America's grim school shooting history - a timeline

dunkman

April 2007: A gunman shoots dead at least 20 people at the campus of Virginia Tech university in Virginia.

October 2006: A 32-year-old gunman shoots dead at least five girls at an Amish school in Pennsylvania, before killing himself

September 2006: Gunman in Colorado shoots and fatally wounds a teenage schoolgirl, then kills himself; two days later a teenager kills the headteacher of a school in Cazenovia, Wisconsin

November 2005: Student in Tennessee shoots dead an assistant principal and wounds two other administrators

March 2005: Minnesota schoolboy kills nine, then shoots himself

May 2004: Four people injured in shooting at a school in Maryland

April 2003: Teenager shoots dead head-teacher at a Pennsylvania school, then kills himself

March 2001: Pupil opens fire at a school in California, killing two students

February 2000: Six-year-old girl shot dead by classmate in Michigan

November 1999: Thirteen-year-old girl shot dead by a classmate in New Mexico

May 1999: Student injures six pupils in shoot-out in Georgia

April 1999: Two teenagers shoot dead 12 students and a teacher before killing themselves at Columbine School in Colorado

June 1998: Two adults hurt in shooting by teenage student at high school in Virginia

May 1998: Fifteen-year-old boy shoots himself in the head after taking a girl hostage

May 1998: Fifteen-year-old shoots dead two students in school cafeteria in Oregon

April 1998: Fourteen-year-old shoots dead a teacher and wounds two students in Pennsylvania

March 1998: Two boys, 11 and 13, kill four girls and a teacher in Arkansas

December 1997: Fourteen-year-old boy kills three students in Kentucky

October 1997: Sixteen-year-old boy stabs mother, then shoots dead two students at school in Mississippi, injuring several others

even flow?

As the American loving fool on the radio this morning was quick to point out. Worst shooting in New Zealand and worst school shoot up, Canada. This according to the guy on the radio. He had to omit the amount of times this happens in the States. Kind of a slight oversight as to the amount of violence that really goes on down there which involves guns. Ooops, the morning jock just had a brain fart.

evenkat

And not all of the school shootings are widely reported. This is one from a school my niece attended at the time of the shooting. Luckily no one was killed but she still has nightmares from it.

http://www.rensco.com/execoffice_pressreleases_display.asp?id=74

11/22/2004 - Jon Romano, pled guilty to three counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree

District Attorney Patricia DeAngelis announces today that Jon Romano, (D.O.B. 10/30/87) of 24 Petalas Drive, East Greenbush, New York, pled guilty to three counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, a Class B Violent Felony, and six counts of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree, a class D non-violent felony, before the Hon. Patrick J. McGrath, in Rensselaer County Court.

He is facing 20 years in state prison and 5 years post release supervision when he is sentenced on December 20, 2004.

On February 9, 2004, Jon Romano, a 16-year-old junior at Columbia High School, in East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, opened fire inside his high school with a 12-gauge shotgun, firing three rounds. Two rounds were aimed directly at two students in the hallway. Miraculously, neither child was hurt. One child’s baseball hat was hit from pellets from the gun. Assistant Principal John Sawchuck saw Romano with the weapon and wrestled him to the ground. In the midst of wrestling him, Special Education teacher Michael Bennett was wounded in the leg. Several students were on the floor where the shooting occurred. There were 82 victims named in the indictment and the defendant’s actions endangered the lives of many children. This incident spread fear among thousands of children and parents.

D. A. DeAngelis said, “My number one concern is for the thousands of children who go to our schools in Rensselaer County. When a parent sends a child to school, they have an absolute right to expect that their child will return home safely. The school environment should be conducive to learning. This sentence sends a strong message to any person who is contemplating committing any act of violence in our schools. There is no room for fear in the classroom. There is no room for violence in our schools.”

D. A. DeAngelis commented on the heroic acts of Assistant Principal John Shawchuck and Special Education teacher Michael Bennett:

“We will never know how many lives these men saved because of their bravery. The children at Columbia High School learned a lesson of incredible courage from Mike and John on February 9, 2004. These men are, in every sense of the word, heroes.”

dunkman

evenkat wrote:

And not all of the school shootings are widely reported. This is one from a school my niece attended at the time of the shooting. Luckily no one was killed but she still has nightmares from it.

http://www.rensco.com/execoffice_pressreleases_display.asp?id=74

11/22/2004 - Jon Romano, pled guilty to three counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree

District Attorney Patricia DeAngelis announces today that Jon Romano, (D.O.B. 10/30/87) of 24 Petalas Drive, East Greenbush, New York, pled guilty to three counts of Attempted Murder in the First Degree, a Class B Violent Felony, and six counts of Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree, a class D non-violent felony, before the Hon. Patrick J. McGrath, in Rensselaer County Court.

He is facing 20 years in state prison and 5 years post release supervision when he is sentenced on December 20, 2004.

On February 9, 2004, Jon Romano, a 16-year-old junior at Columbia High School, in East Greenbush, Rensselaer County, New York, opened fire inside his high school with a 12-gauge shotgun, firing three rounds. Two rounds were aimed directly at two students in the hallway. Miraculously, neither child was hurt. One child’s baseball hat was hit from pellets from the gun. Assistant Principal John Sawchuck saw Romano with the weapon and wrestled him to the ground. In the midst of wrestling him, Special Education teacher Michael Bennett was wounded in the leg. Several students were on the floor where the shooting occurred. There were 82 victims named in the indictment and the defendant’s actions endangered the lives of many children. This incident spread fear among thousands of children and parents.

D. A. DeAngelis said, “My number one concern is for the thousands of children who go to our schools in Rensselaer County. When a parent sends a child to school, they have an absolute right to expect that their child will return home safely. The school environment should be conducive to learning. This sentence sends a strong message to any person who is contemplating committing any act of violence in our schools. There is no room for fear in the classroom. There is no room for violence in our schools.”

D. A. DeAngelis commented on the heroic acts of Assistant Principal John Shawchuck and Special Education teacher Michael Bennett:

“We will never know how many lives these men saved because of their bravery. The children at Columbia High School learned a lesson of incredible courage from Mike and John on February 9, 2004. These men are, in every sense of the word, heroes.”

wow!!! i had never even heard of that... frightening