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  1. List of school shootings in the United States (before …

    • This chronological list of school shootings in the United States before the year 2000 includes any school shootings that occurred at a K-12 public or private school, as well as at colleges and universities, a… See more

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    1900s 13 incidents. 1910s 18 incidents. 1920s 10 incidents. 1930s 7 incidents. 1940s 8 incidents. 1950s 32 incidents. 1960s 20 incidents. 1970s 45 incidents. 1980s 71 in… See more

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    ^ a b Including one of the perpetrators ^ a b c d e Including both perpetrators ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao Including th… See more

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    ^ "John Anthony Gardner Davis – Biographical Information". University of Virginia School of Law – Arthur J. Morris Law Library. Archived from the original on May 5, 201… See more

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  1. The earliest known United States shooting to happen on school property was the Pontiac's Rebellion school massacre on July 26, 1764, where four Lenape American Indian entered the schoolhouse near present-day Greencastle, Pennsylvania, shot and killed schoolmaster Enoch Brown, and killed nine or ten children (reports vary).
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    Enoch Brown school massacre: Four Lenape Native Americans entered the school and shot the teacher, Enoch Brown. Brown was then scalped, while 10 other students were beaten to death with clubs and also scalped. The shooting of Brown marks the first instance of a school shooting in the Colonial States and in North America.
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    In fact, the first school shooting in the U.S. occurred in 1840 here in Virginia, and the mystery surrounding it has now been solved by a librarian at UVA. In the early days, boys as young as 15 were sent to UVA, and university librarian Jean Cooper says they were a rowdy bunch.
    www.wvtf.org/news/2018-05-03/librarian-solves-my…
    On April 20, 1999, Harris and Klebold opened fire inside their high school near Denver. They also planted bombs, although the explosives never detonated. All in all, they killed 12 students, one teacher, and themselves, and they wounded 21 others.
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  2. History of School Shootings in the United States

  3. Lists of school shootings in the United States - Wikipedia

  4. Columbine Wasn't The First Mass School Shooting

    Feb 13, 2016 · On April 20, 1999, Harris and Klebold opened fire inside their high school near Denver. They also planted bombs, although the explosives never detonated. All in all, they killed 12...

  5. Timeline of School Shootings - U.S. News & World Report

  6. 159 years before Columbine, the nation's first school …

    Apr 29, 2018 · On the evening of Nov. 12, gunfire erupted near the campus homes of the school's professors and staff. One of the students with a gun was Joseph Semmes, who like the others was wearing a mask.

  7. Columbine High School massacre - Wikipedia

    The Columbine High School massacre, often referred to as simply Columbine, was a school shooting and attempted bombing that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States.

  8. School Shootings In The US From The 1700s to 2012

    Dec 14, 2012 · The first reported school shooting in what is now the U.S. took place in the 1700s when four Lenape Indians entered a schoolhouse in what is now Greencastle, Pa., and killed the schoolmaster...

  9. Librarian Solves Mystery of First School Shooting in the …

    May 3, 2018 · School shootings are an unfortunate and all-too-frequent part of American life, and many people may assume they began in the late 20 th century. In fact, the first school shooting in the U.S....

  10. VOA Special Report | History of mass shooters | School …

    Jun 1, 2022 · The first K-12 mass shooting of the modern era occurred in 1989 in the schoolyard at the Cleveland Elementary School in Stockton, California. Five children — all of them Southeast Asian...