The long history of deadly shootings at US schools --- Published: 10/10/2007
CHICAGO - A 14-year-old gunman opened fire at an Ohio high school Wednesday, wounding at least four people before killing himself.
Here is a list of shootings and massacres at US schools over the past decade:
-- February 19, 1997: In Alaska, Evan Ramsey, 16, killed a classmate and his principal and injured two other students.
-- October 1, 1997: In Pearl, Mississippi, Luke Woodman, 16, shot dead two students and wounded six others.
-- December 1, 1997: In Paducah, Kentucky, Michael Carneal, 14, fatally shot three students and wounded five others during a prayer group.
-- March 24, 1998: In Jonesboro, Arkansas, two boys aged 11 and 13 fatally shot four students and a teacher and injured 10 more after setting off the school`s fire alarm and opening fire as people streamed outside.
-- April 24, 1998: In Edinboro, Pennsylvania, Andrew Wurst, 14, killed a popular teacher and injures three more at an eigth grade graduation dance.
-- May 21, 1998: In Springfield, Oregon, Kipland Kinkel, 15, shot dead two students, wounded 25 after he was expelled for bringing a gun to school.
-- April 20, 1999: In Littleton, Colorado, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17 plotted for a year before they shot dead 13 people and wounded 24 more at their Columbine High School. They then committed suicide.
-- August 10, 1999: In Los Angeles, California, a man fatally shot three children and two adults at a pre-school.
-- November 21, 1999: A teenager in Deming, New Mexico shot dead a female student.
-- March 5, 2001: In Santee, California, a teenager shot dead two students and wounded 13.
-- January 16, 2002: An expelled law student in Grundy, Virginia shot dead the dean of the school and professor and a student, and injured three others.
-- October 28, 2002: In Tuscon, Arizona, a student angered over his failure to pass exams killed three, including two professors, before committing suicide.
-- May 10, 2003: At Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, a man killed one and injured several others.
-- March 21, 2005. On an Indian reservation in Red Lake, Minnesota, a male teenager fatally shot nine people, including five students.
-- November 8, 2005: Jacksboro, Tennessee, a teenager shot dead an assistant principal and wounded two people.
-- September 27, 2006: In Bailey, Colorado, a man took six students hostage and fatally shot a female student.
-- September 29, 2006: In Weston, Wisconsin, a teenager shot a high school principal, who died the next day.
-- October 2, 2006: In Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania, a man shot 11 girls "execution-style" at an Amish school, killing five.
-- April 16, 2007: A slaying at Virginia Tech University which left 32 people dead. It is the worst school shooting in US history, surpassing the Columbine massacre in 1999.
