In 1998, Kip Kinkel, 15, shot and killed his parents before going to Thurston High School and killing two students, injuring 25 more. He spoke to HuffPost.
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At 15, he shot and killed his parents, two classmates at his school, and wounded 25 others. He’s been used as the reason to lock kids up for life ever.
Springfield, Oregon
Sat Jan 15 2000 at 5:40:24
Springfield is a city in Oregon, as well as in plenty of other states. The Oregon one is the smaller, sometimes overlooked half of the greater Eugene-Springfield metro area. It is located in central Lane County.
Springfield became known nationally when the Thurston High school shootings occured there in 1998.
Matt Groening grew up in Oregon, and some think that he got the name for the hometown of our favorite family from here.
US School Violence Fast Facts
Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from domestic conflicts are not included. If a perpetrator was killed or died by suicide during the incident, their death is not included in the fatality totals.
Because there is no central database tracking school violence incidents, this list is based primarily on media reports and may not be complete or representative of all incidents.
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March 1, 2021 – Watson Chapel Junior High – Pine Bluff, Arkansas. A student is fatally shot, and a 15-year-old male suspect is arrested.