Remembering the Simon's Rock College shooting: Great Barrington, Massachusetts, 1992
Victims Nacunan Saez and Galen Gibson Last Updated: March, 31 2018 Simon's Rock is often forgotten because it doesn't fit the definition of a mass shooting, because only 2 people were killed. This was a mass shooting halted, not by police or an armed bystander but by a jammed gun... there is no way of knowing how many would have been killed that day but the shooter himself confirms that his intention was to kill as many as possible. The Simon's Rock shooting is included in our school shooting research here mostly because this one more than any other illustrates what happens when people don't take a potential threat seriously. Date: December 14 Year: 1992 School: Simon's Rock College of Bard Location: Great Barrington State: Massachusetts Wounded: 4 Fatalities: 2 Shots Fired: Time lapsed: 18 minutes Police response time: Shooter's gun jammed, at which point he discarded his weapon and reported his crime. How ended: Surrender