A Florida teen was is accused of bringing a knife to school along with a list of students’ names with the caption “dead ha ha dead.” The Sun-Sentinel report that Benjamin Mendoza, 18, a student at Palmetto Ridge High School in Naples, was arrested Monday after police received a tip Friday that Mendoza had brought a gas …
Peter Wang, the 15-year-old JROTC member credited for saving lives during last week’s deadly school shooting in Parkland, Florida, was buried in his uniform Tuesday, less than a week after he died holding the door open for escaping students. According to WTVJ, an emotional service was punctuated by the eulogies of several classmates whose lives …
“One of our own was a hero last week and needs our help”
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and COLLIN BINKLEY, Associated Press The troubled teen authorities say killed 17 people at a Florida high school excelled in an air-rifle marksmanship program supported by a grant from the National Rifle Association Foundation, part of a multimillion-dollar effort by the gun group to support youth shooting clubs and other programs. Nikolas Cruz, …
Tipster warned in JANUARY that Cruz could be targeting a school
He’s now claiming it was all a joke, but South Carolina authorities found nothing about the incident funny after a teen posted a disturbing image on Snapchat that insinuated an additional school shooting, only a day after Wednesday’s brutal massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high school that ended with seven people dead. FOX News reports …
By TERRY SPENCER, KELLI KENNEDY and TAMARA LUSH, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The teenager accused of using a semi-automatic rifle to kill 17 people at a Florida high school confessed to carrying out one of the nation’s deadliest school shootings and concealing extra ammunition in his backpack, according to a sheriff’s department report released …
Student: “He started going after one of my friends, threatening her, and I cut him off from there”
A classmate of the former student believed to have opened fire at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, described the suspected shooter as “troubled” and claimed he would show him pictures of his gun. According to Mediate, the unidentified student also told WSVN that suspected shooter Nicolas Cruz “played around” with the idea of shooting up …
The shooter, who was equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, set off a fire alarm to draw students out of their classrooms shortly before the school day ended, officials said.
A South Carolina court heard the confession made by a 14-year-old boy after he shot and killed his father before fatally shooting a 6-year-old at his former elementary school in September 2016. The Anderson Independent Mail reported that the 48-page transcript, which can be read in full below, was made public as an Anderson County court …
By KRISTIN M. HALL and DYLAN LOVAN, Associated Press BENTON, Ky. (AP) — A 15-year-old student opened fire with a handgun inside his rural Kentucky high school Tuesday, killing two classmates, injuring 19 others and sending hundreds fleeing for safety. Police were seen leading a teenager away in handcuffs. It was the nation’s first fatal school …
