Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
This is a list of mass/spree killers who attacked schools. A mass murderer is typically defined as someone who kills three or more people in one incident, with no "cooling off" period. [76] [77] A mass murder typically occurs in a single location where one or more persons kill several others. [78] [79] [80]
List of school shootings by death toll (four or more deaths) Date Location Deaths Injuries Description April 16, 2007: Blacksburg, Virginia: 33 [n 1] 17: Virginia Tech shooting: 23-year-old student Seung-Hui Cho killed thirty-two students and faculty members in two separate attacks on the campus of Virginia Tech and then committed suicide. In a ...
Seifert had made all of his weapons about two months prior to the attack. The spear was made from a broomstick and a triangular scraper, while he used a pump bracket to create the mace. His flamethrower was made from an insecticide sprayer with a wire netting attached to the nozzle, and filled with a mixture of old motor oil and paint thinner. [5]
The hog removal effort this past week wasn’t the first time the government has taken such action at the national park. The park estimated last year that it had taken out about 1,000 porkers ...
The Secret Service released a blueprint on Wednesday that it says should help guide local and state law enforcement agencies to establish dedicated units that identify and stop tragedies such as ...
The sale of semi-automatic rifles is legal and requires no permit or gun safety course. Georgia also has no safe-storage law. [11] A few weeks before the shooting, a group of Georgia lawmakers attempted to pass firearm safety legislation, offering a $300 tax credit to gun owners who purchase safes. The bill was rejected. [12]
At least one student posted a video to social media, showing people hiding in a classroom while someone out in the hallway spoke to them, claiming to be law enforcement. Those locked down in the classroom mistakenly believed the speaker was the shooter. They ultimately fled through the windows, and, from there, a deputy led them to safety.
The suspect in the killings of four students had been known to some employees at a brewery to make "creepy" and inappropriate comments, according to the owner.