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.longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=2013_Sparks_Middle_School_shooting&params=39_33_6_N_119_46_6_W_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">39°33′6″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°46′6″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">39.55167°N 119.76833°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">39.55167; -119.76833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">October 21, 2013<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2013-10-21</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Attack type</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/School_shooting" title="School shooting">School shooting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Murder%E2%80%93suicide" title="Murder–suicide">murder–suicide</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weapons</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ruger_SR_series" class="mw-redirect" title="Ruger SR series">Ruger SR9C</a> <a href="/wiki/9x19_mm_Parabellum" class="mw-redirect" title="9x19 mm Parabellum">9 millimeter</a> <a href="/wiki/Semi-automatic_handgun" class="mw-redirect" title="Semi-automatic handgun">semi-automatic handgun</a><sup id="cite_ref-Reno_Gazette-Journal_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reno_Gazette-Journal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deaths</th><td class="infobox-data">2 (Landsberry and the perpetrator)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Injured</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Perpetrator</th><td class="infobox-data">Jose Reyes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defender</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Landsberry" title="Michael Landsberry">Michael Landsberry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Motive</th><td class="infobox-data">Bullying and mental illness</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Sparks Middle School shooting</b> occurred in <a href="/wiki/Sparks,_Nevada" title="Sparks, Nevada">Sparks, Nevada</a>, United States, on October 21, 2013. Two people, including the perpetrator, were killed, and two others were injured. Sparks Middle School is part of the <a href="/wiki/Washoe_County_School_District" title="Washoe County School District">Washoe County School District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Shooting">Shooting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Sparks_Middle_School_shooting&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Shooting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style=";"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="">List of victims</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><b>Killed:</b> <ul><li><u>School personnel</u> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Landsberry" title="Michael Landsberry">Michael Landsberry</a>, 45, teacher</li></ul></li> <li><u>Perpetrator</u> <ul><li>Jose Reyes, 12 (suicide)</li></ul></li></ul> <p><b>Wounded:</b> </p> <ul><li>K.J. Kersey, 12, student</li> <li>Mason Davis, 12, student</li></ul> </div> </blockquote> </div> <p>On October 21, 2013, Jose Reyes, a 12-year-old student in seventh grade, opened fire with a <a href="/wiki/Handgun" title="Handgun">handgun</a> at the basketball courts of Sparks Middle School. He injured a 12-year-old student, KJ Kersey, in the shoulder. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Landsberry" title="Michael Landsberry">Michael Landsberry</a>, a 45-year-old math teacher who was trying to intervene with Reyes, was shot and killed in the playground. Reyes proceeded to fire two shots at teacher Mr. Perez, missing both, and then shot and wounded a 12-year-old student, Mason Davis, who tried to come to Landsberry's assistance. Davis suffered an injury to his abdomen. Reyes then committed <a href="/wiki/Suicide" title="Suicide">suicide</a> by shooting himself in the head. He had two magazines, one with 17 rounds, and another with 10 rounds, although neither were filled to capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> shooting happened before classes, and the school was evacuated and was closed for the week.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Details of the shooting emerged in the report issued the following spring.<sup id="cite_ref-McAndrew_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McAndrew-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Perpetrator">Perpetrator</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Sparks_Middle_School_shooting&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Perpetrator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jose Horacio Reyes (July 2, 2001 – October 21, 2013), was born in <a href="/wiki/Reno,_Nevada" title="Reno, Nevada">Reno, Nevada</a>, to parents from <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. He had two younger sisters, and grew up partially in <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a> where his father found a construction job, but later moved with his family back to Nevada. Reyes's parents owned a restaurant in Sparks. In early 2012, Reyes's father was charged with and pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse for an incident involving his son. 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href="#cite_note-Harris-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-TwoYearMemorial_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TwoYearMemorial-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-KTNV_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KTNV-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 2015, <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton" title="Hillary Clinton">Hillary Clinton</a> discussed the shooting at Sparks during <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign">her campaign for the presidency</a>, as part of her campaign for <a href="/wiki/Gun_control" title="Gun control">gun control</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ritchey_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ritchey-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Enoch_Brown_school_massacre" title="Enoch Brown school massacre">Enoch Brown school massacre</a> (1764)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Texas_tower_shooting" title="University of Texas tower shooting">University of Texas</a> (1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Rose-Mar_College_of_Beauty_shooting" title="1966 Rose-Mar College of Beauty shooting">Rose-Mar College of Beauty</a> (1966)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kent_State_shootings" title="Kent State shootings">Kent State University</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_State_killings" title="Jackson State killings">Jackson State University</a> (1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Olean_High_School_shooting" title="1974 Olean High School shooting">Olean High School</a> (1974)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Computer_Learning_Center_shooting" title="1976 Computer Learning Center shooting">Computer Learning Center</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_California_State_University,_Fullerton_massacre" title="1976 California State University, Fullerton massacre">California State University, Fullerton</a> (1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Cleveland_Elementary_School_shooting_(San_Diego)" class="mw-redirect" title="1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting (San Diego)">Cleveland Elementary School</a> (1979)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/49th_Street_Elementary_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="49th Street Elementary School shooting">49th Street Elementary School</a> (1984)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_Cokeville_Elementary_School_hostage_crisis" title="1986 Cokeville Elementary School hostage crisis">Cokeville Elementary School</a> (1986)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Murder_of_Nick_Corwin" title="Murder of Nick Corwin">Hubbard Woods Elementary School</a> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_Oakland_Elementary_School_shooting" title="1988 Oakland Elementary School shooting">Oakland Elementary School</a> (1988)</span></li> 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title="1993 East Carter High School shooting">East Carter High School</a> (1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Wickliffe_Middle_School_shooting" title="1994 Wickliffe Middle School shooting">Wickliffe Middle School</a> (1994)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Blackville%E2%80%93Hilda_High_School_shooting" title="1995 Blackville–Hilda High School shooting">Blackville–Hilda High School</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Richland_High_School_shooting" title="1995 Richland High School shooting">Richland High School</a> (1995)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Frontier_Middle_School_shooting" title="1996 Frontier Middle School shooting">Frontier Middle School</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_San_Diego_State_University_shooting" title="1996 San Diego State University shooting">San Diego State University</a> (1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Bethel_Regional_High_School_shooting" title="1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting">Bethel Regional High School</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Pearl_High_School_shooting" title="1997 Pearl High School shooting">Pearl High School</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Heath_High_School_shooting" title="1997 Heath High School shooting">Heath High School</a> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Westside_Middle_School_shooting" title="1998 Westside Middle School shooting">Westside Middle School</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Parker_Middle_School_dance_shooting" title="1998 Parker Middle School dance shooting">Parker Middle School</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Thurston_High_School_shooting" title="1998 Thurston High School shooting">Thurston High School</a> (1998)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Brazill" title="Nathaniel Brazill">Lake Worth Middle School</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_University_of_Arkansas_shooting" title="2000 University of Arkansas shooting">University of Arkansas</a> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Santana_High_School_shooting" title="2001 Santana High School shooting">Santana High School</a> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Appalachian_School_of_Law_shooting" title="2002 Appalachian School of Law shooting">Appalachian School of Law</a> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_John_McDonogh_High_School_shooting" title="2003 John McDonogh High School shooting">John McDonogh High School</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Case_Western_Reserve_University_shooting" title="2003 Case Western Reserve University shooting">Case Western Reserve University</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Rocori_High_School_shooting" title="2003 Rocori High School shooting">Rocori High School</a> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake_shootings" title="Red Lake shootings">Red Lake Senior High School</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Campbell_County_High_School_shooting" title="2005 Campbell County High School shooting">Campbell County High School</a> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Pine_Middle_School_shooting" title="2006 Pine Middle School shooting">Pine Middle School</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Platte_Canyon_High_School_hostage_crisis" title="2006 Platte Canyon High School hostage crisis">Platte Canyon High School</a> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Weston_High_School_shooting" title="2006 Weston High School shooting">Weston High School</a> 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Junior High School</a> (2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_University_of_Central_Arkansas_shooting" title="2008 University of Central Arkansas shooting">University of Central Arkansas</a> (2008)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_University_of_Alabama_in_Huntsville_shooting" title="2010 University of Alabama in Huntsville shooting">University of Alabama in Huntsville</a> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Chardon_High_School_shooting" title="2012 Chardon High School shooting">Chardon High School</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Oikos_University_shooting" title="2012 Oikos University shooting">Oikos University</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting" title="Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting">Sandy Hook Elementary School</a> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Santa_Monica_shootings" title="2013 Santa Monica shootings">Santa Monica College</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sparks Middle School</a> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Isla_Vista_killings" title="2014 Isla Vista killings">University of California, Santa Barbara</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Marysville_Pilchuck_High_School_shooting" title="2014 Marysville Pilchuck High School shooting">Marysville Pilchuck High School</a> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Umpqua_Community_College_shooting" title="2015 Umpqua Community College shooting">Umpqua Community College</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Northern_Arizona_University_shooting" title="2015 Northern Arizona University shooting">Northern Arizona University</a> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_UCLA_shooting" title="2016 UCLA shooting">University of California, Los Angeles</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_shooting_of_Dallas_police_officers" title="2016 shooting of Dallas police officers">El Centro College</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_Townville_Elementary_School_shooting" title="2016 Townville Elementary School shooting">Townville Elementary School</a> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_North_Park_Elementary_School_shooting" title="2017 North Park Elementary School shooting">North Park Elementary School</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rancho_Tehama_shootings" title="Rancho Tehama shootings">Rancho Tehama Elementary School</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Aztec_High_School_shooting" title="2017 Aztec High School shooting">Aztec High School</a> (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Marshall_County_High_School_shooting" title="2018 Marshall County High School shooting">Marshall County High School</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Parkland_high_school_shooting" title="Parkland high school shooting">Stoneman Douglas High School</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Santa_Fe_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2018 Santa Fe High School shooting">Santa Fe High School</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Noblesville_West_Middle_School_shooting" title="2018 Noblesville West Middle School shooting">Noblesville West Middle School</a> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_University_of_North_Carolina_at_Charlotte_shooting" title="2019 University of North Carolina at Charlotte shooting">University of North Carolina at Charlotte</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_STEM_School_Highlands_Ranch_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting">STEM School Highlands Ranch</a> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Saugus_High_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Saugus High School shooting">Saugus High School</a> (2019)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Oxford_High_School_shooting" title="Oxford High School shooting">Oxford High School</a> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Richard_Ward" title="Killing of Richard Ward">Liberty Point International Middle School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_East_High_School_shooting" title="2022 East High School shooting">East High School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Burke_School_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Edmund Burke School shooting">Edmund Burke School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Uvalde_school_shooting" title="Uvalde school shooting">Robb Elementary School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Oakland_school_shooting" title="2022 Oakland school shooting">Rusdale High School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Central_Visual_and_Performing_Arts_High_School_shooting" title="2022 Central Visual and Performing Arts High School shooting">Central Visual and Performing Arts High School</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_University_of_Virginia_shooting" title="2022 University of Virginia shooting">University of Virginia</a> (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Shooting_of_Abby_Zwerner" title="Shooting of Abby Zwerner">Richneck Elementary School</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Michigan_State_University_shooting" title="2023 Michigan State University shooting">Michigan State University</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Nashville_school_shooting" title="2023 Nashville school shooting">Covenant School</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Richmond_shooting" title="2023 Richmond shooting">Virginia Commonwealth University</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Zijie_Yan" title="Killing of Zijie Yan">University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_University_of_Nevada,_Las_Vegas_shooting" title="2023 University of Nevada, Las Vegas shooting">University of Nevada, Las Vegas</a> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Perry_High_School_shooting" title="Perry High School shooting">Perry High School</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_Apalachee_High_School_shooting" title="2024 Apalachee High School shooting">Apalachee High School</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tuskegee_University_shooting" title="Tuskegee University shooting">Tuskegee University</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Feather_River_School_shooting" title="Feather River School shooting">Feather River School</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Abundant_Life_Christian_School_shooting" title="Abundant Life Christian School shooting">Abundant Life Christian School</a> (2024)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Antioch_High_School_shooting" title="Antioch High School shooting">Antioch High School</a> (2025)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">In media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Film and<br />television</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Deadly_Tower" title="The Deadly Tower">The Deadly Tower</a></i> (1975)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Detention:_The_Siege_at_Johnson_High" title="Detention: The Siege at Johnson High">Detention: The Siege at Johnson High</a></i> (1997)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Duck!_The_Carbine_High_Massacre" title="Duck! The Carbine High Massacre">Duck! The Carbine High Massacre</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bang_Bang_You%27re_Dead_(film)" title="Bang Bang You're Dead (film)">Bang Bang You're Dead</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bowling_for_Columbine" title="Bowling for Columbine">Bowling for Columbine</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Heart_of_America_(film)" title="Heart of America (film)">Heart of America</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Home_Room_(2002_film)" title="Home Room (2002 film)">Home Room</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/List_of_Static_Shock_episodes#Season_2_(2002)#ep24" title="List of Static Shock episodes">Jimmy</a>" (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Elephant_(2003_film)" title="Elephant (2003 film)">Elephant</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Zero_Day_(2003_film)" title="Zero Day (2003 film)">Zero Day</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Yearbook" title="American Yearbook">American Yearbook</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Time_Stands_Still_(Degrassi:_The_Next_Generation)" title="Time Stands Still (Degrassi: The Next Generation)">Time Stands Still</a>" (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Only_Way_(2004_film)" title="The Only Way (2004 film)">The Only Way</a></i> (2004)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dawn_Anna" title="Dawn Anna">Dawn Anna</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/All_the_Boys_Love_Mandy_Lane" title="All the Boys Love Mandy Lane">All the Boys Love Mandy Lane</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/American_Gun_(2005_film)" title="American Gun (2005 film)">American Gun</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/State%27s_Evidence" title="State's Evidence">State's Evidence</a></i> (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Life_Before_Her_Eyes" title="The Life Before Her Eyes">The Life Before Her Eyes</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/April_Showers_(2009_film)" title="April Showers (2009 film)">April Showers</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Beautiful_Boy_(2010_film)" title="Beautiful Boy (2010 film)">Beautiful Boy</a></i> (2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/We_Need_to_Talk_About_Kevin_(film)" title="We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)">We Need to Talk About Kevin</a></i> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hello_Herman" title="Hello Herman">Hello Herman</a></i> (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/White_Rabbit_(2013_film)" title="White Rabbit (2013 film)">White Rabbit</a></i> (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Rudderless" title="Rudderless">Rudderless</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Sins_of_Our_Youth" title="Sins of Our Youth">Sins of Our Youth</a></i> (2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Cokeville_Miracle" title="The Cokeville Miracle">The Cokeville Miracle</a></i> (2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/I%27m_Not_Ashamed" title="I'm Not Ashamed">I'm Not Ashamed</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Tower_(2016_film)" title="Tower (2016 film)">Tower</a></i> (2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Dead_Kids_(South_Park)" title="Dead Kids (South Park)">Dead Kids</a>" (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Vox_Lux" title="Vox Lux">Vox Lux</a></i> (2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Safety_(2019_film)" title="Safety (2019 film)">Safety</a></i> (2019)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/If_Anything_Happens_I_Love_You" title="If Anything Happens I Love You">If Anything Happens I Love You</a></i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Run_Hide_Fight" title="Run Hide Fight">Run Hide Fight</a></i> (2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Fallout_(film)" title="The Fallout (film)">The Fallout</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Mass_(2021_film)" title="Mass (2021 film)">Mass</a></i> (2021)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Eric_Larue" title="Eric Larue">Eric Larue</a></i> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Graduates_(2023_film)" title="The Graduates (2023 film)">The Graduates</a></i> (2023)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Truth_vs._Alex_Jones" title="The Truth vs. Alex Jones">The Truth vs. Alex Jones</a></i> (2024)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Give_a_Boy_a_Gun" title="Give a Boy a Gun">Give a Boy a Gun</a></i> (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Nobody_Left_to_Hate" title="Nobody Left to Hate">Nobody Left to Hate</a></i> (2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/No_Easy_Answers" title="No Easy Answers">No Easy Answers</a></i> (2002)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/After_(Prose_novel)" title="After (Prose novel)">After</a></i> (2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Columbine_(book)" title="Columbine (book)">Columbine</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Hate_List" title="Hate List">Hate List</a></i> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/%27No_Way_to_Prevent_This,%27_Says_Only_Nation_Where_This_Regularly_Happens" title="'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens"><span style="padding-left:0.15em;">'</span>No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens</a>" (2014–)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Mother%27s_Reckoning" title="A Mother's Reckoning">A Mother's Reckoning</a></i> (2016)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Bang_Bang_You%27re_Dead_(play)" title="Bang Bang You're Dead (play)">Bang Bang You're Dead</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Pico%27s_School" title="Pico's School">Pico's School</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Lullaby_for_Columbine" title="Lullaby for Columbine">Lullaby for Columbine</a></i> (1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Shoot_(Hellblazer)" title="Shoot (Hellblazer)">Shoot</a>" (1999/2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/The_Nobodies_(song)" title="The Nobodies (song)">The Nobodies</a>" (2000)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Columbinus" title="Columbinus">Columbinus</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Super_Columbine_Massacre_RPG!" title="Super Columbine Massacre RPG!">Super Columbine Massacre RPG!</a></i> (2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/V-Tech_Rampage" title="V-Tech Rampage">V-Tech Rampage</a></i> (2007)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">"<a href="/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day_(song)" title="Valentine's Day (song)">Valentine's Day</a>" (2013)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Library_(play)" title="The Library (play)">The Library</a></i> (2014)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related terms<br />and topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even wraplinks" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Active_shooter" title="Active shooter">Active shooter</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Columbine_effect" title="Columbine effect">Columbine effect</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States" title="Gun violence in the United States">Gun violence in the United States</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_by_death_toll" title="List of school shootings in the United States by death toll">List of school shootings in the United States by death toll</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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