School shooting tragedy averted in Ga.A 19-year-old gunman armed with an assault rifle entered the Ronald McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Ga., and fired shots into the air. Police responded to the scene and fired back at the gunman, who quickly surrendered. Bob Orr reports....
20-year-old charged in Ga. school shootingBy BILL BARROWKATE BRUMBACK
Another school shooting, but this time is different: We are not offering “thoughts and prayers.” There are two basic problems that no one seems to want to talk about. First, we have to recognize that the Second Amendment is clearly by history a state...
Mass shootingshave effects on communities that are felt long after the day's tragedy. School shootings in particular can have physical, emotional and behavioral effects on kids — even if the shooting occurred on the other side of the country. Exposure to school shootings, eve...
Since the 1999 Columbine shooting, school shooter drills have proliferated in America’s school systems at an exponential rate. By the 2015–16 school year—3 years after the Sandy Hook shooting—95 percent of public schools drilled students on lockdown procedures, with at least 40 states ...
Before Wednesday’s shooting, there had been 29 mass killings in the U.S. this year, according to a database maintained by the Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. At least 127 people have died in those killings, which are defined as cases in which fou...
Georgia Bureau of Investigation staff move through an entrance to Apalachee High School after Wednesday's shooting, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, in Winder, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Just a couple of weeks ago, a special panel ofGeorgiastate senators convened to stu...
In 2018, more than half of US students reported feeling somewhat or very worried about the possibility of a shooting happening at their school.10 Of note, these worries were more common among female, Black, and Hispanic students10 and may contribute to disparities in adolescent mental health. ...
Colin Gray had also given his son, Colt, the assault-style weapon used in the shooting that killed four people at Apalachee High School as a Christmas gift and was aware that his son’s mental health had deteriorated in the weeks before the shooting, investigators testifi...
Law enforcement officials in Florida and across the country have seen a wave of school shooting hoaxes recently, including in the wake of the deadly attack atApalachee High Schoolin Winder, Ga., which killed two students and two teachers. ...