A shooter opened fire at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky on January 23, killing two people. Students Bailey Holt and Preston Cope, both 15 years old died. The suspected shooter Gabriel Parker, 15, was brung to court on Feb. 16, according to Kentucky State Police. On Tuesday a Marshall County Grand Jury charged Parker with two counts of Murder and fourteen counts of First Degree Assault.
A non-profit organization that tracks threats on schools said they weren't surprised about the school shooting in Florida. There was a 12% increase in threats towards the school, and a 59% increase in violence attacks. Since the school shooting on February 14, there has been 400 new cases. The network has been seeing 65 threats in schools a day. Before it used to only see 11 threats a day.
Date: February 25, 2018 Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43190511
At Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, a 16-year-old Alex Hribal pulled out two 8-inch kitchen knives and began stabbing students. He left 23 people injured and is now in custody. He has been charged as an adult with four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault. Police are investigating reports of a threatening phone call between Hribal and another student last night, but they are not exactly clear on what the call was about. Assistant principal Sam King and a security guard at the school tackled Hribal.
Last week there was the school shooting in Stoneman Douglass High School. 17 were killed and 14 were injured. This has brought up a bunch of controversial topics some very dumb and others reasonable. I would rather like to talk about one of the heroes. Assistant football coach Aaron Feis was shot and wounded. He could have evacuated, but instead he ran toward the gunshots to protect kids and lost his life in the act. He shielded multiple students so they could evacuate instead of him.
Two high schoolers claimed they were joking about the threats they made to there high school. The two attend Delsea Regional high school in New Jersey. The cops didn't the their comments were funny. The two were criminally charged for the violent threats made towards the school. The kids were sent home to their parents, and the police determined the school was not in danger.
In Delsea Regional high school in New Jersey their was a threat that two kids said about the school. The two high school students thought that their comments were a joke, the police however took this seriously and investigated further. Both of the high school students were criminally charged on Monday for making threats of violence towards the school. The department spoke out and said that threatening the school safety is not right. The police have not gave out the names of the students at this time. https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2018/02/26/two-teenagers-charged-threats-delsea-regional-high-school/373674002/
President Trump is currently addressing the nationwide issue of bump stocks and how it was used in the recent Parkland shooting. Bump stocks make semi-auto rifles shoot as fast or faster than most fully automatic rifle. President Trump proposed a bill to congress admitting the regulation of bump stocks in the future.
On April 20, 1999 a shooting occurred at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. It was ranked as one of the most deadly school shootings. On April 20th, two students marched into the high school wearing ski masks. They scattered bombs throughout the school and murdered 15 people and injured 24. After investigators searched the school they found a total of 17 bombs. Students later said that the students belonged to the Trench Coat Mafia group and were found to be troubled students.
Two students from Delsea High School in New jersey were charged for comments of school violence. They were making threats of violence against the school. The comments were overheard and reported to police. They claimed they were joking, after being published throughout social media. The teens are charged with terroristic threats and causing false public alarm, which are third-degree offenses.
The Clayton Police Department in Wake County, North Carolina investigated a threat of potential violence in the local school. This isn't the only school receiving threats. Since the Florida shooting, there's been a big jump in threats. Police officers investigated the threats and interviewed students to find the source of 2 different rumors. The police department stated that the threats will not be tolerated or treated lightly.
Another student is in trouble with the law for allegedly making a threat against a Utah school. This will make the fifth Utah student in less than a week who has either been arrested or cited and could face criminal charges for allegedly making threats on social media. On Sunday the Utah police were notified of a picture on Snapchat which showed a rifle in the suspect’s lap and a warning to not come to school on Monday according to a statement from Utah Police. Later that day detectives identified the student as a 13 year old boy who goes to Thomas Jefferson Junior High. Officers then went to the boy's house. The gun in the boys lap was an airsoft rifle. The boy was arrested for making threats.
Donald Trump has been highly critical of law enforcement lately. This was caused after the Florida school shooting. He says he would have rushed in unarmed if he would have been there. On Monday, Trump said to a roomful of governors, "You don't know until you're tested but I think i'd really run in there, even if I didn't have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this room would have done that too." Some said the way Trump spoke of this matter, showed his frustration at how these deadly events occurred.
A senator in Oklahoma passes bill to reduce the amount of out of school suspensions. This would be in affect for students who may have been suspended for students who assault teachers or staff members. The goal is to get the students help in school instead of sending them home. The Senator, Senator Sharp was a former teacher and he believes his new bill will help reduce the amount of violence in schools and school systems.
Two high school students from Gloucester County made some violent comments. They claim their comments were just a joke. The police did not think it was funny at all. Therefore, they were criminally charged on Monday for making threats of violence against the school. The comments were overheard by spectators and reported to the police. The police contacted the school to let them know they were not to worry anymore.
Just this past week a Utah school has received five separate school threats. The most recent threat was made just yesterday by an individual posting a comment on social media to the effect of getting revenge by shooting up the school due to getting expelled. The police however, do not believe the made comment was legitimate. The student was cited for making a false alarm.
50 school violence threats are made every day since the Parkland Massacre. “Our research indicates that the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, is the latest of 81 school-based violent incidents and threats that have occurred in Florida just this school year,” reads a statement on the network’s website. The Educator's School Safety Network mid-year report said there had been an average of one violent incident for every day of the school year so far, 105 in total. Half of these involve a gun found or fired in a school. 1,061 threats of violence against U.S. schools. http://www.newsweek.com/50-school-violence-threats-are-being-made-every-day-parkland-massacre-815699
In Kane County, Utah there has been several reports of school violence. The Kane County Sheriff's Office received a tip of a potential threat to Kanab High School. Another was sent to Valley High School about a student that has been talking about bringing a gun to school. Additional security was sent to all schools in the area. Officers will continue to have increased security within schools.
Walter intermediate school students holding protest to make their voices heard about school saftey debate. On Wednesday students came from the schools doors and then making their way to the Mill Road curb where they had signs and then they starting waving them to get the community to join them. Many Students said that the protesting is the first step to getting a beginning to making sure schools are safe.
The Parkland shooting happened on valentines day since then the students have not been at school. Yesterday was their first day back. It was hard for the kids and even the teachers to return to the site of the deadly mass shooting. They saw empty desks of kids who had passed away or are recovering. Even some teachers were missing. For the next week or so they will not be learning any school based things, but instead talking and supporting one another attempting to lift spirits up. There are also support dogs all over campus to help the students. The main wing where most of the students and teachers died will be closed down and they may not re open that wing for a long time.
At Analy high school a kid was arrested for making a school violence threat. The kid was only 16, he did this on Wednesday. He put a violence threat on the bathroom wall. Teachers said after looking at handwriting they knew who it was. He was arrested on suspicion of making felony criminal threats and booked in Sonoma County juvenile detention.
Yet another student is in trouble with the law for allegedly making a threat of violence against a Utah school, police said Monday. The incident marks the fifth Utah student in less than a week who has either been arrested or cited, and could face criminal charges for allegedly making unfounded threats on social media. On Sunday, Unified police were notified of a picture on Snapchat "which showed a rifle in the suspect’s lap and a warning to 'not come to school on Monday,'" according to a statement from Unified police. The 13 year old by was identified and arrested.
Analy High School received a written threat Wednesday in Sebastopol. The threat was written on the inside of a bathroom stall on the second floor of the school. Teachers were able to identify the handwriting and determine which student made the threat. The boy was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention center. 1,100 students were evacuated from the school as a precaution. Police will continue to stay at the school for the next few days. http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/8055977-181/analy-high-school-students-return
On Thursday more than 200 students walkout to protest gun violence. This has been the big topic since the shooting in Florida. This happened in Des Moines and when students were walking they demanded lawmakers to take steps to keep them safe at school. The Des Moines Superintendent wrote a letter saying that teachers now have a way tougher job than they had years before and they can't do everything to keep everyone safe at the school, thats not what they learn to be a teacher.
Press secretary Sarah Saunders said Trump would soon meet with "members of the video game industry to see what could be discussed around "protecting schools around the country." Like the discussion that came up following the Columbine high school shootings in 1999; violent video games and heavy metal music were both seen as culprits that contributed to the two shooters' violent state of mind. The theory that violent video games lead to real life violence has come up time and again, but there haven't been any conclusive studies showing that to be the case. https://www.engadget.com/2018/03/01/trump-meeting-video-game-execs-school-violence/
A 15-year-old male student was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and 12 counts of first degree assault at Marshall County High School. He armed with a handgun when he walked into the school at 8:57 a.m. The first 911 call was two minutes later. Parents said their children told them the shooting started in the commons area before class even started. One girl was late to school and when she pulled up students were running out of the building dropping their book bags and jumping fences.
This morning shots were fired at Central Michigan University. They were fired in Campbell Hall dormitory. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. As of right now everyone is advised to take shelter. The University has about 20,000 students.
A shooter opened fire at Marshall County High School in Benton, Kentucky on January 23, killing two people. Students Bailey Holt and Preston Cope, both 15 years old died. The suspected shooter Gabriel Parker, 15, was brung to court on Feb. 16, according to Kentucky State Police. On Tuesday a Marshall County Grand Jury charged Parker with two counts of Murder and fourteen counts of First Degree Assault.
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A non-profit organization that tracks threats on schools said they weren't surprised about the school shooting in Florida. There was a 12% increase in threats towards the school, and a 59% increase in violence attacks. Since the school shooting on February 14, there has been 400 new cases. The network has been seeing 65 threats in schools a day. Before it used to only see 11 threats a day.
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Source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43190511
At Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pennsylvania, a 16-year-old Alex Hribal pulled out two 8-inch kitchen knives and began stabbing students. He left 23 people injured and is now in custody. He has been charged as an adult with four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault. Police are investigating reports of a threatening phone call between Hribal and another student last night, but they are not exactly clear on what the call was about. Assistant principal Sam King and a security guard at the school tackled Hribal.
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Last week there was the school shooting in Stoneman Douglass High School. 17 were killed and 14 were injured. This has brought up a bunch of controversial topics some very dumb and others reasonable. I would rather like to talk about one of the heroes. Assistant football coach Aaron Feis was shot and wounded. He could have evacuated, but instead he ran toward the gunshots to protect kids and lost his life in the act. He shielded multiple students so they could evacuate instead of him.
ReplyDeleteTwo high schoolers claimed they were joking about the threats they made to there high school. The two attend Delsea Regional high school in New Jersey. The cops didn't the their comments were funny. The two were criminally charged for the violent threats made towards the school. The kids were sent home to their parents, and the police determined the school was not in danger.
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In Delsea Regional high school in New Jersey their was a threat that two kids said about the school. The two high school students thought that their comments were a joke, the police however took this seriously and investigated further. Both of the high school students were criminally charged on Monday for making threats of violence towards the school. The department spoke out and said that threatening the school safety is not right. The police have not gave out the names of the students at this time.
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President Trump is currently addressing the nationwide issue of bump stocks and how it was used in the recent Parkland shooting. Bump stocks make semi-auto rifles shoot as fast or faster than most fully automatic rifle. President Trump proposed a bill to congress admitting the regulation of bump stocks in the future.
ReplyDeleteOn April 20, 1999 a shooting occurred at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. It was ranked as one of the most deadly school shootings. On April 20th, two students marched into the high school wearing ski masks. They scattered bombs throughout the school and murdered 15 people and injured 24. After investigators searched the school they found a total of 17 bombs. Students later said that the students belonged to the Trench Coat Mafia group and were found to be troubled students.
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Two students from Delsea High School in New jersey were charged for comments of school violence. They were making threats of violence against the school. The comments were overheard and reported to police. They claimed they were joking, after being published throughout social media. The teens are charged with terroristic threats and causing false public alarm, which are third-degree offenses.
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The Clayton Police Department in Wake County, North Carolina investigated a threat of potential violence in the local school. This isn't the only school receiving threats. Since the Florida shooting, there's been a big jump in threats. Police officers investigated the threats and interviewed students to find the source of 2 different rumors. The police department stated that the threats will not be tolerated or treated lightly.
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Another student is in trouble with the law for allegedly making a threat against a Utah school. This will make the fifth Utah student in less than a week who has either been arrested or cited and could face criminal charges for allegedly making threats on social media. On Sunday the Utah police were notified of a picture on Snapchat which showed a rifle in the suspect’s lap and a warning to not come to school on Monday according to a statement from Utah Police. Later that day detectives identified the student as a 13 year old boy who goes to Thomas Jefferson Junior High. Officers then went to the boy's house. The gun in the boys lap was an airsoft rifle. The boy was arrested for making threats.
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Donald Trump has been highly critical of law enforcement lately. This was caused after the Florida school shooting. He says he would have rushed in unarmed if he would have been there. On Monday, Trump said to a roomful of governors, "You don't know until you're tested but I think i'd really run in there, even if I didn't have a weapon, and I think most of the people in this room would have done that too." Some said the way Trump spoke of this matter, showed his frustration at how these deadly events occurred.
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A senator in Oklahoma passes bill to reduce the amount of out of school suspensions. This would be in affect for students who may have been suspended for students who assault teachers or staff members. The goal is to get the students help in school instead of sending them home. The Senator, Senator Sharp was a former teacher and he believes his new bill will help reduce the amount of violence in schools and school systems.
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Two high school students from Gloucester County made some violent comments. They claim their comments were just a joke. The police did not think it was funny at all. Therefore, they were criminally charged on Monday for making threats of violence against the school. The comments were overheard by spectators and reported to the police. The police contacted the school to let them know they were not to worry anymore.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2018/02/26/two-teenagers-charged-threats-delsea-regional-high-school/373674002/
Just this past week a Utah school has received five separate school threats. The most recent threat was made just yesterday by an individual posting a comment on social media to the effect of getting revenge by shooting up the school due to getting expelled. The police however, do not believe the made comment was legitimate. The student was cited for making a false alarm.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.deseretnews.com/article/900011415/5th-utah-teen-in-a-week-threatens-school-violence-police-say.html
50 school violence threats are made every day since the Parkland Massacre. “Our research indicates that the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, is the latest of 81 school-based violent incidents and threats that have occurred in Florida just this school year,” reads a statement on the network’s website. The Educator's School Safety Network mid-year report said there had been an average of one violent incident for every day of the school year so far, 105 in total. Half of these involve a gun found or fired in a school. 1,061 threats of violence against U.S. schools.
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In Kane County, Utah there has been several reports of school violence. The Kane County Sheriff's Office received a tip of a potential threat to Kanab High School. Another was sent to Valley High School about a student that has been talking about bringing a gun to school. Additional security was sent to all schools in the area. Officers will continue to have increased security within schools.
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Walter intermediate school students holding protest to make their voices heard about school saftey debate. On Wednesday students came from the schools doors and then making their way to the Mill Road curb where they had signs and then they starting waving them to get the community to join them. Many Students said that the protesting is the first step to getting a beginning to making sure schools are safe.
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The Parkland shooting happened on valentines day since then the students have not been at school. Yesterday was their first day back. It was hard for the kids and even the teachers to return to the site of the deadly mass shooting. They saw empty desks of kids who had passed away or are recovering. Even some teachers were missing. For the next week or so they will not be learning any school based things, but instead talking and supporting one another attempting to lift spirits up. There are also support dogs all over campus to help the students. The main wing where most of the students and teachers died will be closed down and they may not re open that wing for a long time.
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At Analy high school a kid was arrested for making a school violence threat. The kid was only 16, he did this on Wednesday. He put a violence threat on the bathroom wall. Teachers said after looking at handwriting they knew who it was. He was arrested on suspicion of making felony criminal threats and booked in Sonoma County juvenile detention.
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Yet another student is in trouble with the law for allegedly making a threat of violence against a Utah school, police said Monday. The incident marks the fifth Utah student in less than a week who has either been arrested or cited, and could face criminal charges for allegedly making unfounded threats on social media. On Sunday, Unified police were notified of a picture on Snapchat "which showed a rifle in the suspect’s lap and a warning to 'not come to school on Monday,'" according to a statement from Unified police. The 13 year old by was identified and arrested.
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Analy High School received a written threat Wednesday in Sebastopol. The threat was written on the inside of a bathroom stall on the second floor of the school. Teachers were able to identify the handwriting and determine which student made the threat. The boy was arrested and taken to a juvenile detention center. 1,100 students were evacuated from the school as a precaution. Police will continue to stay at the school for the next few days.
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On Thursday more than 200 students walkout to protest gun violence. This has been the big topic since the shooting in Florida. This happened in Des Moines and when students were walking they demanded lawmakers to take steps to keep them safe at school. The Des Moines Superintendent wrote a letter saying that teachers now have a way tougher job than they had years before and they can't do everything to keep everyone safe at the school, thats not what they learn to be a teacher.
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Press secretary Sarah Saunders said Trump would soon meet with "members of the video game industry to see what could be discussed around "protecting schools around the country." Like the discussion that came up following the Columbine high school shootings in 1999; violent video games and heavy metal music were both seen as culprits that contributed to the two shooters' violent state of mind. The theory that violent video games lead to real life violence has come up time and again, but there haven't been any conclusive studies showing that to be the case.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.engadget.com/2018/03/01/trump-meeting-video-game-execs-school-violence/
A 15-year-old male student was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and 12 counts of first degree assault at Marshall County High School. He armed with a handgun when he walked into the school at 8:57 a.m. The first 911 call was two minutes later. Parents said their children told them the shooting started in the commons area before class even started. One girl was late to school and when she pulled up students were running out of the building dropping their book bags and jumping fences.
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This morning shots were fired at Central Michigan University. They were fired in Campbell Hall dormitory. The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. As of right now everyone is advised to take shelter. The University has about 20,000 students.
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