At A Glance: School Shootings
Recent shootings at U.S. schools before Tuesday’s death at Mount Morris Township, Mich.:
Dec. 6, 1999 - A 13-year-old student fired at least 15 rounds at Fort Gibson Middle School in Fort Gibson, Okla., wounding four classmates, authorities said. Asked why he did it, he said “I don’t know.”
Nov. 19, 1999 - A 13-year-old girl was shot in the head in a school at Deming, N.M., and died the next day. A 12-year-old boy is tentatively set for trial in May.
May 20, 1999 - A 15-year-old boy opened fire at Heritage High School in Conyers, Ga., with a .357-caliber handgun and a rifle, wounding six students. He was charged with aggravated assault and other felonies.
April 20, 1999 - Two students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killed 12 students and a teacher and wounded 23 before killing themselves.
May 21, 1998 - Two teen-agers were killed and more than 20 people hurt when a teen-age boy opened fire at a high school in Springfield, Ore., after killing his parents. Kip Kinkel, 17, was sentenced to 112 years in prison.
May 19, 1998 - Three days before his graduation, an 18-year-old honor student opened fire at a high school in Fayetteville, Tenn., killing a classmate who was dating his ex-girlfriend. Jacob Davis was sentenced to life in prison.
April 24, 1998 - A science teacher was killed in front of students at an eighth-grade dance in Edinboro, Pa. Andrew Wurst, 15, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and other charges and is serving 30 to 60 years in prison.
March 24, 1998 - Four girls and a teacher were killed and 10 people wounded at a middle school in Jonesboro, Ark., when two boys, 11 and 13, fired from nearby woods. Both boys were convicted of murder and can be held up to age 21.
Dec. 1, 1997 - Three students were killed and five others wounded at Heath High School in West Paducah, Ky. A 14-year-old student pleaded guilty but mentally ill to murder and is serving life in prison.
Oct. 1, 1997 - A 16-year-old boy in Pearl, Miss., was sentenced to life in prison for killing his mother, then going to his high school and shooting nine students, two fatally. The alleged mastermind pleaded guilty earlier this year to a reduced charge of conspiracy and was sentenced to six months a military-style prison program.
Feb. 19, 1997 - A 16-year-old boy took a shotgun and a bag of shells to school in Bethel, Alaska, and killed the principal and a student and injured two others. Evan Ramsey is serving a 210-year sentence.
Feb. 2, 1996 - Barry Loukaitis was 14 when he walked into a Moses Lake, Wash., junior high school and killed two students and a math teacher. He is serving a life sentence without possibility of parole.