Echoes of Columbine

Two of the youngest mass shooters and the only two living school shooters who are not incarcerated... Last updated: March 25, 2018 Date:   March 24 Year: 1998 School:  Westside Middle School Location:  Jonesboro State: Arkansas Wounded:  5 Fatalities: 10 Shots Fired:  27 Time lapsed:  4 minutes Police response time:  Unknown. Approx. 4 minutes. After police arrived shooters ran.  How ended: Taken without issue. Civilians involved:  None known Perpetrators:  Mitchell Johnson (13) and Andrew Golden (11) cousins Age: 13 & 11 Family history:  The two students were cousins. It was reported that Golden came from a normal, happy American family. No home troubles were noted in family history. Johnson came from a broken family, and lived with his mother and stepfather. His mother was a prison guard and married a man she met in prison for weapons charges. Police report Johnson often disappear...

Last updated: March 23, 2018 Date: Dec, 1 Year: 1997 School:  Heath High School Location:  West Paducah State: Kentucky Wounded: 5 Fatalities: 3 Shots Fired:  8 rounds, fast succession Time lapsed:  12 seconds Police response time:  Shooting ended before police arrived.  How ended: After firing 8 shots, Carneal laid the gun on the ground and sank to his knees. some reports say he was crying. The principal approached him and took him by the shoulders, shaking him asking why he'd done it. Carneal responded "I can't believe I did that, kill me please." He was taken to the office and put under guard while waiting for the police to arrive.  Civilians involved: Carneal surrendered without intervention and was taken quietly. Perpetrator:  Michael Carneal Age: 14 Family history: Red flags: Told students that "something big is going to happen on Monday" but no one took him seriously. Mental illness history:...

Last Updated: March 23, 2018 Date:  October 1 Year: 1997 School:  Pearl High School  Location:  Pearl State: Mississippi Wounded:  7 Fatalities: 3 (including mother: stabbed prior to shooting) Shots Fired: Time lapsed:  11 minutes Police response time:  Incident was over before police arrived and suspect detained. How ended:  Attempted to flee the scene, stopped by student and staff, held until police arrived.  Civilians involved:  Yes, assistant principal Joel Myrick (a U.S. Army Reserve Commander) retrieved his personal Colt 1911 .45 auto from vehicle. Student helped pin car down. Stopped from fleeing, held at gunpoint until police arrived. Perpetrator: Luke Woodham Age: 16 Family history: Red flags: History of animal torture, he wrote in his journal about torturing his dog Sparkle to death. "I will never forget the howl she made. It sounded almost human. We laughed and hit her hard." About a...

Last updated: March 23, 2018 Date: February 2, 1996 Year: 1996 School:  Frontier Middle School Location:  Moses Lake State: Washington Wounded: 1 Fatalities: 3 Shots Fired: 4-5   (Carried 80 rounds of ammunition) Time lapsed: Police response time:  Police didn't arrive until after the shooter had been contained by a civilian. How ended: Taken. A coach offered to be his hostage to get out of the school safely. There was a struggle and the coach disarmed the shooter and held him until police arrived. The coach was unarmed. Civilians involved: Yes. Coach Jon Lane wrestled gun away from him, and held him until police arrived. Lane's thoughts on ending school violence were shared after the Parkland shooting in a very personal letter about his experience here.  Man who subdued Moses Lake school shooter 21 years ago pens letter Perpetrator:  Barry Dale Loukaitis Age: 14 Family history: Father had been unfaithful to his mot...

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:...

Last updated: March 22, 2018 Date:  May 1 Year: 1992 School:  Lindhurst High School Location:  Olivehurst State:  California Wounded: 10 Fatalities: 4 Shots Fired:  Unknown Time lapsed: Unknown Police response time: Unknown How ended: After 8 hour standoff with 80 hostages, the shooter surrendered to police. Civilians involved: None known Perpetrator:  Eric Christopher Houston Age:  20 Family history: Unknown Red flags: Told multiple people that he wanted to go to his old school and fire a few shots, maybe to scare people.  Mental illness history: Unknown Drug or medication use: Unknown Inspiration: Was said to watch the movie Terminator repeatedly, which would initiate conversation about shooting up his old school.  Possible motive: Was a former student, had dropped out. Regretted not graduating or getting his G.E.D. Admitted to holding a grudge against his former civics teacher a...

Victims of the University of Iowa shooting Date: November 1 Year: 1991 School: University of Iowa Location:  Iowa city State: Iowa Wounded: 1 Fatalities:  6 Shots Fired: Unknown Time lapsed: 12 minutes Police response time: 3 minutes How ended: Suicide. Shooter was found dead from self inflicted gunshot wound.  Civilians involved:  None known, shooter committed suicide shortly after police arrived. Perpetrator:  Gang Lu Age: 28 Family history:  Unknown. Red flags: Yes. Mental illness history: Unknown. Drug or medication use: Unknown. Inspiration: Unknown. In a suicide statement , he discussed his favorite movies, which he said included: "'No Way Out,' 'Die Hard,' 'Indiana Jones,' and Clint Eastwood’s movies where a single cowboy fights against a group of incorporated bad guys who pick on little guys at their will or cover up each other’s ass."  Just a guess of course, but he seemed to s...