School shooting
School shootings occur when students, especially those who are bullied or other lone gunman take firearms to a particular school and begin shooting people indiscriminately.
This act is especially common in the united states, but it can occur in other places as well.
It manifests as a kid simply shooting a person in revenge to large scale school bombings and mass shootings.
After shooting up a school, preparators often commits suicide, although some surrendered to police.
Also, suicidal school shooters typically made martyrdom videos, usually explaining their act and ranting about bullies.
Causes(From most common to least common)
Bullying(peer victimiazation, peer pressure, cyber bullying)
Revenge against teachers for punishing the shooter unfairly
Being expelled from the school
Mental illness(sometimes without cause)
Examples
| Preparator(s) | School | Date | Fatalities | Injured | Location | Kill to wound ratio(preparators death excluded) | Suicide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Whitman | University of Texas | August 1, 1966 | 16 | 32 |
Austin, TX USA |
1:2 | N(was killed by cops) |
| Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold | Columbine High School | April 20, 1999 | 13 | 21 |
Columbine, CO USA |
3:5 | YY |
| Seung-Hui Cho | Virginia Tech University | April 16, 2007 | 32 | 17 |
Blacksburg, VA USA |
2:1 | Y |
| Andrew Kehoe | Bath Consolidated School | May 18, 1927 | 44 | 58 |
Clinton county, MI USA |
3:4 | Y |
| Adam Lanza | Sandy Hooks Elementary School | December 14, 2012 | 27 | 2 |
Newtown, CT USA |
7:1 | Y |
| Tim Kretschmer | Albertville Realschule and Wendlingen shootout | March 11, 2009 | 15 | 9 | Winnenden, Germany | 5:3 | Y |
| Pekka-Eric Auvinen | Jokela High School | November 7, 2007 | 8 | 1 | Tuusula, Finland | 8:1 | Y |
| Jeff Weise | Red Lake High School | March 21, 2005 | 9 | 5 |
Red lake, MN USA |
9:5 | Y |