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Gunman Forces His Way Into School, Kills Himself

A staff member was wounded in shooting at Virginia elementary school

(Newser) - A 19-year-old gunman forced his way into a Virginia elementary school Wednesday morning and shot and wounded a staff member before killing himself, authorities said. Officers found Anthony Ignatiadis-Isabelle dead inside the Westwood Hills Elementary School library after responding to a report of a suspicious person, Waynesboro Police Chief David...

OpenAI Faces 30 New School Shooting Lawsuits

Lawsuits say safety team warnings about shooter in Canadian town were ignored

(Newser) - OpenAI's legal troubles over a deadly Canadian school shooting just multiplied. Thirty new federal lawsuits were filed Wednesday in California, where the company is based, on behalf of people caught in February's Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia attack, which left eight dead and dozens injured, many of them children,...

2 Students Dead After Rare School Shooting in Philippines

High schooler killed classmate on livestream, then turned gun on himself; president calls for probe

(Newser) - A classroom in the southern Philippines became the scene of a deadly livestreamed shooting on Tuesday, authorities say. Police report that a ninth-grade student at a school affiliated with Ateneo de Zamboanga University entered with a pistol and a rifle and opened fire on classmates, killing a boy in the...

After Mass Shooting, Thailand Freezes 'Welfare Gun' Program

That program let officials buy guns at a heavy discount

(Newser) - Thailand's government has hit pause on new gun permits following a mass shooting carried out on Friday by a 14-year-old . Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul also ordered that a tougher gun control law be drafted within 60 days, saying, "I can't please everyone, but we must ensure safety,...

After School Shooting, Leader Vows to Tighten Gun Laws

Thailand's PM says 'only government officials on duty' will be allowed to carry firearms

(Newser) - Hours after shootings at a home and school outside Bangkok left at least eight people dead, including the teenage gunman, Thailand's prime minister said he wants to sharply curb who can carry a gun. Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said Friday he will push a new law that only allow...

At Least 5 Killed in Thailand School Shooting
5 Teachers Killed in
Thailand School Shooting
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Aug 7, 2026 10:50 AM CDT

5 Teachers Killed in Thailand School Shooting

Authorities say 14-year-old killed his grandparents before opening fire at school north of Bangkok

(Newser) - A student opened fire at a prestigious high school in one of Bangkok's northern suburbs on Friday, killing five teachers before taking his own life, authorities say. Pattana Promphat, Thailand's public health minister, said the 14-year-old boy killed his grandparents before the shooting at Debsirin Nonthaburi School, the...

Father of School Shooter Is Going to Prison, Too

Colin Gray gave his son an assault rifle even after an earlier threat in Georgia

(Newser) - A Georgia father who gave his son an assault-style rifle for Christmas that the teen later used in a school shooting just received a 15-year prison sentence. A judge handed down the sentence Thursday to Colin Gray, 55, after a jury in March found him guilty of charges including second-degree...

School Shooter, 16, Gets Life Without Parole

Colt Gray was 14 when he killed 4 people at Georgia high school

(Newser) - A judge on Tuesday sentenced a teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded guilty Friday to 55 counts, including murder, in the Sept. 4, 2024,...

School Shooter, Mom Laughed About His Fame in Jail Calls

Staff said Colt Gray became 'a different child' after his mother was banned from contacting him

(Newser) - A Georgia courtroom heard a chilling soundtrack Tuesday as prosecutors wrapped their case against school shooter Colt Gray during his sentencing hearing: recorded jail calls in which the teen and his mother laughed about his sudden infamy. In the fall 2024 calls, weeks after the Apalachee High School shooting, Gray,...

Georgia School Shooter Had 'Chaotic' Upbringing

Judge to decide whether 16-year-old Colt Gray will ever have a chance of parole

(Newser) - The teenager who killed two students and two teachers in a 2024 shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School had a chaotic, lonely upbringing and immersed himself in an online community of people interested in mass shootings, a psychologist testified Monday. Colt Gray, 16, pleaded guilty Friday to 55 counts,...

Teen Pleads Guilty to 55 Counts in School Shooting

Colt Gray, 16, could face life without parole for killing 4 in 2024 Georgia shooting

(Newser) - A teenager has pleaded guilty to all 55 counts in a deadly shooting nearly two years ago at Apalachee High School in Georgia. Colt Gray, 16, entered the plea Friday without having reached a deal with prosecutors. He had previously pleaded not guilty to charges in the Sept. 4, 2024,...

'The Two Went Straight to the Classroom, Started Firing'

Teen suspects kill 3 in Philippines school shooting

(Newser) - A rare school shooting in the Philippines has left a city reeling. Police say two boys, ages 14 and 15, walked into a classroom at San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on Monday morning and "without saying anything, they started firing," killing three students and injuring...

Judge Dismisses Charges in Case of Teacher Shot by Boy

Former assistant principal Ebony Parker faced 8 counts of child abuse, neglect

(Newser) - A Virginia judge has dismissed all eight charges of felony child abuse and neglect against a former assistant principal accused of failing to act on warnings that a 6-year-old boy had a gun. NBC News reports that Ebony Parker, who could have faced up to 40 years in prison, broke...

I Asked ChatGPT to Help Me Plan Violence. It Did.

Mark Follman shares the results of his April 14 test

(Newser) - Mass-shooting "research" isn't supposed to end with an AI cheerfully saying, "That's a great idea ... It'll definitely give you an extra edge for the big day." But that's what Mother Jones reporter Mark Follman says he got from ChatGPT. In a 20-minute test...

School Shooting Kills 2; 13-Year-Old Student Detained

Boy admits the shooting; authorities suspect he used his step-father's legal gun

(Newser) - A school shooting Tuesday in Acre state in northern Brazil left two women dead and two others injured, including an underage student, authorities said. The state government said in a statement that a 13-year-old student admitted carrying out the attack at the public school Instituto Sao Jose in Rio Branco,...

Altman on BC Shooting: 'Deeply Sorry' for Not Alerting Cops

OpenAI CEO apologizes for not flagging suspected shooter's ChatGPT activity before Canada killings

(Newser) - OpenAI's chief executive has formally apologized to a small Canadian town where eight people were killed in a February mass shooting, saying the company should've gone to police sooner about the suspect's activity on ChatGPT. In a Thursday letter to residents of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Sam...

Principal Who Disarmed Shooter Crowned Prom King
This Year's Prom King:
a Heroic Principal
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Apr 20, 2026 7:13 AM CDT

This Year's Prom King: a Heroic Principal

Oklahoma students honor Kirk Moore after he stopped school shooting

(Newser) - A principal's status as hero among students was confirmed Friday, less than two weeks after he tackled a school shooter and was shot in the process. In an emotional moment, students at Oklahoma's Pauls Valley High voted principal Kirk Moore their prom king, erupting in cheers as he...

Turkey Bans 'Traumatic' Images From Broadcast After Shooting

9 people were killed in Wednesday's attack on a middle school

(Newser) - A student opened fire on two classrooms at a middle school in Turkey on Wednesday, killing nine people and wounding 13 others, the interior minister said, in the second such shooting in the country in two days. The student, who was also killed, arrived at the school armed with guns...

Video Shows Principal Tackling School Shooter
Video Shows Principal
Tackling School Shooter
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Apr 15, 2026 12:40 PM CDT

Video Shows Principal Tackling School Shooter

Police in Oklahoma say principal saved lives by taking down armed former student

(Newser) - A newly released video shows an Oklahoma high school principal charging a gunman who, according to investigators, had planned a Columbine-style shooting and was allegedly intent on killing the principal. Court records seen by KFOR say 20-year-old former student Victor Lee Hawkins walked into Pauls Valley High School on April...

Gunman Injures 16 at School in Turkey, Then Kills Self

18-year-old turns shotgun on himself after he was 'cornered by police' at vocational school

(Newser) - A former student opened fire at a high school in southeastern Turkey on Tuesday, wounding at least 16 people before killing himself, an official said. The 18-year-old attacker, armed with a shotgun, fired randomly inside a vocational high school in Siverek, Sanliurfa province, reports the AP . He later killed himself...

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