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SCHOOL-RELATED DEATHS, SCHOOL SHOOTINGS, & SCHOOL VIOLENCE INCIDENTS
2007-2008 School Year Incidents
Identified by
National School Safety and Security Services,
Inc.*
Cleveland, Ohio
Note:
This page and the work represented herein is
copy-protected and reflects the proprietary
in-house research conducted by National
School Safety and Security Services. It may
not be reproduced or otherwise used in any
form without the advanced written permission
of Kenneth S. Trump, President of National
School Safety and Security Services.
* School-related deaths, school
shootings, and school crisis incidents have
been identified through print and electronic
news sources, professional contacts, and
other nationwide sources, by Kenneth S.
Trump, President, National School Safety and
Security Services, Inc. (Cleveland, Ohio).
This is not presented as an exhaustive list
or as a scientific study. Additional
incidents may be added pending review of
additional items on file and new information
received during the course of the school
year.
For purposes of this listing, the 2007-2008 school year is considered to be from August 1, 2007, through July 31, 2008. In addition to school-related violent deaths, this page provides a sample of school shootings that did not result in death and a sample of other incidents of school-related crime, violence, and crisis situations.
For purposes of
this monitoring report, school-related
violent deaths are homicides, suicides, or
other violent, non-accidental deaths in the
United States in which a fatal injury
occurs:
1) inside a
school, on school property, on or
immediately around (and associated with) a
school bus, or in the immediate area (and
associated with) a K-12 elementary or
secondary public, private, or parochial
school;
2) on the way to
or from a school for a school session;
3) while
attending, or on the way to or from, a
school-sponsored event;
4) as a clear result of school-related incidents/conflicts, functions, activities, regardless of whether on or off actual school property;
Identified School-Related Violent Deaths: 2007-2008 School Year
Total Deaths: 16
Breakdown
by Type:
Shooting:
8
Suicides:
4
Murder-Suicide: 0
Fight-Related: 2
Stabbing: 2
Other: 0
October 10, 2007: Cleveland, OH
A 14-year-old male student at a special
academy for achieving students shot two
teachers and two students, and then killed
himself, at the school. The shooter had
been suspended the day before for fighting
with another student.
October 15, 2007: Columbus, OH
A 29-year-old male father of a fifth-grade
student died from injuries received during a
fight with another father outside of their
children's elementary school the prior
week. The two fathers, who came to the
school for disciplinary hearings for their
two children, encountered each other in the
parking lot and began fighting, according to
reports. The victim reportedly hit his head
on the ground during the fight.
November 5, 2007: River Ridge, LA
A 13-year-old male eighth-grader shot
himself in a suicide attempt just before the
start of classes at a private Christian
school. He died the next morning, according
to news reports.
December 21, 2007: Union City, CA
A 14-year-old male middle school student was
shot and died on campus after a fight broke
out between groups of African-American and
Hispanic students. Shots were fired and the
victim ran onto campus, collapsed, and died.
January 8, 2008: Springdale, MD
An 18-year-old female high school student
was shot in a drive-by shooting as she
walked home from her high school. She later
died. A 17-year-old student walking with her
was shot in the buttocks, and a 36-year-old
driver of a vehicle in the area was also
struck but not seriously injured, according
to reports.
January 18, 2008: Hempstead, NY
A 15-year-old male high school student was
stabbed while playing handball on the high
school's athletic court around 3:30pm after
school dismissed. Initial police reports
were that the victim and his 16-year-old
friend were ambushed by non-students.
February 4, 2008: Gardner, KS
A 16-year-old male high school student with
a heart ailment died after an after-school
fight. The victim and another 16-year-old
fought as four other youth watched, one
videotaping the incident on his cell phone.
The victim was later found dead in the yard
of his home. The victim reportedly had been
a victim of bullying for an extended period
of time.
February 12, 2008: Oxnard, CA
A 15-year-old male junior high school
student was shot in the head by a
14-year-old male student around 8:30am while
in a computer lab classroom. The victim
later died. Subsequent reports
indicate that victim was killed because he
was openly gay.
February 15, 2008: Las Vegas, NV
A 15-year-old male high school student was
shot and killed in a drive-by shooting about
200 yards from school while walking home
after school dismissal around 1:45pm.
March 6, 2008: Mobile, AL
An 18-year-old suspended male high school
student committed suicide in front of about
150 students gathered in an assembly in the
school's gym around 10:00am.
March 7, 2008: Chicago, IL
An 18-year-old male high school student was
shot and killed nearby the school about 10
minutes after school dismissal. A
15-year-old male was arrested and charged
with the murder. The suspect is a
gang-member, according to reports. The
victim had been approached outside of the
school by a group but reportedly told them
he did not want to be a part of any
violence. The incident reportedly
stemmed from an ongoing dispute, according
to later reports.
March 13, 2008: Washington, DC
A 23-year-old male was shot and killed on
the steps to an elementary school around
5:30pm after a male walked up to the victim
and a group of others and started shooting.
A shot went through the double entry doors
to the school. Students involved in an
after-school program were locked down
according to the school's crisis plan,
according to reports.
March 29, 2008: Chicago, IL
An 18-year-old male was shot in a high
school parking lot and was pronounced dead
at the hospital. He was attending a
Saturday school program. Four suspects
were taken into custody in connection with
the incident.
April 3, 2008: Riverdale, MD
A 15-year-old male high school student was
stabbed in the chest while walking home from
school and later died. The victim was
approached by a male who got out of a car
that pulled up to him and an altercation
ensued, during which time the stabbing
occurred The incident reportedly
occurred around 2:40pm just off school
grounds after the school had dismissed for
the day.
April 14, 2008: Anaheim, CA
A 24-year-old male hanged himself on a fence
on campus and was discovered dead by
students around 8:00am at their high school.
Grief counselors were sent to the school.
April 16, 2008: Fresno, CA
A 17-year-old male high school student was
shot and killed by the school resource
officer after the student attacked the
officer from behind by hitting him in the
head with a baseball bat. The police
officer fell to the ground and attempted to
get his gun from the holster, but the
magazine dislodged. The officer
retrieved a back-up firearm he carried in an
ankle holster and fired at least once at the
male, striking and killing him.
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Sample of
Reported
School-Related Shootings Not Resulting in
Deaths in 2007-2008
A sample of school-related shootings occurring nationwide in the 2007-2008 school year not resulting in death is listed below. It should be noted that this is only a sample and and is not intended to include all of the many incidents involving firearms confiscated but not used, and other weapons possession or use that occur in U.S. schools. List includes individuals shot but not killed and firearms discharged in schools, on school campuses and buses, at school-sponsored events, to and from school involving students, and as a clear result of school-related incidents/conflicts.
Total non-death shooting incidents listed to date: 65
August 10,
2007: St. Gabriel, LA
Two teens were shot at a nighttime "back to
school" dance held at a high school. Two
suspects were arrested.
August 30, 2007: Las Vegas, NV
Seven students ages 13-16 got into a fight
near an elementary school. One had a gun
and fired a shot. No one was injured.
August 31, 2007: Orlando, FL
A 16-year-old male was arrested in
possession of a 9mm gun and ammo following
shots fired in the parking lot of a rival
football game, the Citrus Bowl, a prep
football game between two rival high
schools.
September 3, 2007: Birmingham, AL
Two males, ages 16 and 18, were being held
by police in connection with a shooting in
the parking lot following a high school
football game on Labor Day evening. Four
males, ages 17 to 21, were shot in the
incident. The suspects were facing charges
including
four counts of attempted murder, shooting
from an occupied vehicle and shooting into
an unoccupied vehicle
September 6, 2007: Tulsa, OK
A 16-year-old male high school student was
arrested in connection with the firing of a
gun twice and then bringing the gun into the
school. The male reportedly first it once
in the air and once in the ground away from
the school. A woman followed the car to the
school where they went inside, and later
notified police. The school was locked down
and the male eventually located, and the gun
was found in a locker. Two 16-year-olds were
subsequently arrested.
September 7, 2007: Alorton, IL
A male student was arrested in connection
with a shooting in a parking lot at an
alternative school around 7:40am. A car
with four males reportedly pulled into the
school's parking lot, two males got out, and
two shots were fired at a group of four
other males standing in front of the
school. No one was injured.
September 13, 2007: Battle Creek, MI
Five shots were fired at a school bus around
4:20pm. Four of the five shots hit the bus.
Around 30 students were on board the bus at
the time. No one was injured. Police
believe the shooters may have been gang
members.
September 14, 2007: Maple Heights, OH
Over 100 youth fought in a high school
parking lot as a school football team was
preparing for a game. Police responded and
the youth carried the fight a block away,
according to reports, where two youth were
shot.
September 17, 2007: Willingboro, NJ
An elementary school was locked down for
around two hours after an unidentified male
came onto school property and shot at the
school building, striking it several times,
while children were inside. No one was
injured.
September 18, 2007: Greenwood Village, CO
A window in a high school security office
was damaged after being shot with a shotgun
around 1:00am and the main entrance was
later struck by two shotgun blasts. No one
was injured.
September 25 2007: Chester, PA
A 17-year-old male was shot once in the
thigh after a fight that started inside a
high school spilled over outside as the male
tried to leave the school. Six .380-caliber
gun shells were found outside the school,
according to police. A conflict between
students from two rival neighborhoods
spilled over into the school causing the
fight, according to police.
September 27, 2007: Ferriday, MS
Two teens were arrested for allegedly
pulling guns and firing one round at a group
of students at a junior high after regular
school hours around 7:45pm. No one was
injured in the incident.
September 27, 2007: Groveport, OH
A high school was put into lockdown after a
shot was fired through the roof of the
school bus garage. A male came into the bus
garage, called out the name of an employee,
and then pulled out a .44-caliber gun on the
employee. The gun went off during a
struggle between the two men.
September 28, 2007: Oroville, CA
A 17-year-old male armed high school student
held a drama class hostage, firing shots and
holding three of the students hostage for
more than an hour. Police talked the male
into surrendering. No one was injured. The
male originally took about 30 students and a
substitute teacher hostage, but let the
majority go after talking with police
negotiators.
October 8, 2007:
Richmond, CA
A 15-year-old male was shot in the foot in a
drive-by shooting while walking to his high
school in the morning.
October 10, 2007: Cleveland, OH
A 14-year-old male student at a special
academy for achieving students shot two
teachers and two students, and then killed
himself, at the school. The shooter had
been suspended the day before for fighting
with another student.
October 13, 2007: Portland, OR
A 16-year-old high school junior, along with
an 18-year-old male non-student, were shot
after a high school dance. The shooter
allegedly jumped out of a car and opened
fire into a crowd of about 50 teens after
the dance, according to reports. Police
reportedly believe the victims were the
intended targets and that the incident was
gang-related.
October 18, 2007: Brazil, IN
A gunshot was fired through an elementary
school cafeteria window around 12:45pm. No
students were injured. A school custodian
was hit by glass that shattered. There were
no known suspects at the time of the initial
report.
October 24, 2007: Memphis, TN
A 15-year-old male high school student was
arrested in connection with a gun
accidentally discharging and shooting
another student in the arm during class at
the school, according to reports.
October 24, 2007: Saginaw, MI
A 16-year-old male was shot in the neck and
three others were also wounded in a shooting
across the street from a middle school
during halftime for a school football game.
A 15-year-old male was subsequently
arrested.
November 5, 2007: San Jacinto, CA
A 13-year-old male middle school student
shot himself in the head around 12:50pm
while his mother was on campus for
parent-teacher conferences. The school had
let out early around 11:00am due to the
conferences.
November 6, 2007: Miami, FL
A male high school teacher was shot during
an attempted robbery while he was standing
across the street from school taking a
cigarette break with another teacher during
lunch. The victim was shot in the upper
torso and was in critical condition. Police
arrested a 19-year-old and another male in
an apartment complex across from the school,
and others were also taken into custody,
according to reports.
November 7, 2007: Los Angeles, CA
Venice High School was locked down for less
than an hour as police searched for suspects
who were believed to have fled in two
vehicles after a shooting at the school
around 3:00pm while the school was still in
session. No one was injured.
November 15, 2007: Memphis, TN
A 22-year-old male was arrested after
allegedly firing a gun at a school resource
officer who pursued him after encountering
the male trespassing around 11:00am at the
high school campus where the officer was
assigned. The male was apprehended by
police and charged with multiple offenses.
November 15, 2007: St. Louis, MO
An 18-year-old male student in a special
program to help school dropouts get a high
school diploma was shot in the neck while
sitting in car around 8:20am in front of the
school building where he attended the
program. Two men in a vehicle reportedly
from which multiple shots were fired, one
which struck the victim. Two area high
schools locked down during the
investigation.
November 20, 2007: Nashville, TN
Two males, ages 16 and 19, were shot outside
of a high school where an evening basketball
tournament was being held.
November 20, 2007: Beaufort, SC
Several shots were reportedly fired at a
high school during a basketball scrimmage
game around 7:10pm. One person was
reportedly wounded and taken to the
hospital.
November 26, 2007: Cherry Hill, NJ
Two males, one teen and one adult, were shot
after a male reportedly entered a recreation
center that is part of an elementary school
and fired a gun around 7:55pm as a number of
youth played basketball. The teen was shot
in the stomach and the adult was shot in the
buttocks, according to reports.
November 26, 2007: Holland Patent, NY
A 17-year-old male high school student was
arrested for allegedly intentionally firing
a gun on a school bus that passed between
two students and hit a seat in front of
them. No one was injured. The incident
happened around 11:00am as students left the
high school to go to a BOCES school site. A
16-year-old male had been removed moments
before under suspicion that he had the gun.
November 27, 2007: Hartford, CT
Shots were allegedly fired from a car after
an altercation between individuals in the
car and a group of students walking to their
high school around 7:30am. No one was
injured.
November 28, 2007: San Pablo, CA
A 6-year-old first grader received minor
wounds to her stomach after being struck by
a bullet fired from a distance while
students played on the playground of the
elementary school. Police said the shots
were not fired at the school.
December 3, 2007: Aberdeen, SD
A teen male accidentally shot himself in the
arm and drove himself to the high school on
his snowmobile to seek help about 10 minutes
after school let out, according to reports.
He was treated by the school nurse and taken
to the hospital. Some people thought there
had been a shooting at the school, according
to reports.
December 7, 2007: Bakersfield, CA
Police arrested a 14-year-old male alleged
gang member for shooting at a junior high
school. One bullet struck a sign and the
other hit an office window, resulting in a
student being injured from the shattered
glass. The junior high and an elementary
school went into lockdown.
December 11, 2007: Las Vegas, NV
Six youth were shot after high school
students got off their school bus at its
stop in the neighborhood around 2:00pm. An
18-year-old male and a 17-year-old were both
shot in the stomach and had been in critical
condition, according to reports. Four others
were reportedly treated and released at the
hospital for gunshots injuries to their arms
and legs. Initial reports indicated the
altercation stemmed from a fight over a girl
earlier in the day at the school.
December 11, 2007: Oakland, CA
Three teens, two age 16 and one age 14, were
shot after a basketball game at a high
school. The victims were with a group
walking behind the high school when a car
pulled up and fired at the group.
December 14, 2007: Nashville, TN
School officials canceled a Friday high
school basketball game after rumors of a
gang-related violence.
December 20, 2007: St. Louis, MO
An 18-year-old male student at an
alternative school accidentally shot himself
after pulling out a gun in front of a group
of friends a block and one-half away from
the school. His friends reportedly took him
to school. He initially claimed someone
shot him. Police found the gun away from
the school. The school had gone into
lockdown while authorities initially
searched for the gun.
January 8, 2008: Springdale, MD
An 18-year-old female high school student
was shot in a drive-by shooting as she
walked home from her high school. She later
died. A 17-year-old student walking with her
was shot in the buttocks, and a 36-year-old
driver of a vehicle in the area was also
struck but not seriously injured, according
to reports.
January 8, 2008: Ashville, NC
A 16-year-old male fired two to four rounds
from a gun after walking into the center of
a high school looking for someone around
3:30pm. No one was injured. The male was
later captured in Knoxville, TN.
January 11, 2008: Indianapolis, IN
A 17-year-old female and a 24-year-old male
were shot after a series of disruptions in
the stands at a high school basketball game
in which the conflict inside the school
spilled out in the streets where the
shooting occurred.
January 15, 2008: Warr Acres, OK
A 17-year-old male was shot three times
while sitting in his car in a high school
parking lot after a basketball game. The
bullets reportedly stuck him in the leg,
back, and head. Police initially believed
the incident may have been gang-related.
January 16, 2008: Charlotte, NC
An 18-year-old male charter school student
was accidentally shot in the shoulder by a
17-year-old male student who was in a car
with three others at the school parking
lot. The victim reportedly stopped at the
vehicle to talk with those inside when one
pulled the gun and accidentally shot the
victim.
January 18, 2008: Las Vegas, NV
A 16-year-old student was taken into custody
for allegedly shooting at another student
outside a high school gym at a school
basketball game.
January 18, 2008: Hemet, CA
A 17-year-old was later arrested for firing
a gun in the high school parking lot around
8:30pm during an altercation with his
ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend following a
basketball game.
January 22, 2008: Chicago, IL
An off-duty Chicago police officer shot a
16-year-old male suspended student after he
attempted to enter the high school where the
officer was working, set off the metal
detector, and a security officer found a gun
while patting him down. The suspended
student fled and was chased by the officer
during which time the officer shot him.
January 22, 2008: Gary, IN
Two teens, age 17 and 18, were arrested for
firing shot at a third teen outside of a
Career Center school. An unmarked police
car and other vehicles in the lot were
damaged. A school board meeting was going
on inside at the time.
January 22, 2008: Washington, DC
Four 16-year-old students, two males and two
females, were struck by bullets fired from a
car as they were walking from the school at
the end of the school day. Initial reports
indicated the victims may have not been the
intended victims as the shooters shot into a
crowd after words were exchanged with
another student.
January 23, 2008: New York, NY
An 18-year-old special education student was
shot in the collarbone during an altercation
between two groups on a street near his high
school around 10:30am. Two police officers
driving by saw the two groups arguing and
saw the gunman pull out the gun and fire
three rounds at the other group. The
suspect fled and was pursued by an officer
and a sergeant, and the suspect shot at the
sergeant before being apprehended by the
police. School officials locked down the
school. Police said the incident may be
gang-related.
January 23, 2008: Charlotte, NC
Several shots were fired at a group during
an altercation around 9pm following a high
school basketball game.
January 31, 2008: Independence, MO
A teen was shot while in a high school
parking lot around 7:25pm during a school
basketball game. The victim was reportedly
with a group of individuals from Kansas City
who left the game early, encountered another
group in the parking lot where words were
exchanged, and someone from the other group
fired into the Kansas City group crowd,
striking the victim.
February 4, 2008: Memphis, TN
A 16-year-old male high school student was
shot in the leg by another male student
during an argument allegedly over rap music
while the two were in their first period
Algebra class. The victim was taken to the
hospital. The suspect was apprehended and
the gun was later recovered outside of the
school.
February 5, 2008: Cleveland Heights, OH
A high school basketball game was delayed
when fights broke out in the stands after
some individuals were not allowed in due to
the game being oversold. Police cleared the
stands of unruly individuals around 7:30pm.
Around 8:30pm, shots were fired about a
block from the school and a 16-year-old male
student was shot in the buttocks.
February 7, 2008: Los Angeles, CA
A young adult male, approximately age 19 or
20, was shot in the shoulder around 10:00pm
shortly after watching a high school
basketball held on a university campus.
February 8, 2008: Portsmouth, OH
A 53-year-old fifth grade Catholic
elementary school teacher was stabbed in
front of her children in her classroom
around 9:00am by her estranged husband, who
also fired a shot from a gun. The husband
also allegedly stabbed a woman in an alley
away from the school prior to going to the
school. He then fled to his home where he
committed suicide. The teacher had filed
for divorce in January.
February 11, 2008: Memphis, TN
A 19-year-old male high school student was
shot twice by a 17-year-old male fellow
student. The suspect allegedly walked up to
the victim and shot him twice while the two
were in the gym. The suspect then reportedly
gave the gun to a coach and said, "It's over
now." The incident was said to have started
in the community over the weekend. The
victim was hospitalized in critical
condition. The suspect was charged with
attempted first-degree murder.
February 22, 2008: Cleveland, OH
Police reportedly arrested a 15-year-old
male for shooting at another male running
through a high school's parking lot around
2:40pm. Bullets reported ricocheted
off a tree and broke the glass in a window
of a recreation center that attached to the
school.
February 25, 2008: Las Vegas, NV
A 16-year-old male high school student was
shot while walking from his school to pick
up his brother at the brother's middle
school. A group reportedly jumped out
of a car and attacked the victim and three
to five shots were fired during the
altercation. The incident happened
about three blocks from the middle school
and about 10 minutes after the middle school
had dismissed.
February 28, 2008: Miami, FL
A male high school student was shot in an
altercation north of the high school around
5:00pm. The shooter and one other
person fled in a vehicle, which was stopped
about 15 blocks away by police and the two
were taken into custody.
March 15, 2008: Las Vegas, NV
A 15-year-old male high school student was
shot while walking home from school. A
nearby elementary was dismissing at the time
of the shooting. The victim was taken
to the hospital. The incident may have
been gang-related.
March 15, 2008: Anaheim, CA
A male teen was shot around 3:00pm outside
of a junior high school about 45 minutes
after school dismissed but with around 200
students still inside for after school
activities. The school was locked down and
police later assisted uniting students with
parents. The victim was transported to
the hospital. Police reportedly
believe the incident was gang-related.
March 17, 2008: Brooklyn, NY
Police were investigating a shooting that
took place outside of an all-girls Jewish
school around 2:00pm. Shots were fired
and at least one went inside an occupied
classroom, but no one was hurt according to
reports.
March 31, 2008: Hayward Acres, CA
A 16-year-old male high school student was
shot in the leg while in his high school
restroom. A 17-year-old male was
arrested in connection with allegedly
bringing a gun to school in association with
the incident.
April 9, 2008: Kensington, MD
Five boys and one girl, ages 14 to 17, were
arrested in connection with a gun
accidentally discharging while being handled
in a boys' restroom at a high school.
At least three guns were being passed around
when the one gun discharged around 11:30am.
The males were reportedly going to sell guns
and the incident was believed to be
gang-related. The school was locked down and
searched, and students were kept in school
until around 4:00pm. At least one gun
was reportedly stolen and other weapons,
including nunchucks and knives, were also
found.
April 23, 2008: Atlantic City, NJ
An 18-year-old male student at an alterative
school for 7th through 12th graders was shot
in the leg following an argument outside the
school.
April 23, 2008: Linden, NJ
A 10-year-old male fourth-grader fired one
shot from a .380-caliber semi-automatic gun
by accident while in the second floor
classroom closet of his school around
3:15pm.
April 24, 2008: Omaha, NE
A 14-year-old male middle school student was
shot at random during a middle school soccer
game by a bullet fired from within the
community. The victim was struck in
the mouth and suffered serious, but not
life-threatening, injuries according to
reports.
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Sample of
Other Reported Higher-Profile
School Crime, Violence, and Crisis Incidents
in 2007-2008
Total incident listing to date: 86
August 4, 2007:
Keizer, OR
Four 15-year-old males and one 13-year-old
male were arrested and charged in connection
with an alleged plot to threaten their high
school with a bomb when classes started in
the fall. The plot was discovered when
police arrested the five youths after a
break-in at their high school where they
allegedly stole
chemicals such as
ammonium hydroxide and sodium hydroxide,
chemicals reportedly cited in publications
on how to build bombs
August 21, 2007: Locust Grove, GA
A male high school student who claimed he
was stabbed outside of his portable
classroom by two assailants later was
reportedly determined to have allegedly
stabbed himself. School officials had
locked down the high school and nearby
middle and elementary schools as police
searched for the initially reported
assailants. The victim was life-flighted to
a hospital and was in stable condition.
August 22, 2007: Atwater, CA
Eleven students were arrested following a
7:30am brawl involving two groups of
students who were shouting epithets and
accusing each other of being gang members.
Police said none arrested were documented
gang members.
August 23, 2007: Indianapolis, IN
Seven high school students were arrested
after a 7:20am fight in the cafeteria.
School police said the males were yelling
"north side" and "east side," and throwing
gang signs in the cafeteria.
August 27, 2007: Encinitas, CA
A father was arrested after getting into an
altercation with a school staff member who
was monitoring dismissal traffic at a
Christian school. The male reportedly was
in the wrong area and got into an argument
with the school staff member, who claimed
the father threatened to run her over and
hit her hit with the car.
August 28, 2007:
Coral Springs, FL
A 17-year-old male high school student was
stabbed, receiving a
wound on his upper left thigh and another on
his lower abdomen. A suspect was taken into
custody. Police believed the victim had an
argument with a girl and was stabbed by the
girl's brother.
August 28, 2007: Pontiac Township, MI
Three high school students were taken into
custody after six guns were found in a book
bag near a locker.
August 29, 2007: Houston, TX
Seventeen large yellow school buses were
stolen over the past several months from
Houston area charter schools, private bus
companies, and business schools.
September 6, 2007: Leavenworth, KS
A bomb exploded in second-floor assistant
principal's office at North Broadway
Education Center. No one was injured.
Police were investigating.
September 7, 2007: Trenton, NJ
Two emailed bomb threats sent to the
district's central office caused school
officials to evacuate all 32 of its school
sites, some for up to an hour.
September 11, 2007: Marietta, GA
A 15-yer-old male high school student was
arrested after accidentally stabbing his
sister while she and another female student
were fighting in the cafeteria.
September 12, 2007: Fremont, CA
A 10th-grade male high school student was
stabbed once in the chest and once in the
arm in what appeared to be a gang-related
incident near the rear of the school around
3:45pm.
September 13, 2007: Rock Hill, NC
A total of 15 students were arrested after
an early morning fight in the main hallway
of a high school around 8:20am. Police
believe the incident may be gang-related.
September 14, 2007: San Jose, CA
An altercation between two students resulted
in the stabbing of one student by the other
at the high school.
September 14, 2007: La Palma Park, CA
A 16-year-old male was standing by a fence
at a high school football game when he was
approached by two men and stabbed
repeatedly. He was taken to a hospital and
was in critical condition.
September 14, 2007: Fort Worth, TX
A 16-year-old male was arrested after a
campus police officer removed an explosive
device from his backpack. The device was
reportedly a
small metal container, a cylinder that
resembled a cigar tube, holding powder
apparently extracted from shotgun shells.
Police said the device lacked an ignition
source. Several students had told a teacher
about the student being in possession of
something harmful in his backpack, and the
teacher told the school resource officer who
confronted the student.
September 19, 2007: Emerson, NJ
Twelve northern New Jersey schools closed
after a letter threatening to blow up the
schools at 11:30am was received. Police and
dogs searched over 60 schools.
September 21, 2007: Beaumont, TX
Two male, non-students ran through a high
school around noon after a confrontation at
an apartment complex near the school where
one of the males shot the other in the
stomach. The victim fled and ran into the
school, with the other male in pursuit. The
building went into lockdown and no students
were injured.
September 21, 2007: Orlando, FL
A 17-year-old female high school senior was
arrested and charged with attempted murder
after allegedly stabbing a classmate with a
switchblade and beating two other students
with a pipe as they walked to their bus
stop. The suspect was located and arrested
at her school.
September 25, 2007: Canton, PA
Schools were shut down for the remainder of
the week due to threats made by what the
superintendent described as five males. Two
males, ages 15 and 16, were arrested as of
this report and the investigation was
ongoing.
September 27, 2007: Vancouver, WA
Fourteen (14) students were temporarily
expelled after a large high school
altercation involving African-American and
Hispanic students which some described as
having gang overtones.
September 27, 2007: Ventura, CA
Five alleged gang members, all expelled from
a high school, were arrested for trespassing
after returning and reportedly attacking
members of a rival gang around 7:45am.
September 28, 2007: Houston, TX
A 12-year-old female middle school student,
who had been suspended earlier in the day
for threatening teachers returned to the
school with a 9mm gun loaded with 14 rounds
and wearing a bandana. The girl reportedly
pointed the gun at a coach but was talked
down by several adults. The school was in
lockdown for about 15 minutes.
September 28, 2007: Munster, IN
Classes for the following Monday were shut
down by school officials at a Catholic
school due to potential safety concerns
associated with a funeral of a gang member
being held at the funeral home next to the
school.
September 28, 2007: Janesville, WI
A male and a female high school student were
walking near a high school after an evening
school football game when a main approached
them, pulled a knife, and demanded money.
He forced them to a park, ordered the male
student to leave, and then raped the female
student. The male student called the police
by cell phone.
October 4, 2007: Raytown, MO
Two schools were locked down after a police
chase that involved gunfire occurred.
October 4, 2007: Akron, OH
A 16-year-old male was arrested for
allegedly stabbing his father several times
with a steak knife following a verbal
altercation while his father was in the
parking lot to pick up his son at his high
school
October 5, 2007: Pierce County, WA
A high school was locked down after someone
fired shots at an unoccupied vehicle parked
north of the school. No one was injured.
October 5, 2007: Dumas, AR
A 10-year-old male stole a school bus from a
bus depot around 11pm and led police on a
high speed chase across three counties.
October 5, 2007: Ashville, NC
School officials had 20 police and metal
detectors at a rival football game due to
concerns of potential gang activity
following a gang-related shooting which
seriously injured a 12-year-old earlier in
the week in the community.
October 10, 2007: Plymouth Meeting, PA
A 14-year-old male was arrested for planning
a Columbine-like attack and stockpiling a
mass of weapons. Police reportedly found a
9mm semi-auto firearm, .22-caliber handgun,
.22-caliber rifle, .32 caliber handgun,
bomb-making instructions, videos of the
Columbine attack, and other items. Police
subsequently arrested the boy's 46-year-old
mother for buying some of the weapons for
her 14-year-old. A student and his father
reportedly notified police when they learned
of the plan.
October 15, 2007: Cleveland, OH
A 13-year-old female K-8 school student was
arrested after a school security officer
confiscated a five-page note that listed
teachers and a student the female wanted to
shoot. Police found a gun at the house of
an aunt and uncle where the girl lives. The
girl claimed to be the girlfriend of the
male who shot two teachers and two students,
and then killed himself, at a Cleveland
school the week before this incident.
October 17, 2007: Otay Mesa, CA
A 17-year-old male was arrested in
connection with the stabbing of a
16-year-old male high school student during
a fight across the street from the school
around 1:30pm. The incident reportedly was
over a girl. The victim was said to have a
stab wound to the shoulder and one of the
hand.
October 18, 2007: Downey, CA
A 19-year-old male was reportedly stabbed
and carjacked in a high school parking lot
while visiting friends there around 4:00pm.
The suspects were reported to be a male and
a female teen, both being non-students at
that school.
October 26, 2007: Tulsa, OK
Police arrested an adult male who told a
suicide counseling that he wanted to shoot
up a high school about 20 minutes or so
outside of Tulsa. The male was taken into
custody for a mental exam.
October 26, 2007: Portsmouth, VA
A high school was locked down for over an
hour following a call made to police that
claimed there was a person with a gun inside
the school. No such person was ever
located.
October 26, 2007: Round Rock, TX
A 17-year-old male high school student
arrested after he was found to have nine
knives at the school. The largest was six
and three-quarters inches long.
October 29, 2007: Peachtree City, GA
A 16-year-old female high school student,
and a 15-year-old former student who was
home-schooled at the time, were arrested in
connection with threats posted on
MySpace.com which indicated they wanted to
shoot people at the school.
October 31, 2007: El Paso, TX
A 15-year-old male high school student was
arrested for allegedly stabbing a
17-year-old fellow male student with a knife
during a fight in art class.
November 7, 2007: Medina County, OH
Cloverleaf High School was closed for the
day after school officials found two
graffiti threats on two bathroom walls.
Police dogs searched the school and the
school was monitored by law enforcement.
November 9, 2007: Lehigh Acres, FL
A 13-year-old male middle school student was
charged in connection with the stabbing of
another 13-year-old male student after a
basketball game at the school. The victim
was stabbed in his leg, side, and shoulder
according to reports.
November 10, 2007: Baltimore, MD
Twenty-two girls from eight different
schools were arrested in a brawl after a
high school football game.
November 14, 2007: Hempstead, NY
Two armed felons with arrest warrants fled
from police in the area of an elementary
school. One suspect ran into the school,
went into a false ceiling, and dropped down
into an empty room.
November 15, 2007: Haverstraw, NY
A 17-year-old female high school student was
arrested and charged with attempted murder
after stabbing a 16-year-old female student
with a 5-inch butcher knife around 2:15pm.
Three school security officer received minor
cuts while struggling with the suspect.
November 29, 2007: Sarasota, FL
Police responded to a high school after a
student reported seeing a male on campus
with a gun. After their arrival, police
heard a noise they thought was gunfire, but
turned out not to be the case. The school
was put in lockdown as police searched the
campus.
November 29, 2007: Bensalem, PA
A 15-year-old high school student was
stabbed in the stomach with a pair of
scissors around 1:30pm and had to be taken
to the hospital. The school locked down.
News helicopters flew above the school and
the surrounding streets flooded with cars
from concerned parents, according to
reports.
December 4,
2007: Colorado Springs, CO
Students reported a suspicious man in the
high school parking lot. A school resource
officer (SRO) attempted to question him but
he refused to answer, drove off fast, and
hit a tree. The officer told him to turn
off the car and he moved to the glove
compartment, at which time the officer used
a Taser on him. A knife was found in the
car.
December 5, 2007: Cedar Rapids, IA
A 14-year-old male was arrested and later
adjudicated for a Columbine-style plot to
shoot individuals at his middle school.
December 20, 2007: Topeka, KS
A high school police officer was attacked,
receiving cuts to his back and face, while
escorting a female non-student out of the
school to take to a juvenile facility. Two
16-year-old males, one student and one
former student, were taken into custody.
December 20,
2007: Detroit, MI
An elementary-middle school was evacuated
after receiving multiple threats.
January 8, 2008: Cleveland, OH
A male high school teacher received three
broken bones in his neck and facial injuries
after being attacked while trying to break
up a fight.
January 9, 2008: Reading, PA
Three high school students, ages 14, 15, and
16, were stabbed by another student who also
attempted to hold school administrators at
bay with a propane canister.
January 11, 2008: Newark, OH
A sophomore stabbed a junior during a fight
on campus around 7:30am. Two assistant
principals and a school resource officer
broke up the altercation. The victim was
taken to the hospital.
January 16, 2008: Lewisville, TX
A 22-year-old magician was arrested for
kidnapping a 9-year-old from an elementary
school where he was doing a magic show. He
allegedly made her pose in suggestive
pictures and videotaped her at a home
January 18, 2008: Elgin, IL
A 16-year-old male high school student was
charged for stabbing his 50-year-old female
teacher multiple times including in her
neck, head, and upper body after running up
behind her and throwing a coat over her head
while she was in her classroom around
11:15am.
January 22, 2008: Rochester, MN
A 17-year-old male high school student was
stabbed while trying to break up a
gang-related fight.
January 23, 2008: St. Louis County, MO
A teenager ran into an elementary school
office seeking help after having been shot
while out on the street around 12:45pm. The
school locked down and police responded.
January 29, 2008: Belleville, MI
School officials cancelled "Spirit Week" and
a winter homecoming dance after fears of
violence following a series of fights. The
school also rescheduled basketball games
after rumors of gang violence.
January 30, 2008: Cleveland, OH
A riot that escalated from two girls
fighting occurred at a Cleveland middle
school. A teacher was injured by a thrown
book and 18 students were arrested.
January 30, 2008: Cleveland, OH
A fight spilled out into the streets after
an altercation between two male students,
ages 15 and 17, at a charter school academy
around 11:15am. Two males, ages 16 and 18,
jumped in according to police. All four
were arrested.
February 1, 2008: Austin, TX
A 7-year-old male student died after he was
found hanging by his shirt on a hook in a
dress room. Police are investigating the
cause of the death.
February 5, 2008: Grand Rapids, MI
Three females were arrested after a fight
involving 10 to 12 females broke out in the
stands of a high school basketball game and
spilled onto the floor.
February 6, 2008: Los Angeles, CA
A masked male, estimated in the age range of
12 to 14 years old, reportedly went into an
elementary school office with a
semi-automatic handgun, waved his arms at
administrators, and fled the building. The
school locked down and students were later
kept inside and away from the playground.
The suspect was not apprehended.
February 15, 2008: Delray Beach, FL
A 14-year-old male high school student was
arrested for calling police and falsely
telling them that there were four armed
gunmen on campus. The false call, made
anonymously by the student, caused the
school to go into lockdown and drew alarmed
parents for several hours.
February 27, 2008: Reading, PA
Police reported up to 1,500 students in the
streets with some throwing rocks and bottles
hitting parked cars, and a police captain
getting stitches are being hit in the head
with a rock. At least a half-dozen
participants were arrested.
Police said the incident began with a
flag-waving parade after an assembly and
other events celebrating the Dominican
Republic's independence day.
March 5, 2008:
Trenton, NJ
A 22-year-old male was charged and a
17-year-old male high school student
admitted for mental health evaluation in
connection with what police described as a
"military-style plot" to attack the
student's high school to kill students and
teachers. Surveillance reportedly had
been done to identify escape routes.
March 5, 2008: Fairfax
County, VA
A 17-year-old male high school student was
stabbed in the arm in a gang-related attack
while walking home from school. Three
suspects were subsequently charged.
March 6, 2008: Toledo,
OH
A 15-year-old male high school student was
arrested for allegedly twice stabbing a
16-year-old fellow male student in the
stomach during an altercation in the
school's cafeteria.
March 7, 2008:
Belleville, IL
Police took 10 students into custody from a
high school fight around 11:00am that
started in connection with an argument
between two girls at a dance the prior
weekend.
March 11, 2008:
Long Beach, CA
An elementary school was locked down after a
19-year-old was shot in a suspected
gang-related incident near the school.
March 13, 2008:
Oklahoma City, OK
A 15-year-old male high school student was
stabbed several times by another 15-year-old
male high school student during a fight in
the high school hallway around 10:30am.
March 28, 2008:
New York, NY
An 18-year-old male was stabbed in the
shoulder in the basement of a Brooklyn high
school. The school was locked down.
The male was taken to the hospital.
March 28, 2008:
Woodbridge, VA
A 17-year-old male was stabbed in the
parking lot of a high school following a
basketball game. Another 17-year-old
male was arrested. A police officer
was also injured during the fight. The youth
was taken to the hospital by helicopter with
non-life-threatening injuries.
March 31, 2008: Reno,
NV
A middle school was locked down for more
than two hours as police as police found a
rifle and a shotgun in the trash cans at the
school around 11am. Police later
reported they believed the guns may have
been stolen in a residential burglary and
stashed in the school trash cans.
April 1, 2008:
Waycross, GA
A group of up to nine male and female third
graders reportedly were involved in planning
to kill their teacher. Individuals
involved brought broken steak knives,
handcuffs and other items to the school.
Police reported that the plot contained
specific roles were certain participants. No
one was injured.
April 3, 2008:
Cleveland, OH
Police responded to a charter school for a
"hit list" that included plans to blow up
the school, according to reports. While
police were at the school, security officers
told them they saw a student hide a gun near
the school. Police went to a nearby
house and found a loaded handgun.
April 4, 2008:
Norristown, PA
Two teachers struggled with a student who
had a gun in his coat after they escorted
him to his locker to search for the gun.
The student fled but later turned himself in
to police. Teachers violated the
school's security policy and risked being
shot, but had good intentions, according to
the superintendent.
April 10, 2008:
Tulsa, OK
A fight involving several girls escalated
into a brawl involving around 20 people at a
high school. The school resource
officer called for back-up and about 15 cars
responded. Police were investigating
if the incident was gang-related.
April 17, 2008:
Denver, CO
Police reportedly arrested seven juveniles
and one adult in connection with a fight
that involved over 50 people at a high
school.
April 17, 2008:
Baltimore, MD
A 14-year-old male middle school student was
reportedly stabbed in the neck and back by a
15-year-old male student during an
altercation in a first floor hallway of the
school around 2:00pm.
April 20, 2008:
Chesterfield, SC
An 18-year-old male high school senior was
arrested in connection with a plot to
conduct a bomb attack on his school. The
male reportedly had detailed his plans,
which included his suicide, in a journal
that included maps of the school.
Parents called the police when 10 pounds of
ammonium nitrate was delivered to their home
and they found their son's journal.
April 21, 2008:
Lansing, IL
A man shot himself near a primary school as
high school baseball teams practiced on a
field nearby. No students were
injured. Coaches took students inside the
school and released them to their parents.
April 25, 2008:
Churchill, PA
Eight students were suspended and two
teachers were injured in a high school fight
that began between two girls and
subsequently escalated.
April 28, 2008:
Houston, TX
A 17-year-old male high school student was
stabbed three times by a 44-year-old father
who believed the male was involved in a
weekend sexual assault on his daughter.
The victim was stabbed in the hand, chest
and stomach. Subsequent reports
indicated the victim was not involved in the
weekend incident and was apparently mistaken
by the father as having been involved.
The father was arrested and.charged with
aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.