Freeman High School shooting

A sophomore boy brought a rifle and a handgun to Freeman High School just as classes were starting, killing one student and seriously injuring three others, according to witnesses and investigators.

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News > Spokane

Freeman shooting highlights difficulty of keeping schools secure

UPDATED: Wed., Sept. 20, 2017

The events at Freeman High School last week represent the fundamental challenge of school security: balancing the public nature of schools with safety and security.

News > Spokane

Area schools respond, adapt to Freeman tragedy

Wed., Sept. 20, 2017

Across the Spokane-region students met with school staff to start and try to process last week’s school shooting.

News > Spokane

McMorris Rodgers visits Freeman High School

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 19, 2017

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers delivered donuts to students and staff at Freeman High School on Tuesday morning, along with a pledge to bring federal assistance to the site of last week’s fatal school shooting.

News > Crime/Public Safety

One of two suspected purse snatchers still being sought after Freeman shooting

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 19, 2017

One of two women suspected of stealing a purse from a Freeman parent during last week’s shooting at Freeman High School appeared in court Tuesday.

News > Spokane

Accused Freeman High School shooter pleads not guilty

UPDATED: Tue., Sept. 19, 2017

The attorney for accused Freeman High School shooter Caleb Sharpe entered a written not guilty plea into the record on Thursday, according to new court documents.

News > Spokane

Detectives arrest woman suspected of prowling cars of Freeman school parents in wake of shooting

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

Detectives have arrested a woman suspected of prowling cars parked by parents rushing to reunite with their children in the wake of the Freeman school shooting.

News > Spokane

Accused Freeman school shooter Caleb Sharpe drew an “X” over some student pictures in yearbook

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

When Spokane County Sheriff’s detectives searched Caleb Sharpe’s home, they found he had marked out the faces of fellow classmates in the Freeman High School yearbook. “X = kill,” Detective Mike Drapeau wrote in court records.

News > Spokane

Two girls injured in Freeman school shooting surprise classmates with visit

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

The two girls injured in the Freeman school shooting surprised their classmates with a visit, Monday.

News > Spokane

Support measures in place as Freeman students return to school

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 18, 2017

Freeman High School students will return to school Monday for the first time since violence erupted there last week.

Opinion > Column

Shawn Vestal: No easy answers after Freeman school shooting

Sun., Sept. 17, 2017

Whatever your pet theory regarding school shootings, the events at Freeman High could satisfy it. Do you blame easy, continual access to guns? Check. Do you blame mental illness and a dearth of caretaking services? Check. Do you blame bullying? Check. Do you blame a violence-saturated culture of play violence? Check. Do you blame media coverage and the potential of a copycat effect? Check. Do you blame – with all the ease and comfort of hindsight – a failure to recognize and act on warning signs?

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