Middle schoolers in Miami are writing poetry and persuasive essays about school safety policies for a student magazine they hope will convince Congress to pass laws to prevent mass shootings.
The suspect has been identified as a 16-year-old student at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita. Officials say he carried out the attack on his birthday.
With lockdown drills now commonplace in public schools, experts question if they're doing more harm than good. "We don't light a fire in the hallway to practice fire drills," one professor tells NPR.
Officials say one student was killed and eight were injured in a shooting at a STEM school in Highlands Ranch, Colo., a suburb of Denver. Two suspects are in custody.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — School police in Las Vegas say several students were arrested this week after officers investigated social media threats to shoot people, and a 15-year-old was arrested with a loaded stolen handgun at a high school campus.
Lauren Cartaya and her older brother, Zach, were at Columbine High School in 1999 when two students opened fire. At StoryCorps, they remember that day and discuss the effect it has had on their lives.
After years of being beaten up, this teen decided to take justice into his own hands. A school district in Oregon showed him a better way to solve his problems.
Psychologists and the FBI say they are getting a better understanding of the mix of factors that lead some kids to open fire on a classroom. The shooting can be an act of desperation fueled by anger.
"Sheriff [Scott] Israel has repeatedly failed and has demonstrated a pattern of poor leadership," Gov. Ron DeSantis announced. Former Coral Springs Police Sgt. Gregory Tony will replacing Israel.
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — Authorities are still trying to identify a suspect in the fatal shooting of a man at a high school in North Las Vegas, Nevada.
YouTube, Apple and Facebook banned outlets for the conspiracy theorist this week in what Jones called a "purge." Dorsey said the company wouldn't "succumb and simply react to outside pressure."
Jesse Randall Davidson pleaded guilty to charges related to the shooting that occurred just two weeks after the Parkland, Fla., massacre. Davidson's attorney said he didn't want to hurt any kids.
Sabika Sheikh's family was aware of U.S. school shootings, but didn't think it would happen to their daughter. "We were confident that Sabika will be very much safe there," her great-uncle tells NPR.
Officials say he is Dimitrios Pagourtzis. He's charged with capital murder and is being held without bond. The governor says the suspect surrendered rather than carry out a plan to kill himself.
Thousands of students across the country are expected to walk out of class Friday to protest violence in schools. And the idea came from a group of kids who live far from Florida.
Teen Anthony Borges was among the most seriously injured after being shot five times. His family is preparing to sue Broward County officials for not doing more "to prevent this tragedy."
"My daughter was hurt by a boy who shot her in the head, and took everything from our lives," Melissa Willey, the mother of 16-year-old Jaelynn, told reporters.
On Saturday, students across the country are marching and rallying to protest gun violence. In Marshall County, a community where gun ownership is widespread, that means choosing words carefully.
The video sheds more light on the actions of former deputy Scot Peterson, during the Feb. 14 shooting rampage at a Parkland, Fla., high school that that left 17 students and school staff dead.
More than 9 in 10 Americans support mandatory background checks for all gun buyers. That's one finding in a new NPR/Ipsos poll that shows an increasing level of support for gun control policies.
A review by the RAND Corporation finds little evidence as to whether many popular gun control policies do or don't affect gun violence. In many cases, solid studies just haven't been done.
