Tom James, Associated Press Updated 4:46 pm, Thursday, May 10, 2018 window._taboola = window._taboola || []; _taboola.push({ mode: 'thumbnails-c', container: 'taboola-interstitial-gallery-thumbnails-4', placement: 'Interstitial Gallery Thumbnails 4', target_type: 'mix' }); _taboola.push({flush: true}); Photo: Don Ryan, AP Image 1of/4 CaptionClose Image 1 of 4 FILE - In this May 22, 1998, file photo, Thurston High School student Kip Kinkel, 15, is led to his arraignment in Eugene, Ore. Kinkel has lost an appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court, Thursday, May 10, 2018, where he had sought reduction of the 111-year sentence he received for the 1998 mass shooting at his high school. less FILE - In this May 22, 1998, file photo, Thurston High School student Kip Kinkel, 15, is led to his arraignment in Eugene, Ore. Kinkel has lost an appeal to the Oregon Supreme Court, Thursday, May 10, 2018, ... … [Read more...] about Oregon school shooter loses life-sentence appeal
School shooters
‘I was always hiding my face’: The bizarre life of Virginia’s redeemed school shooter
Thirty-six years after he held 10 people hostage for 21 hours at a Virginia high school, onetime school shooter James Quentin Stevens is sitting at a restaurant in Winchester, Virginia. He orders a Mandarin salad, says grace when it arrives, then doesn't eat.Stevens, 53, has a lot to say - too much to think about food. Decades ago, he walked into a school with a high-powered Mossberg hunting rifle, but took no lives, did his time and lived to tell the tale. Now, he said he wants to help young men like alleged Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz - young men like the young man he once was - who have plotted attacks across the country.His weapon is his life story.When Stevens walked into Fairfax County's Lake Braddock Secondary School the afternoon of Nov. 10, 1982, he wasn't taken seriously. Not at first."My first reaction was, 'Oh, they're promoting the play 'Oklahoma,' " Frances Churchman, who was taken hostage, said at the time. "We'd seen it the night before at the school."But Stevens … [Read more...] about ‘I was always hiding my face’: The bizarre life of Virginia’s redeemed school shooter
School shooter suspect’s brother released again on probation
Curt Anderson, Ap Legal Affairs Writer Updated 1:08 pm, Thursday, May 3, 2018 Photo: Susan Stocker, AP Image 1of/1 CaptionClose Image 1 of 1 FILE - In this Thursday, March 29, 2018, file photo, Zachary Cruz, brother of Nikolas Cruz who's accused of killing 17 students and staff members at the school Feb. 14, appears in court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Zachary Cruz has been arrested for violating the terms of his probation, and was booked into the Palm Beach County jail, Tuesday, May 1, 2018. (Susan Stocker/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File) less FILE - In this Thursday, March 29, 2018, file photo, Zachary Cruz, brother of Nikolas Cruz who's accused of killing 17 students and staff members at the school Feb. 14, appears in court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ... more Photo: Susan Stocker, AP School shooter suspect's brother … [Read more...] about School shooter suspect’s brother released again on probation
Parkland school shooter started hyperventilating, vomiting after cops arrested him
Nikolas Cruz started hyperventilating and vomited “clear fluid” as a witness prepared to identify him as the Parkland school shooter, according to the officer who arrested him about an hour after the grisly massacre. Cruz, who is now facing charges of premeditated and attempted murder, slipped away from the hectic scene at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where 17 people were killed on February 14. When Coconut Creek police officer Michael Leonard confronted the 19-year-old less about an hour later, Cruz appeared to go into shock, according to the police report obtained by the Miami Herald. Cruz opened fire at the Florida high school at 2:21 p.m. before he ran out of the building, blending in with other students fleeing the scene, according to Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel. The suspect headed to a nearby Walmart and McDonald’s before Leonard found him walking in Coral Springs at around 3:36 p.m., according to the newly released report. "Given the … [Read more...] about Parkland school shooter started hyperventilating, vomiting after cops arrested him
School safety expert tells Md. teachers: Rethink school shooter profile
WASHINGTON — A school safety expert who has studied school shootings for years advised Maryland teachers and school resource officers to throw out the common “profile” of who they think could end up bringing a gun to school. School shooters “look like a lot of different things,” said Bill Modzeleski during a presentation Thursday on school safety held at the National Guard armory in Annapolis. When he studied individual cases, “physically they were different; academically they were different,” he said. While the stereotype of the social-outcast shooter exists, Modzeleski said they don’t make up the majority of school shooters. “The kids who were socially excluded were relatively few,” and often they came from what appeared to be stable families. Many of them “were actually doing pretty well in school,” he added. Concerns over school safety in Maryland and around the country have ratcheted up in the wake of the … [Read more...] about School safety expert tells Md. teachers: Rethink school shooter profile