Echoes of Columbine

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:...

LIFE Magazine August, 12 1966 Remembering the victims Date: August 1 Year: 1966 (Date format only allows pre-dating to 1970) School:  University of Texas Location: Austin State: Texas Wounded: 31 Fatalities: 17 Including 1 unborn child, and 1 victim who died 35 years later from injuries sustained that day. With about 1.2 million total deaths in all wars, and approximately 1.4 million firearm deaths since 1966 more Americans have died by guns than in every single American war combined. (source)   Time lapsed: 96 Minutes Police response time: Approx 20 Minutes, 76 minutes to neutralize shooter. How ended: Law enforcement and a deputized civilian were able to ambush the shooter and kill him. Location of victims of Texas Tower shooting Source: Encyclopedia Britannica Civilians involved: Yes. Most of the casualties were in the 20 minutes before armed civilians and police arrived to hold the shooter off. A deputized civilian distracted the s...