School Shootings

Ohio School Shooting Suspect Will Be Tried As Adult

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 05.25.2012

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CHARDON, Ohio -- A 17-year-old will be tried as an adult in the school shooting deaths of three students, a juvenile court judge ruled Thursday after ...

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Ohio School Shooting Suspect Competent For Trial, Judge Says

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 05.02.2012

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CHARDON, Ohio — A 17-year-old charged in a school shooting is mentally competent to stand trial in juvenile court in the deaths of three student...

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Rage and Rampage: School Shootings and Crises of Masculinity

Douglas Kellner | Posted 04.24.2012

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While the motivations for school shootings may vary, they have in common crises in masculinity in which young men use guns and violence to create ultra-masculine identities as part of a media spectacle.

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School Shooter Gets Life Sentence

AP | Posted 04.20.2012

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VISTA, Calif. — A gunman who injured two second-graders when he opened fire on a crowded elementary school playground near San Diego was sentenc...

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Ohio Boy Brings BB Gun To School To Scare Bullies

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 04.19.2012

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Earlier this week Lisa Pfalzgraf, principal of Elmwood Place Elementary School in Cincinnati, Ohio called the police on a 10-year-old boy after he bro...

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44 Percent Of Teens Say They Can Get Guns

Newser | Posted 04.19.2012

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Teenagers today are perilously familiar with guns. In a new survey from Teenage Research Unlimited, 44 percent said they could get a handgun if the...

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13 Columbine Conspiracy Theories

TruTV.com | Posted 04.18.2012

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On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, seniors at Columbine High School, went on a rampage that ended with 12 classmates, one teacher, and ...

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Lessons for My Five Year Old, the tragedies at Oikos and Virginia Tech

Ricky Choi, MD, MPH | Posted 04.16.2012

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While both campus incidents were caused by individuals who just happened to be of Korean descent, ethnic Koreans in America, in South Korea and the broader Asian community all felt the burden.

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Reporter's Tweeted Photo Derails Drug Murder Trial, Mistrial Declared

AP | Posted 04.11.2012

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TOPEKA, Kan. -- A Kansas judge declared a mistrial in a murder trial Wednesday after a newspaper reporter tweeted a photo that included the grainy pro...

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Is Ohio School Shooting Suspect Fit For Trial?

Reuters | Posted 04.10.2012

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By Kim Palmer CHARDON, Ohio, April 9 (Reuters) - A teenager who confessed to a shooting rampage that killed three students at a small-...

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T.J. Lane To Undergo Mental Health Exam In Ohio School Shooting

AP | Posted 05.28.2012

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CHARDON, Ohio — A judge has ordered a mental competency exam for a teenager accused of fatally shooting three students in a high school last mon...

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Ohio School Shooting Suspect Had Troubled Family, Court Records Show

AP | Posted 03.15.2012

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CHARDON, Ohio -- Newly released court records underscore the troubled family life of a 17-year-old Ohio boy charged in a school shooting rampage that ...

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Hundreds Honor Student Killed In Ohio School Shooting

AP | Posted 03.04.2012

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CHARDON, Ohio -- Hundreds of people stood shoulder to shoulder along the street on a cold, windy Saturday morning to honor one of three teenagers kill...

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Wake Begins For Victim Of Ohio School Shooting

AP | TED SHAFFREY | Posted 05.03.2012

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EASTLAKE, Ohio — Bullying and metal detectors were on the minds of some mourners as hundreds lined up Friday at a northeast Ohio funeral home fo...

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The Shooter Was 'Not Well'

Linda Rosenberg | Posted 05.02.2012

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The connection between violence and mental disorders is a myth. What's not a myth is the toll that mental health conditions take on our nation.

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Teaching Our Kids to Deal With Rejection and Slights

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 05.02.2012

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Some things do stay consistent over generations. Kids have been getting teased and bullied for generations but what has changed is that bullying is ha...

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Lessons to be Learned from the Ohio School Shooting

Jack Davis | Posted 05.01.2012

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The tragedy at Chardon could have happened at any high school across the nation. We must understand the factors that can lead to such events and strive to make everybody feel welcome all the time.

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Student Shot, Wounded At Willcox High School In Arizona

AP | Posted 05.01.2012

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WILLCOX, Ariz. — A man fired a rifle indiscriminately at a southeastern Arizona high school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 17-year-old boy who w...

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T.J. Lane Charged As Juvenile In Ohio School Shooting

Posted 03.02.2012

A 17-year-old boy was charged with three juvenile counts of aggravated murder on Thursday for the shooting that left three people dead and two more wo...

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Chardon High School Victim's Mother 'Forgives' T.J. Lane

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 03.01.2012

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Losing a child is one of the most devastating things a parent can experience, but the mother of Ohio school shooting victim Demetrius Hewlin believes ...

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WATCH: School Shooting Victim's Parents Remember Son

Posted 03.01.2012

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Danny Parmertor's parents want their son to be remembered as "a funny, loveable kid who would help you with anything." The 16-year-old boy, one of ...

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Three Lives Cut Short In Ohio School Shooting

Posted 02.28.2012

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The three teenagers killed in the Chardon High School shooting were described by friends and family as a good-natured group of students who often sat ...

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Making Sense of School Shootings

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.29.2012

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Our young people are members of a lost generation -- raised in a world where life has little to no value, the almighty dollar takes precedence and values are taught by primetime sitcoms and Saturday morning cartoons.

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Lot of Blood on Lots of Hands

Joe Lapointe | Posted 04.29.2012

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Tonight, one student is dead and at least two more fight for their lives because of the American culture of gun violence and the political cynicism of the NRA and our politicians.

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Washington School Shooting: Prosecutor Seeks Probation For 9-Year-Old Boy

AP | Posted 02.25.2012

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BREMERTON, Wash. -- A Washington state prosecutor says his office will seek probation and treatment for a 9-year-old boy who took to school a gun that...

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