Tag Archives: school shootings

The New York Times reports: Federal investigators said on Wednesday that the suspect in the shooting at a Georgia high school had been interviewed more than a year ago by local law enforcement officials in connection to threats made online of a school shooting. The authorities were led to the suspect, Colt Gray, who was 13 at the time, after …

Via press release from the White House: Jill and I are mourning the deaths of those whose lives were cut short due to more senseless gun violence and thinking of all of the survivors whose lives are forever changed. What should have been a joyous back-to-school season in Winder, Georgia, has now turned into another horrific reminder of how gun …

CNN reports: The suspected gunman is believed to be a 14-year-old boy, a law enforcement source told CNN. The source said it is not yet known whether the teen attended that school. The suspect is alive and in custody, the GBI said in a post on X. The high school had received an earlier phone threat, multiple law enforcement officials …

CNN reports: At least four people are believed to have been killed and approximately 30 more were injured in the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, although it’s unclear how many of the injuries are from gunshot wounds, according to law enforcement sources. A suspect, who is of student age, is In custody, but it’s unclear if the …

Atlanta’s ABC affiliate reports: There is a heavy police presence at Apalachee High School in Barrow County, Georgia. This comes after reports of gunfire sent the school into a hard lockdown. At least six ambulances could be seen by local news helicopters. Students appear to have been evacuated to the school’s football stadium. Apalachee High School has nearly 1,900 students …

The Associated Press reports: A company has installed computerized vending machines to sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, allowing patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk. American Rounds said their machines use an identification scanner and facial recognition software to verify the purchaser’s age and are as “quick and easy” to use …

The Texas Tribune reports: A Uvalde County grand jury has indicted former school district police Chief Pete Arredondo and another former district officer on charges of child endangerment, the first criminal charges brought against law enforcement for the botched response to the deadliest school shooting in Texas history. Arredondo and Adrian Gonzales face felony charges of abandoning or endangering a …

The Washington Post reports: Less than six years ago, then-President Donald Trump took on the influential gun lobby after the deadliest massacre in modern U.S. history. He announced that he had told the National Rifle Association that “bump stocks are gone,” arguing they “turn legal weapons into illegal machine guns.” On Friday, Trump’s campaign to return to the White House …

CNN reports: The Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the high court’s latest stroke limiting the power of federal agencies to act on their own. Justice Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion for a 6-3 court. The court’s liberal wing, led by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissented. Trump had pushed …

The Associated Press reports: A crew is scheduled Friday to begin tearing down the three-story classroom building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The victims’ families have been invited to watch the first blows and hammer off a piece themselves if they choose. Officials plan to complete the weekslong project …

The Texas Tribune reports: Families of survivors of the Robb Elementary School shooting are suing the package shipping companies UPS and FedEx for allegedly violating state and federal law and their own corporate safety standards. On the day of the shooting, the gunman was armed with a weapon ordered online and shipped to Oasis Firearms in Uvalde where it was …

CBS News reports: Exactly two years after the Uvalde school massacre, families of victims Friday filed multiple lawsuits against social media giant Meta, Activision — the maker of the popular video game “Call of Duty” — and Daniel Defense, the manufacturer of the AR-15 which the teen gunman used in the shooting. The lawsuits come just two days after the …

Reuters reports: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to unravel gun regulations put in place by Democratic President Joe Biden during a lengthy speech to the National Rifle Association on Saturday, during which he accepted the influential group’s endorsement. The nation’s top gun rights group has now endorsed Trump three times – in 2016, 2020 and 2024. The organization had …

ABC News reports: A 14-year-old suspect is dead following a confrontation with police Wednesday after an active shooter was reported outside a Wisconsin middle school, sources told ABC News. The teen had approached Mount Horeb Middle School with what appeared to be a long gun, the sources said. A vehicle associated with the suspect is being searched for evidence by …

The Washington Post reports: The Tennessee legislature passed a bill Tuesday that would allow teachers and school staffers to carry concealed handguns in schools, one of the most divisive steps taken by Republican leaders in the year since six people were killed by a shooter at a Nashville school. The House approved the measure as protesters shouted objections, nearly drowning …

Pew Research reports: About a quarter of teachers (23%) say they experienced a lockdown in the 2022-23 school year because of a gun or suspicion of a gun at their school. Some 15% say this happened once during the year, and 8% say this happened more than once. High school teachers are most likely to report experiencing these lockdowns: 34% …

Reuters reports: The mother and father of a Michigan teen who shot and killed four classmates were each sentenced to 10 to 15 years in prison on Tuesday after a jury convicted them of manslaughter in a rare case of parents being held responsible in a school shooting. Jennifer and James Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley’s parents, were sentenced immediately after several …

USA Today reports: Jennifer and James Crumbley, the first parents of a mass school shooter in the U.S. to be convicted of involuntary manslaughter for the shooting, are set to be sentenced on Tuesday. Prosecutors asked that each parent be given 10 to 15 years in prison after separate juries found them each guilty of four counts of involuntary manslaughter …

ABC News reports: The manslaughter trial for James Crumbley, the father of Oxford High School shooter Ethan Crumbley, is set to begin Tuesday with jury selection. James Crumbley is charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each of the four students killed when Ethan, then 15 years old, opened fire in November 2021. James Crumbley’s trial comes just …

The Associated Press reports: Kentucky school districts could hire retired law officers or military veterans to serve as armed guardians offering security at schools under a bill advanced by a state Senate committee on Thursday. The proposal cleared the Senate Education Committee and heads to the full Senate next. It would still need House approval if it gains Senate passage. …