Latest School shootings News

Families settle court battle over who owns Parkland killer's name and likeness

Nov. 04, 2024 15:32 PM EST

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A nasty legal rift between the most seriously wounded survivor of the 2018 Parkland high school massacre and the families of some of the 17 murdered victims was settled Monday with all sides now owning an equal share of the killer's publicity rights and an annuity he...

Family pleaded to have assault rifle seized before deadly school shooting. Officers had few options

Nov. 03, 2024 00:23 AM EDT

Orlando Harris’ family pleaded with Missouri police to confiscate the 19-year-old’s bullet-proof vest, ammunition and AR-15-style rifle. They knew his mental health was fragile after more than one suicide attempt. But the best officers could do in a state with some of the most expansive gun...

Ex-school district lawyer accepts plea deal following Parkland school shooting probe

Oct. 31, 2024 14:33 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former South Florida school district attorney accused of illegally sharing information from a statewide grand jury on the 2018 Parkland school shooting pleaded no contest Thursday to a reduced charge. Former Broward County Public Schools general...

News groups ask Texas court to order release of state police records of Uvalde shooting

Oct. 30, 2024 13:41 PM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group of news organizations asked a Texas appeals court on Wednesday to order the release of state Department of Public Safety records of the law enforcement response to the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, the latest dispute over what should be made public from...

A Georgia teen accused in the Apalachee High School shooting has pleaded not guilty

Oct. 22, 2024 15:37 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A 14-year-old Georgia boy indicted on murder charges in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School pleaded not guilty on Tuesday. Colt Gray's lawyer filed papers entering the plea after Gray was indicted on Thursday. They waived an arraignment hearing that had been...

Perry High School shooter sought fame and tried to livestream the attack, investigation shows

Oct. 18, 2024 15:30 PM EDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The teenage shooter in a deadly attack at a small-town Iowa high school in January sought to gain fame with the shooting, tried to livestream his actions and had planned for weeks, according to investigators. The town of Perry, located about 30 miles (48...

Parkland shooting judge criticizes shooter's attorneys during talk to law students

Oct. 17, 2024 18:43 PM EDT

MIAMI (AP) — The former judge who presided over the trial of the 2018 Parkland high school mass murderer sharply criticized his public defenders during a presentation to Miami law students Thursday, saying they acted unprofessionally and crossed several lines while representing him. ...

A father and son are both indicted on murder charges in a mass school shooting in Georgia

Oct. 17, 2024 18:31 PM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — A grand jury indicted both a father and son on murder charges Thursday in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. A Barrow County grand jury indicted 14-year-old Colt Gray on a total of 55 counts, including murder in the deaths of four people and...

Prosecutors say father of Georgia shooting suspect knew son was obsessed with school shooters

Oct. 16, 2024 17:16 PM EDT

WINDER, Ga. (AP) — The father of a teenager accused of a deadly high school shooting in Georgia was aware that his son was obsessed with school shooters and even had a shrine above his home computer for the gunman in the 2018 massacre in Parkland, Florida, prosecutors said at a Wednesday court...

California college shooting that left employee critical was 'workplace violence,' officials say

Oct. 15, 2024 13:23 PM EDT

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California's Santa Monica College is closed Tuesday as police investigate a campus shooting that wounded an employee in what officials said was a “workplace violence incident.” No arrests have been made. The shooting occurred around 10 p.m....