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{{Quote|All the other kids with the pumped up kicks<br>You'd better run, better run<br>Outrun my gun<br>All the other kids with the pumped up kicks<br>You'd better run, better run<br>Faster than my bullet|Pumped Up Kicks by Foster The People, a song about school shootings.}}
 
{{Quote|Last day of the rest of my life<br>I wish I would've known,'cause I'd have kissed my mama goodbye.<br>I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care, or thank my pops for all the talks<br>and all the wisdom he shared.<br>Unaware, I just did what I always do,<br>everyday, the same routine before I skate off to school.<br>But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest;<br>Instead of taking a test,<br>I took two to the chest.|P.O.D., "Youth of the Nation"}}
A '''school shooting''' is an attack on an educational institution, most commonly a school or university, using one or more firearm.
A '''school shooting''' is an attack on an educational institution, most commonly a school or university, using one or more firearm.


[[File:REB_&_V.jpg|thumb|255x255px|Columbine shooters on Eric Harris (left) and Dylan Klebold (right) on CCTV.|link=Special:FilePath/REB_&_V.jpg]]School shootings are especially common in the United States, but they can occur in other countries as well. It manifests as a student simply shooting a classmate or teacher in revenge to large scale bombings and/or [[Mass Shooting|mass shootings]].
[[File:REB_&_V.jpg|thumb|255x255px|Columbine shooters [[Eric Harris]] (left) and [[Dylan Klebold]] (right) on CCTV.|link=Special:FilePath/REB_&_V.jpg]]School shootings are especially common in the United States, but they can occur in other countries as well. It manifests as a student simply shooting a classmate or teacher in revenge to large scale bombings and/or [[Mass Shooting|mass shootings]].


The shooter(s) often commits suicide after they are finished with their attack, although some have surrendered to or been killed by police. Suicidal school shooters typically made martyrdom videos; typically explaining their act(s) and/or ranting about bullies.
The shooter(s) often commits suicide after they are finished with their attack, although some have surrendered to or been killed by police. Suicidal school shooters typically made martyrdom videos; typically explaining their act(s) and/or ranting about bullies.
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*Revenge against teachers for punishing the shooter unfairly. For that matter, there are cases of adults shooting staff members and/or students for wrongs/perceived wrongs the victim(s) committed against the perpetrator or their friends and/or family.
*Revenge against teachers for punishing the shooter unfairly. For that matter, there are cases of adults shooting staff members and/or students for wrongs/perceived wrongs the victim(s) committed against the perpetrator or their friends and/or family.
*Mental illness (sometimes without cause)
*Mental illness (sometimes without cause)
*Psychopathy
*[[Misanthropy]]
*[[Misanthropy]]
*Expulsion from the school
*Expulsion from the school
*Notoriety (wanting to gain widespread recognition for their actions)
*Notoriety (wanting to gain widespread recognition for their actions)
*Political tension
*Political tension
*Xenophobia (targeting specific racial groups out of hatred, usually the belief that Caucasians are superior to all other races)
*[[Xenophobia]] (targeting specific racial groups out of hatred, usually the belief that Caucasians are superior to all other races)
*They have been physically abused at home.
*They have been physically abused at home.
*The Copycat Effect (the shooter might have been inspired by previous school shootings and wish to emulate them)
*The Copycat/Columbine Effect (the shooter might have been inspired by previous school shootings and wish to emulate them)
*[[Bullycide]]


== Typology ==
== Typology ==
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|Parkland, Florida, U.S.
|Parkland, Florida, U.S.
|1:1
|1:1
|Arrested; Still awaiting conviction
|Life in prison
|-
|-
|[[Luke Woodham]]
|[[Luke Woodham]]
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|
|Suicide
|Suicide
|
|-
|[[Ilnaz Galyaviev]]
|Gymnasium No 175
|May 11<sup>st</sup>, 2021
|9
|23
|Kazan, Russia
|
|Arrested




U.S.
|-
|-
|[[Federico Guevara Elizondo]]
|[[Federico Guevara Elizondo]]
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|
|Suicide
|Suicide
|-
|[[Salvador Ramos]]
|Robb Elementary School
|May 24<sup>th</sup>, 2022
|21
|17
|Uvalde, Texas, U.S.
|21:17
|Killed by first responders
|-
|[[Nathaniel Berhow]]
|Saugus High School
|November 14<sup>th</sup>, 2019
|2
|3
|Santa Clarita, California. U.S.
|2:3
|Suicide
|-
|[[Alvaro Castillo]]
|Orange High School
|August 30<sup>th</sup>, 2006
|1 (his father)
|2
|Hillsborough, North Carolina, U.S.
|1:2
|Life in prison
|-
|[[Alec McKinney]] and [[Devon Erickson]]
|STEM School Highlands Ranch
|May 7<sup>th</sup>, 2019
|1
|8
|Highlands Ranch, Colorado, U.S.
|1:8
|Both sentenced to life in prison
|-
|[[Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden]]
|Westside Middle School
|March 24<sup>th</sup>, 1998
|5
|10
|Craighead County, Arkansas, U.S.
|5:10
|Both arrested until turned 21
|-
|[[Jose Reyes]]
|Sparks Middle School
|October 21<sup>st</sup>, 2013
|1
|2
|Sparks, Nevada, U.S.
|1:2
|Suicide
|-
|[[Patrick Purdy]]
|Cleveland Elementary School
|January 17<sup>th</sup>, 1989
|5
|32
|Stockton, California, U.S.
|5:32
|Suicide
|-
|[[Michael Carneal]]
|Heath High School
|December 1<sup>st</sup>, 1997
|3
|5
|West Panducah, Kentucky, U.S.
|3:5
|Life in prison
|-
|[[Ethan Crumbley]]
|Oxford High School
|November 30<sup>th</sup>, 2021
|4
|7
|Oxford Township, Michigan, U.S.
|4:7
|Arrested; still awaiting conviction
|-
|[[Rigby Middle School Shooter|Unnamed female student]]
|Rigby Middle School
|May 7<sup>th</sup>, 2021
|0
|3
|Rigby, Idaho, U.S.
|0:3
|Arrested
|-
|[[Anthony Powell]]
|Henry Ford College
|April 10<sup>th</sup>, 2009
|1
|0
|Dearborn, Michigan, U.S.
|1:0
|Suicide
|-
|[[Thomas Watt Hamilton]]
|Dunblane Primary School
|March 13<sup>rd</sup>, 1996
|17
|15
|Dunblane, Stirling, Scotland
|17:15
|Suicide
|-
|[[David Moore]]
|Noblesville West Middle School
|May 25<sup>th</sup>, 2018
|0
|2
|Noblesville, Indiana, U.S.
|0:2
|Arrested
|
|}
|}
[[Category:School Shooters| ]]
[[Category:School Shooters| ]]
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[[Category:Tragic]]
[[Category:Tragic]]
[[Category:Vengeful]]
[[Category:Vengeful]]
[[Category:Mass murder]]
[[Category:Terrorists]]
[[Category:Terrorism]]
[[Category:Suicidal]]
[[Category:Suicidal]]
[[Category:Family of Victim]]
[[Category:Family of Victim]]
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[[Category:United States of America]]
[[Category:United States of America]]
[[Category:Delusional]]
[[Category:Delusional]]
[[Category:Cowards]]
[[Category:Attempted Murderer]]
[[Category:Brutes]]
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