The National School Safety Center's Report on
School Associated Violent Deaths
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In-House Report of the National School Safety Center
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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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
9/21/1992 South Shore High School
Brooklyn, NY
Damion 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
2,300,664
9/25/1992 Miller High School
Fontana, CA
Michael A. Arrellano, 15,
Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedStab/Slashing
stabbed twice by 14-year-old (believed to be gang-related)
87,535
9/30/1992 Paramount High School
Paramount, CA
Sheila 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
47,669
10/6/1992 Northbrook High School
Houston, TX
Luis Mesa, 16, Male,
Student
PlaygroundGang-RelatedShooting
gang fight; died from shotgun wound inflicted by Juan
Diaz, 15, at playground of Hollibrook Elementary School
1,630,553
10/12/1992 Desert View High School
Tucson, AZ
Oscar Daniel Leon, 16,
Male, Student
School Parking LotGang-RelatedShooting
shot with .22 by Antonio Redondo, 20, in a gang-related
incident
405,390
10/13/1992 Jenner Elementary School
Chicago, IL
Dantrell Davis, 7, Male,
Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting
shot in gang gunfire near home, while walking to school
2,783,726
10/17/1992 James Logan High School
Union City, CA
Thomas 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 competition
53,762
11/6/1992 Berkner High School
Richardson, 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-related
74,840
11/10/1992 Sherman Elementary School
Chicago, IL
Willie Clayborn, 13,
Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting
accidentally shot self with .22 pistol while playing with gun
from home
2,783,726
11/13/1992 Langham Creek High School
Houston, TX
Rita Bertsch Wenzel, 39,
Female, Teacher
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
Chair of Special Education Department; gunned down by
estranged husband
1,630,553
11/13/1992 Langham Creek Hig School
Houston, TX
Steve Wenzel, 39, Male,
Other
On CampusSuicideShooting
2
shot self after killing estranged wife, an employee of the
school
1,630,553
11/16/1992 Fairfield High School
Birmingham, AL
Michael 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
265,968
11/20/1992 Edward Tilden High School
Chicago, IL
Delondyn 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 School
Chicago, 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
2,783,726
12/10/1992 Southwestern Middle School
Deland, FL
Tereas 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
16,491
12/14/1992 Simon's Rock College
Great Barrington, MA
Nacunan L. Saiz, , Male,
Teacher
On CampusUnknownShooting
2
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 College
Great Barrington, MA
Galen Gibson, 18, Male,
Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
2
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 School
Brooklyn, 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
2,300,664
1/8/1993 Pequea Valley High School
Leola, PA
Timothy Stauffer, 17,
Male, Student
On CampusAccidentalShooting
accidentally shot with pistol by 15-year-old
1/12/1993 Norland High School
Miami, FL
Conroy Robinson, 18,
Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
after school; shot repeatedly in chest and legs after school
following alleged dispute with other students
358,548
1/12/1993 Anthony Junior-Senior High
Anthony, 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
3,328
1/13/1993 William Orr Junior High
Las Vegas, NV
Mark 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
258,295
1/15/1993 Boston High School
Boston, MA
Axel Reyes, 16, Male,
Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting
shot in gang-related brawl on subway on way home from
school
574,283
1/18/1993 East Carter High School
Grayson, KY
Deanna McDavid, 48,
Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
2
teacher and custodian held hostage with class, then shot
by senior student Scott Pennington, 17
3,510
1/18/1993 East Carter High School
Grayson, KY
Marvin Hicks, 51, Male,
Other
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
2
custodian at school; held hostage with teacher and class,
then shot by senior student Scott Pennington, 17
3,510
1/21/1993 Fairfax High School
Los Angeles, CA
Demetrius 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 School
San 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
1,110,549
1/28/1993 Hoover High School
San Diego, CA
Rafael Romo, 17, Male,
Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedStab/Slashing
stabbed in gang altercation across street from school
1,110,549
2/1/1993 Amityville High School
Amityville, NY
Randel Artis, 17, Male,
Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
outside guidance counselor's office; shot in stomach with
.22 caliber, 9-shot handgun by Shem McCoy, 17
9,286
2/1/1993 Redmond Junior High School
Redmond, WA
Jason Domenico, 14,
Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting
suicide on school grounds at 6:30 a.m.
35,800
2/4/1993 Mount Eden High School
Hayward, CA
Anthony Lovos, 17,
Male, Student
Near SchoolSuicideShooting
suicide; shot self in head while fleeing school in his car
during police chase
111,498
2/4/1993 North Clayton High School
Clayton County, GA
James 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 on
182,052
2/8/1993 Washington-Dix Street
Academy
Washington, DC
Kenneth W. Jackson, 21,
Male, Student
On CampusRobberyShooting
shot in apparent robbery at the doorway to alternative high
school
528,964
2/8/1993 Middle River School
Middle River, MN
Eric Melby, 14, Male,
Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting
suicide; shot self in head with 30-30 rifle he had brought
to school
285
2/18/1993 Kimball High School
Dallas, TX
Andrew 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 School
Reseda, 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
3,485,398
2/24/1993 Cleveland High School
Reseda, CA
Rocio Delgado, 16,
Female, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting
innocent bystander to gang confrontation
3,485,398
2/24/1993 Junior High School 25
New York, NY
Angel 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
7,322,564
2/26/1993 Century High School
Santa Ana, CA
Jose 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 School
Gloucester, MA
William Gross, 15, Male,
Student
CafeteriaSuicideShooting shot self in head with .22
28,716
3/11/1993 Southeastern Middle School
Detroit, MI
Montae Rowser, 16,
Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
shot in chest during argument on bus with 16-year-old
student from rival school
1,027,974
3/18/1993 Harlem High School
Harlem, GA
Rodricas 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
2,199
3/25/1993 Sumner High School
St. Louis, MO
Tony Hall, 17, Male,
Student
HallwayInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
shot in back of head with pistol by ex-girlfriend Lawanda
Jackson, 19
396,685
3/26/1993 Lamar High School
Bryan, TX
Billy 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
55,002
4/3/1993 Grant High School
Sacramento, CA
Vodrick 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
369,365
4/12/1993 Dartmouth High School
Dartmouth, MA
Jason 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' mother
27,244
4/14/1993 Nimitz High School
Irving, 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
155,037
4/15/1993 Ford Middle School
Acushnet, MA
Carole 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
9,554
4/16/1993 Grant High School
Sacramento, CA
Fred Lawson, 43, Male,
Bystander
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting
Little League coach; shot in head by stray bullet during
baseball game
369,365
4/16/1993 Mount Tahoma High School
Tacoma, WA
Lourie 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
despondent
176,664
4/26/1993 Millbrook High School
Raleigh, NC
Bryan Greene, 16, Male,
Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
Victim was hit by a stray bullet during a parking lot brawl
involving other students over an alleged theft of a baseball
hat. Michael Edward Blanton, 20, was charged with the
shooting
207,951
5/21/1993 Boston High School
Boston, MA
Telly Coleman, 15, Male,
Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
shot twice as a bystander to a student dispute while
leaving school subway station
574,283
5/22/1993 Garrett Morgan School of
Science
Cleveland, 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 School
Red 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
1,794
5/27/1993 Nicholls High School
New Orleans, LA
Gerald Dordain, 15,
Male, Student
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
shot four times with 9-mm pistol by student in a
schoolyard scuffle
496,938
7/2/1993 Greenwood High School
Bowling Green, KY
Alan 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
40,641
1993-1994 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
8/9/1993 Lafayette Elementary School
Los Angeles, CA
Catherine 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
3,485,398
8/31/1993 Harper High School
Atlanta, GA
Marcus Taylor, 15, Male,
Student
CafeteriaInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
shot with .22 handgun by student with whom victim had
been feuding
394,017
9/2/1993 Roosevelt High School
Dallas, TX
DeMarkous McLemore,
15, Male, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
shot by killer carrying two guns
1,006,877
9/18/1993 Central Middle School
Sheridan, WY
Kevin Newman, 29,
Male, Other
Athletic Field/GymSuicideShooting
shot self after shooting randomly at students in gym class
and wounding four
13,900
9/22/1993 Marvin Avenue Elementary
Los Angeles, CA
Felita 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 autopsy
3,485,398
9/25/1993 Weatherless Elementary
Washington, DC
Kervin Brown, 23, Male,
Other
Athletic Field/GymGang-RelatedShooting
2
gang-related shooting occurred during Saturday afternoon
pickup game; Steven Chadwick, 19, and Anthony D.
Dawkins, 22, were both charged
528,964
9/25/1993 Weatherless Elementary
Washington, DC
Launice Smith, 4,
Female, Bystander
Athletic Field/GymAccidentalShooting
2
gang-related shooting occurred during Saturday afternoon
pickup game; Steven Chadwick, 19, and Anthony D.
Dawkins, 22, were both charged
528,964
10/12/1993 Dover High School
New Castle, DE
Laura Beth Moyer, 16,
Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideShooting
shot self with .32 in bathroom of in-school clinic
4,837
10/14/1993 Redford High School
Detroit, MI
Frank Miles, 15, Male,
Student
Bus/Bus StopGang-RelatedShooting
shot accidentally by gang members in front of school at
bus stop
1,027,974
10/18/1993 Kecoughton High School
Hampton, VA
Javal 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 School
Hazelwood, 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 School
Granite Bay, CA
Cherilyn Hawkey, 39,
Female, Teacher
Near SchoolUnknownStrangling/Asph
yziation
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 School
Chicago, IL
Kati Faber, 15, Male,
Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
shot in back with semiautomatic by classmate Troy Jones,
15
2,783,726
11/4/1993 New Britain High School
New Britain, CT
Miguel DeJesus Jr., 18,
Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
shot repeatedly by masked gunman on steps of the school
75,491
11/4/1993 Terry Parker High School
Jacksonville, FL
Richard 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
672,971
11/5/1993 Bay Springs High School
Bay Springs, MS
Jason 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
1,729
11/6/1993 Thaddeus Stevens School
Elliott, PA
Kristina Grill, 15,
Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Stab/Slashing
2
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 School
Chicago, IL
Alfredo Mercado, 16,
Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
shot by youth standing on sidewalk as victim was in car
driving to school
2,783,726
11/11/1993 Ridgely Elementary School
Springfield, IL
Harold Page III, 14,
Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting
discovered shot twice in head; victim had been member of
gang called Simon City Royals
105,227
11/29/1993 Center High School
Kansas City, MO
DeWayne Bingham, 23,
Male, Other
School Parking LotUnknownShooting
shot as waited in car to pick up cousin after basketball
game
435,146
12/1/1993 Wauwatosa West High School
Wauwatosa, WI
Dale Breitlow, 46, Male,
Administrator
HallwayUnknownShooting
gunned down by Leonard D. McDowell as Breitlow
begged for his life
49,366
12/3/1993 English High School
Roxbury, MA
Louis Brown, 16, Male,
Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
shot while walking to school
12/8/1993 Beach High School
Savannah, 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
3,772
12/16/1993 Chelsea High School
Chelsea, MI
Joseph 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 School
Hacienda 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 School
Kennard, TX
Joseph Leon Olivo, 17,
Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting
shot self with rifle
1/26/1994 Eau Claire High School
Columbia, SC
Earnest Dunlap, 17,
Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
shot three times with .22 caliber semiautomatic by Floyd
Brown, 18
98,052
1/27/1994 Washington Elementary
School
San 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
782,248
1/28/1994 Charles A. Mooney Middle
School
Cleveland, OH
Paul Wallace, 15, Male,
Student
Bus/Bus StopUnknownStab/Slashing
stabbed, stomped and kicked by five people while waiting
at bus stop at school
505,616
1/31/1994 Marcus Whitman Middle
School
Seattle, WA
Neal Summers, ?, Male,
Teacher
HallwayUnknownShooting
teacher at school for about 20 years; found lying near
doorway in hall by fellow teacher
45,206
2/1/1994 Valley View Junior High
School
Simi 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
516,259
2/7/1994 Lee County, FL.
Fort Myers, FL
James A. Adams, 57,
Male, Administrator
On CampusUnknownShooting
2
superintendent of schools; shot five times with .38 by
Larry Ray Shelton, 48, former district special education
teacher who then shot and killed himself
100,217
2/8/1994 Osborn High School
Detroit, MI
Steven Watkins, 19,
Male, Student
School Parking LotUnknownShooting
special education student; shot while in car
1,027,974
2/14/1994 Carlmont High School
Belmont, CA
Edwin 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
24,127
2/15/1994 Wallenberg High School
San Francisco, CA
Robert Tran, 17, Male,
Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
shot in head with a .38 handgun while defending a friend
who was being attacked
723,959
2/20/1994 E.O. Smith High School
Mansfield, CT
Robert J. Gaucher, 62,
Male, Administrator
On CampusSuicideHanging
superintendent of schools; body found by custodian
21,103
3/15/1994 Goose Creek High School
Charleston, SC
Michael 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 School
San 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-related
25,158
3/23/1994 Ballard High School
Seattle, WA
Melissa "Missie"
Fernandez, 16, Female,
Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting
shot in head mistakenly in a drive-by shooting; thought to
be gang-related
516,259
3/25/1994 Etowah High School
Woodstock, GA
Brian Head, 15, Male,
Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting
special education student; shot himself with 9-mm pistol
after being teased by other students
4,361
3/30/1994 Bradwell Institute
Hinesville, GA
George Jenkins, 18,
Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Stab/Slashing
stabbed by Bernard P. Townsend, 19, during a fight
21,603
4/12/1994 Margaret Leary Elementary
Butte, MT
Jeremy 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
33,336
4/13/1994 49th Street Elementary
Los Angeles, CA
Jorge David Licea, 10,
Male, Student
On CampusSuicideShooting
died 4/14/94; shot self in head with .380 caliber
semiautomatic
3,485,398
4/19/1994 Eliot Junior High School
Washington, DC
Louis Edward Lehear,
21, Male, Other
On CampusUnknownShooting
body found on steps of school at 5:30 a.m.
528,964
4/21/1994 John Trotwood Moore Middle
School
Nashville, 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
488,374
5/2/1994 North Miami High School
North 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
358,548
5/2/1994 West Bloomfield High School
Detroit, MI
Zuhair 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
5/25/1994 Lakeland Regional High
School
Wanaque, 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 School
Memphis, 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 School
Mount Pleasant, NY
Nicholas Ippoliti, 12,
Male, Student
On CampusSexually
Motivated
Strangling/Asph
yziation
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
6,592
7/21/1994 Lower Marion High School
Ardmore, PA
Diane 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
12,646
7/24/1994 Manchester Elementary
School
Manchester, 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
1,830
7/25/1994 Ottumwa High School
Ottumwa, IA
Jeramy 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
24,488
1994-1995 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
9/7/1994 Hollywood High School
Hollywood, CA
Rolando Ruiz, 17, Male,
Student
On CampusGang-RelatedShooting
lawn outside school; shot by rival gang members
3,485,398
9/16/1994 Florin High School
Sacramento, CA
Tomek 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
369,365
9/23/1994 Rainier Beach High School
Seattle, WA
Donell 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 shot
516,259
10/12/1994 Grimsley High School
Greensboro, NC
Nicholas Atkinson, 16,
Male, Student
School Parking LotSuicideShooting
suspended student; shot and wounded assistant principal,
then killed himself with 9mm pistol
183,521
10/25/1994 Mt. Vernon High School
Mt. Vernon, NY
Shebule Jackson, 17,
Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal
Dispute
Stab/Slashing
stabbed three times in neck by Hopeton Minott, 17 (male)
67,153
10/25/1994 American High School
Fremont, CA
Alejandro 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
173,339
11/5/1994 Thomas Jefferson Elementary
School
San 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
68,223
11/7/1994 Wickliffe Middle School
Wickliffe, OH
Peter 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 principal
14,558
11/15/1994 Stadium High School
Tacoma, 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 School
Washington, 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
528,964
1/10/1995 Palm Beach Gardens High
School
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Robert Warthen, 15,
Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting
shot self, some friends say because he was upset due to
an argument with girlfriend
149,377
1/23/1995 Northern High School
Baltimore, 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
1/23/1995 Sacred Heart School
Redlands, CA
John 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 shotgun
60,394
1/24/1995 McCluer North High School
St. 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
396,685
2/2/1995 Jordan High School
Long Beach, CA
Javier 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 School
Boca Raton, FL
Christopher Carignan,
14, Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
shot by Anthony Reed, 14
61,492
2/18/1995 Aurora Central Catholic High
School
Chicago, 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.
2,783,726
3/27/1995 Edison High School
Stockton, CA
Benly Carolino, 15, Male,
Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
shot from behind in a drive-by shooting, which also
wounded two others, ages 17 and 16
210,943
3/29/1995 Boston High School
Boston, MA
Anthony 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 School
Holly 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
7,261
5/18/1995 Narbonne High School
Harbor City, CA
Shazeeb 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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
8/29/1995 Memorial Middle School
Laredo, TX
Elizabeth 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
122,899
9/12/1995 Cypress Junior High School
Memphis, TN
Torenzo 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
610,337
9/14/1995 Olathe North High School
Olathe, KS
Wilson Montenegro, 15,
Male, Student
School Parking LotUnknownShooting
2
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
9/14/1995 Olathe North High School
Olathe, KS
Jerrell Frazier, 19, Male,
Other
School Parking LotUnknownShooting
2
cousin of Olathe North student Wilson Montenegro; 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 School
Rochester, 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
231,636
9/30/1995 Tavares Middle School
Tavares, FL
Joey Summerall, 13,
Male, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
shot some 13 times with a 9mm semiautomatic pistol by
Keith Eugene Johnson, 14
7,383
10/3/1995 Gilroy High School
Gilroy, CA
Carlos 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 case
31,487
10/10/1995 Marshall Elementary School
St. 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 School
Blackville, SC
Toby R. Sincino, 16,
Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting
2
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
died
2,688
10/12/1995 Blackville-Hilda High School
Blackville, SC
Phyllis Senn, 56,
Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
2
in teacher's workroom; shot by Sincino before he then
turned gun on himself; first thought to have been a heat
attack
2,688
11/2/1995 Blue Lake Elementary School
Miami 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 failed
358,548
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11/6/1995 Treadwell High School
Memphis, 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 victims
610,337
11/15/1995 Richland High School
Lynnville, TN
Carolyn Foster, 58,
Female, Teacher
HallwayUnknownShooting
2
teacher and 1 student shot and killed with a .22 rifle by
student Jamie Rouse, 17; another teacher was wounded
344
11/15/1995 Richland High School
Lynnville, TN
Diane Collins, 16,
Female, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
2
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 teacher
344
11/28/1995 Thomas A. Edison Vocational
and Technical High School
Queens, 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
1,951,598
12/14/1995 Oxon Hill High School
Washington, DC
Charles "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
528,964
1/2/1996 Girard High School
Girard, PA
John Pegg, 16, Male,
Student
HallwaySuicideShooting
shot himself in the head
2,879
1/19/1996 Martha H. Winston
Community School
Washington, 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
school
528,964
1/26/1996 Manassas High School
Memphis, 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
610,337
1/26/1996 East High School
Memphis, TN
Glenn 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 School
Tustin, 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 assailant
50,689
1/30/1996 Denby High School
Detroit, MI
Demetrius Anderson, 16,
Male, Student
HallwayUnknownStab/Slashing
stabbed to death; two 15-year-old students have been
charged with first degree murder
1,027,974
2/2/1996 Frontier Junior High School
Moses Lake, WA
Leona D. Caires, 49,
Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeBully-RelatedShooting
3
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 School
Moses Lake, WA
Arnold F. Fritz, 15, Male,
Student
Classroom/OfficeBully-RelatedShooting
3
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 School
Moses Lake, WA
Manuel Vela, 14, Male,
Student
Classroom/OfficeBully-RelatedShooting
3
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
Center
Palo 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
himself
55,900
2/22/1996 Jenkins High School
Savannah, 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
137,560
2/29/1996 Beaumont High School
St. Louis, MO
Kyunia Taylor, 15,
Female, Student
Bus/Bus StopUnknownShooting
2
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 victim
396,685
2/29/1996 St. Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis, MO
Diamond Taylor, 1m.,
Female, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
Kyunia Taylor's daughter; born three months premature,
died March 23, 1996
396,685
3/11/1996 North Stanly High School
New 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
414
3/25/1996 Eleanor Roosevelt High
School
Greenbelt, 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
21,096
3/25/1996 Mountain Park Baptist
Academy
Patterson, 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 School
Talledega, 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
18,175
5/14/1996 Bingham Middle School
Taylorsville, UT
Justin 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 School
Colton, 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
40,213
6/4/1996 West Valley High School
Hemet, CA
Stasiu 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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
9/25/1996 DeKalb Alternative School
Scottsdale, GA
Dr. 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
8,770
9/26/1996 Wichita Falls High School
Wichita Falls, TX
Erika 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 School
Philadelphia, PA
Lealoa "Jenny" Coles,
19, Female, Other
On CampusUnknownShooting
2
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 school
1,585,577
10/2/1996 Smedley Elementary School
Philadelphia, PA
Stacy Buxton-Boyd, 26,
Female, Parent
On CampusUnknownShooting
2
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
1,585,577
10/4/1996 St. Bernard High School
Playa del Rey, CA
Earoll 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 hospitalized
3,485,398
10/9/1996 Jacksonville Senior High
School
Sherwood, 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
18,893
10/13/1996 Sumner High School
St. Louis, MO
Lamon 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
396,685
11/27/1996 Highlands High School
Sacramento, CA
Darnell 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 School
Brooklyn, NY
Not Disclosed, ?, Male,
Student
Athletic Field/GymInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
one of three teens shot (two critically wounded) in an
attack by three youths
2,300,664
1/27/1997 Conniston Middle School
West Palm Beach, FL
John 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 School
Webbers 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
722
2/18/1997 Lincoln Elementary School
Ventura, CA
Marsha 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 School
Bethel, AK
Joshua Palacios, 16,
Male, Student
HallwayBully-RelatedShooting
2
shot with 12-guage shotgun by Evan Ramsey, 16, who
also killed the school principal; Palacios may have called
Ramsey names
4,674
2/19/1997 Bethel Regional High School
Bethel, AK
Ronald Dale Edwards,
50, Male, Administrator
HallwayBully-RelatedShooting
2
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 scene
4,674
2/20/1997 First Coast High School
Jacksonville, FL
Melissa 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
scholarship
672,971
2/21/1997 Concord High School
Concord, 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
36,006
3/5/1997 Bayonne High School
Newark, NJ
Aubrey 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
275,221
3/17/1997 Pershing High School
Detroit, MI
Kenneth Baumgart, 16,
Male, Student
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
three Detroit high school students charged with murder
1,027,974
3/26/1997 Oak Harbor Elementary
Oak Harbor, WA
Deborah Palmer, 7,
Female, Student
Near SchoolSexually
Motivated
Strangling/Asph
yziation
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 Seattle
17,176
3/27/1997 Sullivan Middle School
Lowell, 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 High
Mar 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
3,485,398
4/22/1997 John Marshall High School
Los Angeles, CA
Juan 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
School
Upper 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.
75,883
5/14/1997 Wilde Lake High School
Columbia, MD
Dr. 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
9,481
5/16/1997 Rio Linda High School
Rio Linda, CA
Michelle 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 School
Ocean 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 baby
103,439
1997-1998 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
9/11/1997 Berkeley High School East
Campus
Berkeley, 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.
102,724
9/18/1997 Southwest Dekalb High
School
Atlanta, 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 on
394,017
9/27/1997 Christa McAuliffe Middle
School
Jackson Township, NJ
Edward Werner, 11,
Male, Student
Near SchoolSexually
Motivated
Strangling/Asph
yziation
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 school
25,644
10/1/1997 Pearl High School
Pearl, MS
Christina Menefee, 16,
Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
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 School
Pearl, MS
Lydia Kay Dew, 17,
Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
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 spree
19,588
10/14/1997 Ruskin High School
Kansas 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 fistfight
435,146
10/14/1997 Lakeview Centennial High
School
Garland, 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 School
Oakland, 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
372,242
10/22/1997 John Glenn High School
Norwalk, CA
Catherine Tran, 16,
Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
shot with 9mm semiautomatic by jilted boyfriend, 21, Khoa
Truc "Robert" Dang, ex-USC student, who then killed
himself
94,279
10/22/1997 John Glenn High School
Norwalk, CA
Khoa Truc "Robert"
Dang, 21, Male, Other
On CampusSuicideShooting
2
shot himself in the mouth after shooting former girlfriend
94,279
11/7/1997 Ribault High School
Jacksonville, FL
Gary 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 cousin
672,971
11/13/1997 Creekside Elementary School
Sacramento, 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-lover
369,365
12/1/1997 Heath High School
West Paducah, KY
Kayce Steger, 15,
Female, Student
On CampusBully-RelatedShooting
3
one of 3 girls killed when Michael Carneal opened fire on
a daily informal prayer meeting before school; 5 additional
students were wounded
27,256
12/1/1997 Heath High School
West Paducah, KY
Jessica James, 17,
Female, Student
On CampusBully-RelatedShooting
3
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
27,256
12/2/1997 Heath High School
West Paducah, KY
Nichole Hadley, 14,
Female, Student
On CampusBully-RelatedShooting
3
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 School
Madera, 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
29,281
1/13/1998 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 School
Hoboken, NJ
John A. Sacci Jr., 48,
Male, Teacher
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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 School
Hoboken, NJ
Geraisimov V. Metaxas,
61, Male, Other
Near SchoolSuicideShooting
2
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 School
Reed 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"
2,379
2/27/1998 Marshall High School
Fairfax, VA
David Clinton Albrecht,
17, Male, Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting
shot by alleged members of Tiny Rascals Asian youth
gang
19,622
3/9/1998 Central Avenue Elementary
School
Summit, 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
23,875
3/20/1998 East Campus Educational
Center
Merced, 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 1
56,216
3/24/1998 Westside Middle School
Jonesboro, AR
Shannon Wright, 32,
Female, Teacher
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
5
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 School
Jonesboro, AR
Natalie Brooks, 11,
Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
5
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 School
Jonesboro, AR
Paige Ann Herring, 12,
Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
5
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 School
Jonesboro, AR
Stephanie Johnson, 12,
Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
5
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 School
Jonesboro, AR
Britthney R. Varner, 11,
Female, Student
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
5
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 School
Coldwater, 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 School
Chapel Hill, NC
Not Disclosed, 13,
Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideShooting
shot herself in the head
38,719
4/24/1998 Parker Middle School
Edinboro, PA
John 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 marijuana
7,736
4/28/1998 Philadelphia Elementary
School
Pomona, 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
131,723
4/28/1998 Philadelphia Elementary
School
Pomona, 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
131,723
5/1/1998 Public School 18
Buffalo, NY
Norma 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
328,123
5/7/1998 King Estates Middle School
Oakland, CA
Tracye 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
372,242
5/19/1998 Lincoln County High School
Fayetteville, TN
Robert "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
6,921
5/21/1998 Thurston High School
Springfield, OR
Mikael Nickolauson, 17,
Male, Student
CafeteriaUnknownShooting
2
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 School
Springfield, OR
Ben Walker, 16, Male,
Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
2
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 home
44,683
5/21/1998 Onalaska High School
Onalaska, 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
600
5/21/1998 Rialto High School
Rialto, CA
Ricardo 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 School
Pasadena, 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 School
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Nichole Weiser, 26,
Female, Teacher
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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 abusive
149,377
5/29/1998 Stranahan High School
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Michael Grammig, 29,
Male, Other
School Parking LotSuicideShooting
2
shot self after shooting girlfriend who had recently broken
up with him; Grammig was reputedly jealous and abusive
149,377
7/10/1998 Burbank High School
Burbank, CA
Adam 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
93,643
1998-1999 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
9/12/1998 Herbert Hoover High School
Glendale, CA
Avetis "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
180,038
10/5/1998 San Juan High School
Sacramento, CA
Vladimir 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
369,365
10/23/1998 Landmark Middle School
Moreno Valley, CA
Jerod 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 School
Woodstock, 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
home
4,361
11/5/1998 Wetumpka Junior High School
Wetumpka, 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
4,670
11/17/1998 Jefferson County Middle
School
Fayette, 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 School
Fort Worth, TX
Not Disclosed, 15, Male,
Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideShooting
shot self, reportedly after having been taunted by peers;
actual date is unknown
447,619
1/8/1999 Central High School
Carollton, GA
Andrea Garrett, 15,
Female, Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideShooting
2
shot by 17-year-old boyfriend Jeff Miller in apparent
suicide pact
16,029
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1/8/1999 Central High School
Carollton, GA
Jeff Miller, 17, Male,
Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideShooting
2
shot self after shooting and killing 15-year-old girlfriend
Andrea Garrett in an apparent suicide pact
16,029
1/21/1999 Richland High School
North Richland Hills, TX
Randall 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.
46,000
2/11/1999 Ombudsman Educational
Service Center
Elgin, 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 School
Greenville, NC
Timithy Thomas, 9,
Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeAccidentalStrangling/Asph
yziation
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 School
Littleton, CO
John Tomlin, 16, Male,
Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Eric Harris, 18, Male,
Student
LibraryUnknownShooting
15
Assailant in the Columbine High Massacre. Worked with
co-assailant Dylan Klebold. Killed himself after going on a
killing rampage through the school.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Dylan Klebold, 17, Male,
Student
LibrarySuicideShooting
15
Assailant in the Columbine High Massacre. Worked with
co-assailant Eric Harris. Killed himself after going on a
killing rampage through the school.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Kyle Velasquez, , Male,
Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Daniel Rohrbough, 15,
Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre. Shot while holding
open an exit door for fleeing students.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Lauren Townsend, 18,
Female, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Isaiah Shoels, 18, Male,
Student
LibraryUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre. Shot in the chest
because he was black and an athlete, witnesses said.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
William "Dave" Sanders,
47, Male, Teacher
HallwayUnknownShooting
15
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.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Daniel Mauser, 15, Male,
Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Matthew Kechter, 16,
Male, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
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4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Kelly Fleming, 16,
Female, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Corey DePooter, 17,
Male, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Steven Curnow, 14,
Male, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
4/20/1999 Columbine High School
Littleton, CO
Cassie Bernall, 17,
Female, Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
15
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 School
Littleton, CO
Rachel Scott, 17,
Female, Student
LibraryUnknownShooting
15
Victim in Columbine High Massacre.
37,753
4/23/1999 Martin Luther King Jr. Middle
School
Atlanta, 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 School
Bay 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 School
Lynwood, CA
Olivia Munguia, 17,
Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
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.
62,000
6/8/1999 Lynwood High School
Lynwood, CA
Jessica Yvette Zavala,
15, Female, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
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.
62,000
1999-2000 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
8/25/1999 Jasper County High School
Monticello, GA
Amanda 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 School
Plano, 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 School
San 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 School
East 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 School
Parlier, 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 School
Houston, 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 School
Ocala, 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 Guyan Valley High School
Branchland, WV
Donald Gene Payton,
66, Male, Other
Near SchoolSuicideShooting
2
Murder-suicide
Donald 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 Guyan Valley High School
Branchland, WV
Clyde Jack Frye, 57,
Male, Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
Murder-suicide
Donald 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.
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10/26/1999 Martin Luther King High
School
Philadelphia, PA
Donald McNeil, 16, Male,
Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
10th grader was shot and killed outside Martin Luther King
High School.
1,600,000
10/26/1999 Bryan High School
Omaha, 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
11/14/1999 Yeshiva Kavunes Halev
Brooklyn, 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 School
Brooklyn, 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.
7,500,000
11/17/1999 German Gerena Community
School
Springfield, 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 School
Deming, 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 School
Palmdale, 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 School
Cedar 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.
5,100
1/19/2000 Ridgewood High School
New Port Richey, FL
Ted 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 Academy
Andover, 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.
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2/29/2000 Buell Elementary School
Flint, 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
3/10/2000 Beach High School
Savannah, GA
Stacy Smalls, 19, Male,
Other
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
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 Franklin D. Roosevelt High
School
Brooklyn, 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 School
Savannah, GA
Ramon Kimble, 16,
Male, Student
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
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 Institute
Marion, 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 School
Zebulon, 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 School
Glendale, 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.
180,000
5/10/2000 Carmichael Elementary
School
Sierra Vista, AZ
Glenn Quatacker, 39,
Male, Other
Near SchoolSuicideShooting
2
Murder-Suicide
Gunman 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
School
Sierra Vista, AZ
Tammy Quatacker, 36,
Female, Teacher
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
Murder-Suicide
Gunman 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
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5/26/2000 Lake Worth Middle School
West 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
7/23/2000 Valley View Elementary
School
Glendale, 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
7/23/2000 Valley View Elementary
School
Glendale, 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
7/26/2000 Timken Senior High School
Canton, 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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
9/5/2000 Bidwell Porter Elementary
School
Bidwell, 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 School
New 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 Center
Los 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.
3,500,000
10/26/2000 Bushwick High School
Brooklyn, NY
Joseph 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 School
Memphis, 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
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11/29/2000 Gunderson High School
San 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 School
Granada 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.
12/7/2000 Richmond High School
Richmond, 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
12/19/2000
Miami, 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 School
Oxnard, 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 School
Baltimore, 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.
750,000
1/29/2001 Boles Junior High School
Arlington, TX
Maurice 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 School
Charleston, 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
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3/2/2001 Hoover High School
San 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 School
Santee, CA
Bryan Zuckor, 14, Male,
Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
2
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
3/5/2001 Santana High School
Santee, CA
Randy Gordon, 17, Male,
Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
2
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
3/25/2001 Holy Cross Academy
West 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 School
Gary, 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 School
Klein, 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 School
Cleveland, 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 School
Ennis, 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.
15,000
5/24/2001 Public School 155
Brooklyn, NY
Denesha 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.
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6/5/2001 East Haven High School
East 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 School
Arlington, 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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
10/12/2001 Taylorsville High School
Taylorsville, UT
Ed "Rusty" Riddle, 17,
Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting
1
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.
58,000
11/7/2001 Media & Technology Charter
High School
Brookline, 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 Center
Caro, 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 School
Springfield, 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.
6/10/2002 H.E. McCracken Middle
School
Bluffton, SC
Francisco Belman, 14,
Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
Gang-RelatedBeat/Kicking
The victim died on June 10, 2002, about 10 weeks after
March 28, 2002 when he was punched in the chest in a
bathroom at the middle school in apparent gang initiation
into what a group of friends called the "Latin Mafia". The
boy collapsed after being punched six times and going
into cardiac arrest. He suffered massive brain damage.
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7/26/2002 Coulwood Middle School
Charlotte, 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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
8/8/2002 John F. Kennedy High School
Bronx, NY
Delana 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 School
San 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.
11/7/2002 St. James Catholic School
Liberty, 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 School
Hoover, 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 School
Carson, 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.
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12/16/2002 Englewood Technical
Preparatory Academy
Chicago, 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
School
Los 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 School
Fontana, 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.
2/10/2003 Wilcox Central High School
Camden, 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 School
Livingston, 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 School
San 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.
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3/23/2003 Lauderdale County School
Meridian, 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 School
Austin, 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 School
Walnut, 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 School
New 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.
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 School
Addison, 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
School
Red 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
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4/24/2003 Red Lion Area Junior High
School
Red 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
5/13/2003 Forest Hills High School
Johnstown, 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.
29,000
6/4/2003 Rock L. Butler Middle School
Wellsboro, PA
David 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 School
Dallas, 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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
8/14/2003 Marshall Middle School
Columbus, 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 of
other 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 a
wooded 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 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.
8/19/2003 Unknown
Meraux, 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 of
his 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.
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8/28/2003 Kate Wickham Elementary
School
Coralville, 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 School
Georgetown, 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 School
San Diego, CA
William Hoffine, 58,
Male, Parent
Near SchoolUnknownShooting
2
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 Point Loma High School
San Diego, CA
Evan Nash, 14, Male,
Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting
2
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 Pueblo High School
Tucson, 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 North Crowley High School
Fort 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 School
Vicksburg, 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.
9/10/2003 Proviso East High School
Chicago, 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.
9/11/2003 Tucson High Magnet School
Tucson, 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 School
Green 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.
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9/24/2003 Rocori High School
Cold Spring, MN
Aaron Rollins, 17, Male,
Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting
2
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 School
Cold Spring, MN
Seth Bartell, 14, Male,
Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting
2
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
School
Roanoke, 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
School
Landover, 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 School
Washington, 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.
11/5/2003 Balboa High School
San 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 School
Sugar 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 School
Elementary School
Buffalo, 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 School
Chicago, 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 Porter High School
Porter, 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.
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12/8/2003 Centennial High School
Pueblo, 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.
1/13/2004 E. H. Cary Middle School
Dallas, 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 School
Elizabeth, 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 School
El 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 School
Henderson, NV
Hezekiah E. Lewis, 40,
Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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.
1/21/2004 Galloway Elementary School
Henderson, NV
Anthony Jackson, 35,
Male, Other
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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.
1/27/2004 Elmira Free Academy
Elmira, 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.
1/27/2004 Willow Glen High School
San 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.
2/2/2004 Ballou High School
Washington, 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 School
Palmetto 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 School
Kansas 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.
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2/11/2004 Thomas M. Pierce
Elementary School
Philadelphia, 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 School
St. Martinville, LA
Christy DeRouen, 19,
Female, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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 School
St. Martinville, LA
Alan Ledet, 41, Male,
Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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 School
Atlantic 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.
40,517
3/17/2004 Crescent Elementary and
Crescent Junior-Senior High
Joyce, 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 School
Salt Lake City, UT
Marisela Lavalle, 39,
Female, Other
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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 School
Salt Lake City, UT
Federico Cervantes-
Lavalle, 52, Male, Other
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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.
6/1/2004 St. Croix Educational
Complex High School and
Vocational Facilities
St. 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.
6/25/2004
Omaha, 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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
8/30/2004 Proviso East High School
Maywood, IL
German 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
School
Benton 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.
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9/14/2004 Westside High School
Memphis, 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 School
Newburyport, 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.
17,189
10/16/2004 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 School
Hempstead, 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
School
North 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
12/10/2004 Lakeside High School
Spokane, 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 School
Denver, CO
Contrell Townsend, 17,
Male, Student
CafeteriaInterpersonal
Dispute
Stab/Slashing
A student was stabbed to death during lunch by another
student.
554,636
1/6/2005 Murrel Dobbins Vocational-
Technical High School
Philadelphia, 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 School
Highland 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 School
Colorado 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.
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3/2/2005 Stewart County Schools
Cumberland 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 School
Los 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 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation,
MN
Chase Lussier, 15, Male,
Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,700
3/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation,
MN
Jeff Weise, 17, Male,
Student
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting
8
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
3/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation,
MN
Alicia Spike, 14, Female,
Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,700
3/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation,
MN
Dwayne Lewis, 15, Male,
Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,700
3/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation,
MN
Chanelle Rosebear, 15,
Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,700
3/21/2005 Red Lake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation,
MN
Derrick Brun, 28, Male,
Other
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,700
3/21/2005 RedLake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation,
MN
Thurlene Stillday, 15,
Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,700
3/21/2005 Red Lake High School
Red Lake Indian Reservation,
MN
Neva Rogers, 62,
Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
8
Victim of the Red Lake High School shooting
4,700
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3/23/2005 Indiana Area Senior High
School
Indiana, 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 School
Rosemead, CA
Ryan Dasalla, 17, Male,
Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
1
Ryan Dasalla was shot multiple times a block away from
his high school at about 2 p.m. He died at the scene
56,798
4/29/2005 Westside High School
Anderson, SC
Xyl 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 School
Lower Allen Township, PA
Kim Keefer, 32, Female,
Parent
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
2
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 School
Newark, NJ
Officer Dwayne Reeves,
35, Male, Other
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
1
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.
273,546
2005-2006 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
11/9/2005 Campbell County High School
Jacksboro, 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 School
Birmingham, 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 School
Longwood, 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.
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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 School
Los 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 LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
8/3/2006 Essex Elementary School
Essex, VT
Alicia Shanks, 56,
Female, Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
Gunman Christopher Williams, 28, shot and killed two
people in a rampage through two houses and the
elementary, which was not in session at the time. Alicia
Shanks was fatally shot in her classroom as she and other
teachers were preparing for the opening of school. The
other victim was shot and killed in her nearby home.
9/27/2006 Platte Canyon High School
Bailey, CO
Emily Keyes, 16,
Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
2
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 School
Bailey, CO
Duane R. Morrison, 53,
Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting
2
Duane Morrison shot himself after holding six female
students hostage for hours and fatally shooting one of
them when authorities stormed in.
9/29/2006 Weston Schools
Casanovia, 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 Schoolhouse
Nickel Mines, PA
Charles Carl Roberts IV,
32, Male, Other
Classroom/OfficeSuicideShooting
6
Charles Roberts IV 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 Schoolhouse
Nickel Mines, PA
Mary Liz Miller, 8,
Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
6
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.
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10/2/2006 Amish Schoolhouse
Nickel Mines, PA
Anna Mae Stoltzfus, 12,
Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
6
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 Schoolhouse
Nickel Mines, PA
Naomi Rose Ebersole, 7,
Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
6
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 Schoolhouse
Nickel Mines, PA
Marian Fisher, 13,
Female, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
6
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 Schoolhouse
Nickel Mines, PA
Lena Miller, 7, Female,
Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
6
Gunman barricaded himself in one-room school house
and then later shot and killed himself and five female
students.
10/17/2006 Seven Lakes High School
Katy, TX
unknown, 17, Male,
Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
A 17-year- old student shot himself in the courtyard of the
high school during the lunch hour. Early reports indicated
that it may have been an accidental shooting, not a
suicide.
10/19/2006 University High School
Orlando, FL
Michael Nieves, 15,
Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopInterpersonal
Dispute
Stab/Slashing
A 15-year-old male student died and another teen was
charged with murder after the stabbing at a bus stop at
University High School in Orlando as classes let out. The
victim was stabbed multiple times in an apparent
argument over a girl that began during lunchtime.
10/29/2006 Birney Elementary School
Fresno, CA
Keith Breazell, 37, Male,
Parent
School Parking LotGang-RelatedShooting
Breazell was shot in the staff parking lot and later died at
the hospital. He was said to be picking up a child from the
schooll when he was shot. Breazell was incuded in a
scene in a controversial DVD entitled "Fresno
Uncensored". Police say the shooting was gang related
and was an isolated incident which spilled onto the
campus.
11/1/2006 Ahwahnee Middle School
Fresno, CA
Michael Mobley, 13,
Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Beat/Kicking
Victim died as a result of blunt force trauma to the head in
an after-school fight that lasted less than a minute. He
and the suspect had been involved in an on-going
dispute. The 14-year-old suspect was arrested for
involuntary manslaughter.
11/28/2006 Westbury High School
Houston, TX
Julian Ruiz, 16, Male,
Student
Near SchoolGang-RelatedShooting
16-year-old victim was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting
outside of the school. Teen was hanging out on the street
abutting the campus' southern edge about 10 to 15
minutes after class had started when someone in a
passing car fired multiple gunshots. Victim was later
pronounced dead at the hospital. School district officials
suspect the shooting is gang-related.
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12/12/2006 Springfield Township High
School
Erdenheim, PA
Shane Joseph Halligan,
16, Male, Student
HallwaySuicideShooting
An 11th grader despondent about his grades brought a
rifle to the school, fired high into a wall in a hallway to
frighten other students, and then shot himself to death.
The suicide followed an argument with his parents the
night before about falling grades on his report card. The
gun used in the suicide was from a locked cabinet in the
studen'ts family's home. No one else was injured in the
incident
1/3/2007 Foss High School
Tacoma, WA
Samnang Kok, 17, Male,
Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
Victim was shot at about 7:30 am in the hallway near the
school's auto shop just as school was resuming after the
winter break. He was taken to the hospital where he later
died. Suspect was apprehended about two hours later.
Motive is unknown. Police say victim and suspect know
each other but the shooting is not gang-related.
1/19/2007 Lincoln-Sudbury Regional
High School
Framingham, MA
James Alenson, 15,
Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal
Dispute
Stab/Slashing
Victim was stabbed in a fight with another male students
before classes began at the school. The fight began in a
bathroom and spilled into the hallway.
2/8/2007 Crook County High School
Prineville, OR
Mark Adams
Hollingsworth, 18, Male,
Student
School Parking LotSuicideShooting
The 18-year-old male student died of an apparent gun-
shot wound to the head. A fellow student found the victim
lying in the school parking lot at about 2:30 pm. Police
discovered a handgun at the scene.
3/23/2007 Washington Preparatory High
School
Los Angeles, CA
Alex Contreras, 17,
Male, Student
On CampusGang-RelatedStab/Slashing
The boy was stabbed shortly after classes let out at 3:00
pm. Police suspect that the incident was gang related.
The fight that led to the stabbing may have been fueled by
tension between Black and Latino students according to
one student at the school.
2007-2008 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
10/10/2007 SuccessTech Academy
Cleveland, OH
Asa Coon, , Male,
Student
On CampusSuicideShooting
The 14-year-old student, who had been suspended
earlier for fighting, opened fire in his downtown high
school, wounding four people before shooting and killing
himself.
2/14/2008 E.O Green Junior High School
Oxnard, CA
Lawrence King, 15,
Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeHate CrimeShooting
Incident occurred on 2/12/08. The victim was declared
brain dead the next day and then removed from life
support on 2/14/08. The suspect, 14-year-old Brandon
McInerney, shot the victim inside a computer lab at the
beginning of the school day and then fled the campus.
Mcinerney was charged as an adult with murder and a
hate crime against King. King's classmates said he had
proclaimed himself gay in recent weeks and began
wearing feminine accessories with his school uniform.
4/16/2008 Roosevelt High School
Fresno, CA
Jesus "Jesse"
Carrizales, 17, Male,
Student
On CampusUnknownShooting
Police officer shot a 17-year-old sophomore just before
noon after the student clubbed the officer on the head with
a baseball bat. After the officer fell to the ground, he
reached for his gun but the clip fell out. The student then
came at him a second time. The officer grabbed a second
weapon from his ankle holster and shot the teen to death.
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2008-2009 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
8/21/2008 Central High School
Fountain City, TN
Ryan McDonald, 15,
Male, Student
CafeteriaUnknownShooting
A confrontation between the victim and the alleged
shooter, Jamar Siler, 15, occurred about 8:11 a.m before
classes began in the school cafeteria. One shot was fired.
The victim died about 45 minutes later.
9/5/2008 South Division High School
Milwaukee, WI
Liliana Razo, 15,
Female, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Stab/Slashing
Student was stabbed in the head by a screwdriver after a
fight on school premises that moved off campus about six
blocks away. Stabbing occurred about 4:00 pm on 9/5/08;
victim died on 9/8/08.
10/16/2008 Ford High School
Detroit, MI
Christopher Walker, 16,
Male, Student
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
Victim was shot and killed a block from the school after
dismissal following a fight inside the school. Three other
teens were shot and injured. The suspects were identified
as Devon Bell, 18; William Morton, 15; and Derryck
Brantley, 18.
10/20/2008 Vasquez High School
Acton, CA
Jermiah Lassiter, 15,
Male, Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideShooting
Victim shot himself in the head in the school bathroom
following the lunch period. Another student found him at
about 1:00 pm. Fellow students report that the victim had
been bullied and teased frequently.
10/21/2008 Ben Davis High School
Indianapolis, IN
unidentified, 15, Male,
Student
Athletic Field/GymSuicideShooting
An 11th-grade student shot himself in the head near the
tennis courts hours before a parent-teacher conference.
11/12/2008 Dillard High School
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Amanda Collette, 15,
Female, Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
Victim died from apparent gun-shot wound after being
rushed to local hospital in critical condition. Another
female student was taken into custody and a gun was
recovered.
11/14/2008 Warren Performing Arts
Center
Indianapolis, IN
Matthew Oskay, 30,
Male, Other
On CampusSuicideJump
A janitor found the body of the technical director outside
the arts center on the high school campus. It appears that
he died from a fall of nearly five stories from the center's
roof and described as police to be an apparent suicide.
1/23/2009 Cahokia High School
Cahokia, IL
LaShane Whitley, 17,
Male, Other
School Parking LotInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
Former student was shot to death on a Friday night in the
school parking lot of the school gymnasium.
2/3/2009 Oakton Elementary School
Evanston, IL
Aquan Lewis, 10, Male,
Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideHanging
Student was found unresponsive on the floor of the
bathroom from apparent suicide. It is believed that
stepped onto the toilet seat and fastened his shirt collar to
the stall door hook. He was found at about 3:00 in the
afternoon and died early the next day.
3/9/2009 Fort Pierce Westwood High
School
Fort Pierce, FL
Torenda Youngblood,
16, Male, Student
Bus/Bus StopUnknownShooting
Authorities say the 16-year old student was fatally shot at
a bus stop while on his way to school.
5/5/2009 Canandauigua Academy
Canandaigua, NY
Thomas Kane, 17, Male,
Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideShooting
Teen shot himself with a sawed-off shotgun in the school
bathroom. Police found an elabrate scheme for an attack
at his school in his journal.
5/18/2009 Larose-Cut Off Middle School
Larose, LA
Justin Doucet, 15, Male,
Student
Bathroom/Locker
Room
SuicideShooting
Victim first fired one shot aboe a teacher' s head inside
her classroom and then entered a restroom next doo and
shot himself through the chin. He died five days later.
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6/24/2009 Aplington-Parkersburg High
School
Parkersburg, IA
Ed Thomas, 58, Male,
Teacher
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting
24-year old former high school football player, Mark
Becker, walk into the school's weight room at about 8 am
and fatally shot his former coach several times with a
handgun. School was not in session but student football
players were present.
2009-2010 School Year
Date School Name / Population Victim's Name LocationReasonMethod
Multiple Deaths/
Total Victims
Description of Incident
9/15/2009 Coral Gables Senior High
School
Coral Gables, FL
Juan Carlos Rivera, 17,
Male, Student
HallwayInterpersonal
Dispute
Stab/Slashing
9/23/2009 John Tyler High School
Tyler, TX
Todd Henry, 50, Male,
Teacher
Classroom/OfficeUnknownStab/Slashing Special education teacher was fatally stabbed by a
student inside a classroom. Victim died later at the
hospital.
10/16/2009 Carolina Forest High School
Carolina Forest, SC
Trevpr Varinecz, 16,
Male, Student
Classroom/OfficeUnknownShooting
The victim first attached and stabbed the school resource
officer inside his office. The SRO then shot the victim in
self defense. The victim later died at the hospital.
10/30/2009 Wilson High School
Long Beach, CA
Melody Ross, 16,
Female, Student
Athletic Field/GymUnknownShooting
Victim was fatally show as she and her friends were
leaving the homecoming football game between cross-
town rival schools. Two other people were wounded in the
gunfire and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
1/20/2010 Livingstone High School
Livingston, AL
Starric Gray, 32, Female,
Teacher
On CampusInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
Husband shot and killed his estranged wife on the
premises of the school where she worked as a special
education teacher.
2/5/2010 Discovery Middle School
Madison, AL
Todd Brown, 14, Male,
Student
HallwayUnknownShooting
Victim was shot in the back of the head in a hallway
during class change. Victim later died at the hospital.
2/26/2010 Birney Elementary School
Tacoma, WA
Jennifer Paulson, 30,
Female, Teacher
Near SchoolInterpersonal
Dispute
Shooting
Paulson, a special education teacher, was gunned down
outside the school on her way to work Friday morning.
The gunman, who'd been stalking her for years, was
fatally shot during a confrontation about 20 minutes later
with a Pierce County sheriff's deputy.
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2005-2006 2 1 2
2006-2007 3 3 4 10
2007-2008 1 1 1
2008-2009 3 6 4
2009-2010 3 4
16 12 53 2 120 9 88 165
Totals 3
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1992-1993 1 45 10
1993-1994 1 1 41 7 2 1
1994-1995 2 16 3
1995-1996 1 29 6
1996-1997 3 15 4 1 21
1997-1998 1 36 6 1
1998-1999 3 25 2 1
1999-2000 5 5 16 3 21
2000-2001 1 19 3 1
2001-2002 1 4 1
2002-2003 1 2 14 5
2003-2004 3 1 1 29 71
2004-2005 2 1 20 4
2005-2006 5
2006-2007 1 16 3
2007-2008 3
2008-2009 1 1 10 1
2009-2010 5 2
24 12 3 348 67 5 6Totals 3
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VICTIMS' GENDER
SchoolYear Male Female
1992-1993 49 7
1993-1994 41 12
1994-1995 18 3
1995-1996 26 10
1996-1997 18 8
1997-1998 27 17
1998-1999 24 7
1999-2000 26 6
2000-2001 20 4
2001-2002 6
2002-2003 16 6
2003-2004 37 5
2004-2005 19 8
2005-2006 4 1
2006-2007 13 7
2007-2008 3
2008-2009 11 2
2009-2010 4 3
362Totals 106
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DEATHS BY SCHOOL TYPES
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High School Alternative
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1992-1993 3 7 42 2 2
1993-1994 12 7 32 2
1994-1995 1 3 17
1995-1996 1 8 22 4 1
1996-1997 4 3 18 1
1997-1998 5 10 28 1
1998-1999 5 24 2
1999-2000 5 6 17 4
2000-2001 3 3 17 1
2001-2002 2 2 2
2002-2003 2 7 12 1
2003-2004 9 4 27 2
2004-2005 3 1 22 1
2005-2006 1 4
2006-2007 2 1 10 7
2007-2008 1 1 1
2008-2009 1 1 11
2009-2010 1 1 5
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LOCATIONS OF DEATHS
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ground
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1992-1993 4 2 7 8 12 1 4216
1993-1994 4 1 1 4 5 7 1 8517
1994-1995 1 1 2 5 8 13
1995-1996 2 1 6 8 5 464
1996-1997 4 1 1 6 6 125
1997-1998 2 3 1 1 2 11 6117
1998-1999 1 4 2 2 4 1287
1999-2000 5 1 3 1 12 2 26
2000-2001 3 1 2 7 83
2001-2002 1 2 1 1 1
2002-2003 1 4 3 1 2 3 323
2003-2004 6 1 1 1 15 1 647
2004-2005 1 1 8 2 8 1 213
2005-2006 1 1 1 2
2006-2007 10 3 2 212
2007-2008 1 2
2008-2009 2 4 1 1 2 111
2009-2010 1 2 2 1 1
28 31 11 52 51 105 6 52
Totals 27 987
DEATHS BY STATE
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AK 2
AL 11
AR 6
AZ 5
CA 93
CO 20
CT 3
DC 9
DE 1
FL 26
GA 18
IA 3
IL 15
IN 3
KS 2
KY 6
LA 6
MA 16
MD 5
MI 12
MN 12
MO 11
MS 7
MT 1
NC 7
NE 2
NH 1
NJ 10
NM 2
NV 3
NY 22
OH 7
OK 2
OR 3
PA 28
SC 9
TN 14
TX 34
UT 4
VA 3
VT 1
WA 19
WI 3
WV 2
WY 1
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