Gunman

One Student Dead after Ohio High School Shooting
By Alex Lamport
February 27, 2012 - 6:35pm
Gunman now in police custody after killing one student and wounding four

An armed student opened fire Monday morning at Chardon High School's cafeteria near Cleveland, Ohio, killing one student. Four other students are wounded.

T.J. Lane, who was identified by several students and one of the victims as the shooter, has been taken into custody by police. Officers locked down the school to ensure the students' safety.

Student gunman turns gun on himself
By Luisa Ardila
September 28, 2010 - 6:50pm
A sophomore student wearing dark clothes and ski mask opens fire at the University of Texas.

The University of Texas campus in Austin was on lockdown Tuesday morning after a student ran into the library allegedly firing an AK-4. The gunman, according to NPR., who authorities say shot and killed himself, was identified as  19-year-old mathematics major, Colton Tooley. No one else was hurt in the incident, and after police searched the school it was confirmed that he was the only suspect.

Gunmen kills eleven people at Fort Hood
By Matthew Catagnus
November 5, 2009 - 7:23pm
A gunmen took the lives of 11 soldiers and his own at Fort Hood in Texas.

According to CNN. com, Eleven people were killed and another 31 people were injured as a gunman opened fire on Fort Hood in Texas today.  There is a possibility that more than one shooter was involved in the tragedy.  Fort Hood is the United States Army's largest post.  The shootings occurred at the sports complex on the military grounds.  President Obama referred to the incident as "tragic"  and "a horrific outburst of violence".  Fort Hood is home to almost 40,000 soldiers,...

Mother of Columbine shooter speaks out
By Kristina D'Amore
October 14, 2009 - 6:54pm
Ten years after the shootings at Columbine High School in Colorado, the mother of one gunman is speaking out.

For the first time since the Columbine massacre in 1999, usatoday.com reports that one parent of the shooters is speaking out.  Susan Klebold wrote an essay for O, The Oprah Magazine, detailing the family's experience of the tragedy.  In the essay published on Tuesday, she says that she had "no inkling" of her son's depression, or that he helped assemble an arsenal of weapons.