Us School Shooting

US school shooter gets life in prison for killing 17 people at Parkland high school in 2018

Cruz, 24, pleaded guilty a year ago to murdering 14 students and three staff members and wounding 17 others on 14 Feb, 2018. Cruz said he chose Valentine’s Day to make it impossible for Stoneman Douglas students to celebrate the holiday ever again

Uvalde schools police chief defends delay in confronting gunman

Pete Arredondo, the police chief of the Uvalde school district, said he held back from the door for 40 minutes to avoid provoking gunfire and tried dozens of keys brought to him, but that, one-by-one, they failed to work

Texas shooting: Mourners gather as funerals begin for Uvalde school killings

Hundreds of mourners turned out for the funeral Mass for Amerie Jo Garza, a smiling fourth-grader on Tuesday. Nineteen more funerals are planned for the next two-and-a-half weeks for the 19 children and two teachers who were killed in the Uvalde school shooting

After Texas school shooting, Canada plans to ban sale of handguns with new law

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada is introducing legislation to implement a national freeze on handgun ownership

Texas school shooting: Uvalde tells Joe Biden to 'do something'; US president pledges 'we will'

Joe Biden went to Uvalde on Sunday and mourned privately with the families of the 19 schoolchildren and two teachers killed by the gunman

Texas school shooting: Why America needs a ‘truth and reconciliation’ movement

The ‘musket and rifle’ legacy of America’s birth has to be repudiated so that the gun lobby cannot call the shots anymore.

Michigan school shooting: Parents of teen accused of killing four students charged with manslaughter

A prosecutor filed involuntary manslaughter charges saying that the parents failed to intervene on the day of the tragedy despite being confronted with a drawing and chilling message — “blood everywhere” — that was found at the boy’s desk

Michigan teenager charged with murder and terrorism for Oxford High School shooting

Ethan Crumbley was charged as an adult with two dozen crimes, including murder, attempted murder and terrorism causing death.

Michigan school shooting: Three dead, eight wounded in Oxford after 15 year-old opens fire

It was the deadliest school shooting so far this year, according to Everytown For Gun Safety, a group which keeps statistics of mass shootings and lobbies for gun control

Arkansas school shooting leaves 15-year-old boy seriously injured; police detains classmate

The suspect was taken to a juvenile detention centre and prosecutors have not yet decided whether charges will be filed in juvenile or adult court