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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Unbowed by tragedy, Freeman High School finds unity at Friday night game

Sat., Sept. 16, 2017

After tragic school shooting, Freeman High School came together Friday night to celebrate their school, each other and the ties that bind them.

News > Spokane

Purse stolen from mother as she raced to find child in wake of Freeman school shooting

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 15, 2017

A mother left her car on Highway 27 in Rockford to run to Freeman High School to find her children Wednesday after a fatal shooting was reported there. Someone then broke into her car, stole her purse and has racked up $36,000 in fraudulent purchases.

News > Spokane

One victim in Freeman shooting released from hospital

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 15, 2017

One of the teenage girls shot and injured in Wednesday’s school shooting was released from the hospital Thursday, according to a hospital news release.

News > Spokane

Bullying too simple an explanation for Freeman school shooting, experts say

UPDATED: Sun., Sept. 17, 2017

When Caleb Sharpe told police he opened fire on his Freeman High School classmates to “teach everyone a lesson about what happens when you bully others” his story fell into a simple, and oft-repeated formula.

News > Spokane

Thousands gather for community meeting at Freeman High School

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

What seemed to be every resident in southern Spokane County packed into the Freeman High School gym Thursday evening to hear an update on the shooting that rocked the school Wednesday and get information on how to move forward.

News > Spokane

Chaps Diner and Bakery opens its door to Freeman families

UPDATED: Fri., Sept. 15, 2017

Chaps Diner and Bakery was closed to the public Thursday, but open – and free – for everyone in the Freeman community and emergency responders following the Wednesday shooting that killed one student and injured three others.

News > Spokane

Knezovich: Societal breakdown to blame for Freeman school shooting

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich blamed a breakdown of society, the media and problems with the mental health system for Wednesday’s

News > Spokane

Freeman shooter got gun from father’s safe, shot victim twice, according to court documents

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

The guns used by a Freeman High School student to kill a classmate and wound three others were taken from his father’s gun safe, according to court documents.

News > Spokane

In the space of moments, Freeman High School ripped by violence

UPDATED: Thu., Sept. 14, 2017

He arrived with a warning for his friends. In a note, he told them he planned to do “something stupid.” Just after 10 a.m. Wednesday, his promise was kept and a community was left with a dead son, daughters in the care of trauma surgeons and grief not known before in Spokane.

News > Crime/Public Safety

Shaken community gathers to pray for Freeman families

Wed., Sept. 13, 2017

Hundreds gathered for vigils in Fairfield and Spokane Wednesday night to pray for the students wounded and killed in a shooting at Freeman High School earlier that day.

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