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7 Years Later, the 'Room 1214' Text Thread Binds Them

Former Parkland teacher Ivy Schamis still supports her class after school shooting

(Newser) - It's been seven years since two of her students were fatally shot in Room 1214 of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. "I was the only adult in there," former teacher Ivy Schamis tells Emily Baumgaertner Nunn of the New York Times . "That's...

Cops: Girls Planned 'Mass Casualty Attack' on Texas High School

FBI informed local law enforcement of credible threat from girls, ages 15 and 16

(Newser) - Two girls, ages 15 and 16, are accused of plotting a "mass casualty attack" on a high school in Texas, authorities say. The girls allegedly planned to use guns and pipe bombs in an attack on Memorial High School in the Houston suburb of Hedwig Village, KPRC 2 reports....

After Shooting, Nearly 500 Arrests Over School Threats

More police departments adopt zero-tolerance policy, reports Washington Post

(Newser) - In September, police say a 14-year-old boy killed four fellow students at Apalachee High School in Georgia. Over the next two weeks, authorities around the US arrested 477 people—the vast majority of them students—for making threats against schools, according to a Washington Post investigation. The gist of the...

Two School Shooters Followed Each Other Online
Two School Shooters
Followed Each Other Online
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Feb 1, 2025 3:55 PM CST

Two School Shooters Followed Each Other Online

ProPublica looks at the dark online network that may foment future attacks

(Newser) - In December, a teenage shooter killed two people and herself inside her school in Madison, Wisconsin. In January, a teenage shooter killed one student and himself inside his school in Nashville, Tennessee. Now, a story in ProPublica investigates a troubling link between the shootings—the two teens never met in...

Inside the Hunt for a Notorious Swatter
Inside the Hunt
for a Notorious Swatter
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Jan 25, 2025 3:30 PM CST

Inside the Hunt for a Notorious Swatter

Wired reports how a lone private investigator helped authorities catch their man

(Newser) - He went by the name "Torswats" online, a reference to the particular brand of terror he reveled in unleashing: swatting, or placing a hoax call about a shooting that results in an aggressive police response. In fact, in what a deeply reported story at Wired describes as a "...

After School Shooting, Focus Is on Troubling Online Posts

If someone 'said something, maybe more could have been done,' says Nashville police chief

(Newser) - After a school shooting in Nashville on Wednesday, the police chief wishes somebody had raised a red flag about the gunman, identified as 17-year-old Solomon Henderson, reports the Tennessean . Police say Henderson, a student at Antioch High School, fatally shot himself after killing 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante and wounding another...

Girl, 16, Killed in Shooting at Nashville High School

The 17-year-old gunman is also dead, police say

(Newser) - Nashville police say a female student was killed in a shooting Wednesday at Antioch High School; a second student suffered what Metro Nashville Police Department rep Don Aaron described as a grazing wound, reports the Tennessean . Police identified the slain student as 16-year-old Josselin Corea Escalante, CBS News reports. Her...

Serbian Court Gives Parents of School Shooter Prison Terms

'We are not satisfied,' says the mother of one of the 10 people killed

(Newser) - A court in Serbia on Monday convicted the parents of a teenage boy who last year shot to death nine pupils and a school guard and wounded six more people in a school in central Belgrade. The Higher Court in Belgrade sentenced Vladimir Kecmanovic, the father, to 14 years, six...

Victims in Wisconsin School Shooting Identified

Girl, 14, and teacher killed at Christian school

(Newser) - The student and teacher killed in a school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday have been identified. Rubi Vergara, 14, and Erin West, 42, were fatally shot at Abundant Life Christian School, CBS News reports. Vergara was a freshman in high school who had attended the private school since kindergarten,...

Wisconsin School Shooter Had 'Unsettled' Childhood

According to a Washington Post review of court records

(Newser) - Police are still working to piece together the motive of the 15-year-old girl who killed two and injured six more at a Christian school in Wisconsin Monday and haven't said much about their suspicions, but details are starting to trickle out about her background. Court records paint a picture...

Cops: School Shooting Motive Was a 'Combination of Factors'

Determining motive behind Madison shooting is a top priority, chief says

(Newser) - The motive behind Monday's school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin appears to be a "combination of factors," the city's police chief said Tuesday, without providing further details. Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes said determining the motive is the "top priority," CNN reports. He said anybody...

Wisconsin School Shooter Identified as 15-Year-Old Girl

Natalie 'Samantha' Rupnow was a student at the Christian school

(Newser) - Police have identified the shooter who killed a student and a teacher at a private school in Wisconsin as Natalie Rupnow, who went by "Samantha" and was a student at the school herself. The 15-year-old ( previously reported to be 17 ) wounded six others, two of them critically,...

Report: School Shooter Was 17-Year-Old Girl
Report: School Shooter
Was a Teenage Girl
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Dec 16, 2024 4:49 PM CST

Report: School Shooter Was a Teenage Girl

Teen student, teacher died in Madison shooting, police say

(Newser) - The suspect has since been identified as 15-year-old Natalie "Samantha" Rupnow.

Multiple Injuries Reported in Wisconsin School Shooting
Police: Juvenile Kills
2 at Wisconsin School
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Dec 16, 2024 1:31 PM CST

Police: Juvenile Kills 2 at Wisconsin School

The shooter also is dead at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison

(Newser) - A school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday has left three people dead, including the young shooter, reports Channel 3000 . At least five others were wounded at the Abundant Life Christian School, per the New York Times . Police, who responded to the scene about 11am, say the deceased suspect is...

Suspect Dead After California School Shooting
Suspect Dead After
California School Shooting
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Dec 5, 2024 12:30 AM CST

Suspect Dead After California School Shooting

2 students injured at California elementary school

(Newser) - The two students hurt in a shooting at a Northern California school Wednesday are 5- and 6-year-old boys, both of them kindergarten students, and they remain hospitalized. Both were listed as being in "extremely critical" condition as of Wednesday night, ABC News reports. Meanwhile, police said the gunman was...

Father Pleads Not Guilty to School Shooting Charges

Colin Gray faces murder charges of his own after providing teen son with weapon

(Newser) - The father of a suspected school shooter in Georgia has pleaded not guilty to charges that he also bears responsibility, reports CNN . Colin Gray's attorney entered the plea Thursday to charges including second-degree murder. Prosecutors say Gray provided his 14-year-old son with a weapon even after "receiving sufficient...

Staff Intercepts Possible Teen Shooter at Elementary School

Cops says 13-year-old Wisconsin boy had a rifle on him when he tried to enter Kenosha school

(Newser) - A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in Kenosha, Wisconsin, after police say he went to his old elementary school armed with a rifle. Authorities say the teen, who attends a nearby middle school, showed up at Roosevelt Elementary School on Thursday morning carrying a "suspicious" bag before he was...

Report: School Shooter's Family Begged Cops to Take His Gun

Missouri, where 19-year-old Orlando Harris killed 2 in 2022, doesn't have red-flag laws

(Newser) - Orlando Harris' family pleaded with Missouri police to confiscate the 19-year-old's bulletproof vest, ammunition, and AR-15-style rifle. They knew his mental health was fragile after more than one suicide attempt. Nine days later, Harris entered his former St. Louis high school and declared, "All of you are going...

Irked Sheriff Posts 11-Year-Old's Mugshot

Florida's Mike Chitwood is sick of false school-shooting threats

(Newser) - A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school-shooting threats is trying a new tactic to get through to students and their parents: He's posting the mugshot of any offender on social media. Law enforcement officials across the country have seen a wave of school shooting hoaxes...

School Shooting Suspect's Mom Releases Open Letter

Marcee Gray apologizes to victims' families, says her son is 'not a monster'

(Newser) - The mother of Colt Gray, the 14-year-old boy accused of killing four people in a Georgia school shooting last week, says her "heart breaks" for the victims—but her son is "not a monster." In an open letter provided to CNN , Marcee Gray apologized to the victims'...

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