History of School Shootings in America

• By: Eric Wilkinson

Columbine MassacreOn April 20, 1999, in the small, suburban town of Littleton, Colorado, two high-school seniors, Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris, enacted an all-out assault on Columbine High School during the middle of the school day. The boys' plan was to kill hundreds of their peers. With guns, knives, and a multitude of bombs, the two boys walked the hallways and killed. When the day was done, twelve students, one teacher, and the two murderers were dead; plus 21 more were injured. The haunting question remains: why did they do it?

August 1, 1966 : University of Texas Clock Tower Shootings. After killing his wife and mother, Charles Whitman pointed a rifle from the observation deck of the University of Texas at Austin’s Tower and began shooting in a homicidal rampage that went on for 96 minutes. He killed fifteen people and wounded 31 others before being shot dead by police

Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) as a student at the University of Texas at Austin killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Three were killed inside the University's tower and ten killed from the 28th floor observation deck of the University's 307 foot administrative building on August 1, 1966; one died a week later from her wounds. The tower massacre happened shortly after Whitman murdered his wife and mother at their homes. He was shot and killed by Austin Police Officer Houston McCoy,[1] assisted by Austin Police Officer Ramiro Martinez.

Virginia Tech Shooting• April 16 -An outburst of gunfire at a Virginia Tech

dormitory, followed two hours later by a ruthless string of attacks at a classroom building, killed 32 students, faculty and staff and left about 30 others injured yesterday in the deadliest shooting rampage in the nation's history.

SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY

•The december 14th shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. has left nearly 30 people dead, 20 of which are children, making it the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.

Cal State University Fullerton

•Wednesday, July 12, 1976 at the California State University, Fullerton, in Fullerton, California, United States. The gunman, 37-year-old Edward Charles Allaway, was a custodian at the school library. He killed seven people and wounded two others in the library basement, before leaving the school campus. He later drove to a nearby hotel where his former wife worked, and phoned police to report his actions.