Date: January 18, 1993 Weapons: Pistol Description: Following a fight with his girl friend, 17-year-old Scott Pennington, walked into her seventh period English class at East Carter High School in Grayson, Kentucky and shot her in the head. He then shot janitor Marvin Hicks in the abdomen. Pennington was sentenced to life without parole. Grayson, Kentucky HOME

Richmond, Virginia  Date: October 30, 1995  Description: Edward Earl Spellman, 18 shot and wounded four students outside his high school. HOME

Moses Lake, Washington Moses Lake, Washington Date: February 2, 1996 Weapons: Assault rifle Description: A 14-year-old student upset at peers turned an assault rifle on his algebra class, killing two classmates and a teacher, in the central Washington city of Moses Lake. Barry Lokaitis was sentenced to two mandatory life terms for the attack at Frontier Junior High School. HOME

Bethel, Alaska  Date: February 19, 1997  Weapons: Shotgun  Description: A 16-year-old student upset with fellow classmates opens fire with a shotgun in a common area at the Bethel, Alaska, high school. Killed are school principal Ron Edwards and classmate Josh Palacious. Two other students are wounded. Authorities later accuse two other students of knowing the shootings would take place. Evan Ramsey was sentenced to two 99-year prison terms.  Description: A 16-year-old student upset with fellow classmates opens fire with a shotgun in a common area at the Bethel, Alaska, high school. Killed are school principal Ron Edwards and classmate Josh Palacious. Two other students are wounded. Authorities later accuse two other students of knowing the shootings would take place. Evan Ramsey was sentenced to two 99-year prison terms. HOME

Pearl, Mississippi  Date: October 1, 1997  Weapons:.30 caliber hunting rifle  Description: A 16-year old student, Luke Woodham, beat his mother with a baseball bat and stabbed her to death with a butcher knife. Later he drove to Pearl High School, where he opened fire and killed two students, including his ex-girl friend and wounding seven others. Luke had frequently talked of visiting with "glowing red cloaked demons." He has been sentenced to life in prison.  Description: A 16-year old student, Luke Woodham, beat his mother with a baseball bat and stabbed her to death with a butcher knife. Later he drove to Pearl High School, where he opened fire and killed two students, including his ex-girl friend and wounding seven others. Luke had frequently talked of visiting with "glowing red cloaked demons." He has been sentenced to life in prison. HOME

West Paducah, Kentucky  Date: December 1, 1997  Weapons:.22-caliber Ruger pistol  Description: Michael Carneal, age 14, a B student and son of a successful lawyer, fired twelve shots at a prayer group just after the group finished its pray assembly in Heath High School. Three students were killed and five wounded.  Description: Michael Carneal, age 14, a B student and son of a successful lawyer, fired twelve shots at a prayer group just after the group finished its pray assembly in Heath High School. Three students were killed and five wounded. HOME

Jonesboro, Arkansas  Date: March 24, 1998  Weapons: Remington rifle,.44- caliber Ruger, Smith & Wesson.38 revolver, Remington 742, Universal.30- caliber rifle.  Description: Mitchell Johnson age 13 and Andrew Golden age 11, pulled a fire alarm that forced students and staff to exit the rear of the school onto a large playground. Johnson and Golden dressed in military type fatigues hide in a wooded area and fired at the students and staff as they were locked out of the building. Four students and one teacher were killed and 10 others were seriously wounded. HOME

Edinboro, Pennsylvania  Date: April 24, 1998  Weapons: Pistol  Description: In Edinboro, Pennsylvania, 14-year-old Andrew Wurst allegedly, fatally shot teacher, John Gillette, and wounded two students at an eight-grade dance. The suspect, an eighth-grade student at J. W. Paker Middle School, had reportedly told students he planned to "make the dance memorable."  Description: In Edinboro, Pennsylvania, 14-year-old Andrew Wurst allegedly, fatally shot teacher, John Gillette, and wounded two students at an eight-grade dance. The suspect, an eighth-grade student at J. W. Paker Middle School, had reportedly told students he planned to "make the dance memorable." HOME

Springfield, Oregon Date: May 21, 1998  Weapons:.22-caliber Ruger semi- automatic rifle, Glock 9mm pistol  Description: Using the semiautomatic rifle and a Glock 9mm pistol that his father bought him, Fifteen year old Kipland Kinkel, a day after he had been suspended from school for bring a pistol to school, returned the following day and killed two Thurston High School students and wounded 22 others. He also killed both of his parents the night before. In an Internet profile that he wrote about himself he stated that he liked "role-playing games, heavy-metal music, violent cartoons/TV and sugared cereal." HOME

Carollton, Georgia  Some  Date: January 8, 1999  Weapons:.22-caliber pistol  Description: Following a fight with his girlfriend, a 17 year old male entered a remote restroom in the science wing of Central High School and shot his girl friend, killing her. The suspect then shot himself to death with a shot to the head. HOME

Littleton, Colorado Date: April 20, 1999  Weapons: TEC-DC9 handgun, sawed-off double- barreled shotgun, pump-action shotgun, 9mm semi- automatic rifle and multiple pipe bombs.  Description: Two alleged gang members or wannabe’s entered Columbine High School and shot and killed twelve students and a teacher. Eric Harris age 18 and Dylan Klebold age 17 also wounded 23 others, before killing themselves. Both suspects apparently told others that they were going to commit this act, including a parent or a fellow student the night before and had written about it in papers, notebooks and class assignments. HOME

Mount Morris Township, Michigan  Date: February 29, 2000  Description: 6-year-old Kayla was in class at Buell Elementary School when she was shot once in the chest with a.32-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Police said a six-year-old boy pulled the trigger, using a gun he found in a shoe box inside the "flophouse" where he had been living. Shortly thereafter, his mother was arrested for dealing crack cocaine. His father was already in prison at the time of the shooting.  Description: 6-year-old Kayla was in class at Buell Elementary School when she was shot once in the chest with a.32-caliber semiautomatic pistol. Police said a six-year-old boy pulled the trigger, using a gun he found in a shoe box inside the "flophouse" where he had been living. Shortly thereafter, his mother was arrested for dealing crack cocaine. His father was already in prison at the time of the shooting. HOME

Santee, California  Date: March 5, 2001  Description: A ninth grade student described as "...a kid that was picked on a lot..." killed two fellow students and wounded at least 13 others at Santana High School. HOME

El Cajon, California  Date: March 22, 2001  Description: Granite Hills High School senior Jason Hoffman knelt next to a tree in the school's small quadrangle and fired at fellow students with a 12- gauge shotgun. He wounded three students and two teachers. The high school is in the same district as Santana High.  Description: Granite Hills High School senior Jason Hoffman knelt next to a tree in the school's small quadrangle and fired at fellow students with a 12- gauge shotgun. He wounded three students and two teachers. The high school is in the same district as Santana High. HOME

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