Police tape is seen outside the Abundant Life Christian School Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024 in Madison, Wis., following a shooting on Monday. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Hundreds of people in the U.S. have died in shootings over the past 25 years in places like offices, stores and theaters, but the carnage perhaps hits hardest when it happens in schools and colleges.
In those cases, the victims are children who still have some of their baby teeth, newly adult students with career and family dreams, and teachers who often become role models and mentors to their young students.
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A shooting Monday at a Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, was the latest in a long list of those taking place at American schools and colleges since the 1999 Columbine High School Massacre in Colorado.
The shootings include:
ABUNDANT LIFE CHRISTIAN SCHOOL, December 2024, 2 dead
A 15-year-old female student killed another teenager and a teacher inside a nondenominational Christian school in Madison, Wisconsin, just a week before the start of its Christmas break, police said. She also wounded six others and died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
APALACHEE HIGH SCHOOL, September 2024, 4 dead
A 14-year-old student opened fire inside a Winder, Georgia, high school with an assault-style rifle, killing two other 14-year-old students and two teachers, authorities said. Students scrambled for shelter in classrooms — and eventually fled to the football stadium — as officers swarmed the campus. The shooter surrendered and has been charged with murder. So has his father, who is accused of knowingly allowing his son to have the weapon.
PERRY HIGH SCHOOL, January 2024, 2 dead
A 17-year-old opened fire at a high school in Perry, Iowa, just before classes on the first day after winter break, killing a sixth-grader and wounding the school principal, who risked his life to save students and later died of his injuries. Four others were injured, and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said the shooter also died from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
THE COVENANT SCHOOL, March 2023, 6 dead
A 28-year-old shooter wielding two “assault-style” rifles and a pistol killed three students and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville. The shooter, who police said had previously attended the school, died after being shot by police.
RICHNECK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, January 2023, 1 injured
A first-grade teacher in Newport News, Virginia, was shot in the hand and chest by a 6-year-old student who said he used his mother’s handgun, according to police search warrants. The boy’s mother was charged with felony child neglect and sentenced to two years in prison.
STARTS RIGHT HERE, January 2023, 2 dead
An 18-year-old man with a handgun entered a common area of a school for at-risk students in Des Moines, Iowa, and fired at teenagers before fleeing in a car driven by another teenager. A 16-year-old and 18-year-old student died, and the school’s founder was injured. Authorities said the shooting arose from an ongoing gang dispute.
CENTRAL VISUAL ARTS AND PERFORMING ARTS HIGH SCHOOL, 2 dead
An armed, 19-year-old former student broke into a St. Louis high school, warning,
Shooting in Madison is the latest carnage at a US school or college over the past 25 years
