school shootings
FSU shooting suspect's sheriff deputy stepmom taught him how to handle guns: official
April 19, 2025 | 9:56amPhoenix Ikner used at least one of his stepmother's firearms during the FSU massacre.
Grandma of alleged FSU gunman goes scorched earth on his parents after deadly campus shooting
April 19, 2025 | 12:55am"The rotten bastard people. I have no idea what we're going to do now, I have no idea."
FSU student recalls frantically 'chewing' gum to help cover classroom windows as gunfire rang out during fatal shooting
April 18, 2025 | 6:42pm"We just got out gum and started chewing so we could stick some paper to the windows."
Student who survived both FSU and Parkland shootings describes rushing peers to safety
April 18, 2025 | 5:21pmFlorida State University student Stephanie Horowitz helped guide her peers to safety during the deadly school shooting — using skills she learned from surviving the harrowing Parkland massacre more than seven...
Victim killed in FSU shooting identified as dad of two, Aramark employee
April 18, 2025 | 4:48pmA second victim killed in the Florida State University shooting was identified Friday as a campus vending worker and “loving father�of two children
FSU shooting survivor recounts pulse-pounding moments she played dead while alleged gunman reloaded weapon nearby
April 18, 2025 | 3:56pmAskins still has a bullet lodged in her spine.
All wounded FSU shooting victims, alleged gunman expected to make full recovery: hospital
April 18, 2025 | 2:24pmAuthorities said Thursday that five people were wounded in the shooting, and that the alleged shooter, Phoenix Ikner, 20, was among those being treated at the hospital.
Heartbroken FSU students mourn victims of deadly campus shooting
April 18, 2025 | 12:29pmBy Friday morning, memorials of candles and flowers dotted the campus, and students and professors began returning to retrieve their belongings.
Suspected FSU shooter's biological mom kidnapped him, fled to Norway amid bitter custody battle years before deadly rampage
April 18, 2025 | 7:22amThe biological mother of accused Florida State University shooter, Phoenix Ikner, kidnapped him and fled to Norway amid a bitter custody battle a decade before the deadly shooting, court documents...
FSU shooter brandished rifle, then pistol, out of orange Hummer, shot woman 'right in front of him': student witness
April 17, 2025 | 4:02pmIncredulous witnesses to the Florida State University shooting said the gunman first fired a rifle before returning to his orange Hummer to grab and pistol and shoot a woman
Shooter opens fire on FSU student union, leaving at least 2 dead, as heavily-armed officers rush to scene
April 17, 2025 | 12:40pmThe school’s emergency alert system blasted out a warning just after noon urging students to seek shelter after the apparent shooter was reported near the campus’ Student Union area.
Students at Dallas high school plagued by two shootings in a year are too scared to go back
April 17, 2025 | 11:12amThe rampage at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Dallas on Tuesday unfolded almost one year to the day a student was injured in another classroom shooting.
3 students shot, 1 grazed during shooting at Dallas high school over dice game: reports
April 15, 2025 | 4:24pmPolice were called to Wilmer-Hutchins High School after receiving calls of several shots fired on the school’s campus just after 1 p.m. local time, per a report.
Trans Nashville school shooter ranted about wanting to 'kill all the white kids' in newly revealed diary entries
April 7, 2025 | 7:44pmAudrey Hale, 28, left behind 16 notebooks filled with deranged writings detailing self-loathing and racial hate, repeating how she wanted “kill my own race" and "destroy all the white people...
Covenant School trans shooter targeted elementary class because little kids wouldn't put up a fight, her sick diaries reveal
April 2, 2025 | 2:19pmkilled three 9-year-olds: the pastor's daughter Hallie Scruggs, Evelyn Dieckhaus and William Kinney, and three adults.
Columbine victim’s death from health problems related to 1999 school shooting ruled a homicide
March 14, 2025 | 2:40amThe death of a woman who was partially paralyzed in the Columbine High School shooting has been ruled a homicide, raising the death toll of the 1999 attack to 14.
Fla. teen busted after showing off guns, threatening to shoot up high school: 'Likely prevented a tragedy'
March 11, 2025 | 9:08amThe arrest of Timothy Thomas, 17, "most likely prevented a tragedy and saved multiple lives," the police chief said.
Two teenage girls busted for plotting to shoot up, bomb Texas high school in 'mass casualty attack': FBI
February 19, 2025 | 10:28pmThe two girls, ages 15 and 16, planned on placing pipe bombs around the school and using guns to then pick off panicking students and teachers, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s...
Columbine High School shooting survivor dies nearly 26 years after massacre
February 19, 2025 | 4:59amFrank DeAngelis, her former principal, announced Hochhalter’s passing and said she was admired for her resilience and tenacity.
Newly elected DNC vice chair David Hogg using platform to solicit donations for his own PAC, insiders say: 'Doesn't give an oink'
February 15, 2025 | 10:37amDavid Hogg is being a pig, according to Democratic National Committee insiders who are already slinging mud at the new party vice chairman.