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News Articles: School Shootings

Colin Gray, the father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, 14, sits in the Barrow County courthouse for his first appearance on Sept. 6, 2024, in Winder, Ga.

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  • National

A father and son are indicted on murder charges in Georgia high school shooting

The grand jury indicted 14-year-old Colt Gray on 55 counts, including murder, aggravated assault and cruelty to children. His father, Colin Gray, faces 29 counts including second-degree murder.

October 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Police maintain a presence following a school lockdown after 911 calls falsely reported a gunman in Oakland Catholic and Pittsburgh Central Catholic schools on March 29, 2023.

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  • National

Fearing the worst, schools deploy armed police to thwart gun violence

Armed officers on campus could speed police response to gun violence. But there is scant research to support this strategy, and studies about racial bias raise other concerns about police in schools.

September 11, 2024
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By:
  • Christine Spolar
Colt Gray, charged as an adult with four counts of murder, sits in a Barrow County courtroom on Friday during his first appearance for the Wednesday shooting at Apalachee High School, in Winder, Ga.

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  • National

The Georgia high school shooting suspect won't face death penalty, judge says

The father and son arrested in connection with the Apalachee High School shooting appeared in Georgia court for separate hearings on Friday. They will remain in custody as the investigation continues.

September 06, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Jonathan Franklin
Law enforcement officers and first responders respond to Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., on Wednesday, after a shooting was reported.

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  • National

2 students, 2 teachers dead in Georgia high school shooting; 14-year-old in custody

A 14-year-old student is in custody after opening fire at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., leaving two students and two teachers dead and injuring nine other people, officials said.

September 04, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin and
  • Bill Chappell
A Tennessee judge ordered Star News Digital Media, a conservative media organization, and editor-in-chief Michael Leahy to appear in court over its publishing details from allegedly leaked documents about the 2023 Nashville school shooting, while the outlet sues for the same kind of records to be released to the public.

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  • National

Nashville court grapples with details on school shooter that were leaked to media

The court is determining if the investigative file and other records from the 2023 shooting should be released under Tennessee's public records law. Leaks of some documents have complicated the case.

June 18, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Kahlil Brown, 18, says teammate Deshaun Hill Jr., the student and quarterback who was shot and killed in 2022, was his best friend. Brown, shown posing for a portrait at the North Community High School football field in Minneapolis on April 9, will attend St. Olaf College in the fall.

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  • National

Where gun violence is common, some students say physical safety is a top concern

The federal government is investing billions to bolster school safety and mental health resources to combat gun violence. But some sense a disconnect between those programs and what students need.

April 22, 2024
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  • Meg Anderson
The memorial at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on Feb. 14, 2023. Five years earlier, 14 students and 3 staff members were killed in a mass shooting at the school.

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  • Politics

Harris plans to visit the Parkland school where 14 kids were killed in 2018

Vice President Harris will walk through Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., on March 23 with the families of the victims who were killed there in a mass shooting.

March 11, 2024
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Students from Launch Charter School march on Gun Violence Awareness Day on June 2 last year in Brooklyn, NY.

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  • Children's Health

'Say Something' tip line in schools flags gun violence threats, study finds

A new study in Pediatrics shows that an anonymous tip line for students is catching some gun threats before they can escalate. It is part of an effort to treat gun violence as a public health problem.

January 17, 2024
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  • Rhitu Chatterjee
Ethan Crumbley stands with his attorneys Paulette Loftin (left) and Amy Hopp during his senencing hearing in Pontiac, Mich. Parents of students killed at Michigan's Oxford High School described the anguish of losing their children Friday as a judge considered whether Crumbley would serve a life sentence for the 2021 mass shooting.

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  • National

Michigan high school shooter sentenced to Life in Prison without Parole

A Michigan judge hands down a life without parole sentence for the teenager who shot and killed fellow students and wounded others at Oxford High School in 2021.

December 08, 2023
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  • Quinn Klinefelter
The sun sets behind the memorial for the victims of the massacre at Robb Elementary School in August 2022 in Uvalde, Texas.

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  • National

Uvalde shooter's cousin arrested in San Antonio for threatening to shoot a school

Nathan James Cruz, 17, was arrested on charges of making a terroristic threat and making a terroristic threat against his family. His mother reported his statements to police.

August 08, 2023
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  • Laurel Wamsley
A student cries after the 2019 attack on a public school in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The attack, by two former students, resulted in 10 deaths, including the attackers, who turned their weapons on themselves. It was one of the deadliest school attacks in the country's history.

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  • Global Health

School attacks are on the rise in Brazil, prompting debate over solutions

The numbers are far less than in the U.S. but school attacks are definitely on the increase, prompting soul-searching — and a national debate over strategies to prevent future tragedies.

April 12, 2023
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  • Jill Langlois
People walk past the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday, where victims were taken after a shooting at the Covenant School.

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  • Health

At a Nashville hospital, the agony of not being able to help school shooting victims

A pediatric surgeon and his colleagues at Vanderbilt University Medical Center had prepared for a mass casualty event, but the victims of Monday's shooting had already died by the time they arrived.

March 31, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Jennifer Crumbley (left) and James Crumbley (right), the parents of Ethan Crumbley, a teenager accused of killing four students in a shooting at Oxford High School in Oxford, Mich., appear in court in Rochester Hills, Mich., on Feb. 8, 2022. Jennifer and James Crumbley can face trial for involuntary manslaughter, the state appeals court said Thursday.

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  • National

Michigan school shooter's parents can face trial for manslaughter, court rules

The parents of a teenager who killed four students at Oxford High School can face trial, the state appeals court said in a groundbreaking case of criminal responsibility for the acts of a child.

March 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Clayton County Schools

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  • News

Georgia schools struggle with how to stop violence at their doors

In a moment where gun violence has reached record highs, educators say they alone can’t keep students safe.

October 19, 2022
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By:
  • Riley Bunch
Reagan Gaona stands beside the Unfillable Chair memorial in front of Santa Fe High School in Texas. The memorial is dedicated to the eight students and two teachers killed in a May 2018 shooting. To the left is a sign displaying solidarity with Uvalde, Texas, a city that experienced a similar school shooting in May 2022.

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  • Mental Health

4 years after a school shooting in a small Texas city, 'There is still a lot of pain'

In 2018, a 17-year-old gunman killed 10 people at Santa Fe High School. But even with an influx of time and money for mental health services, the community is still struggling with grief and trauma.

August 12, 2022
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  • Renuka Rayasam
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