animals, average student, isolated, and
dressing sloppily. (Lord, 1999). The more of these signs that a child posses the greater the
The following are a few examples of school violence from ABC news.
Dec. 6, 1999: A 13-year-old student in Fort Gibson, Okla., allegedly arrived at school and opened fire with his
father's 9 mm semiautomatic handgun. There were no life-threatening injuries but five of his classmates were injured,
four from gunshot wounds and a fifth who suffered bruises in the chaos.
Nov. 19, 1999: A 12-year-old boy allegedly shot and killed a female classmate at the end of lunch hour outside a
middle school in Deming, N.M., about 33 miles from the Mexican border. The boy was wearing a camouflage jacket
when he allegedly fired the single shot from a .22-caliber handgun.
April 20, 1999: Two young men wearing long, black trench coats opened fire in a suburban high school in
Littleton, Colo., injuring as many as 20 students. In all, 15 were killed, including the two gunmen.
June 15, 1998: A male teacher and a female guidance counselor are shot in a hallway at a Richmond, Va., high
school. The man suffers an injury to the abdomen that wasn't life threatening; the woman is reportedly grazed.
May 21, 1998: A 15-year-old student in Springfield, Ore., expelled the day before for bringing a gun to school,
allegedly opens fire in the school cafeteria. Two students are killed. The suspect's parents are later found shot dead
May 21, 1998: Three sixth-grade boys had a "hit list" and were plotting to kill fellow classmates on the last day of
school in a sniper attack during a false fire alarm, police in St. Charles, Mo., say.
May 21, 1998: A 15-year-old boy dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head in Onalaska, Wash. Earlier
in the day, the boy boarded a high school bus with a gun in hand, ordered his girlfriend off the bus and took her to
May 21, 1998: A 15-...