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Sheriff: School Shooting Appears to Be Random, 'Evil'

4th Oxford High School student dies

(Newser) - A fourth student has died after the Oxford High School shooting in Michigan, which was already the deadliest school shooting in the US since 2018. Oakland County Undersheriff Mike McCabe says 17-year-old Justin Shilling, who was injured in the Tuesday shooting, died Wednesday morning in a hospital in Pontiac, the...

Sheriff: Dad of Oxford Suspect Bought Gun on Black Friday

Official says he wasn't aware of threats of violence before Tuesday's attack at school north of Detroit

(Newser) - The 15-year-old suspect who fatally shot three students and injured seven others and a teacher at Oxford High School north of Detroit on Tuesday used a gun purchased by his father on Black Friday, according to the local sheriff. The sophomore was in possession of the 9mm Sig Sauer SP2022...

Before Oxford High School Shooting, Rumors of Attack
Before Oxford High School
Shooting, Rumors of Attack
the rundown
Dec 1, 2021 6:45 AM CST

Before Oxford High School Shooting, Rumors of Attack

The 3 victims of Michigan tragedy have been identified

(Newser) - Authorities have identified the three children killed in a Michigan school shooting Tuesday as Tate Myre, 16, Hana St. Juliana, 14, and Madisyn Baldwin, 17. Tate died in a deputy's patrol car en route to the hospital, the AP reports. Seven Oxford High School students aged 14 to 17...

Up to 6 Hurt in Michigan School Shooting
3 Dead, 6 Injured in
Michigan School Shooting
UPDATED
Nov 30, 2021 2:36 PM CST

3 Dead, 6 Injured in Michigan School Shooting

Suspected Oxford High School shooter is now in custody, authorities say

(Newser) - This story has been updated with the news of fatalities. Three students were killed and six other people were injured in a school shooting in Michigan Tuesday, authorities say. Police say the suspected shooter, a 15-year-old student, has been taken into custody and a handgun has been recovered, WXYZ reports....

3 Shot at Another Aurora School
3 Shot at Another
Aurora School
Nov 19, 2021 4:05 PM CST

3 Shot at Another Aurora School

6 students were wounded just days ago elsewhere in the Colorado city

(Newser) - Three people were shot Friday in the parking lot of a high school in the Denver suburb of Aurora, and the school went on lockdown, police said Friday. On Monday, six students from another Aurora high school were shot and injured at a park near their school. The Aurora Police...

Woman Reaches for Phone in Purse, Fires Gun Instead

She had a concealed carry permit

(Newser) - A woman's purse is a multitool. It can be a fashion accessory, a lunch bag, a first aid kit, a storage locker, or an impromptu umbrella for a dash to the door in a downpour—it is definitely not a holster, however. So learned Kashaun Alexsis McRunells of Edwards,...

Dual Guilty Pleas in Play for Parkland Suspect

Nikolas Cruz admits to assaulting jail guard, will enter plea Wednesday for 2018 school massacre

(Newser) - The suspect accused of carrying out the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school that killed 14 students and three staff members and injured 17 others will be entering a guilty plea in that case next week, his lawyer announced Friday. CNN reports that Broward County Circuit Judge...

Cops: Multiple People Hurt in Texas High School Shooting
Suspect in Custody After
Texas School Shooting
UPDATED
Oct 6, 2021 1:55 PM CDT

Suspect in Custody After Texas School Shooting

Timothy Simpkins faces aggravated assault charges after Arlington shooting

(Newser) - Update: Timothy George Simpkins, the 18-year-old suspect accused of opening fire at a Texas high school Wednesday morning, is now in custody. "The suspect has been taken into custody without incident and charged with multiple counts of Aggravated Assault with a gun," the Arlington Police Department tweeted . ABC...

Boy Critically Injured in Memphis School Shooting

Classmate of his at K-8 school is arrested

(Newser) - A teenage boy was shot and critically wounded Thursday at a school in Memphis, Tennessee, and police detained a second boy believed to be the shooter, per the AP . The K-8 school was placed on lockdown and students were taken by bus to a nearby church to be reunited with...

4 Teens Charged With Plotting Columbine Redux

The Pennsylvania students allegedly planned attack on 25-year anniversary

(Newser) - Four teenagers have been charged with a plot to attack a Pennsylvania high school in 2024, on the 25th anniversary of the massacre at Colorado's Columbine High School, authorities said. A 15-year-old girl and 15-year-old boy are charged as adults and two other teenagers face juvenile charges in the...

Students Jumped Out of Windows During Russia Mass Shooting

6 dead, down from earlier reports of 8

(Newser) - A student opened fire Monday at a university in Russia, leaving six people dead and 28 hurt before being shot by police and detained, officials said. Other students and staff locked themselves in rooms during the attack and video on Russian news sites showed some students jumping out of second-story...

2 Injured in Virginia School Shooting

Suspect was arrested hours after shooting at Heritage High School in Newport News

(Newser) - Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam thanked first responders for their heroic work after a school shooting in Newport News Monday morning. Police Chief Steve Drew said two 17-year-old students, a boy and a girl, were shot at Heritage High School and both are expected to survive, USA Today reports. The chief...

Cops: Florida Teens Were Plotting the Next Parkland

Middle school students were arrested after student's tip to teacher

(Newser) - Police in Florida say two teenage boys planning a massacre at their middle school were arrested after a student told a teacher one of them might have a gun in their backpack. "This could have been the next Parkland massacre but we stopped them in the planning stages,"...

Parkland Defendant's Lawyer: Don't Call Him a Killer

Lawyer for Nikolas Cruz wants to ban 'inflammatory' language in court

(Newser) - Nikolas Cruz’s defense team wants prosecutors to be careful with language. Cruz, whose long-delayed trial could finally go forward this month, is accused of killing 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida on Feb. 14, 2018. His lead attorney, assistant public defender Melisa McNeill, asked that he...

1 Dead in North Carolina School Shooting

Suspect is in custody in Winston-Salem tragedy

(Newser) - A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday after one student was fatally shot at a North Carolina high school, officials said. Winston-Salem police Chief Catrina Thompson, fighting back tears, told a news conference that Mount Tabor High School went into immediate lockdown as emergency responders, sheriff's deputies, and police...

School Slaying Suspect, 13, to Be Held Until Trial

The victim was protecting another student from bullying, police say

(Newser) - A 13-year-old New Mexico boy accused of shooting and killing a classmate in Albuquerque will remain in custody pending trial. A Children's Court judge agreed with prosecutors during a virtual hearing Tuesday and ordered the boy to remain at the Bernalillo County Youth Services Center, the AP reports. The...

Cops: High School Custodian Admits Planning Mass Shooting

Khristopher Clay turned himself in at Oregon police station

(Newser) - A high school custodian in Oregon thwarted his own plan to carry out a mass shooting at his workplace and other locations, police say. The Medford Police Department says 24-year-old Khristopher Clay went to a police station on July 20 and confessed that he was having "homicidal thoughts" and...

Teacher Who Disarmed 6th Grade Girl Speaks Out

Krista Gneiting talks about Rigby Middle School shooting

(Newser) - The teacher who disarmed a sixth-grade girl who allegedly shot two students and a custodian at her Idaho middle school is speaking publicly for the first time. After Krista Gneiting heard gunshots on the morning of May 6, the first thing she did was get her students to safety. Then...

At Least 8 Killed in Russian School Shooting

19-year-old is in custody following attack in Kazan

(Newser) - A gunman attacked a school Tuesday morning in the Russian city of Kazan, killing eight people—seven students and a teacher—and leaving 21 other people hospitalized with wounds, Russian officials said. Rustam Minnikhanov, governor of the Tatarstan republic where Kazan is the capital, said Tuesday that four male and...

Idaho Middle School Shooting Suspect Is 6th-Grade Girl

3 victims are all expected to recover

(Newser) - The suspect in a Thursday morning school shooting that left three people injured has been identified as a sixth-grade girl who attends the school. Police have not revealed many further details about her, but the Post-Register reports she lives in Idaho Falls. The suspect was initially reported to be male...

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