Two people are in custody after a shooting at a Houston area high school left one student dead. “The Houston Independent School District is deeply saddened to learn of the tragic death of one of our students. We offer our deepest sympathies to the student’s family and friends,” the school district said in a statement. […]
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Thousands of Californians united in grief Sunday night to remember the young victims of the Saugus High School shooting. Many wore matching jerseys that read “S Strong,” a declaration of resilience after the Thursday’s attack that killed Grace Anne Muehlberger, 15, and Dominic Blackwell, 14. More than 10,000 mourners gathered at the vigil at Central […]
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While investigators continued working to figure out why a 16-year-old boy shot five of classmates at Saugus High School, killing two of them, before turning the gun on himself, schools in the Santa Clarita area remained closed Friday in a day of mourning. Meanwhile, doctors at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Mission Hills said […]
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An impromptu effort to pass a gun background check bill in the Senate unanimously was quickly nixed by a Republican senator who said it would infringe on Second Amendment rights, as news of a mass shooting at a California high school came rolling in Thursday morning. Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut requested that the universal background check […]
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A 16-year-old suspect faces an attempted murder charge after he allegedly shot another teenager near a northern California high school on Tuesday, Santa Rosa police said. The suspect, who is a student at Ridgway High School, had a verbal altercation with the victim, a 17-year-old student at the school, Capt. John Cregan said. The suspect […]
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An 18-year-old who authorities say had an “infatuation” with the 1999 Columbine High School massacre appears to have kept a journal online in which she wrote about suicide and guns, and alluded to “plans” she was making. Officials said the teen, Sol Pais of Florida, flew from Miami to Colorado earlier this week, bought a pump-action […]
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A high school student was shot dead by a classmate inside their Matthews, North Carolina, school Monday morning after getting into a fight, police said. The Matthews Police Department announced the death during a news conference hours after Butler High School, about 12 miles southeast of Charlotte, was placed on lockdown, according to NBC affiliate WCNC. […]
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The ESPYs are breaking tradition for this year’s Best Coach Award, awarding it posthumously to three Florida high school coaches who died shielding their students from gunfire. Family members of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School heroes Aaron Feis, Scott Beigel and Chris Hixon will receive the honor during the award show on July 18 in Los […]