The 8 Fatal School Shootings So Far in 2018
In the eleventh week of 2018, the United States has seen a total of 17 school shootings, totalling [...]
Jan. 20 - Winston Salem, North Carolina
The year's first school shooting took place in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. A Winston-Salem University football player named Najee Ali Baker was shot and killed at a party at Wake Forest University, according to a report by WFMY, a local CBS affiliate. Baker was 21 years old.
prevnextJan. 23 - Benton, Kentucky
A 15-year-old student shot 16 people at Marshall County High School on Jan. 23, according to CNN. Two other students were killed while the rest suffered gunshot wounds.
Police arrested the suspect on the scene, and he faces two charges of murder and 12 counts of first degree assault. The murder victims, Baily Holt and Preston Cope, were both 15-years-old.
prevnextJan. 31 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
On the final day of January, a 32-year-old man was killed in a shooting at Lincoln High School, according to ABC 6. The victim, identified as Ralph Kennedy, was caught in the midst of an enormous fight, encompassing dozens of people. Callers told 9-1-1 dispatchers that there were shots fired in the school parking lot around 3:51 p.m.
Kennedy was reportedly at the school for a basketball game. Police suspect at least three different guns had fired.
prevnextFeb. 14 - Parkland, Florida
Nikolas Cruz killed 17 people at the high school he had been expelled from less than a year before. Cruz purchased his weapons legally, and fell through the cracks of a number of systems in place to help him cope with his mental health issues.
The shooting ignited an unprecedented conversation around school violence and gun laws when students from the school channeled their grief into activism. They have organized an event called March for Our Lives, where people from across the nation will protest in Washington D.C. and other cities on March 24, calling on lawmakers to implement new gun laws.
prevnextFeb. 24 - Savannah, Georgia
The suspect in yesterday’s shooting on SSU campus is now in police custody. He is not an SSU student. SSU police continue to investigate the shooting incident yesterday that resulted in the death of an individual, who was also not a university student.
— Savannah State (@savannahstate) February 25, 2018
A shooting reportedly took place on campus at Savannah State University on Feb. 24. One person was shot and later died at the hospital. However, according to the university, neither the shooter nor the victim was a student at the school.
"The suspect in yesterday's shooting on SSU campus is now in police custody," read a tweet from the University account. "He is not an SSU student. SSU police continue to investigate the shooting incident yesterday that resulted in the death of an individual, who was also not a university student."
prevnextMarch 2 - Mount Pleasant, Michigan
A shooting in a dormitory at Central Michigan University left two dead, according to a report by CNN. Eric Davis Jr., a 19-year-old student, allegedly killed his parents as they visited the dorm room.
prevnextMarch 7 - Birmingham, Alabama
One student was killed and another was critically wounded at Huffman High School in Birmingham, Alabama, according to CNN. Police didn't offer many details on the investigation, though they shooting was thought to be an accident around dismissal time.
On the same day, a student was shot in a dormitory at Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. His injuries weren't life-threatening.
prevnextMarch 20 - Lexington Park, Maryland
On March 20, a student shot two classmates in the hall at Great Mills High School in Lexington Park, Maryland. Police believe the female victim had previously been in a relationship with the shooter.
The school's resource officer responded to the shooting and exchanged fire with the assailant, however, his office couldn't say whether it was his bullets that killed the suspect.
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