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Other recent US school shootings

For the latest coverage of the tragedy in Littleton, Colo., see our coverage in The Boston Globe's Boston.com.

Wednesday's coverage
-Rampage reconstruction
-Families mourn victims
-Colo. gun law debate
-What went wrong?
-False 'warnings' on AOL
-Clinton speaks on massacre -World reactions

Globe coverage
-Need for prevention
-TV coverage
-'A suicide mission'

Background
-Map of Littleton
-List of injured
-Shooting chronology
-Past school shootings
-What was 'Trenchcoat Mafia'

April 16, 1999: A high school sophomore fired two shotgun blasts in a school hallway in Notus, Idaho. No one injured.

May 21, 1998: Two teen-agers are fatally shot and more than 20 people are hurt when 15-year-old boy allegedly opens fire at high school in Springfield, Ore. His parents are found slain at their home. He is awaiting trial.

May 19, 1998: Three days before his graduation, an 18-year-old honor student allegedly opens fire in parking lot at high school in Fayetteville, Tenn., killing a classmate who was dating his ex-girlfriend. He is awaiting trial.

April 24, 1998: A science teacher is shot to death in front of students at eighth-grade graduation dance in Edinboro, Pa. A 14-year-old student awaits trial.

March 24, 1998: Four girls and a teacher are shot to death and 10 people wounded during false fire alarm at middle school in Jonesboro, Ark., when two boys, 11 and 13, open fire from the woods. Both are convicted in juvenile court of murder and can be held up to age 21.

Dec. 1, 1997: Three students are killed and five others wounded in a hallway at Heath High School in West Paducah, Ky. A 14-year-old student is arrested. One of the wounded girls is left paralyzed.

Oct. 1, 1997: A 16-year-old boy in Pearl, Miss., is accused of killing his mother, then going to his high school and shooting nine students, two fatally. He is sentenced to life in prison. Two others await trial on accessory charges.

- BY ASSOCIATED PRESS



 


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