A historical past of faculty shootings in US: Teenaged shooters usually used father or mother’s licensed weapons

An 18-year-old gunman opened fireplace at an elementary faculty in South Texas on Tuesday, killing 19 college students and two adults, state Governor Greg Abbott instructed reporters.

The suspect was killed within the noon taking pictures on the Robb Elementary School within the city of Uvalde. Over the previous 20 years, a spate of mass shootings have mounted within the US, fuelling a debate about gun management legal guidelines and security of scholars.

Here are some taking pictures incidents at US colleges since 2000:

Robb Elementary School, Texas May 24, 2022

The 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, legally purchased two rifles from a federally licensed gun retailer after his eighteenth birthday, the authorities stated. A day after buying the gun, he purchased 375 rounds of ammunition after which on May 20 he bought the second rifle.

Ahead of the assault on the college, Ramos shot his grandmother with the rifle he had purchased earlier.

His pals and family members described him as a lonely 18-year-old who “was bullied over a childhood speech impediment, suffered from a fraught home life and lashed out violently against peers and strangers recently and over the years,” The Washington Post reported.

His colleagues at work have been quoted as saying by New York Times that he “went out of the way to keep by himself” and no one actually knew him.

High faculty in Michigan, November 30, 2021

Four college students have been killed and 7 others have been wounded after a teen opened fireplace at a highschool in Oxford, Michigan.

Following the taking pictures, prosecutors had charged Oxford High School scholar Ethan Crumbley, 15, as an grownup. He had pleaded not responsible.

Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald was quoted as saying by BBC that amongst proof that Crumbley had deliberate the assault was a video from an evening earlier than the taking pictures, wherein he was discussing killing college students. The teen was initially charged with one depend of terrorism, 4 counts of first-degree homicide, seven counts of assault with intent to homicide, and 12 counts of possession of a firearm.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard instructed reporters that Crumbley had by no means been on the radar of legislation enforcement or the college, including that no proof pointed to him being bullied by his friends. Further, his dad and mom had been referred to as to the college hours earlier than the taking pictures after one among his lecturers discovered an alarming observe he had drawn, scrawled with photos of a gun, an individual who had been shot and a laughing emoji, and the phrases, “Blood everywhere,” and, “The thoughts won’t stop. Help me”, New York Times reported.

Investigators additionally discovered the suspect loaded his firearm, belonging to his father, within the rest room earlier than firing photographs within the faculty’s hallway.

Santa Fe High School, Houston, May 18, 2018

Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, opened fireplace at a Houston-area highschool, killing 10 folks, most of them college students, authorities stated, earlier than surrendering to officers. He had been charged with homicide.

He was armed with a shotgun and a .38 revolver that have been legally owned by his father. “He had one sawed-off shotgun and he had a pistol,” his peer instructed The New York Times. “He was wearing a trench coat with combat boots. He was wearing a ‘Born to Kill’ shirt.”

Governor Texas had stated that Pagourtzis had no historical past of arrests or run-ins with legislation enforcement. “He said that not only did he want to commit the shooting, but he wanted to commit suicide after the shooting,” Abbott stated, a step he didn’t take as his braveness failed him.

A CNN report provides that the shooter admitted that he didn’t shoot folks he preferred and meant to kill those he did goal.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida, February 15, 2018

An assault left 14 college students and three workers members lifeless on the faculty in Parkland, Florida, and injured many others. The 19-year-old suspect, Nikolas Cruz, a former scholar of the college, was charged with homicide.

Cruz had lately been expelled from Douglas for disciplinary causes and was enrolled elsewhere within the district, the colleges superintendent in Broward County, Robert Runcie, was quoted as saying by NBC News. He was reportedly armed with an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and a number of magazines, stated Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel.

Cruz, a loner who had labored at a greenback retailer, posted pictures of weapons on Instagram. Cruz’s mom died in 2017. As a highschool freshman, Cruz was a part of the US military-sponsored Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corp program on the faculty, in keeping with Jillian Davis, a former fellow JROTC member at Stoneman Douglas High.

Then President Donald Trump has tweeted that there have been “many signs the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed.”

Umpqua Community College, Oregon, October 2015

A person killed 9 folks on the faculty in Roseburg, Oregon, and wounded 9 others, earlier than dying in a shootout with the police.

The horror started when a shot got here by the window and hit a trainer within the head. The gunman then entered the Snyder Hall classroom and instructed folks to get on the ground, the Roseburg News-Review newspaper reported. He instructed folks to face up and state their faith earlier than opening fireplace at those that stated they have been Christians.

The shooter recognized as Chris Harper Mercer introduced six weapons to Umpqua Community College and later, one other seven weapons have been discovered at his house. All 13 have been purchased legally, in keeping with the BBC. Mercer enlisted within the military in 2008, however was discharged after lower than a month in fundamental coaching.

Sandy Hook Elementary School, Connecticut, December 2012

Adam Lanza, 19, killed his mom at their house in Newtown, Connecticut, then went to the close by Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 first graders and 6 educators. He then took his personal life.

Lanza used a Bushmaster Model XM15-E2S rifle through the taking pictures. The rifle and two handguns discovered subsequent to him and an Izhmash Saiga-12 12 gauge semi-automatic shotgun recovered in his automotive have been legally bought by his mom.

A lady who befriended him on-line stated he was “singularly focused and obsessed with mass murders and spree killings” and regarded faculty shooters “with respect and understanding,” in keeping with closely redacted FBI paperwork accessed by CNN. She stated Lanza selected to be a vegan as a result of folks have been “needlessly cruel” to animals.

Earlier this 12 months, Remington Arms agreed to pay $73 million to the households of 5 kids and 4 adults killed within the Sandy Hook Elementary School bloodbath, marking the primary time a gunmaker has agreed to a serious settlement over a mass taking pictures within the United States.

Red Lake High School, Minnesota, March 2005

Jeff Weise, 16, killed his grandfather and the person’s companion at their Minnesota house, then went to close by Red Lake High School, the place he killed 5 college students, a trainer and a safety guard earlier than taking pictures himself.

The Libertarian National Socialist Green Party issued an announcement later confirming that Weise posted messages there. The author of these messages assumed two person names: NativeNazi and “Todesengel,” which implies “Angel of Death” in German.

“I stumbled across the site in my study of the Third Reich as well as Nazism,” a March 2004 submit learn. “I guess I’ve always carried a natural admiration for Hitler and his ideals, and his courage to take on larger nations.” Another 2004 submit learn, “As a result of cultural dominance and interracial mixing, there is barely any full-blooded Natives left. Where I live, less than 1 percent of all the people on the reservation can speak their own language.”

Weise’s grandfather was a tribal police officer, and Weise took his police-issued shotgun and semiautomatic pistol to the college and wore his bulletproof vest, CBS News reported.

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