School Shootings
Threats Continue in Columbine After Teen’s Suicide
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Eighteen-year-old Sol Pais traveled from Florida to Colorado, bought a shotgun and talked on social media about the 1999 Columbine massacre before killing herself.
School Shootings
School Shootings More Common Before Columbine
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It seemed like the 1999 Columbine High School killings ushered in a new era of school shootings. Yet Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox says school shootings were more frequent in the 1990s than they are today.
School Shootings
20 Years After Columbine, CO School Lockdowns Common
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“It’s become as routine as fire drills,” said Melissa Craven of the Denver Public Schools, whose 220 lockouts last year were tops among all districts. “We don’t have many students that have started their academic career with us who aren’t used to lockdowns.”
School Shootings
Parkland Families File Lawsuits Over Failure to Prevent Attack
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Attorneys representing families of those murdered or wounded at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Feb. 14, 2018, argue several organizations and individuals were responsible for the massacre.
School Shootings
School Shooting Principals Form Support Network
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Collectively, the participants have lost more than 40 students and staff and seen scores more wounded in shootings over the past two decades.
School Shootings
Baltimore Shooting Revives Bill to Allow Armed Officers in Schools
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Two weeks after a high school teaching aide was shot at work, the Baltimore school board has reversed itself to support a state bill that would arm the city’s school police force.
School Shootings
Do School Shooting Drills Cause Too Much Fear?
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The scale of preparedness for an on-campus shooter in schools is out of proportion to the risk. Could the effort be better spent on something else?
School Shootings
Parkland-Related Probes Could Stretch for Years
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The shooter in Parkland already faces a trial seeking the death penalty, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants a new grand jury to probe “the crimes and wrongs that precipitated the…school shooting.”
School Shootings
Does a ‘Code of Silence’ Among Students, Parents Abet School Shootings?
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School shootings can be averted when parents, school authorities and students themselves take seriously the signals indicating potential violence from troubled youths, and communicate their concerns as quickly as possible, according to the Police Foundation.
School Shootings
Silent Panic Alarms To Be Required At NJ Schools
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New Jersey’s 2,500 public schools will soon be required to have silent panic alarms used to help protect students during emergencies like an active shooter. It will cost between $2.5 million and $12.5 million to install the alarms, according to the non-partisan state Office of Legislative Services.