study as accurate as possible. If you are aware of school associated violent deaths that are not reported in the study please contact us at the above address. Please include articles or references to confirm the accuracy of the account.
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DETAILS
1992-1993 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident9/21/1992 South Shore High School
Brooklyn, NYDamion Ennis, 15, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed with 4.5 inch dagger by classmate, Michael Bubb, 16, after argument about football game
2,300,6649/25/1992 Miller High School
Fontana, CAMichael A. Arrellano, 15, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedStab/Slashing stabbed twice by 14-year-old (believed to be gang-related)
87,5359/30/1992 Paramount High School
Paramount, CASheila Lorta, 16, Female, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting caught in gang gunfire while crossing street in front of school on way to cheerleading practice; shot in the head
47,66910/6/1992 Northbrook High School
Houston, TXLuis Mesa, 16, Male, Student
PlaygroundGang-RelatedShooting gang fight; died from shotgun wound inflicted by Juan Diaz, 15, at playground of Hollibrook Elementary School
1,630,55310/12/1992 Desert View High School
Tucson, AZOscar Daniel Leon, 16, Male, Student
School Parking LotGang-RelatedShooting shot with .22 by Antonio Redondo, 20, in a gang-related incident
405,39010/13/1992 Jenner Elementary School
Chicago, ILDantrell Davis, 7, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting shot in gang gunfire near home, while walking to school
2,783,72610/17/1992 James Logan High School
Union City, CAThomas E. Weinhofer, 41, Male, Parent
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed by group of teens when he got out of car to stop youths from jumping on his car while he was waiting across street from school for daughter and wife attending band competition53,762
11/6/1992 Berkner High SchoolRichardson, TX
Sean Patrick Cooper, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting victim accidentally followed assailant's car after leaving school parking lot; victim pulled from stopped car and shot in chest with shotgun; friend riding in car beaten; possibly gang-related74,840
11/10/1992 Sherman Elementary SchoolChicago, IL
Willie Clayborn, 13, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting accidentally shot self with .22 pistol while playing with gun from home
2,783,72611/13/1992 Langham Creek High School
Houston, TXRita Bertsch Wenzel, 39, Female, Teacher
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
Chair of Special Education Department; gunned down by estranged husband
1,630,55311/13/1992 Langham Creek Hig School
Houston, TXSteve Wenzel, 39, Male, Other
On CampusSuicideShooting2
shot self after killing estranged wife, an employee of the school
1,630,55311/16/1992 Fairfield High School
Birmingham, ALMichael Jackson, Jr., 16, Male, Student
On CampusRobberyShooting shot in back of head after a chase by four youths trying to steal victim's athletic jacket
265,96811/20/1992 Edward Tilden High School
Chicago, ILDelondyn Lawson, 15, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting bystander to argument; shot in back by Joseph White, 15, while standing in school hallway outside 2nd floor science classroom
2,783,726
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12/3/1992 Woodson SchoolChicago, IL
Frederick Williams, 19, Male, Other
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting lived across the street from school; shot several times while playing basketball by two men who entered gym and shot victim and wounded another man
2,783,72612/10/1992 Southwestern Middle School
Deland, FLTereas Lacey, 14, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing fatally stabbed in fight after a youth athletic league basketball game by Franklin James Pickett, 20
16,49112/14/1992 Simon's Rock College
Great Barrington, MANacunan L. Saiz, , Male, Teacher
On CampusUnknownShooting2
Simon's Rock College is a small college for high school age students in Great Barrington, MA. On Dec. 14, 1992, a student named Wayne Lo went on a random shooting rampage. When it was over, a security guard and several students were wounded; professor Saiz and an 18-year-old student named Galen Gibson were dead. Name and age of the professor are not known.
9,000
12/14/1992 Simon's Rock CollegeGreat Barrington, MA
Galen Gibson, 18, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting2
Simon's Rock College is a small college for high school age students in Great Barrington, MA. On Dec. 14, 1992, a student named Wayne Lo went on a random shooting rampage. When it was over, a security guard and several students were wounded; a professor and an 18-year-old student named Galen Gibson were dead.
8,000
12/17/1992 PS 15 Elementary SchoolBrooklyn, NY
Patrick Daly, 48, Male, Administrator
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting principal at school for 24 years; shot with 9mm semiautomatic in gang crossfire while seeking 9-year-old student who left school after a fight
2,300,6641/8/1993 Pequea Valley High School
Leola, PATimothy Stauffer, 17, Male, Student
On CampusAccidentalShooting accidentally shot with pistol by 15-year-old
1/12/1993 Anthony Junior-Senior HighAnthony, TX
Raul Martinez, 16, Male, Student
HallwayHate CrimeStab/Slashing while standing by school locker; stabbed by Danny Corral, 14, who had objected to victim's long hair and boasted he would kill victim before day was over
3,3281/12/1993 Norland High School
Miami, FLConroy Robinson, 18, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting after school; shot repeatedly in chest and legs after school following alleged dispute with other students
358,5481/13/1993 William Orr Junior High
Las Vegas, NVMark Nolan, 39, Male, Other
Athletic Field/GymSuicideShooting Las Vegas hotel security guard; suicide; depressed over breakup of his marriage, he shot himself through heart; body discovered by two students
258,2951/15/1993 Boston High School
Boston, MAAxel Reyes, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting shot in gang-related brawl on subway on way home from school
574,2831/18/1993 East Carter High School
Grayson, KYDeanna McDavid, 48, Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting2
teacher and custodian held hostage with class, then shot by senior student Scott Pennington, 17
3,5101/18/1993 East Carter High School
Grayson, KYMarvin Hicks, 51, Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting2
custodian at school; held hostage with teacher and class, then shot by senior student Scott Pennington, 17
3,5101/21/1993 Fairfax High School
Los Angeles, CADemetrius Rice, 16, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeAccidentalShooting shot by stray bullet from .375 Magnum that discharged in classmate's knapsack during class
3,485,398
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1/22/1993 Mission Bay High SchoolSan Diego, CA
Michael Johnson, 15, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedStab/Slashing a bystander to gang fight, victim was stabbed with a screw driver and knife by Michael Aragon, 18
1,110,5491/28/1993 Hoover High School
San Diego, CARafael Romo, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedStab/Slashing stabbed in gang altercation across street from school
1,110,5492/1/1993 Amityville High School
Amityville, NYRandel Artis, 17, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting outside guidance counselor's office; shot in stomach with .22 caliber, 9-shot handgun by Shem McCoy, 17
9,2862/1/1993 Redmond Junior High School
Redmond, WAJason Domenico, 14, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting suicide on school grounds at 6:30 a.m.
35,8002/4/1993 Mount Eden High School
Hayward, CAAnthony Lovos, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolSuicideShooting suicide; shot self in head while fleeing school in his car during police chase
111,4982/4/1993 North Clayton High School
Clayton County, GAJames Holiday, 18, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Holiday, a student at Benjamin E. Banneker High School, shot in chest by ex-North Clayton student Damion Sinkfield, 17, in the school parking lot while 40 students looked on182,052
2/8/1993 Washington-Dix Street AcademyWashington, DC
Kenneth W. Jackson, 21, Male, Student
On CampusRobberyShooting shot in apparent robbery at the doorway to alternative high school
528,9642/8/1993 Middle River School
Middle River, MNEric Melby, 14, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting suicide; shot self in head with 30-30 rifle he had brought to school
2852/18/1993 Kimball High School
Dallas, TXAndrew Castillo, 17, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot with 9mm semiautomatic handgun while waiting in driver's seat of car outside school as he waited for his 17-year-old girlfriend, Elizabeth Alvarez; shot by Jesse Estrello, 21, former boyfriend of Alvarez and also a student at the school
1,006,877
2/22/1993 Reseda High SchoolReseda, CA
Michael Shean Ensley, 17, Male, Student
HallwayGang-RelatedShooting shot in chest by Robert Heard, 15; two students thought to be members of rival tagger gangs; both transfer students
3,485,3982/24/1993 Cleveland High School
Reseda, CARocio Delgado, 16, Female, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting innocent bystander to gang confrontation
3,485,3982/24/1993 Junior High School 25
New York, NYAngel Jimenez, 15, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed with 4'' dagger by classmate John Rodriguez, 15, in a long-running feud over a pair of sunglasses
7,322,5642/26/1993 Century High School
Santa Ana, CAJose Luis Lopez, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting shot by revenge-seeking gang member Miguel Camarena, 19, while driving to school
293,742
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2/26/1993 Gloucester High SchoolGloucester, MA
William Gross, 15, Male, Student
CafeteriaSuicideShooting shot self in head with .22
28,7163/11/1993 Southeastern Middle School
Detroit, MIMontae Rowser, 16, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot in chest during argument on bus with 16-year-old student from rival school
1,027,9743/18/1993 Harlem High School
Harlem, GARodricas Gibson, 15, Female, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting victim and friend shot by 15-year-old ninth-grader Edward Bryant Gillom in argument over Gillom's involvement with a 14-year-old girl
2,1993/25/1993 Sumner High School
St. Louis, MOTony Hall, 17, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot in back of head with pistol by ex-girlfriend Lawanda Jackson, 19
396,6853/26/1993 Lamar High School
Bryan, TXBilly C. Williams, 16, Male, Student
CafeteriaInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed in chest with a kitchen paring knife during a five-student free-for-all argument about track meet the night before
55,0024/3/1993 Grant High School
Sacramento, CAVodrick Johnson, 16, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting shot by youth with shotgun while walking bicycles with friend Redell Webster, 18, along school baseball field; Webster was injured
369,3654/12/1993 Dartmouth High School
Dartmouth, MAJason Robinson, 16, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed with knife by Karter Reed, 16, perhaps mistakenly; Reed, cousin Gator Collet, 16, and Nigel Thomas, 15, were looking for Shawn Pina, who had beaten Thomas and insulted Thomas' mother27,244
4/14/1993 Nimitz High SchoolIrving, TX
Jose Balderas Jr., 17, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting while walking with girlfriend; shot in back of head by Max Martinez, 17, over victim's insult of Martinez' girlfriend
155,0374/15/1993 Ford Middle School
Acushnet, MACarole Day, 51, Female, Other
HallwayUnknownShooting school nurse; shot in back with shotgun after being held hostage by David Taber, 42, who lived a few miles from school and had history of mental illness
9,5544/16/1993 Grant High School
Sacramento, CAFred Lawson, 43, Male, Bystander
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting Little League coach; shot in head by stray bullet during baseball game
369,3654/16/1993 Mount Tahoma High School
Tacoma, WALourie Harding, 33, Female, Other
On CampusSuicideShooting suicide; found by a passerby underneath a temporary school building closed during spring break; shot in chest and holding .357 Magnum; father reported her to be despondent176,664
4/26/1993 Millbrook High SchoolRaleigh, NC
Bran Greene, 16, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot through the heart by Michael Edward Blanton, 20, during fistfight
207,9515/21/1993 Boston High School
Boston, MATelly Coleman, 15, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot twice as a bystander to a student dispute while leaving school subway station
574,2835/22/1993 Garrett Morgan School of
ScienceCleveland, OH
Andre Cooper, 14, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideJump suicide; jumped to death from 2nd floor of school; despondent over suspension for misbehavior
505,616
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5/24/1993 Upper Perkiomen High SchoolRed Hill, PA
Michael Swan, 16, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeBully-RelatedShooting shot in head with 9-mm automatic by 15-year-old Jason Michael Smith, who had been bullied by the victim
1,7945/27/1993 Nicholls High School
New Orleans, LAGerald Dordain, 15, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot four times with 9-mm pistol by student in a schoolyard scuffle
496,9387/2/1993 Greenwood High School
Bowling Green, KYAlan Travelstead, 18, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting at farm; shot in head by mentally ill John Wallace Gentry, 17, after being told to "take fight off school property" by school counselor
40,6411993-1994 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident8/9/1993 Lafayette Elementary School
Los Angeles, CACatherine Tucker, 46, Female, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting school crossing guard; abducted from intersection where she worked; shot in head once during carjacking by Virgil Jason Clarke, 18, and two other teenagers
3,485,3988/31/1993 Harper High School
Atlanta, GAMarcus Taylor, 15, Male, Student
CafeteriaInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot with .22 handgun by student with whom victim had been feuding
394,0179/2/1993 Roosevelt High School
Dallas, TXDeMarkous McLemore, 15, Male, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting shot by killer carrying two guns
1,006,8779/18/1993 Central Middle School
Sheridan, WYKevin Newman, 29, Male, Other
Athletic Field/GymSuicideShooting shot self after shooting randomly at students in gym class and wounding four
13,9009/22/1993 Marvin Avenue Elementary
Los Angeles, CAFelita Jeter, 36, Female, Other
HallwayUnknownUnkown woman who lived in neighborhood; found laying dead in breezeway at school at 7:00 a.m. as teachers and children were beginning to arrive at school; unknown cause of death, pending autopsy3,485,398
9/25/1993 Weatherless ElementaryWashington, DC
Launice Smith, 4, Female, Bystander
Athletic Field/GymAccidentalShooting2
gang-related shooting occurred during Saturday afternoon pickup game; Steven Chadwick, 19, and Anthony D. Dawkins, 22, were both charged
528,9649/25/1993 Weatherless Elementary
Washington, DCKervin Brown, 23, Male, Other
Athletic Field/GymGang-RelatedShooting2
gang-related shooting occurred during Saturday afternoon pickup game; Steven Chadwick, 19, and Anthony D. Dawkins, 22, were both charged
528,96410/12/1993 Dover High School
New Castle, DELaura Beth Moyer, 16, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting shot self with .32 in bathroom of in-school clinic
4,83710/14/1993 Redford High School
Detroit, MIFrank Miles, 15, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopGang-RelatedShooting shot accidentally by gang members in front of school at bus stop
1,027,97410/18/1993 Kecoughton High School
Hampton, VAJaval Allen, 16, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed by 15-year-old in school argument, reportedly over a girl
133,793
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10/28/1993 Gladstone Middle SchoolHazelwood, PA
Michael Rozgonyi, 15, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopUnknownStab/Slashing stabbed in neck with penknife by suspect Sean Bane, 14, at school bus stop after Bane got off bus
10/31/1993 Eureka Elementary SchoolGranite Bay, CA
Cherilyn Hawkey, 39, Female, Teacher
Near SchoolUnknownStrangling/Asphyziation
abducted from school; body found in van near Oakhills Elementary School; death occurred 10/29/93 or 10/30/93
11/1/1993 Sullivan High SchoolChicago, IL
Kati Faber, 15, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting shot in back with semiautomatic by classmate Troy Jones, 15
2,783,72611/4/1993 Terry Parker High School
Jacksonville, FLRichard Jefferson Mitchell, 14, Male, Student
On CampusRobberyShooting while waiting outside school for father to pick him up; shot in head and hip by Omar Jones, 19, during attempted robbery
672,97111/4/1993 New Britain High School
New Britain, CTMiguel DeJesus Jr., 18, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting shot repeatedly by masked gunman on steps of the school
75,49111/5/1993 Bay Springs High School
Bay Springs, MSJason Ratcliff, 16, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting shot: a .38 caliber handgun was found in a culvert on a street just off campus; the gun had been brought to school by another student; death still unsolved as of 5/13/98
1,72911/6/1993 Thaddeus Stevens School
Elliott, PAKristina Grill, 15, Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing2
both attended Langley High School; Grill was 20 weeks pregnant; stabbed in neck by boyfriend, Maurice Bailey, 15, after he tried to persuade the girl to have an abortion or put baby up for adoption
11/9/1993 Lane Technical High SchoolChicago, IL
Alfredo Mercado, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting shot by youth standing on sidewalk as victim was in car driving to school
2,783,72611/11/1993 Ridgely Elementary School
Springfield, ILHarold Page III, 14, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting discovered shot twice in head; victim had been member of gang called Simon City Royals
105,22711/29/1993 Center High School
Kansas City, MODeWayne Bingham, 23, Male, Other
School Parking LotUnknownShooting shot as waited in car to pick up cousin after basketball game
435,14612/1/1993 Wauwatosa West High School
Wauwatosa, WIDale Breitlow, 46, Male, Administrator
HallwayUnknownShooting gunned down by Leonard D. McDowell as Breitlow begged for his life
49,36612/3/1993 English High School
Roxbury, MALouis Brown, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting shot while walking to school
12/8/1993 Beach High SchoolSavannah, GA
Jason Kelly, 15, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting shot with revolver by Aron Gilliam, 16, just after 8 a.m. outside front doors of school; possibly gang-related
3,77212/16/1993 Chelsea High School
Chelsea, MIJoseph Piasecki, 47, Male, Administrator
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting superintendent; multiple gunshot wounds; shot by science teacher Stephen Saunders Leith during school staff meeting
137,560
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1/20/1994 Los Altos High SchoolHacienda Heights, CA
Benjamin Barranza, 17, Male, Student
School Parking LotUnknownShooting shot by suspects in car that drove up to student in lot
1/20/1994 Kennard High SchoolKennard, TX
Joseph Leon Olivo, 17, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting shot self with rifle
1/26/1994 Eau Claire High SchoolColumbia, SC
Earnest Dunlap, 17, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot three times with .22 caliber semiautomatic by Floyd Brown, 18
98,0521/27/1994 Washington Elementary
SchoolSan Jose, CA
Osvaldo Mojarro Rios, 22, Male, Other
School Parking LotGang-RelatedShooting shot in head and arm by group out looking for rival gang members; was parked in front of school with wife
782,2481/28/1994 Charles A. Mooney Middle
SchoolCleveland, OH
Paul Wallace, 15, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopUnknownStab/Slashing stabbed, stomped and kicked by five people while waiting at bus stop at school
505,6161/31/1994 Marcus Whitman Middle
SchoolSeattle, WA
Neal Summers, ?, Male, Teacher
HallwayUnknownShooting teacher at school for about 20 years; found lying near doorway in hall by fellow teacher
45,2062/1/1994 Valley View Junior High
SchoolSimi Valley, CA
Chad Patrick Hubbard, 14, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopBully-RelatedStab/Slashing stabbed in heart with knife by classmate Phillip Hernandez, 14, who had been bullied by victim
516,2592/7/1994 Lee County, FL.
Fort Myers, FLJames A. Adams, 57, Male, Administrator
On CampusUnknownShooting2
superintendent of schools; shot five times with .38 by Larry Ray Shelton, 48, former district special education teacher who then shot and killed himself
100,2172/8/1994 Osborn High School
Detroit, MISteven Watkins, 19, Male, Student
School Parking LotUnknownShooting special education student; shot while in car
1,027,9742/14/1994 Carlmont High School
Belmont, CAEdwin Sims, 15, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot by classmate Gile W., 15, with whom Sims had been feuding, after Sims pulled a BB gun
24,1272/15/1994 Wallenberg High School
San Francisco, CARobert Tran, 17, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot in head with a .38 handgun while defending a friend who was being attacked
723,9592/20/1994 E.O. Smith High School
Mansfield, CTRobert J. Gaucher, 62, Male, Administrator
On CampusSuicideHanging superintendent of schools; body found by custodian
21,1033/15/1994 Goose Creek High School
Charleston, SCMichael Ryan Spann, 18, Male, Student
School Parking LotUnknownShooting shot in head while watching a fistfight after school
80,414
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3/15/1994 Edward M. Downer Elementary SchoolSan Pablo, CA
Cecilia Rios, 15, Female, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedStab/Slashing student at Richmond High School; stabbed 18 times; sexually assaulted; hair stripped; body draped with red bandana, which is sometimes a symbol of gang identification; police decline to say if death is gang-related25,158
3/23/1994 Ballard High SchoolSeattle, WA
Melissa "Missie" Fernandez, 16, Female, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting shot in head mistakenly in a drive-by shooting; thought to be gang-related
516,2593/25/1994 Etowah High School
Woodstock, GABrian Head, 15, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting special education student; shot himself with 9-mm pistol after being teased by other students
4,3613/30/1994 Bradwell Institute
Hinesville, GAGeorge Jenkins, 18, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed by Bernard P. Townsend, 19, during a fight
21,6034/12/1994 Margaret Leary Elementary
Butte, MTJeremy Bullock, 11, Male, Student
PlaygroundAccidentalShooting died 4/13/94; shot once behind ear by classmate James Osmanson, 10, with a .22 pistol; shot missed intended victim and hit Jeremy
33,3364/13/1994 49th Street Elementary
Los Angeles, CAJorge David Licea, 10, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting died 4/14/94; shot self in head with .380 caliber semiautomatic
3,485,3984/19/1994 Eliot Junior High School
Washington, DCLouis Edward Lehear, 21, Male, Other
On CampusUnknownShooting body found on steps of school at 5:30 a.m.
528,9644/21/1994 John Trotwood Moore Middle
SchoolNashville, TN
Terrence Murray, 13, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeAccidentalShooting accidentally shot in head by friend/classmate, Jeremy Bryant, 14, who didn't know gun passed to him in class was loaded
488,3745/2/1994 West Bloomfield High School
Detroit, MIZuhair Pattah, 16, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking fell and fractured skull after being punched by 17-year-old classmate following insult to perpetrator's sister*** NSSC received information on March 3, 2000 that victim Zuhair Pattah survived the incident, but had not recovered from a coma resulting from injuries. On January 8, 2003, the victim died in a nursing home almost nine years after he lost consciousness at the time of the incident.
1,027,974
5/2/1994 North Miami High SchoolNorth Miami, FL
Edvard Almonor, 18, Female, Student
School Parking LotAccidentalShooting died 5/4/94; during lunch period; accidentally shot in chest by Tyhno Rock, male, 18, while he was showing gun to friends
358,5485/25/1994 Lakeland Regional High
SchoolWanaque, NJ
Amy Gamarello, 17, Female, Student
Near SchoolSuicideShooting Gamarello, standing in the woods behind the school, shot herself once in the temple with her father's .357-caliber magnum at about 8:30 am, moments after a friend had summoned a counselor to talk to the distraught teen.
6/1/1994 Hillcrest High SchoolMemphis, TN
Lanetta King, 14, Female, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting Speculation is that this shooting was gang-related. Suspect Bryant Dewayne Millen, 17, told authorities that he was affiliated with two gangs. On a tip, school officials has searched Millen for a weapon one hour before the victim was shot.
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7/11/1994 Pleasantville Cottage SchoolMount Pleasant, NY
Nicholas Ippoliti, 12, Male, Student
On CampusSexually Motivated
Strangling/Asphyziation
school part of a residential center and school for troubled youth; Brian Edwards, 13, who had a history of mental instability, strangled victim after a sexual encounter
6,5927/21/1994 Lower Marion High School
Ardmore, PADiane Morse, 40, Female, Teacher
Near SchoolUnknownShooting Ardmore Child Care Center; shot in front of preschoolers at lunch by Arcelia Trumaine Stovall, 36, former friend of victim
12,6467/24/1994 Manchester Elementary
SchoolManchester, PA
Randy Hawkins, 23, Male, Other
Athletic Field/GymInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting on basketball court behind school; shot by Scott Walker, 15, as a result of personal feud
1,8307/25/1994 Ottumwa High School
Ottumwa, IAJeramy Wayne Allen, 15, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot twice in head with a .22 caliber gun by Michael Coffman, 16, with whom victim had argued that morning
24,4881994-1995 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident9/7/1994 Hollywood High School
Hollywood, CARolando Ruiz, 17, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting lawn outside school; shot by rival gang members
3,485,3989/16/1994 Florin High School
Sacramento, CATomek Ordon, 19, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting suspended from school two hours prior to death; shot in head by gang member, 15, one mile from school
369,3659/23/1994 Rainier Beach High School
Seattle, WADonell Leon Duncan, 18, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting prospective student at Sharples Alternative School; at parking lot near school dance; shot by 20-year-old after bumping incident at local food market; Duncan pushed intended victim out of the way and was shot516,259
10/12/1994 Grimsley High SchoolGreensboro, NC
Nicholas Atkinson, 16, Male, Student
School Parking LotSuicideShooting suspended student; shot and wounded assistant principal, then killed himself with 9mm pistol
183,52110/25/1994 Mt. Vernon High School
Mt. Vernon, NYShebule Jackson, 17, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed three times in neck by Hopeton Minott, 17 (male)
67,15310/25/1994 American High School
Fremont, CAAlejandro Cueva, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing on way home from school at car dealership three blocks from school; stabbed in heart by three youths after argument earlier in day following a class
173,33911/5/1994 Thomas Jefferson Elementary
SchoolSan Leandro, CA
Eveleyana LeBlanc, 15, Female, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting shot in head; found unconscious by officer investigating an alarm at the school apparently triggered by rain
68,22311/7/1994 Wickliffe Middle School
Wickliffe, OHPeter Christopher, 41, Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting custodian; in school office; shot by Keith A. Ledeger, 37, former student at school and a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic; also wounded himself, a police officer, a teacher (critically) and an assistant principal14,558
11/15/1994 Stadium High SchoolTacoma, WA
Thorin Baldwin, 17, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting Baldwin, 17, took a gun and shot himself on a lower level of the building near the cafeteria. Victim died in the hospital later the same day.
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1/5/1995 Cardozo High SchoolWashington, DC
Antar A. Hall, 16, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting following an earlier argument with attacker, possibly over physical assault of a girl; shot three times in the back by 14-year-old schoolmate, possibly the girl's boyfriend
528,9641/10/1995 Palm Beach Gardens High
SchoolPalm Beach Gardens, FL
Robert Warthen, 15, Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting shot self, some friends say because he was upset due to an argument with girlfriend
149,3771/23/1995 Sacred Heart School
Redlands, CAJohn Sirola, 13, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting in office of Principal Richard Facciolo, whom he shot in face and shoulder; had had problems with dress code and authority; shot self after he shot principal with sawed-off 12-guage shotgun60,394
1/23/1995 Northern High SchoolBaltimore, MD
Elijah Jermaine Young, 22, Male, Other
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting in a shootout among members of two neighborhood gangs on a street running between the school and an apartment complex; killed by gunman Maurice M. Dickens, 21, who also critically wounded Walter Gerald Ferguson, 21
736,014
1/24/1995 McCluer North High SchoolSt. Louis, MO
Christine Smetzer, 15, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
UnknownBeat/Kicking raped and beaten to death by Michael Taylor, 15, just one day after Taylor was placed in school only weeks after he had hidden in a girl's restroom at another school
396,6852/2/1995 Jordan High School
Long Beach, CAJavier Gutierrez, 17, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymGang-RelatedShooting member of Peace 90805, group to ease tensions between African-Americans and Latinos; shot in the back as he walked to school with baseball friends to watch an afternoon girl's soccer game; shot allegedly by 16-year-old gang member, who also wounded another baseball player in the face
429,433
2/17/1995 Logger's Run Middle SchoolBoca Raton, FL
Christopher Carignan, 14, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting shot by Anthony Reed, 14
61,4922/18/1995 Aurora Central Catholic High
SchoolChicago, IL
Moshe Rogers, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting while driving home from basketball game in which he starred; shot by unknown assailant as Moshe, his brother and another student drove home at 11 p.m.
2,783,7263/27/1995 Edison High School
Stockton, CABenly Carolino, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting shot from behind in a drive-by shooting, which also wounded two others, ages 17 and 16
210,9433/29/1995 Boston High School
Boston, MAAnthony Lovell-Hines, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting on way to home from school at about five p.m.; shot in the back of his skull, reputedly in revenge for disrespectful act to a girl, who warned him in school hallway that someone would "take care of it"574,283
4/21/1995 Holly Springs High SchoolHolly Springs, MS
Shelisa Hunt, 17, Female, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed in heart with a pocketknife by Marsha Mayfield, 17, during a quarrel about a young man
7,2615/18/1995 Narbonne High School
Harbor City, CAShazeeb Andleeb, 17, Male, Student
HallwayUnknownBeat/Kicking punched and stomped to death; Rene Nieves, 18, and Christian Bremmer, 18, among several who took part in beating, are charged with the killing
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1995-1996 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident8/29/1995 Memorial Middle School
Laredo, TXElizabeth Rivera, 12, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
UnknownShooting shot in head with .25 caliber automatic pistol by Jonah Iverson, 12, who had been known to handle the gun another boy had allegedly brought school
122,8999/12/1995 Cypress Junior High School
Memphis, TNTorenzo Maurice Bell, 15, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting about 8:30 a.m.; shot wit .38 caliber gun, allegedly by Columbus Coffer, 15, who had been jumped by Bell and a friend in the hallway earlier
610,3379/14/1995 Olathe North High School
Olathe, KSJerrell Frazier, 19, Male, Other
School Parking LotUnknownShooting2
cousin of Olathe North student Wilson Montenegro; shot with .22 caliber Jennings semiautomatic handgun; suspect, Alfred Williams, 17, from rival Shawnee Mission North High School63,352
9/14/1995 Olathe North High SchoolOlathe, KS
Wilson Montenegro, 15, Male, Student
School Parking LotUnknownShooting2
student at Olathe High School; shots fired from car into a crowd gathered in the school parking lot during a Sunday evening pickup football game; shot with .22 caliber Jennings semiautomatic handgun; suspect, Alfred Williams, 17, from rival Shawnee Mission North High School
63,352
9/21/1995 Jefferson Middle SchoolRochester, NY
Stephne Givens, 13, Female, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing in front of school as girl got off school bus; stabbed in neck with a steak knife pulled from backpack by 12-year-old girl classmate during argument over a boy
231,6369/30/1995 Tavares Middle School
Tavares, FLJoey Summerall, 13, Male, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting shot some 13 times with a 9mm semiautomatic pistol by Keith Eugene Johnson, 14
7,38310/3/1995 Gilroy High School
Gilroy, CACarlos Vaca, 15, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedStab/Slashing not a gang member; stabbed with 5'' blade as he pushed classmate out of path of knife wielded in a gang fight; Marcos Valdez, 16, Pavel Zapata, 17, and Gerardo Avila, 19, were charged in case31,487
10/10/1995 Marshall Elementary SchoolSt. Louis, MO
Nedra Morris, 51, Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking substitute fourth grade teacher with heart disease; punched repeatedly by 9-year-old student while passing out assignments; medical examiner ruled death as homicide; after repeated punches to the chest, woman suffered heart attack and died at hospital 90 minutes later
396,685
10/12/1995 Blackville-Hilda High SchoolBlackville, SC
Phyllis Senn, 56, Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting2
in teacher's workroom; shot by Sincino before he then turned gun on himself; first thought to have been a heat attack
2,68810/12/1995 Blackville-Hilda High School
Blackville, SCToby R. Sincino, 16, Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting2
suspended student; shot self with .32 caliber revolver after shooting math teacher Johnny Thompson, 38, in the face and a second math teacher, Phyllis Senn, 56, who then died2,688
11/2/1995 Blue Lake Elementary SchoolMiami Beach, FL
Catalino "Nick" Slang, 42, Male, Other
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting waiter disgruntled with IRS seized Dade County School Bus filled with 13 disabled students and 3 adults and held them hostage for 15-mile ride to restaurant; shot by police when talks for surrender failed358,548
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11/6/1995 Treadwell High SchoolMemphis, TN
Alex Perry, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting walking home from school on a street two blocks from the school; shot by 16-year-old youth who also wounded Corey Golden, 15, during argument over homemade rap tape purportedly insulting to one of the victims610,337
11/15/1995 Richland High SchoolLynnville, TN
Carolyn Foster, 58, Female, Teacher
HallwayUnknownShooting2
teacher and 1 student shot and killed with a .22 rifle by student Jamie Rouse, 17; another teacher was wounded
34411/15/1995 Richland High School
Lynnville, TNDiane Collins, 16, Female, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting2
Jamie Rouse, 17, shot and killed victim and a teacher with a .22 rifle as well as injuring another teacher; investigator suggested Collins "got in the way" of a bullet intended for another teacher344
11/28/1995 Thomas A. Edison Vocational and Technical High SchoolQueens, NY
Quentin Gamble, 17, Male, Student
On CampusRobberyShooting shot to death after confrontation with two other young men who wanted the gold chain around the victim's neck
1,951,59812/14/1995 Oxon Hill High School
Washington, DCCharles "Chuckie" Marsh, 17, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopRobberyShooting at bus stop after school; shot by masked youths during robbery of classmate's coat at bus stop
528,9641/2/1996 Girard High School
Girard, PAJohn Pegg, 16, Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting shot himself in the head
2,8791/19/1996 Martha H. Winston
Community SchoolWashington, DC
Damion Blocker, 14, Male, Student
HallwayAccidentalShooting 8th grade student at Roper Middle School in Northeast Washington; was visiting Winston School to pick up a relative; shot accidentally by a masked teenager who was aiming for a fleeing youth who he had chased into the school528,964
1/26/1996 Manassas High SchoolMemphis, TN
Jewell Jones, 15, Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting shot in chest about 4:30 p.m. outside her home by youths who came there to question her about seeing a fight after a pep rally in which a girl was stabbed in the arm
610,3371/26/1996 East High School
Memphis, TNGlenn Taylor, Jr., 15, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting student at East Junior High School; shot at about 9:45 p.m. in parking lot behind East High School as he was trying to break up a fight between several women after a basketball game with Central High School; not related to death of Jewell Jones
610,337
1/29/1996 Tustin High SchoolTustin, CA
Thien Minh Ly, 24, Male, Other
Athletic Field/GymUnknownStab/Slashing former student at the school; died sometime between midnight and 7:45 a.m.; found by custodian on the tennis courts; was wearing in-line skates and had been skating; stabbed repeatedly by unknown assailant50,689
1/30/1996 Denby High SchoolDetroit, MI
Demetrius Anderson, 16, Male, Student
HallwayUnknownStab/Slashing stabbed to death; two 15-year-old students have been charged with first degree murder
1,027,9742/2/1996 Frontier Junior High School
Moses Lake, WALeona D. Caires, 49, Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeBully-RelatedShooting3
teacher and wife of assistant principal; Caires and two students killed with a high-powered rifle by Barry Loukitas, 16, who also wounded another student, Natalie Hintz, 13; quoted as telling friends it would be "cool" to go on a killing spree like the characters in the movie "Natural Born Killers"
11,235
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2/2/1996 Frontier Junior High SchoolMoses Lake, WA
Arnold F. Fritz, 15, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeBully-RelatedShooting3
shot by Barry Loukitas, 16, who also killed teacher Leona D. Caires and student Manuel Vela; students reported hearing two days before incident that Loukitas "was going to kill someone before he died"11,235
2/2/1996 Frontier Junior High SchoolMoses Lake, WA
Manuel Vela, 14, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeBully-RelatedShooting3
shot by Barry Loukitas, 16, who also killed teacher Leona D. Caires and student Arnold F. Fritz; Loukitas, a straight-A student and described as a "nerd" by some students, reputedly had been "relentlessly" teased by Vela and others
11,235
2/8/1996 Mid-Peninsula Education CenterPalo Alto, CA
Douglas Bradley, 16, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymSuicideShooting clinically depressed and despondent over failed romance; drove car onto outdoor basketball court and scattered money out window to draw a crowd; shot at random into crowd with .38 revolver, wounding three, and then shot himself55,900
2/22/1996 Jenkins High SchoolSavannah, GA
Dwayne Cedric Martin, 17, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting as students lined up for bus rides home; shot with .380 automatic pistol by Keith Antoine Green, 15, after three days of ongoing fights/arguments
137,5602/29/1996 St. Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis, MODiamond Taylor, 1m., Female, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting2
Kyunia Taylor's daughter; born three months premature, died March 23, 1996
396,6852/29/1996 Beaumont High School
St. Louis, MOKyunia Taylor, 15, Female, Student
Bus/Bus StopUnknownShooting2
victim was pregnant- baby delivered 10 weeks premature by Caesarian section, later died; shot by young man who entered bus and shot with .38 caliber gun the bus driver, Richard Lanemann, 60 (who recovered) and the victim396,685
3/11/1996 North Stanly High SchoolNew London, NC
Jamie Hurley, 15, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting shot self with 9mm pistol hidden in coat just before taking a quiz in algebra class
4143/25/1996 Eleanor Roosevelt High
SchoolGreenbelt, MD
Gary White, Jr., 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed in back and chest with a carving knife by Riccardo DeWayne, 15; the two were apparently fighting to settle an earlier fight between their younger siblings
21,0963/25/1996 Mountain Park Baptist
AcademyPatterson, MO
Will Futrelle, 16, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing had been paired as a new student with a 15-year-old "guide"; found in woods beaten with club and a brick and throat slashed; "guide" and two other boys, including Anthony Gene Rutherford, 18, who was charged with murder, feared victim would inhibit their plans to take control of the school in order to achieve fame on national news
4/11/1996 Talledega High SchoolTalledega, AL
Bobby Roberson, Jr., 18, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting 16-year-old student shot victim with a 12-guage shotgun as a result of an argument
18,1755/14/1996 Bingham Middle School
Taylorsville, UTJustin Allgood, 15, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopSuicideShooting thought to be distraught over recent car accident deaths of two friends; shot school bus driver Sula Bearden in thigh and drive away alone in bus; after speeding through residential neighborhood, causing three accidents and crashing into two-story house, he shot himself with .375 Magnum
52,351
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5/22/1996 Colton High SchoolColton, CA
Xavier Castro, 14, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting while walking home from school with two friends, shot in leg and head by expelled Colton High student Ascension Gomez, 14
40,2136/4/1996 West Valley High School
Hemet, CAStasiu Neil Kowalski, 16, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting 16-year-old student found dead after having shot and killed himself on campus at about the same time students were arriving on campus.
1996-1997 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident9/25/1996 DeKalb Alternative School
Scottsdale, GADr. Horace P. Morgan, 49, Male, Teacher
HallwayUnknownShooting English teacher at school for 10 years; shot repeatedly in the chest with a .38 revolver by David Dubose, Jr., 16, who had been enrolled in the school less than a week
8,7709/26/1996 Wichita Falls High School
Wichita Falls, TXErika Holloway, 14, Female, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing Victim was stabbed to death by two neighbor girls while waiting for the school bus at 6:56 am on September 25, 1996. Suspects Taquisha Ragsdale, 15, and her half-sister, LaShawnna Duval, 17, were students of Hirshi High School, also in Wichita Falls, TX.
96,000
10/2/1996 Smedley Elementary SchoolPhiladelphia, PA
Lealoa "Jenny" Coles, 19, Female, Other
On CampusUnknownShooting2
victim was the cousin of Stacy Buxton-Boyd, the estranged wife of Steven Boyd, who shot and killed both women as they waited for Stacy's children to be dismissed from school1,585,577
10/2/1996 Smedley Elementary SchoolPhiladelphia, PA
Stacy Buxton-Boyd, 26, Female, Parent
On CampusUnknownShooting2
shot by her estranged husband, Steven Boyd, 25, while waiting for her three children to exit the school; Lealoa Coles, 19, the victim's cousin was also shot and killed
1,585,57710/4/1996 St. Bernard High School
Playa del Rey, CAEaroll Michael Thomas, 18, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting near the track at St. Bernard shortly after 10 p.m.; shot by a 17-year-old Jordan High School football player following a football game between the two schools; another youth was also shot and hospitalized3,485,398
10/9/1996 Jacksonville Senior High SchoolSherwood, AR
Earl Jamerson Routt, 20, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot 6 times with a .22 revolver by Willis Johnson, 14, on a school bus after a feud
18,89310/13/1996 Sumner High School
St. Louis, MOLamon Hones, 17, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting died 11/1/96 after surgery; shot by 15-year-old youth during a fight among several students; Kembert Thomas was convicted of 2nd degree murder 1/28/98
396,68511/27/1996 Highlands High School
Sacramento, CADarnell Augustus, Jr., 19, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting outside the school after officers responded to a fight after a Grant basketball game; Augustus and a friend tried to leave in a car that had trouble starting; Grant officer Steven Grives ordered Augustus and friend out of car; Augustus refused, struggled with officer and was mortally wounded when the gun discharged
369,365
1/11/1997 A Crown Heights High SchoolBrooklyn, NY
Not Disclosed, ?, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting one of three teens shot (two critically wounded) in an attack by three youths
2,300,6641/27/1997 Conniston Middle School
West Palm Beach, FLJohn Pierre Kamel, 14, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot in chest at 8:40 a.m. outside school on sidewalk by Tronneal Mangum, 13, after an argument over an Adidas watch Mangum had taken from Kamel
9,814
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2/1/1997 Webbers Falls High SchoolWebbers Falls, OK
Joey Youngblood, 18, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed to death by a 15-year-old in an alleged dispute over a cigarette lighter; actual date is unknown
7222/18/1997 Lincoln Elementary School
Ventura, CAMarsha Ann Lane, 43, Female, Other
On CampusUnknownUnkown transient who was known in community and listed homeless advocacy organization as her address; found dead on steps of school by a teacher around 7 a.m.; unreleased cause of death, though police stated death as a homicide
92,575
2/19/1997 Bethel Regional High SchoolBethel, AK
Ronald Dale Edwards, 50, Male, Administrator
HallwayBully-RelatedShooting2
principal of the school; shot with a 12-guage shotgun by Evan Ramsey, 16; Ramsey also killed a classmate and wounded two other students before being arrested by local state troopers at the scene4,674
2/19/1997 Bethel Regional High SchoolBethel, AK
Joshua Palacios, 16, Male, Student
HallwayBully-RelatedShooting2
shot with 12-guage shotgun by Evan Ramsey, 16, who also killed the school principal; Palacios may have called Ramsey names
4,6742/20/1997 First Coast High School
Jacksonville, FLMelissa Chambliss, 17, Female, Student
Athletic Field/GymSuicideShooting on baseball field during argument with her coach about how to improve her playing; shot self due to upset over her poor showing in a recent tryout for an athletic scholarship672,971
2/21/1997 Concord High SchoolConcord, NH
Shaun Martin, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking died 2/22/97; received blow to the throat that broke victim's windpipe during a planned fight related to the breakup of a boy and girl
36,0063/5/1997 Bayonne High School
Newark, NJAubrey Taylor, 18, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing inside stairwell at school at 8:45 a.m.; stabbed fatally by Jersey City high school youth David Rodriguez, 20; friend Akim Garland, 17, stabbed and in critical condition
275,2213/17/1997 Pershing High School
Detroit, MIKenneth Baumgart, 16, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting three Detroit high school students charged with murder
1,027,9743/26/1997 Oak Harbor Elementary
Oak Harbor, WADeborah Palmer, 7, Female, Student
Near SchoolSexually Motivated
Strangling/Asphyziation
1st grader; disappeared while walking to school two blocks from home; death ruled a sexually motivated homicide; body washed ashore on isolated beach at Strawberry Point on Whidbey Island north of Seattle17,176
3/27/1997 Sullivan Middle SchoolLowell, MA
David "Jake" McHugh, 34, Male, Teacher
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking Guidance counselor was kicked in the head while trying to break up a fight and ultimately died August 12 of the same year; knocked to ground and kicked above left ear several times when he and another teacher tried to break up a fight among 5 or 6 students. He collapsed while showering at his Dracut, MA home on 8/12/97; state medical examiner at the time of the 8/12/97 death ruled it a related homicide
104,400
4/3/1997 Marina del Rey Junior HighMar Vista, CA
Rafael Adan, 14, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting shot to death in a drive-by shooting while walking home from school with three friends
3,485,3984/22/1997 John Marshall High School
Los Angeles, CAJuan Velasquez, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting victim collapsed across street from Thomas Starr King Middle School as he fled his attackers, 14 and 15; shot by one of the two
3,485,398
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4/28/1997 Cumberland Regional High SchoolUpper Deerfield Township, NJ
Nielsa Mason, 16, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
UnknownBeat/Kicking beaten to death by Peter Henriques, 16, for undisclosed reasons; victim found by janitor in boys' locker room at about 9:00 p.m.
75,8835/14/1997 Wilde Lake High School
Columbia, MDDr. Lawrence C. Hoyer, 60, Male, Teacher
HallwayAccidentalHeart Attack suffered heart attack following breaking up a fight among several girls from the school and rival Howard High School
9,4815/16/1997 Rio Linda High School
Rio Linda, CAMichelle Montoya, 18, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownStab/Slashing stabbed in back, throat slashed and skull crushed by newly hired janitor, Alex del Thomas, 34, who was on parole for manslaughter from Folson prison; found in school's wood shop about 4 p.m., where it is speculated she went to use phone to call father for a ride home
480,721
6/7/1997 Lacey Township High SchoolOcean County, NJ
newly born baby, 0, Male, Other
Near SchoolUnknownUnkown found stuffed in trash container in a bathroom at the Monmouth County catering hall where prom was held; 18-year-old Melissa Drexler gave birth during senior prom and killed her baby103,439
1997-1998 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident9/11/1997 Berkeley High School East
CampusBerkeley, CA
Alberto Perez, 17, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownStab/Slashing stabbed in heart by a 14-year-old enrolled in a program for emotionally troubled teens; in quad of school at about 10:30 a.m.
102,7249/18/1997 Southwest Dekalb High
SchoolAtlanta, GA
Ronald Gaines, 16, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymBully-RelatedStab/Slashing stabbed in the chest by Deshard Mosely, 15, who had been taunted by victim and egged on by onlookers; occurred on the school football practice field while 40 people looked on394,017
9/27/1997 Christa McAuliffe Middle SchoolJackson Township, NJ
Edward Werner, 11, Male, Student
Near SchoolSexually Motivated
Strangling/Asphyziation
sexually assaulted and strangled by Samuel Manzie, 15; found Monday, Sept. 29 in a wooded area not far from his neighborhood; had been selling candy and wrapping paper for school25,644
10/1/1997 Pearl High SchoolPearl, MS
Christina Menefee, 16, Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting2
student whom shooter had dated; shot with rifle by Luke Woodham, 16, who first stabbed and killed his 50-year-old mother at home then drove to school and killed Menefee and Lydia Kay Dew, 17, and randomly shot and wounded seven other students
19,588
10/1/1997 Pearl High SchoolPearl, MS
Lydia Kay Dew, 17, Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting2
walking near Christina Menefee, the other victim; shot with rifle by Luke Woodham, 16; five other teens, including Grant Boyette, 18, were charged with conspiracy and accessory to murder in the shooting spree19,588
10/14/1997 Ruskin High SchoolKansas City, MO
Edward A. Maxwell, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting in Ruskin Way Park, a few blocks east of the high school, where a group of students had gathered after school at 2:12 p.m.; shot by student, 16, with whom victim had argued for days; they agreed to meet for a fistfight435,146
10/14/1997 Lakeview Centennial High SchoolGarland, TX
Armando Montiel, 19, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting shot himself in the head about one month after friend Leslie Enfield shot himself at his home
180,650
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10/20/1997 McClymonds High SchoolOakland, CA
Loeshe Lace, 16, Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting shot while sitting in a van at 8 p.m. outside school; friend, also 16, was critically wounded
372,24210/22/1997 John Glenn High School
Norwalk, CACatherine Tran, 16, Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
shot with 9mm semiautomatic by jilted boyfriend, 21, Khoa Truc "Robert" Dang, ex-USC student, who then killed himself
94,27910/22/1997 John Glenn High School
Norwalk, CAKhoa Truc "Robert" Dang, 21, Male, Other
On CampusSuicideShooting2
shot himself in the mouth after shooting former girlfriend
94,27911/7/1997 Ribault High School
Jacksonville, FLGary L. White Jr., 14, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot and killed by James David Campbell after Campbell had first wounded victim's friend, El Omar Downs, 17; Campbell believed Downs and White were involved in the shooting of his cousin672,971
11/13/1997 Creekside Elementary SchoolSacramento, CA
Mike Logsdon, 47, Male, Parent
On CampusUnknownShooting father of six-year-old child at the school; while parked in van in front of school, shot four times by a young man who opened driver's side door; crime may be related to bitter child custody battle with ex-lover369,365
12/1/1997 Heath High SchoolWest Paducah, KY
Jessica James, 17, Female, Student
On CampusBully-RelatedShooting3
one of 3 girls killed by Michael Carneal, 14, during a daily informal prayer meeting before school; 5 additional students were wounded in the random shooting
27,25612/1/1997 Heath High School
West Paducah, KYKayce Steger, 15, Female, Student
On CampusBully-RelatedShooting3
one of 3 girls killed when Michael Carneal opened fire on a daily informal prayer meeting before school; 5 additional students were wounded
27,25612/2/1997 Heath High School
West Paducah, KYNichole Hadley, 14, Female, Student
On CampusBully-RelatedShooting3
in lobby of school during a before-school daily informal prayer group in which about 40 students were gathered; 3 girls killed with .22 caliber handgun by Michael Carneal, 14, who may have been teased at times by some of the prayer group members as well as members of the school's football team
27,256
12/3/1997 Madera High SchoolMadera, CA
Alviro Almanza, 15, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
Interpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking died 12/5/97; fell and hit head during fight with 16-year-old classmate; died next night in hospital where it was discovered victim had a pre-existing aneurysm
29,2811/13/1998 Spingarn High School
Washington DC, Adilah Gaither, 16, Female, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting 17 year old Octavious M. Clark shot and killed a female classmate outside the Washington DC high school. Was described as having tried unsuccessfully to flirt with the girl seconds before he fired the shot that killed her. Lawyer for the defendant claimed the loaded gun was fired accidentally.
528,964
2/12/1998 Hoboken High SchoolHoboken, NJ
John A. Sacci Jr., 48, Male, Teacher
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
teacher at the school for 23 years; shot with a .380 semiautomatic pistol by Geraisimov V. Metaxas, 61, who thought Sacci was having an affair with his wife, Linda M. Metaxas, a former substitute teacher at the school; no affair took place
33,397
2/12/1998 Hoboken High SchoolHoboken, NJ
Geraisimov V. Metaxas, 61, Male, Other
Near SchoolSuicideShooting2
shot self following his killing of John A. Sacci; described by family as "delusional" though not medically diagnosed as such
33,397
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2/25/1998 Reed City High SchoolReed City, MI
Vincent D. Garofalo, 14, Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting shot self with .22 caliber rifle he had smuggled into school in a guitar case; had warned friends earlier in the week "something was going to happen"
2,3792/27/1998 Marshall High School
Fairfax, VADavid Clinton Albrecht, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting shot by alleged members of Tiny Rascals Asian youth gang
19,6223/9/1998 Central Avenue Elementary
SchoolSummit, WA
Aaron Ducharme, 17, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedStab/Slashing a student at Franklin Pierce High School; stabbed to death after a months-long dispute between two rival gangs from Puyallup and Franklin Pierce School Districts
23,8753/20/1998 East Campus Educational
CenterMerced, CA
Aurelio Robles, 17, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymGang-RelatedStab/Slashing stabbed to death; three gang members went to the school to retaliate for a gang slogan's being erased; Javier Manzo, 17, sentenced to 15 years to life in California Youth Authority August 156,216
3/24/1998 Westside Middle SchoolJonesboro, AR
Stephanie Johnson, 12, Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting5
shot by Mitchell Johnson, 13, who along with Andrew Golden, 11, opened fire on faculty and students who were all forced to exit building when Golden pulled fire alarm; 10 additional people were wounded. Johnson was know as being a bully and was reportedly angry at having recently served an in-school suspension, his third at Westside. Johnson told other students of his intentions to kill the day before the shooting.
46,535
3/24/1998 Westside Middle SchoolJonesboro, AR
Natalie Brooks, 11, Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting5
shot by Andrew Golden, 11, in an ambush planned and accomplished with Mitchell Johnson, 13. Both boys shot into the crowd of students and teachers as they exited the school building during a fire alarm set off by Golden. In addition to the five killed in the shooting, 10 were injured. Golden was reportedly angry at a teacher.
46,535
3/24/1998 Westside Middle SchoolJonesboro, AR
Paige Ann Herring, 12, Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting5
shot by Andrew Golden, 11, in an ambush planned and accomplished with Mitchell Johnson, 13. Both boys shot into the crowd of students and teachers as they exited the school building during a fire alarm set off by Golden. In addition to the five killed in the shooting, 10 were injured. Golden was reportedly angry at a teacher.
46,535
3/24/1998 Westside Middle SchoolJonesboro, AR
Shannon Wright, 32, Female, Teacher
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting5
shot by Mitchell Johnson, 13, who along with Andrew Golden, 11, opened fire on faculty and students who were all forced to exit building when Golden pulled fire alarm; 10 additional people were wounded. Johnson was know as being a bully and was reportedly angry at having recently served an in-school suspension, his third at Westside. Johnson told other students of his intentions to kill the day before the shooting.
46,535
3/24/1998 Westside Middle SchoolJonesboro, AR
Britthney R. Varner, 11, Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting5
shot by Andrew Golden, 11, in an ambush planned and accomplished with Mitchell Johnson, 13. Both boys shot into the crowd of students and teachers as they exited the school building during a fire alarm set off by Golden. In addition to the five killed in the shooting, 10 were injured. Golden was reportedly angry at a teacher.
46,535
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3/25/1998 Coldwater High SchoolColdwater, MI
Harley Davidson Carlisle, 18, Male, Student
School Parking LotSuicideShooting Pulled up to school's entrance just before 8:00 am, locked the car doors, threw a note outside the window and shot himself in the head with a 12-guage shotgun. Several students witnessed the suicide while many more heard the shotgun blast.
3/30/1998 Grey Culbreth Middle SchoolChapel Hill, NC
Not Disclosed, 13, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting shot herself in the head
38,7194/24/1998 Parker Middle School
Edinboro, PAJohn Gillette, 48, Male, Teacher
Near SchoolUnknownShooting science teacher who had taught for 27 years; shot by Andrew Wurst, 14, who also wounded two students and one teacher; Wurst carried a .25 caliber handgun and a small amount of marijuana7,736
4/28/1998 Philadelphia Elementary SchoolPomona, CA
Andres Azocar, 17, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting
2
shot and killed along with Hector Lopez; shot after a fight between two rival party crews
131,7234/28/1998 Philadelphia Elementary
SchoolPomona, CA
Hector Lopez, 14, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting
2
reputed to be a member of a tagger group, the South Insane Killers, as well as a "party crew"; shot after a fight between two rival party crews
131,7235/1/1998 Public School 18
Buffalo, NYNorma Roman, 30, Female, Parent
Classroom/OfficeInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot by estranged husband Juan A. Roman, 37, who was a sheriff's deputy; used a .357 Magnum belonging to the deputy with whom Roman shared a gun locker
328,1235/7/1998 King Estates Middle School
Oakland, CATracye Scott, 28, Female, Other
School Parking LotUnknownStab/Slashing found partially clothed and stabbed repeatedly in the school parking lot; indications that she tried to fight off the attacker were found
372,2425/19/1998 Lincoln County High School
Fayetteville, TNRobert "Nick" Creson, 18, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot by Jacob Davis, 18, using a .22 rifle; reputedly argued over a girl whom Davis had dated and Creson was now dating
6,9215/21/1998 Thurston High School
Springfield, ORMikael Nickolauson, 17, Male, Student
CafeteriaUnknownShooting2
shot by Kipland P. Kinkle, 15, in the school cafeteria where he wounded 21 others, this after having killed his parents at his home and another student in the hallway outside the cafeteria.44,683
5/21/1998 Thurston High SchoolSpringfield, OR
Ben Walker, 16, Male, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting2
shot by Kipland P. Kinkle, 15, in the hallway outside the cafeteria. Kinkel then invaded the school cafeteria and shot and killed another student and wounded 21 others, this after having killed his parents at his home44,683
5/21/1998 Onalaska High SchoolOnalaska, WA
Miles Fox, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolSuicideShooting ordered girlfriend to exit bus with him and took her to his home where he shot himself in the head for unknown reasons
6005/21/1998 Rialto High School
Rialto, CARicardo Martin, 15, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting shot himself in the head with a .38 caliber pistol; reportedly distraught over not advancing to tenth grade and upset about being teased about the way he dressed
72,388
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5/27/1998 Washington Middle SchoolPasadena, CA
Salvador Gabriel Diaz, 14, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting shot in upper torso; Cesar Escamilla, 20, of Pasadena was shot in back and taken to hospital, where he was in serious condition; the two victims were reported by officials as being in a local gang, though no motive for attacks was known
131,591
5/29/1998 Stranahan High SchoolFort Lauderdale, FL
Nichole Weiser, 26, Female, Teacher
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
speech diagnostician; Michael Grammig, 29, with whom the victim had recently broken up, waited for her to drive into parking lot and then shot her; Grammig was reportedly jealous and abusive149,377
5/29/1998 Stranahan High SchoolFort Lauderdale, FL
Michael Grammig, 29, Male, Other
School Parking LotSuicideShooting2
shot self after shooting girlfriend who had recently broken up with him; Grammig was reputedly jealous and abusive
149,3777/10/1998 Burbank High School
Burbank, CAAdam Smith, 17, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed by 16-year-old fellow student reportedly jealous over Smith's attentions to assailant's girlfriend
93,6431998-1999 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident9/12/1998 Herbert Hoover High School
Glendale, CAAvetis "Avo" Demirchyan, 15, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting shot during a lunchtime fistfight on 9/10/98 as family members and friends looked on
180,03810/5/1998 San Juan High School
Sacramento, CAVladimir Gayduchik, 15, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownBeat/Kicking Ukrainian refugee; found dead in a wooden shed near the school's woodshop, apparently beaten to death with foot-long piece of pipe
369,36510/23/1998 Landmark Middle School
Moreno Valley, CAJerod Schroeder, 12, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking punched in side of head by 14-year-old and fell to ground unconscious, later dying of head and neck injuries; occurred during argument over use of a basketball court on the school's campus
11/2/1998 E.T. Booth Middle SchoolWoodstock, GA
Josh Belluardo, 13, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopBully-RelatedBeat/Kicking as victim exited the bus he was struck in the back of the head, kicked in the stomach and hit in the face by a 15-year-old who had been taunting him during the bus ride home4,361
11/5/1998 Wetumpka Junior High SchoolWetumpka, AL
Je'cordy Buycks, 12, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing stabbed in the head by a 13-year-old classmate during the course of a personal disagreement
4,67011/17/1998 Jefferson County Middle
SchoolFayette, MS
Kenneth Grayson, 14, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopUnknownStab/Slashing The suspect, Roderick Frye, 13 stabbed Grayson on the school bus, among 45 other children. The stabbing occurred 4 and 1/2 miles from Fayette after a fight broke out between the two boys. No cause for the incident has been indicated.3,000
1/1/1999 Richland Hills High SchoolFort Worth, TX
Not Disclosed, 15, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting shot self, reportedly after having been taunted by peers; actual date is unknown
447,6191/8/1999 Central High School
Carollton, GAAndrea Garrett, 15, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting2
shot by 17-year-old boyfriend Jeff Miller in apparent suicide pact
16,029
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1/8/1999 Central High SchoolCarollton, GA
Jeff Miller, 17, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting2
shot self after shooting and killing 15-year-old girlfriend Andrea Garrett in an apparent suicide pact
16,0291/21/1999 Richland High School
North Richland Hills, TXRandall James, 15, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting A sophomore student stepped into a restroom stall, put a 9mm pistol to his head and fatally shot himself.
46,0002/11/1999 Ombudsman Educational
Service CenterElgin, IL
Hugo Rodriguez, 14, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeGang-RelatedShooting A masked man with a pistol walked into a class in an alternative school center in Illinois, approached the 14 year old student, shot him several times, and then fled the classroom.77,010
3/11/1999 Banner Elk SchoolGreenville, NC
Timithy Thomas, 9, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeAccidentalStrangling/Asphyziation
Victim acting up in class; worker placed Thomas in a basket hold which suffocated victim. School was for troubled youths.
4/20/1999 Columbine High SchoolLittleton, CO
John Tomlin, 16, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, COMatthew Kechter, 16, Male, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, COEric Harris, 18, Male, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting15
Assailant in the Columbine High Massacre. Worked with co-assailant Dylan Klebold. Killed himself after going on a killing rampage through the school.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CODylan Klebold, 17, Male, Student
LibrarySuicideShooting15
Assailant in the Columbine High Massacre. Worked with co-assailant Eric Harris. Killed himself after going on a killing rampage through the school.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, COKyle Velasquez, , Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, COLauren Townsend, 18, Female, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CORachel Scott, 17, Female, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, COWilliam "Dave" Sanders, 47, Male, Teacher
HallwayUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre. Shot twice in chest while directing students down hallway to safety. Continued to assist students as he bled to death.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CODaniel Mauser, 15, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, COKelly Fleming, 16, Female, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
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4/20/1999 Columbine High SchoolLittleton, CO
Corey DePooter, 17, Male, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, COSteven Curnow, 14, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, COCassie Bernall, 17, Female, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre. Assailants entered library and asked anyone who believed in Jesus Christ to stand up. Cassie stood up for her faith and was shot. The assailants who committed suicide in the end were known to hate jocks, minorities, rich kids and fancy cars.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High SchoolLittleton, CO
Isaiah Shoels, 18, Male, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre. Shot in the chest because he was black and an athlete, witnesses said.
37,7534/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CODaniel Rohrbough, 15, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre. Shot while holding open an exit door for fleeing students.
37,7534/23/1999 Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
SchoolAtlanta, GA
Geno Thomas, 13, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting On April 22, 1999, Thomas was hanging out with friends in front of the youth center next door to the school after a nighttime jazz and dance recital. After being shot, the 7th-grader collapsed on the walkway leading to the school's front door. He died early the next morning in the hospital. Horace "Bubba" Holt Jr., 17, was charged with murder in Geno's death.
400,000
5/5/1999 Baldwin County High SchoolBay Minette, AL
Bradley Michael Gray, 18, Male, Student
Near SchoolSuicideShooting 18-year-old senior at Baldwin County High School shot and killed himself just off school property shortly after noon. Mother and three school officials pleaded with the victim to turn over the .38-caliber handgun.
6/8/1999 Lynwood High SchoolLynwood, CA
Jessica Yvette Zavala, 15, Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting2
Jessica Yvette Zavala and her 17-year old cousin, Olivia Munguia were shot by an unknown gunman at 7:45 am as they walked to school.
62,0006/8/1999 Lynwood High School
Lynwood, CAOlivia Munguia, 17, Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting2
Olivia Munguia and her 15-year old cousin, Jessica Yvette Zavala were shot by an unknown gunman at 7:45 am as they walked to school.
62,0001999-2000 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident8/25/1999 Jasper County High School
Monticello, GAAmanda Gaylynne Tanquary, 16, Female, Student
School Parking LotSuicideShooting Jasper County High School and Jasper County Middle School are housed on the same campus. Combined enrollment is 984. The school is about 50 miles southeast of Atlanta. The girl's body was found in the school parking lot by a teacher shortly after school began on 8/25/99. Authorities indicated that all signs indicate the wound was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
2,300
9/7/1999 Vines High SchoolPlano, TX
Brent Austin, 16, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting Student was found dead in a bathroom stall with parent's gun on the floor a few feet away.
130,000
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9/9/1999 Santa Teresa High SchoolSan Jose, CA
Marcos Sarabia, 16, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting Victim skipped first period class, walked into a campus bathroom at 8:30 am, pulled a gun from his backpack and shot himself in the chest. The victim left no note. He was well-known around campus as a happy and gregarious teen, according to the San Jose Mercury News.
785,000
9/29/1999 Tri-Cities High SchoolEast Point, GA
Carnel Cook, 44, Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeUnknownUnkown Cook was a school police officer who collapsed and died after breaking up a fight between two students. The fight broke out just after lunchtime in the lobby of the school's gym. Cook responded and took one of the two combative students to the assistant principal's office where an accidental discharge of pepper spray took place. Cook then moved the student to his office in the school's cafeteria. Within minutes of the pepper spray discharge, Cook collapsed. The student was arrested and charged with obstruction and involuntary manslaughter.
35,000
10/6/1999 Parlier High SchoolParlier, CA
Martin Leyva, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownUnkown Leyva, a high school senior and father of a 6-month old girl was killed in front of Parlier High School when a pick up truck driven by Salomon Hernandez, 18, plowed into him and two other students.8,000
10/21/1999 Deady Middle SchoolHouston, TX
Samuel Avila, 13, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing Victim was stabbed after a verbal altercation on the second floor of the school. At 8:15am, Samuel Avila was stabbed. He was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead at 4:00pm. Suspect is a 14 year old Hispanic male and awaiting sentencing.
10/25/1999 Lake Weir High SchoolOcala, FL
Robert Lowrance, 16, Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting It is not clear from initial reports whether the victim still attended Lake Weir High School. Suspect is a student at the high school. While this death did not occur on or near school property nor did occur during school hours, the conflict between two young men centered around notes that were passed during class involving a girl, the shooter and the victim. A scheduled fistfight got out of control when one of the spectators shot the victim in front of one of the eight spectators' home around 6:30 p.m..
10/26/1999 Martin Luther King High SchoolPhiladelphia, PA
Donald McNeil, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting 10th grader was shot and killed outside Martin Luther King High School.
1,600,00010/26/1999 Guyan Valley High School
Branchland, WVClyde Jack Frye, 57, Male, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting Murder-suicideDonald Gene Payton, a retired Lincoln County bus driver shot custodian Clyde Jack Frye outside Guyan Valley High School early on 10/26/99, believing his wife was having an affair with the custodian. Payton, then killed himself with the same weapon about 10 miles away. Classes were not held at the high school nor a nearby middle school that same day.
10/26/1999 Bryan High SchoolOmaha, NE
Jonathan Leggitt, 17, Male, Student
CafeteriaInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking The sophomore student died after suffering a head injury during a fight in the school cafeteria. The other student, also a sophomore, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. He apparently had knocked the victim to the floor during the fight.
350,000
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10/26/1999 Guyan Valley High SchoolBranchland, WV
Donald Gene Payton, 66, Male, Other
Near SchoolSuicideShooting2
Murder-suicideDonald Gene Payton, a retired Lincoln County bus driver shot custodian Clyde Jack Frye outside Guyan Valley High School early on 10/26/99, believing his wife was having an affair with the custodian. Payton, then killed himself with the same weapon about 10 miles away. Classes were not held at the high school nor a nearby middle school that same day.
11/14/1999 Yeshiva Kavunes HalevBrooklyn, NY
unknown, 14, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideHanging A 14-year-old Yeshiva student hanged himself in a bathroom at his Brooklyn school at 1654 St. in Borough Park.
11/16/1999 Franklin K. Lane High SchoolBrooklyn, NY
Orville Williams, 25, Male, Other
On CampusAccidentalHeart Attack Security guard, Orville Williams, collapsed from a fatal heart attack while running to break up a fight as students were leaving for the day.
7,500,00011/17/1999 German Gerena Community
SchoolSpringfield, MA
Maribel Gonzalez, 32, Female, Other
On CampusUnknownBeat/Kicking A classroom aide was reportedly kicked in the chest while trying to subdue a disruptive fifth-grade student. She was taken to the hospital but died about two hours later. The incident began when the child refused to get on the bus.149,000
11/19/1999 Deming Middle SchoolDeming, NM
Araceli Tena, 13, Female, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting 13 year-old suspect, Victor Cordova Jr. came to school dressed in camouflage and reportedly shot Tena in the head with a .22 caliber bullet, as students were returning from lunch.11,000
11/19/1999 Juniper Intermediate SchoolPalmdale, CA
Stephan Corson, 13, Male, Student
On CampusAccidentalBeat/Kicking A schoolyard fight broke out shortly before 2 pm on November 19 when 2 eighth-graders began throwing punches over an apparent argument that began in class regarding a spitball incident. The victim fell and hit his head on the cement sidewalk, then went into convulsions and was pronounced dead at Antelope Valley Hospital an hour later.
69,000
1/5/2000 Cedar Park Middle SchoolCedar Park, TX
unknown, 12, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideHanging 12 year old sixth-grader at Cedar Park Middle School hanged herself in a bathroom stall on campus.
5,1001/19/2000 Ridgewood High School
New Port Richey, FLTed Niziol, 16, Male, Student
School Parking LotAccidentalShooting Victim was accidentally shot through the backseat of his car with a .22-caliber handgun by his friend, Steven Moschella, as they were leaving the school parking lot 10 minutes after school dismissal. The boys had been bragging about having the gun at school earlier that day.
15,000
2/24/2000 Phillips AcademyAndover, MA
Zachary Tripp, 18, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideHanging Victim wrapped a belt around his neck and hanged himself in a stairwell near his room in Draper Hall at Phillips Academy, also known as Andover, a coeducational independent high school. Located 25 miles north of Boston, the academy is the nation's oldest incorporated boarding school.
2/29/2000 Buell Elementary SchoolFlint, MI
Kayla Rolland, 6, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting Conflicting stories regarding nature of shooting. There is disagreement whether the 6 yr. Perpetrator pointed the gun at others, or spoke with the victim before shooting. Perpetrator claimed it was an accident and only wanted to scare the victim. The .32-caliber semiautomatic gun was obtained from the home of the boy's uncle, where it is believed that stolen guns were traded for drugs.
145,000
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3/10/2000 Franklin D. Roosevelt High SchoolBrooklyn, NY
Francisco Valerdi, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing Valerdi was fatally stabbed once in the abdomen about 100 yards from the high school in a dispute with another teenager that began at about 1:00 pm. Valerdi died at 9 pm at Lutheran Medical Center. Gang activity was suspected.7,500,000
3/10/2000 Beach High SchoolSavannah, GA
Stacy Smalls, 19, Male, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting2
3 young men were shot across the street from the school gym. The shooting occurred Friday night, during a school dance. The suspect, Darrel Ingram (19 years old) was only 3-4 feet from the victims when they were shot. 2 boys were killed, (one was not a student) and one additional student was injured. There is no known motive, and the weapon has not been found.
140,000
3/10/2000 Beach High SchoolSavannah, GA
Ramon Kimble, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting2
3 young men were shot across the street from the school gym. The shooting occurred Friday night, during a school dance. The suspect, Darrel Ingram (19 years old) was only 3-4 feet from the victims when they were shot. 2 boys were killed, (one was not a student) and one additional student was injured. There is no known motive, and the weapon has not been found.
140,000
4/21/2000 Marion Military InstituteMarion, AL
Joel Dean Pickette, , Male, Student
On CampusSuicideHanging Victim was found dead in his room at Marion Military Institute as students were preparing to go home for the Easter weekend. The senior cadet was found dead by another cadet on Friday morning.
4/24/2000 Zebulon Middle SchoolZebulon, NC
Chris Joyner, 12, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideHanging Excused himself from his afternoon gym class, tied a jump rope around his neck and hanged himself on March 24. He was found unconscious and died on March 25 at WakeMed hospital. Some students and parents said the boy may have been the target of bullying at school.
3,200
5/5/2000 Hoover High SchoolGlendale, CA
Raul Aguirre, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedStab/Slashing Aguirre was stabbed to death during an after-school rumble in front of the school after he go into a fight with suspected gangsters.
180,0005/10/2000 Carmichael Elementary
SchoolSierra Vista, AZ
Glenn Quatacker, 39, Male, Other
Near SchoolSuicideShooting
2
Murder-SuicideGunman Glen Quatacker, 39 killed his estranged wife, Tammy Quatacker, in a preschool classroom where she worked, then committed suicide. The incident began about 1:30pm in a Head Start classroom in a building adjacent to Carmichael Elementary School.
33,000
5/10/2000 Carmichael Elementary SchoolSierra Vista, AZ
Tammy Quatacker, 36, Female, Teacher
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
Murder-SuicideGunman Glen Quatacker, 39 killed his estranged wife, Tammy Quatacker, in a preschool classroom where she worked, then committed suicide. The incident began about 1:30pm in a Head Start classroom in a building adjacent to Carmichael Elementary School.
33,000
5/26/2000 Lake Worth Middle SchoolWest Palm Beach, FL
Barry Grunow, 35, Male, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Suspect, 13-yr. Old Nathaniel Brazill had been sent home at 1 p.m. by the asst. principal for throwing water balloons. Brazill returned to school on his bike with a 5 inch Raven, and four bullets stolen from his grandfather the week before. When Grunow told Brazill to leave the classroom for talking, the boy pulled out the gun and shot his teacher in the head.
68,000
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7/23/2000 Valley View Elementary SchoolGlendale, CA
Blaine Steven Talmo Jr., 14, Male, Student
PlaygroundUnknownBeat/Kicking
2
Michael Demirdjian, 16, is charged with murder, torture and robbery of Christopher McColloch and Blaine Talmo Jr, whose bludgeoned bodies were found July 23, 2000 at the Valley View Elementary School playground.180,000
7/23/2000 Valley View Elementary SchoolGlendale, CA
Christopher McColloch, 13, Male, Student
PlaygroundUnknownBeat/Kicking
2
Michael Demirdjian, 16, is charged with murder, torture and robbery of Christopher McColloch and Blaine Talmo Jr, whose bludgeoned bodies were found July 23, 2000 at the Valley View Elementary School playground.180,000
7/26/2000 Timken Senior High SchoolCanton, OH
Stanley Jones, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Victim was shot and killed near Timken High School while waiting for a friend to finish band practice, after a three-year feud between the victim and the suspect, Marcus Green.84,000
2000-2001 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident9/5/2000 Bidwell Porter Elementary
SchoolBidwell, OH
Linda Shoemaker, 52, Female, Other
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Estranged husband of elementary school cafeteria worker shot his wife to death while she was still in her car in the school parking lot. He then went home and killed himself. The shooting occurred before students arrived at school.
10/19/2000 Canarsie High SchoolNew York, NY
Anthony Haynes, 12, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedStab/Slashing A 12 year old intermediate male student died from stab wounds about a block away from Canarsie High School. The 12 year old and a 15 year old had been fighting with two 16 year olds in the school cafeteria. The student who died was said to have been a Brooklyn boy associated with the Crips gang.
10/23/2000 Western Academy Community Education CenterLos Angeles, CA
Reginald Millsaps, 20, Male, Other
School Parking LotUnknownShooting Security guard Millsaps was shot and killed in the early morning of 10/23/00 at the parking lot of a newly opened school for first-time teenage offenders in South-Central LA.
3,500,00010/26/2000 Bushwick High School
Brooklyn, NYJoseph Gallo-Rodriguez, 18, Male, Other
School Parking LotRobberyShooting An 18 year old tow truck trainee was shot and killed while assisting a teacher outside of Bushwick High School. He was shot in the neck by an 18-year-old special education student, Victor Moreno, while attempting to change the tire for the teacher.
7,300,000
10/27/2000 South Side High SchoolMemphis, TN
unknown, 18, Male, Other Near SchoolUnknownShooting An 18-year-old South Side High School Graduate was shot and killed just outside the school following a homecoming pep rally where he watched his girlfriend perform in the rally.615,000
11/29/2000 Gunderson High SchoolSan Jose, CA
John Soriano, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownStab/Slashing Just minutes after school dismissal, a 16 year old male student was stabbed to death in front of his brother, his high school principal and several classmates. The stabbing occurred at a light rail station about a block away from the school.
780,000
12/1/2000 Granada High SchoolGranada Hills (Los Angeles), CA
Keven Leung, 17, Male, Student
School Parking LotSuicideShooting High school senior pulled into parking lot at school at about 7a.m., set up a video camera, turned up the radio and shot himself in front of classmates. He was pronounced dead at 8:30 a.m.
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12/7/2000 Richmond High SchoolRichmond, CA
Lamar Preston, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting A 16 year old student was shot in the neck in a drive-by shooting while walking back to campus after lunch. The student managed to make it back to campus and ended up in front of the administrative offices. He was then rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
87,500
12/19/2000Miami, FL
, 32, Male, Other School Parking LotRobberyShooting After making a pick up at the elementary school, a 32 year old armored car driver was fatally shot in the head by tow teenagers who robbed him of $300. Though the incident occurred after school hours, reports indicated that some students were still on campus.
360,000
1/10/2001 Hueneme High SchoolOxnard, CA
Richard Lopez, 17, Male, Other
On CampusUnknownShooting Oxnard Police SWAT team fatally shot Richard Lopez as he held a female student hostage. The teenage gunman did not attend Hueneme High School. He told his hostage that he was distraught over family problems but couldn't shoot himself because he wanted to go to heaven. The event took place in the quad just as students were finishing lunch.
150,000
1/17/2001 Lake Clifton Eastern Senior High SchoolBaltimore, MD
Juan Matthews, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting Victim was shot with a small-caliber pistol while standing near a flagpole in front of the school's main entrance. Motive is not known.
750,0001/29/2001 Boles Junior High School
Arlington, TXMaurice Manuel, 13, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting The teen-ager walked out of a conference with his mother and an assistant principal saying he had to use the restroom and wanted a drink of water. He went into a restroom on the second floor of the school and fatally shot himself with a .38-caliber revolver that belonged to his parents. News accounts reported that the teen-ager was distraught about failing grades and impending punishment.
263,000
2/3/2001 North Charleston High SchoolCharleston, SC
Sharone Middleton, 19, Male, Other
Near SchoolRobberyShooting Following a high school step dance competition on a Saturday evening, Sharone Middleton was murdered in a parking lot across from the gym. The suspect, Byron Slater, was also a 19 year old male. About 500 people had attended the competition at the school. The shooting happened about 45 minutes after the program ended after most of the students had left. The competition drew teams from about 7 area high schools.
80,000
3/2/2001 Hoover High SchoolSan Diego, CA
, 18, Male, Student School Parking LotSuicideShooting An 18 year old graduate of Hoover High School shot himself in the head in the school parking lot. The former student had just met with a school counselor and reportedly was upset after breaking up with his girlfriend. At the time of the shooting, students were reported to be on campus with at least two near by.
1,100,000
3/5/2001 Santana High SchoolSantee, CA
Randy Gordon, 17, Male, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting2
Student Charles (Andy) Andrew Williams shot two people in a restroom, then walked into a quad and fired randomly. He stopped to reload as many as four times, getting off 30 or more shots. Two students were slain. Wounded were 11 other students and two adults, a student teacher and a campus security worker.
59,000
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3/5/2001 Santana High SchoolSantee, CA
Bryan Zuckor, 14, Male, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting2
See description for previous listing. Gunman Andy Williams was known to be a victim of frequent taunting. He told friends of his desire to shoot up the school during the weekend prior to Monday event. Friends said he claimed to be joking and decided to let it go. One adult friend tried to call his father to warn him about Andy's threats during the weekend but failed to reach him. Other friends reportedly checked his backpack and "patted him down" checking for a gun before school on Monday.
59,000
3/25/2001 Holy Cross AcademyWest Kendall, FL
Sister Michelle Lewis, 39, Female, Teacher
On CampusUnknownStab/Slashing Mykhaylo Kofel, 18, a Ukrainian citizen studying to be a monk, has been charged with first-degree murder, armed burglary and using a weapon to commit a crime in connection with the slaying of the nun who taught calculus at Holly Cross Academy in the Miami suburb of West Kendall. The murder was committed between late Saturday night and Sunday morning.
3/30/2001 Lew Wallace High SchoolGary, IN
Neal Boyd, 16, Male, Student
School Parking LotUnknownShooting A 16-year old high school student was shot to death by a former student in the school's parking long. Donald Ray Burt, Jr., 17, the suspected gunman was withdrawn from the school at least a year prior to the shooting for nonattendance. Speculation indicates that the Burt may have been picked on by Boyd and other students at the school.
120,000
4/3/2001 Kleb Intermediate SchoolKlein, TX
Elizabeth Trevino, 13, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting Eighth-grade student was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to her right temple in a bathroom at Kleb Intermediate School in northwest Harris County. Victim left a detailed suicide note. A teacher found the student.
4/25/2001 John Marshall High SchoolCleveland, OH
Demetrius Minifee, 33, Male, Other
School Parking LotUnknownShooting Minifee was shot to death in the parking lot of John Marshall High School shortly after getting off work from his custodial job at the school around 11 p.m. No motive known.
5/15/2001 Ennis High SchoolEnnis, TX
Jay Douglas Goodwin, 16, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting Sophomore, upset over his relationship with a girl, shot and killed himself in front of a teacher and the girl after releasing 17 hostages in an English class.
15,0005/24/2001 Public School 155
Brooklyn, NYDenesha Blow, 9, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
AccidentalUnkown Victim collapsed during a restroom scuffle with another nine-year-old girl and died en route to the hospital, possibly due to an asthma attack. The victim allegedly picked the fight with her classmate whom she blamed for getting her in trouble.
6/5/2001 East Haven High SchoolEast Haven, CT
John Savinelli, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolSuicideHanging A 16-year-old freshman who just learned he was going to be suspended for smoking ran of his second-period class and hanged himself with his clothes in the woods behind East Haven High School.
6/7/2001 Ousley Junior High SchoolArlington, TX
Cpl. Jospeph Cushman, 27, Male, Other
On CampusAccidentalShooting Officer was accidentally shot in the head during a training exercise. 14 police officers were training on how to respond if a gunman was inside a school or other public building. School was out for the summer and no students were present.
2001-2002 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident
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10/12/2001 Taylorsville High SchoolTaylorsville, UT
Ed "Rusty" Riddle, 17, Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting1
Senior student took his own life with a handgun around 12:30 pm in the school hallway. There were no witnesses. Taylorsville is in the Salt Lake City area.
58,00011/7/2001 Media & Technology Charter
High SchoolBrookline, MA
Geoffrey Douglas, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolRobberyShooting Student was shot on his way home from school on November 7 and later died at Boston Medical Center on November 8. Student was killed while riding home on a commuter train with friends after stopping at a fast food restaurant after school. The shooting was the result of a robbery attempt by a group of youths. This shooting technically falls within the parameters of the school-associated violent deaths report but is not related to a school-sponsored event nor did it occur on school property.
11/12/2001 Caro Community School's Adult Learning CenterCaro, MI
Chris Buschbacher, 17, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting After a three-hour standoff with police that included the taking of two hostages at gunpoint, the student killed himself. The student had managed to smuggle a 22-guage rifle and a 20-guage shotgun into the school using a duffle bag. The school is an alternative learning facility for high school students and adults.
12/5/2001 Springfield High SchoolSpringfield, MA
Rev. Theodore Brown, 51, Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing Rev. Theodore Brown, a school counselor, noticed a familiar student in the hallway wearing a hooded jacket which was against school policy. The student ignored him so Rev. Brown followed him to class and repeated the request. An argument ensued and in a fury the student pulled out a knife and stabbed Brown several times in the chest and abdomen as students looked on. Rev. Brown had worked with troubled youth and their families in the district since 1996.
7/26/2002 Coulwood Middle SchoolCharlotte, NC
Ricco Montres Cooper, 27, Male, Other
School Parking LotUnknownShooting Victim was shot to death by Shane Hyde, 17, in the parking lot in front of Coulwood Middle School in northwest Charlotte. While the homicide was not considered by the police to be random, the motive was under investigation. The victim and suspect knew each other. The victim had no ties to the school.
2002-2003 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident8/8/2002 John F. Kennedy High School
Bronx, NYDelana Homicide, 18, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing An 18-year-old student identified his attacker just before dying after being stabbed three times during a fight on the way to school. The two teens clashed around 9:30 am in a dispute over the victim’s sister. The victim was stabbed in the chest, stomach and side. A black-handled knife with a bloody silver blade was found near the victim’s body.
10/4/2002 Page Middle SchoolSan Antonio, TX
Elizabeth Rangel, 13, Female, Student
School Parking LotSuicideShooting A 13-year-old female shot herself in front of friends at Page Middle School in San Antonio, Texas. Before the morning school bell rang, the girl called several of her friends to meet her between two cars in the teacher’s parking lot, where she doled out her personal belongings to her friends. The eighth-grader then pulled out a 9mm handgun and fired a single shot to the temple. Students who witnessed the incident initially thought the act was a fake.
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11/7/2002 St. James Catholic SchoolLiberty, MO
Kawaldeep Singh, 9, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting A man waiting outside his son’s school shot and killed the boy and wounded his mother after a domestic dispute. The shootings happened around 12:30 pm when the father was picking up the child from St. James Catholic School. The son died at the scene. The boy’s sister who attended the school witnessed the shootings but was not injured. Investigators believe a handgun was used in the shooting but no weapon was immediately recovered.
11/19/2002 Hoover High SchoolHoover, AL
Sean Joyner, 17, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing A 17-year-old student died after being stabbed in a hallway between classes by a 17-year-old classmate. The two students had often provoked each other in a feud that had gone on for months. Angry words and blows were exchanged just prior to the stabbing. The police discovered the knife that the perpetrator discarded in a nearby trashcan. A witness stated seeing the knife in the perpetrator’s hand as he walked away.
12/13/2002 Wind River Middle SchoolCarson, WA
Tony Fiske, 13, Male, Student
Near SchoolSuicideShooting A 13-year-old boy fired a rifle shot into a middle school in a southwestern Washington town, injuring two students with broken glass from the gym window. He then used the gun to kill himself. The boy was a student at Wind River Middle School. He was found dead late in the afternoon in a wooded area across the street from the school. The shooting happened around 4:40 pm. The two wounded students were treated for minor glass cuts.
12/16/2002 Englewood Technical Preparatory AcademyChicago, IL
Maurice Davis, 18, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Maurice Davis, captain and star player of the school's basketball team, was fatally shot outside the school while apparently trying to protect his sister from two other male students. The shooting occurred across the street from the high school after classes let out at about 3 pm. His sister was also treated for a gunshot wound. Early reports indicate that the shooting stemmed from a fight between the victim's 17-year-old sister and the alleged shooter earlier that day inside the school.
1/17/2003 Montezuma Elementary SchoolLos Lunas, NM
Carolyn Rustvold, 28, Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownBeat/Kicking A 20-year-old night custodian from Los Lunas was arrested and charged with an open count of murder and tampering with evidence after a 28-year-old occupational therapist at Montezuma Elementary School disappeared on January 17, 2003. The victim, who taught motor skills to developmentally challenged children, was reported missing by her husband at 11:30 pm of the evening of her disappearance. Her body was found near Belen, New Mexico on March 10, 2003.
1/21/2003 Mango Elementary SchoolFontana, CA
Daniel Moore, 50, Male, Other
On CampusSuicideHanging A Fontana School District maintenance worker, recently accused of child molestation, hanged himself at Mango Elementary School. His body was found hanging from a gazebo in the school’s quad area. A teacher made the discovery shortly before 7:00 am before classes started. There were no students on campus. No suicide note was found.
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2/10/2003 Wilcox Central High SchoolCamden, AL
Ashley Carter, 16, Female, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing A 16-year-old tenth-grader was stabbed with a steak knife while waiting for the bus shortly after dismissal at Wilcox Central High School. The female classmate, 16, stabbed the victim six or seven times in the upper body. Prior to stabbing her, the perpetrator showed the knife to fellow students and threatened the victim and called her vile names. While attempting to walk away from the altercation, the victim was grabbed and stabbed.
3/5/2003 Livingston High SchoolLivingston, AL
Sedrick Daniels, 17, Male, Student
CafeteriaInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing A 17-year-old student was fatally stabbed in the chest during a fight with another student at Livingston High School. The victim died at a hospital following the 8:04 am fight in the school cafeteria. The perpetrator fled the scene and was later arrested and charged with murder.
3/7/2003 Britton Middle SchoolSan Francisco, CA
Unknown, 14, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideHanging A 14-year-old student died after she excused herself from class, went into a restroom and hung herself with her shoelaces. A teaching assistant who went looking for the student discovered her body hanging over a railing in a restroom stall. Police found the girl’s diary at the home where she was staying and several notes in her backpack that revealed that she had been thinking about taking her life.
3/23/2003 Lauderdale County SchoolMeridian, MS
Joshua Pearce, 15, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting A 15-year-old ninth-grader at Lauderdale County School shot himself in the temple just before the start of classes. Students discovered him in the bathroom of a technology building. The youth had taken a handgun from a family member and carried it to school on a bus. A suicide note was found but there was no indication of why he had shot himself. Officials suspected that he had been depressed over the death of a relative.
3/28/2003 Reagan High SchoolAustin, TX
Ortralla Mosley, 15, Female, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing After a recent break-up, the victim was allegedly stabbed repeatedly using an 11-inch butcher knife by her ex-boyfriend, 16-year old Marcus McTear.
4/10/2003 Walnut High SchoolWalnut, CA
Brandon Florez, 18, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting A 18-year-old Walnut High School student, upset over an argument with a girlfriend, fatally shot himself in the chest in front of classmates in a school quad near the cafeteria just before lunch. He pulled the 9mm pistol from his sock. It is unclear where he got the gun.
4/14/2003 John McDonough High SchoolNew Orleans, LA
Jonathan Williams, 15, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting Gunmen armed with an AK-47 rifle and a handgun opened fire in a packed school gymnasium, killing a teenage boy and wounding three girls in a spray of 30 bullets that sent some 200 students scrambling for cover. Shooting appears to be "gang-related" although police say they believe the attack was retaliation for an earlier slaying that occurred elsewhere and deny that it is gang related.
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4/15/2003 City, Inc.Minneapolis, MN
Xia Vang, 16, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopGang-RelatedShooting April 15, 2003 – A 16-year-old north Minneapolis boy was shot to death while waiting for a bus to take him cross town to a new school. The victim was standing with his cousin on street corner when words were exchanged with several people in a van. The van drove off but returned within minutes and shots were fired from inside the van. The victim was dead at the scene. The cousin was not hurt. Police suspected that the killing was gang-related. The victim had been enrolled at the City, Inc. in south Minneapolis to get him away from gang activity.
4/17/2003 Green Hill SchoolAddison, TX
Sara Marple-Cantrell, 12, Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting A 12-year-old sixth-grader shot herself to death in a campus restroom. The victim’s body was found by a classmate about 3:10 pm. No one reported hearing a gunshot. The victim was dead at the scene. The victim had written a suicide note but no other indications of motive were available.
4/24/2003 Red Lion Area Junior High SchoolRed Lion, PA
Eugene Segro, 51, Male, Administrator
CafeteriaUnknownShooting
2
James Sheets, 14, shot and killed his school principal, Eugene Segro, inside the crowded cafeteria about 15 minutes before school started. He then shot himself in the head using a .22-caliber handgun. The principal, who was shot in the chest with a .44-caliber weapon, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Sheets died at the scene.
6,500
4/24/2003 Red Lion Area Junior High SchoolRed Lion, PA
James Sheets, 14, Male, Student
CafeteriaUnknownShooting
2
James Sheets, 14, shot and killed his school principal, Eugene Segro, inside the crowded cafeteria about 15 minutes before school started. He then shot himself in the head using a .22-caliber handgun. The principal, who was shot in the chest with a .44-caliber weapon, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Sheets died at the scene.
6,500
5/13/2003 Forest Hills High SchoolJohnstown, PA
Brian Thomas Angelotti, 18, Male, Student
School Parking LotSuicideShooting Student, who was apparently despondent over the death of a friend, abruptly left school, got into his car, and fatally shot himself in the school parking lot.
29,0006/4/2003 Rock L. Butler Middle School
Wellsboro, PADavid Robey, 12, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
SuicideShooting A camouflage-clad 12-year-old fifth-grader shot and killed himself in a restroom at Rock L. Butler Middle School. Three friends who had been in the restroom left to report the arsenal of guns and ammunition packed in a scuba-diving bag belonging to the boy’s father. A police officer responding to the call was about 30 feet from the restroom when the boy put a Colt .45 handgun to the side of his head and pulled the trigger. The victim’s classmates told the police that the victim had been picked on by other students and talked for months about killing students and teachers.
7/15/2003 St. Marks SchoolDallas, TX
Benny Barber, 16, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting Student reportedly shot himself while at school.
2003-2004 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident
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8/14/2003 Marshall Middle SchoolColumbus, GA
Bianca Walton, 14, Female, Bystander
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Bianca Walton was shot in the back and died in a wooded area near her old middle school after a visit with her former teachers. She was shot as she and a group ofother students fled from the woods about 150 feet from the middle school. A number of youths had gone into the woods after hearing of a fight brewing between two boys.After one of the boys pulled a gun, the group scattered. A bullet intended for one of the boys hit the victim instead. Bianca Walton was shot in the back and died in awooded area near her old middle school after a visit with her former teachers. She was shot as she and a group of other students fled from the woods about 150 feet fromthe middle school. A number of youths had gone into the woods after hearing of a fight brewing between two boys. After one of the boys pulled a gun, the group scattered. Abullet intended for one of the boys hit the victim instead.
8/19/2003 UnknownMeraux, LA
Danny Foto, 39, Male, Bystander
Bus/Bus StopUnknownShooting Danny Foto, holding his 2-year old son was shot to death and the child was seriously wounded near a crowded school bus stop when a man grabbed a shotgun out ofhis car and started firing. Another man, who had taken his son to get on a bus, was wounded in the leg. Louis Schenck III was arrested shortly after the shooting.
8/28/2003 Kate Wickham ElementarySchoolCoralville, IA
Kyle Wasson, 25, Male, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting A chase involving a police officer and a motorcyclist ended with the cyclist shot to death 200 feet from the elementary school where children had been outside for recess shortly before noon. Victim died from a single gunshot wound near a wooded trail near the school.
8/29/2003 Georgetown High SchoolGeorgetown, SC
Xavier McCants, 22, Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Stanley Greene, 19, allegedly killed Xavier McCants after an argument erupted at a football game between Georgetown and Carvers Bay. The fight moved from the stadium to a local fast food restaurant and then to a parking lot of a local Speedway.
9/5/2003 Point Loma High SchoolSan Diego, CA
Evan Nash, 14, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting2
Murder Suicide: The victim was jogging with his high school cross-country team when he was shot and killed in an ambush by his father, who killed himself hours later in a standoff with police.
9/5/2003 Point Loma High SchoolSan Diego, CA
William Hoffine, 58, Male, Parent
Near SchoolUnknownShooting2
Murder Suicide: Father shot and killed son in ambush while son was jogging with his high-school cross-country team. Father later killed himself in a standoff with police.
9/5/2003 Pueblo High SchoolTucson, AZ
Vasquez Acosta, 16, Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking The victim died from either cardiac arrest, prompted by a headlock and exacerbated by a congenital heart problem, or a blow to the head after a scuffle
9/10/2003 Proviso East High SchoolChicago, IL
Kenny Porter, Jr., 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Victim was walking from Proviso East, which dismissed students early for staff development, when he was shot about 10:45 am a few blocks from the school. Darron Jackson, 16, was charged with the murder which allegedly stemmed from some sort of disagreement earlier in the week.
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9/10/2003 North Crowley High SchoolFort Worth, TX
Daniel Oltmanns, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting The two students skipped class at North Crowley High School. Daniel Oltmanns was fatally shot by an unnamed classmate. Oltmann's body was wheeled in a recycling cart to a nearby construction site to dump it. After dumping the body, the classmate went home, changed into dress clothes and returned to school.
9/10/2003 Vicksburg High SchoolVicksburg, MS
O'dare Mims, 20, Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Walter Jefferson, 20, a student a the high school, was charged with capital murder after the shooting which occurred about 250 yards away from the main school building on an access road next to the school's football stadium. Jefferson allegedly drove up to where Mims was hanging out with several others. Mims approached the car and Jefferson fired one shot with a handgun.
9/11/2003 Tucson High Magnet SchoolTucson, AZ
Unknown, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting Incident began shortly after school dismissal and a dispute erupted between two students. The group moved to a nearby underpass where two students were shot. One later died, the second survived. Police believe the incident to be gang-related.
9/12/2003 Ridgeview High SchoolGreen Cove Springs, FL
David Baez, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownBeat/Kicking Victim was struck by what was described as a sucker punch delivered by Thomas L. White IV, 17. The incident occurred just after school. The victim died 8 days later after remaining unconscious in an intensive care unit.
9/24/2003 Rocori High SchoolCold Spring, MN
Aaron Rollins, 17, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting2
Fifteen-year-old Jason McLaughlin opened fire on students at their high school. A gym teacher apparently talked him into dropping the gun. Motive is not known. Aaron Rollins was shot in the neck and died. Seth Bartell, a freshman, sustained gunshot wounds to the chest and head and later died on Oct 10, 2003.
2,500
9/24/2003 Rocori High SchoolCold Spring, MN
Seth Bartell, 14, Male, Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting2
Fifteen-year-old Jason McLaughlin opened fire on students at their high school. A gym teacher apparently talked him into dropping the gun. Motive is not known. Aaron Rollins was shot in the neck and died. Seth Bartell, a freshman, sustained gunshot wounds to the chest and head and later died on Oct 10, 2003.
10/16/2003 Woodrow Wilson Middle SchoolRoanoke, VA
Ronald Lee Mayfield Jr., 55, Male, Teacher
Near SchoolSuicideJump Mayfield, an English teacher, jumped to his death from bridge two days after he was exonerated in the alleged assault of a student. His body was discovered in the Roanoke River, a day after he was reported missing. A suicide note was found in a vehicle parked nearby. It is not clear that he knew he had been exonerated of the charges. He had been under investigation for shoving a student.
10/23/2003 Matthew Henson Elementary SchoolLandover, MD
Unknown, , Male, Other School Parking LotUnknownShooting A custodian found a man's body on an elementary school's parking lot about 6:00 a.m. The victim has been shot multiple times. The campus was closed for the day and students were bussed to a nearby high school.
10/30/2003 Anacostia Senior High SchoolWashington, DC, DC
Devin M. Fowlkes, 16, Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting A 16-year-old student was fatally shot in front of Anacostia Senior High school as students were leaving a homecoming dance about 3:15 pm. Police suspected that the student was caught in the crossfire of gang activity.
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11/5/2003 Balboa High SchoolSan Francisco, CA
DeShawn Dawson, 15, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopGang-RelatedShooting The victim was struck in the face by an errant bullet allegedly fired by a 16-year-old student from Burton High School. Dawson was reported to be an innocent bystander to a fight aboard the municipal bus.
11/7/2003 Hightower High SchoolSugar Land, TX
Marsai Murry, 17, Female, Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting Marcus Hudgins, 21, is accused of killing the 17-year-old senior at Hightower High School who was hit by a bullet fired at a group of men outside Mercer Stadium in Sugar Land near the end of a football game between her school and Willowridge High School.
11/10/2003 Martin Luther King Elementary SchoolElementary SchoolBuffalo, NY
Unknown, , Male, Student School Parking LotUnknownShooting Unidentified male, who was believed to be in his late teens or early twenties, was shot to death in the back parking lot of Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School after students had gone home at about 4:00 pm. A teacher who was working late found the body next to his car.
12/2/2003 Fermi Elementary SchoolChicago, IL
Unknown, , Male, Other Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting Police officer shot and killed a man who pointed a revolver at the officer on the field of Fermi Elementary School at about 9:30 p.m.
12/8/2003 Centennial High SchoolPueblo, CO
James Romero, 16, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting The victim's body was found sitting against the high school with the legs pulled to the chest and the head resting on the arms. The boy died from a single gunshot wound to the chest. The weapon was found next to his body.
12/8/2003 Porter High SchoolPorter, OK
Unknown, 15, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopUnknownStab/Slashing The victim was stabbed by another student while on a school bus around 7:00 a.m. The suspect ran from the scene after the bus stopped.
1/13/2004 E. H. Cary Middle SchoolDallas, TX
Jose Lopez, 14, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownStab/Slashing The seventh-grader at Cary Middle School was stabbed three times by an older teenage boy who did not attend the school.
1/15/2004 Elizabeth High SchoolElizabeth, NJ
Jose Luis Hertas, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownStab/Slashing The victim was found bleeding from deep puncture wounds after being repeated slashed in the back by another student just outside the school after dismissal.
1/20/2004 Irvin High SchoolEl Paso, TX
Hector Hugo Juarez, 19, Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing The victim was stabbed to death by a 17-year-old Irvin High School student a half-block north of the campus shortly after classes ended. The stabbing was believed to stem from a dispute that arose from a fight at a party the previous weekend.
1/21/2004 Galloway Elementary SchoolHenderson, NV
Anthony Jackson, 35, Male, Other
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
Anthony Jackson was killed in a domestic dispute in the parking lot of Galloway Elementary School. The gunman shot Jackson and was proceeding into the school to find his former girlfriend. Police intervened and shot the gunman.
1/21/2004 Galloway Elementary SchoolHenderson, NV
Hezekiah E. Lewis, 40, Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
Lewis shot and killed another man who was parked in the school's parking lot in a domestic dispute. Members of a special response team found Lewis and used a flash grenade to distract him. During the commotion, an officer fired at Lewis and killed him.
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1/27/2004 Willow Glen High SchoolSan Jose, CA
Samuel Pena, Jr., 15, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing The victim was on his way to school about 7:30 a.m. when an argument erupted with another rider on the municipal bus. The argument continued after the two stepped off the bus about three blocks from the school. The victim died of multiple stabbing wounds to the head, neck and chest. Incident may have been gang-related.
1/27/2004 Elmira Free AcademyElmira, NY
Unknown, 18, Male, Student
On CampusSuicideHanging The victim was found by a night janitor hanging from a rope attached to a light pole in from of Carpenter Field House, behind the high school, around 11 p.m.
2/2/2004 Ballou High SchoolWashington, DC, DC
James Richardson, 17, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting The victim died after being shot several times in the chest around 10:30 a.m. near the cafeteria. The shooting is blamed on a dispute that began between students a week earlier. It was unclear if the shooting was gang-related.
2/3/2004 Southwood Middle SchoolPalmetto Bay, FL
Jaime Rodrigo Gough, 14, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
UnknownStab/Slashing The victim was found bleeding to death in the school's bathroom after having his neck slashed by another 14-year-old student. Other students referred to the victim as a shy boy who was often targeted by bullies.
2/6/2004 Rockhurst High SchoolKansas City, MO
Richie Restivo, 19, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing Teenagers armed with bats and knives rumbled in a Rockhurst High School parking lot on a Friday night. The fight resulted in the stabbing death of the 19-year-old victim. It started as a dispute over a girl that mushroomed into a wider argument that led to the fight.
2/11/2004 Thomas M. Pierce Elementary SchoolPhiladelphia, PA
Faheem Thomas-Childs, 10, Male, Student
PlaygroundUnknownShooting The victim was shot during a morning gun battle between adult males on the streets outside the elementary school in North Philadelphia. Police said that at least 94 rounds were fired from six different guns. A crossing guard was also wounded in the crossfire.
2/20/2004 Gateway Church and SchoolSt. Martinville, LA
Christy DeRouen, 19, Female, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
The victim was called outside the church and school where she worked by her boyfriend, where they argued and the victim was fatally shot to death on the sidewalk.
2/20/2004 Gateway Church and SchoolSt. Martinville, LA
Alan Ledet, 41, Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
After shooting to death his 19-year-old girlfriend just outside the church school where she worked, Ledet, a part-time police officer who also worked as a janitor at St. Martinville Junior High School, shot and killed himself following a short pursuit by police officers.
3/11/2004 Atlantic City High SchoolAtlantic City, NJ
unknown, 52, Male, Other Athletic Field/GymAccidentalHeart Attack A police officer was responding to a riot at a basketball game in Atlantic City High School, when he had a heart attack and died at the scene.
40,5173/17/2004 Crescent Elementary and
Crescent Junior-Senior HighJoyce, WA
unknown, 13, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting The eighth-grade boy arrived on campus at about 10:00 am, walked into a portable classroom and shot himself to death.
5/24/2004 West High SchoolSalt Lake City, UT
Marisela Lavalle, 39, Female, Other
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
Estranged husband killed his wife, who was a cafeteria worker at the school, before school in the faculty parking lot before turning the gun on himself.
5/24/2004 West High SchoolSalt Lake City, UT
Federico Cervantes-Lavalle, 52, Male, Other
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
Estranged husband killed his wife, who was a cafeteria worker at the school, before school in the faculty parking lot before turning the gun on himself.
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6/1/2004 St. Croix Educational Complex High School and Vocational FacilitiesSt. Croix, US Virgin Islands,
Jahmalie Henry, 19, Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting Victim was gunned down in the schoolyard after classes ended for the day. School safety monitors were creditied with tackling the 17-year-old shooter as he tried to get into a vehicle to flee the scene.
6/25/2004Omaha, NE
, 16, Female, Student School Parking LotGang-RelatedBeat/Kicking A gang of girls beat to death a 16 year old girl, who was asthmatic, in the school parking lot during lunch. Her friend was also badly beaten.
2004-2005 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident8/30/2004 Proviso East High School
Maywood, ILGerman Ocegueda, 22, Male, Bystander
School Parking LotGang-RelatedShooting The possibly gang-related shooting occurred at 2:34 pm. when German Ocegueda was waiting to pick up his brother in the west parking lot across the street from the high school.
9/5/2004 Kiona-Benton-City Middle SchoolBenton City, WA
Bob Mars, 44, Male, Teacher
HallwayGang-RelatedStab/Slashing Two gang members, ages 14 and 16, allegedly stabbed Bob Mars, a middle school teacher and coach after he let them use his cell phone to call for a ride home. The gang that the teens claimed association with had graffitied the school twice that week with the gang name, MSP-Mexicans Stand Proud.
9/14/2004 Westside High SchoolMemphis, TN
Tarus DeShawn Williams, 15, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
Gang-RelatedBeat/Kicking Tarus DeShawn Williams was killed by six teenagers, who beat him to death in order to join a gang. No weapons were used, and Williams was found unconscious in the school restroom.655,656
10/7/2004 Newburyport High SchoolNewburyport, MA
Adymn Calcagni, 15, Male, Student
Near SchoolSuicideShooting Adymn Calcagni shot himself at night by Newburyport High School after he went to a girl's house and was not allowed inside.
17,18910/16/2004 Lantrip Elementary School
Houston, TX, , Male, Other On CampusAccidentalShooting A police officer shot a man who was on an elementary
school campus at 1:45 am. The man had threatened to shoot the police officer and reached in his pocket. The officer believed he had a gun, though the man only possessed a screwdriver.
1,953,631
11/16/2004 Hempstead High SchoolHempstead, NY
Olman Herrera, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedStab/Slashing Olman Herrera died at Mercy Medical Center after leaving school, when some people got out of a car and stabbed him. It is possible he was stabbed because he refused to join a gang.56,554
11/22/2004 Strawberry Mansion High SchoolNorth Philadelphia, PA
Jalil Speakes, 16, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Jalil Speakes died after being shot in the head. The shooting occurred just after 3:00 p.m. Witnesses say a car pulled up and shot Speakes and two girls, who were injured and taken to a hospital. The shooting is believed to be related to a fight that happened weeks ago.1,517,550
11/30/2004 Broadoak High SchoolPartington, AL
David Sandham, 15, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking A dispute with two other students over a basketball left 15 year old David Sandham dead. He may have suffered from heart problems.
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12/10/2004 Lakeside High SchoolSpokane, WA
Skyler Cullitan, 16, Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting Skyler Cullitan, a junior at Lakeside High School, shot himself at 1:25 p.m. at school on Thursday, December 9, 2004.He was taken to a hospital but died that evening. No other students were injured, but the all schools in the district were put in lockdown.
195,629
1/4/2005 Montbello High SchoolDenver, CO
Contrell Townsend, 17, Male, Student
CafeteriaInterpersonal Dispute
Stab/Slashing A student was stabbed to death during lunch by another student.
554,6361/6/2005 Murrel Dobbins Vocational-
Technical High SchoolPhiladelphia, PA
James Boone, 18, Male, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting Investigators said Kurtis Graves shot and fatally wounded an 18-year-old rival, James Boone, outside the Murrell Dobbins Vocational-Technical High School in North Philadelphia on Wednesday. The shooting took place as classes recessed for the afternoon and students streamed out onto the sidewalks. Neither teen was a student at Murrell Dobbins. Boone had recently dropped out of another city high school. Graves attended Benjamin Franklin High School. It was unclear what brought the two to the vocational school on the day of the shooting, but police said they believed the teens may have been fighting for the same girl's affection. Boone was struck in the head by a bullet and died at a hospital the next day.
1/27/2005 Sacred Heart of Jesus SchoolHighland Falls, NY
Jerica Rhodes, 7, Female, Student
On CampusUnknownStab/Slashing A father was charged with murder hours after his 7-year-old daughter was found stabbed to death at her small parochial school in Highland Falls, NY shortly after classes started.
2/14/2005 Pine Creek High SchoolColorado Springs, CO
unknown, 17, Male, Student
PlaygroundSuicideHanging The 17 year old male student from Pine Creek High School was found hanging from a swing set at Classical Academy, a charter school.
3/2/2005 Stewart County SchoolsCumberland City, TN
Joyce Gregory, 47, Female, Other
Bus/Bus StopUnknownShooting Stewart County school bus driver was killed as she stopped to pick up a student. Jason Clinard has been charged with first-degree murder in the slaying of the bus driver. Investigators said Clinard, 14 at the time, shot Gregory six times when she stopped to pick him up for school.
3/17/2005 Locke High SchoolLos Angeles, CA
Deliesh Allen-Roberts, 15, Female, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting Gang member Dejuan Hines was arrested for shooting an innocent bystander, Deliesh, who was waiting for her aunt to pick her up after school. Deliesh later on 3/25/05 died at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.3,694,820
3/21/2005 Red Lake High SchoolRed Lake Indian Reservation, MN
Derrick Brun, 28, Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,7003/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation, MN
Jeff Weise, 17, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting8
Jeff Weiss stole guns from his grandfather, who is a police officer, and shot his grandfather and the grandfather's girlfriend. Weise then drove the police car to the school and shot several students, a teacher and a school security officer. Weise then shot and killed himself. All totalled, 10 people were killed and 12 were injured; 8 of them considered to be school-associated..
4,700
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3/21/2005 RedLake High SchoolRed Lake Indian Reservation, MN
Thurlene Stillday, 15, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,7003/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation, MN
Alicia Spike, 14, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,7003/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation, MN
Chase Lussier, 15, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,7003/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation, MN
Dwayne Lewis, 15, Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,7003/21/2005 Red Lake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation, MN
Neva Rogers, 62, Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,7003/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation, MN
Chanelle Rosebear, 15, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,7003/23/2005 Indiana Area Senior High
SchoolIndiana, PA
Joseph W. Stank, 51, Male, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
0
Joseph W. Stank walked into the school's office and asked for a job application. After he left the office and was close to the school's gym, a police officer noticed Stank had a gun and ordered him to drop it. He did not comply, and the officer shot him. Stank later died in a hospital.30,000
4/27/2005 Gabrielino High SchoolRosemead, CA
Ryan Dasalla, 17, Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting1
Ryan Dasalla was shot multiple times a block away from his high school at about 2 p.m. He died at the scene
56,7984/29/2005 Westside High School
Anderson, SCXyl Rice, 15, Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal Dispute
Beat/Kicking The victim died four days after being in a fight at school. He had had a heart transplant five years earlier The coroner indicated that the death was not connected to the school fight but rather that his heart was failing. The boy told his father that he had been punched in the chest.
5/17/2005 Highland Elementary SchoolLower Allen Township, PA
Kim Keefer, 32, Female, Parent
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting2
James Zeigler, 47, shot Kim Keefer, 32, multiple times and killed her in the school's parking lot at about 3:00 p.m. Zeigler then killed himself. The school went on lockdown and no students were injured.17,437
7/18/2005 Weequahic High SchoolNewark, NJ
Officer Dwayne Reeves, 35, Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting1
Officer Dwayne Reeves was shot in the head on a sidewalk by the high school when responding to a fight involving students. He later died at a hospital.
273,5462005-2006 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident
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11/9/2005 Campbell County High SchoolJacksboro, TN
Ken Bruce, 48, Male, Administrator
CafeteriaUnknownShooting A teenager shot and killed an assistant principal and seriously wounded two other administrators. The suspect, Ken Bartley Jr., 15, was grazed in the hand by a bullet fired from his own .22-caliber handgun during a scuffle with the administrators and an unidentified teacher who helped wrestle the gun away.
2,000
1/13/2006 Pinson Valley High SchoolBirmingham, AL
Marcus Alexander, 17, Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal Dispute
Shooting Brando Ray Daniels, 20, an Erwin High School senior ,was charged with murder in the shooting death of Marcus Alexander, 17, a Pinson Valley High School junior. The two got into a fight in the parking lot of Pinson Valley High after a basketball game with Erwin High School. Alexander was driven to the hospital where he died later the same evening. The school principal indicated there had been reports of friction between the two.
1/15/2006 Milwee Middle SchoolLongwood, FL
Christopher Penley, 15, Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker Room
UnknownShooting A sheriff's department SWAT team member shot a gun-wielding eighth-grade student who threatened classmates with a pellet gun fashioned to resemble a 9mm handgun. The student led the police on a chase through the campus and ended up in a restroom where he claimed that he would either kill himself or die one way or another. He was shot atter he raised his gun and assumed a tactical position. The incident occurred on Jan 13. He was kept alive on life support until January 15.
6/5/2006 Venice High School`Venice, CA
Agustine Contreras, 17, Male, Student
School Parking LotGang-RelatedShooting Augustine Contreras, a junior at Venice High, was taken to a hospital in critical condition where he later died. Shortly after school let out, Contreras went to the aid of his two brothers, who were involved in a fight with at least five young men. The dispute is believed to be gang-related.
7/11/2006 Hamilton High SchoolLos Angeles, CA
Anna Interiano, 16, Female, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting Victim was shot in an alley a few blocks from the school after reporting to school police before leaving summer school that there was a someone on the streets flagging kids down with guns. The victim was with friends when a white sport utility vehicle with 3 or 4 occupants drove past, then parked about 200 yards from the group at the end of the alley. A male suspect go out and shot into the group. Investigators believe the shooting to be gang related, but the victim was not reported as being a member of a gang.
2006-2007 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethodMultiple Deaths/
Total Victims Description of Incident9/27/2006 Platte Canyon High School
Bailey, COEmily Keyes, 16, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting2
A mysterious gunman took a classroom hostage releasing all but six girls and holding them for hours before fatally wounding Emily Keyes and then killing himself as authorities stormed in. The suspect is identified as Duane R. Morrison, 53.
9/27/2006 Platte Canyon High SchoolBailey, CO
Duane R. Morrison, 53, Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting2
Duane Morrison shot himself after holding six female students hostage for hours and fatally shooting one of them when authorities stormed in.
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9/29/2006 Weston SchoolsCasanovia, WI
John Klang, 49, Male, Administrator
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting 15 year old student Eric Hainstock fatally wounded John Klang, the high school principal. It is reported that the suspect was angry after receiving a disciplinary warning from the principal the day before for having tobacco on school grounds and with teachers who hadn't stopped a group of kids from calling him names.
10/2/2006 Amish SchoolhouseNickel Mines, PA
Charles Carl Roberts IV, 32, Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting6
Charles Roberts barricaded himself in a one-room schoolhouse taking as many as 12 female students and teen-age aides hostage. He killed five girls, wounded six others and then turned the gun to himself. Evidence indicates that the hostage taking/murder/suicide was premeditated and may have been sexually motivated.
10/2/2006 Amish SchoolhouseNickel Mines, PA
Naomi Rose Ebersole, 7, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting6
Five female students were killed and six others wounded when a 32-year-old milk delivery driver took female students hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse. The gunman, identified as Charles Roberts, shot and killed himself and when police began to enter the building.
10/2/2006 Amish SchoolhouseNickel Mines, PA
Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 12, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting6
Five female students were killed and six others wounded when a 32-year-old milk delivery driver took female students hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse. The gunman, identified as Charles Roberts, shot and killed himself and when police began to enter the building.
10/2/2006 Amish SchoolhouseNickel Mines, PA
Marian Fisher, 13, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting6
Five female students were killed and six others wounded when a 32-year-old milk delivery driver took female students hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse. The gunman, identified as Charles Roberts, shot and killed himself and when police began to enter the building.
10/2/2006 Amish SchoolhouseNickel Mines, PA
Mary Liz Miller, 8, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting6
Five female students were killed and six others wounded when a 32-year-old milk delivery driver took female students hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse. The gunman, identified as Charles Roberts, shot and killed himself and when police began to enter the building.
10/2/2006 Amish SchoolhouseNickel Mines, PA
Lena Miller, 7, Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting6
Gunman barricaded himself in one-room school house and then later shot and killed himself and five female students.
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REASONS FOR DEATHS
16 12
49
1
112
9 3
79
153
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
Accidental
Bully-Related
Gang-Related
Hate Crime
Interpersonal DisputeRobbery
Sexually MotivatedSuicide
Unknown
SchoolYear Accidental Bully-Related
Gang-Related
Hate Crime
Interpersonal Dispute
Robbery Suicide UnknownDrug-Related
Sexuall Motivated
1992-1993 2 1 13 1 19 2 9 91993-1994 4 1 8 10 1 7 2111994-1995 4 6 4 71995-1996 1 3 1 10 2 6 131996-1997 1 2 2 11 1 811997-1998 4 6 15 9 911998-1999 1 1 1 3 6 191999-2000 3 1 6 10 122000-2001 2 1 1 3 6 112001-2002 1 1 2 12002-2003 1 7 9 52003-2004 1 4 15 4 182004-2005 1 5 7 4 112005-2006 2 1 22006-2007 2 7
16 12 49 1 112 9 79 153Totals 3
METHODS OF DEATH
23 11 3 2
323
61
5 60
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
Beat/KickingHanging
Heart Attack
Jump
Shooting
Stab/Slashing
Strangling/AsphyziationUnkown
SchoolYear Beat/ Kicking
Hanging Jump Shooting Stab/ Slashing
Strangling/ Asphyxiation
UnkownHeart Attack
1992-1993 1 45 101993-1994 1 1 41 7 2 11994-1995 2 16 31995-1996 1 29 61996-1997 3 15 4 1 211997-1998 1 36 6 11998-1999 3 25 2 11999-2000 5 5 16 3 212000-2001 1 19 3 12001-2002 4 12002-2003 1 2 14 52003-2004 3 1 1 29 712004-2005 3 1 20 42005-2006 52006-2007 9
23 11 2 323 61 5 6Totals 3
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VICTIMS' GENDER
SchoolYear Male Female1992-1993 49 71993-1994 41 121994-1995 18 31995-1996 26 101996-1997 18 81997-1998 27 171998-1999 24 71999-2000 26 62000-2001 20 42001-2002 52002-2003 16 62003-2004 37 52004-2005 20 82005-2006 4 12006-2007 3 6
334Totals 100
49
7
41
12
18
3
26
10
18
8
27
17
24
7
26
6
20
4 5
16
6
37
5
20
84
13
6
05
101520253035404550
1992-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
1996-1997
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
MaleFemale
DEATHS BY SCHOOL TYPES
SchoolYear Elementary School
Jr. High School
High School Alternative School
Other
1992-1993 3 7 42 2 21993-1994 12 7 32 21994-1995 1 3 171995-1996 1 8 22 4 11996-1997 4 3 18 11997-1998 5 10 28 11998-1999 5 24 21999-2000 5 6 17 42000-2001 3 3 17 12001-2002 1 2 22002-2003 2 7 12 12003-2004 9 4 27 22004-2005 3 1 23 12005-2006 1 42006-2007 2 7
48 66 287 15 18Totals
4866
287
15 180
50
100
150
200
250
300
Elementary School
Jr. High/Middle School
High School
Alternative SchoolOther
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LOCATIONS OF DEATHS
25 26 25
10
48 45
7
10093
6
49
0102030405060708090
100
Athletic Field/Gym
Bathroom/Locker Room
Bus/Bus Stop
Cafeteria
Classroom/Office
HallwayLibrary
Near School
On Campus
Playground
School Parking Lot
SchoolYear Athletic Field
Restroom Cafeteria Classroom/Office
Hallway Near School
Play-ground
Parking Lot
School Bus
On Campus
Library
1992-1993 4 2 7 8 12 1 42 161993-1994 4 1 1 4 5 7 1 85 171994-1995 1 1 2 5 8 131995-1996 2 1 6 8 5 46 41996-1997 4 1 1 6 6 12 51997-1998 2 3 1 1 2 11 61 171998-1999 1 4 2 2 4 12 871999-2000 5 1 3 1 12 2 262000-2001 3 1 2 7 832001-2002 2 1 1 12002-2003 1 4 3 1 2 3 32 32003-2004 6 1 1 1 15 1 64 72004-2005 1 1 8 2 8 1 21 42005-2006 1 1 1 22006-2007 9
25 26 10 48 45 100 6 49Totals 25 937
DEATHS BY STATE
0AK 2AL 10AR 6AZ 5CA 86CO 20
CT 3DC 9DE 1FL 22GA 18IA 2IL 13
IN 1KS 2KY 6LA 5MA 15MD 5MI 11
MN 12MO 11MS 7MT 1NC 7NE 2NH 1
NJ 10NM 2NV 3NY 21OH 6OK 2OR 2
PA 27SC 7TN 13TX 31UT 4VA 3WA 16
WI 2WV 2WY 1
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