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Teacher: Florida Student Was Flagged as Threat

Classmates say Nikolas Cruz was obsessed with weapons

(Newser) - The former student accused of killing 17 people in America's worst school shooting since Sandy Hook had been flagged as a threat at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School after he was expelled, a teacher says. Fellow students at the school in Parkland, Fla., say Nikolas Cruz, 19, was obsessed...

Florida HS Shooting Suspect Is Ex-Student With AR-15

Sheriff says 17 killed

(Newser) - A sheriff says 17 people have died in Wednesday's shooting attack on a South Florida high school, the AP reports. Sheriff Scott Israel of Broward County says that 12 of the 17 confirmed deaths were found inside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. But he says the...

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'Numerous Fatalities' in Florida HS Shooting

18-year-old suspect arrested

(Newser) - A shooter opened fire at a Florida high school Wednesday, killing "numerous" people, sending students running out into the streets and SWAT team members swarming in before authorities took the shooter into custody, the AP reports. Frantic parents rushed to the scene and ambulances converged in front of...

Girl to Classmate After LA School Shooting: 'I Didn't Mean To'

12-year-old girl said gun went off in her backpack by accident

(Newser) - Police believe a school shooting that injured five people near downtown Los Angeles Thursday morning was accidental—but the 12-year-girl responsible is still in custody. Police say the girl, who allegedly brought a semi-automatic handgun to Salvador Castro Middle School in her backpack, has been booked into juvenile hall on...

2 Teens Shot in LA School; Girl in Custody

One of the 15-year-old victims is in critical condition

(Newser) - Another school shooting is in the news, this time in Los Angeles. Police say a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl were shot inside a classroom at Salvador Castro Middle School. The boy is in critical condition, and the girl is in fair condition, reports the Los Angeles Times . Police...

Mom of Teen Killed in Ky. Shooting Got One Final Call

Meanwhile, prosecutors will try to get case moved to adult court

(Newser) - Bailey Holt was one of two 15-year-olds killed in Tuesday's school shooting in Benton, Ky., and her anguished mother describes a final phone call—one that was both full of clamor and silent. Secret Holt tells WKRN that after she heard there was a shooting she started calling her...

Ky. Deputy Had to Make Sure Victim Wasn't His Daughter

Small town of Benton stunned by Tuesday's school schooting

(Newser) - Benton, Kentucky, is home to just 4,300 people, a size so small that nearly everybody has some kind of connection to Marshall County High School, notes the AP . The point was illustrated when one of the first deputies to arrive on the scene of Tuesday's school shooting came...

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2 Teens Dead, 12 Others Wounded at Kentucky School

Alleged shooter is a 15-year-old boy

(Newser) - Another school shooting is in the news, this time in western Kentucky. Two 15-year-olds, a boy and a girl, were fatally shot Tuesday morning at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky. Twelve others were injured by gunfire, and another five were otherwise injured in the chaos that ensued, says...

2 Dead in Shooting on College Campus

Police say it was a murder-suicide involving Penn State employee, estranged husband

(Newser) - Two people are dead in what Pennsylvania State Police say was a murder-suicide on a college campus Wednesday, KDKA reports. Police say a female employee at Penn State Beaver was convinced to come outside by her estranged husband, who shot her in a parking lot outside a campus dining hall....

Cops: Gunman Disguised Self, Randomly Killed at School

FBI contacted New Mexico school shooter more than a year ago

(Newser) - A 21-year-old gunman who disguised himself as a student to get into a New Mexico high school where he killed two students had caught the attention of US investigators more than a year ago, authorities said Friday. William Atchison, a former student at Aztec High School, had legally purchased a...

2 Students Killed in Shooting at New Mexico High School

The shooter was also killed

(Newser) - A shooting at a New Mexico high school left two students dead Thursday morning, KRQE reports. Authorities say the shooter at Aztec High School in Aztec is also dead. According to the Farmington Daily Times , neither the victims nor the shooter have been identified. It's unclear if the shooter...

Teacher Who Stopped School Shooter 'Is Chuck Norris, Basically'

Angela McQueen tackled the unidentified student shooter Wednesday in Illinois

(Newser) - "Lives were saved by a quick response of a teacher here," CNN quotes Mattoon Police Chief Jeff Branson as saying after a student opened fire at an Illinois high school on Wednesday. "If that teacher had not responded as quickly as they had, I think the situation...

Teacher Subdues Student After High School Shooting

1 student was injured in the attack

(Newser) - An unnamed female teacher subdued a male student who fired shots and wounded another student in a central Illinois high school cafeteria on Wednesday morning, police said . Mattoon police Chief Jeff Branson and Mattoon School Superintendent Larry Lilly said the shooting happened at Mattoon High School about 11:30am Wednesday,...

'Manifesto' Found in Home of Alleged School Shooter

Caleb Sharpe has pleaded not guilty

(Newser) - A 15-year-old boy accused of killing a student at his rural Washington state high school and wounding three others has pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, according to court documents made public Tuesday. Caleb Sharpe, a sophomore at Freeman High School near the small...

Suspected School Shooter Told Friends He'd Do 'Something Stupid'

Victim Sam Strahan died protecting others, says sheriff

(Newser) - Ami Strahan lost her husband on Father's Day when a motor home he was working on fell atop him. Less than three months later, she'd also lose her son. Sam Strahan was shot in the head shortly after 10am Wednesday by a schoolmate at Freeman High School in...

1 Dead, 3 Injured in Shooting at Washington High School

A suspect has been detained

(Newser) - One person is dead and three more injured after a shooting at Freeman High School in Washington state's Spokane County Wednesday, KHQ reports. According to KXLY , authorities say they have the only shooter in custody. The three injured people are hospitalized in stable condition with one scheduled for surgery....

Parents of Newtown Victims Want to See Teachers' Keys

Lawsuit alleges school didn't provide them

(Newser) - Lawyers for the parents of two children killed in the Newtown school shooting are demanding to see evidence that two slain teachers had access to keys that could have been used to lock the doors of their classrooms. The attorneys asked a judge this week to allow them to examine...

Boy Killed in School Shooting Had Rare Genetic Condition

'The happiest kid you'll ever meet'

(Newser) - Jonathan Martinez, the 8-year-old boy killed in Monday's San Bernardino school shooting , was "the happiest kid you'll ever meet" despite the rare genetic condition he suffered from, says teaching assistant Jennifer Downing. Jonathan was born with Williams syndrome , which affects around one in 10,000 people and...

School Gunman's Threats Taken as 'Cry for Attention'

He had no trouble getting into San Bernardino school

(Newser) - Cedric Anderson had threatened his estranged wife before, but nobody realized how dangerous he really was until he opened fire in her San Bernardino classroom on Monday, police say. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said Tuesday that Anderson, 53, who killed Karen Smith and an 8-year-old special-needs student before...

Gunman in Calif. Shooting Was Teacher's Estranged Husband

Boy, 8, has died from his injuries

(Newser) - Authorities say a man was estranged from his wife before he shot and killed her in a special-needs classroom in San Bernardino in a murder-suicide that also left a student dead, the AP reports. Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said Monday at a news conference that 53-year-old Cedric Anderson and 53-year-old...

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