A Timeline of School Shootings
Compiled by Peter Langman, Ph.D.
This is not a complete listing of all incidents of school violence, but rather a chronological list of the attacks contained in the database of www.schoolshooters.info. The primary focus here is on what were intended to be multi-victim attacks, whether or not multiple people were actually shot. In addition, not all attacks were school shootings. Some perpetrators committed violence with other means than firearms; other attacks did not occur at schools, but were committed by people who had recently been students.
Date of attack Perpetrator School Location
20 June 1913 Heinz Schmidt St. Mary’s Catholic School Bremen, Germany
18 May 1927 Andrew Kehoe Bath Consolidated School Bath, Michigan
6 May 1940 Verlin Spencer South Pasadena School District South Pasadena, California
4 March 1961 Ove Andersson Kungälvs Allmänna Läroverk Kungälv, Sweden
11 June 1964 Walter Seifert Catholic Elementary School Cologne, Germany
1 August 1966 Charles Whitman University of Texas Austin, Texas
12 November 1966 Robert Smith Rose-Mar College of Beauty Mesa, Arizona
11 February 1970 Robert Cantor University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
11 November 1971 Larry Harmon Gonzaga University Spokane, Washington
28 May 1975 Michael Slobodian Centennial Secondary School Brampton, Canada
27 October 1975 Robert Poulin St. Pius X Ottawa, Canada
19 February 1976 Neil Liebeskind Computer Learning Center Los Angeles, California
12 July 1976 Edward Allaway University of California Fullerton, California
29 January 1979 Brenda Spencer Cleveland Elementary School San Diego, California
6 October 1979 Mark Houston University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina
17 April 1981 Leo Kelly, Jr. University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan
19 March 1982 Patrick Lizotte Valley High School Las Vegas, Nevada
16 May 1983 Robert Wickes East Junior High School Brentwood, New York
3 June 1983 Karel Charva Freiherr-vom-Stein Gesamtschule Eppstein-Vockenhausen, Germany
17 December 1983 Su Yong Kim Cornell University Ithaca, New York
24 February 1984 Tyrone Mitchell 49th Street Elementary School Los Angeles, California
21 January 1985 James Kearbey Goddard Junior High School Goddard, Kansas
26 November 1985 Heather Smith Spanaway Junior High School Spanaway, Washington
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10 December 1985 Floyd Warmsley Portland Junior High School Portland, Connecticut
12 August 1986 Van Hull New York City Technical College Brooklyn, New York
4 December 1986 Kristofer Hans Fergus County High School Lewistown, Montana
20 May 1988 Laurie Dann Hubbard Woods Elementary Winnetka, Illinois
22 September 1988 Clemmie Henderson Montefiore School Chicago, Illinois
26 September 1988 James Wilson Oakland Elementary School Greenwood, South Carolina
16 December 1988 Nicholas Elliott Atlantic Shores Christian School Virginia Beach, Virginia
17 January 1989 Patrick Purdy Cleveland Elementary School Stockton, California
25 July 1989 Azizollah Mazooni University of Washington Seattle, Washington
6 December 1989 Marc Lépine École Polytechnique Montreal, Canada
1 November 1991 Gang Lu University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa
1 May 1992 Eric Houston Lindhurst High School Olivehurst, California
24 August 1992 Valery Fabrikant Concordia University Montreal, Canada
14 December 1992 Wayne Lo Simon’s Rock College Great Barrington, Massachusetts
18 January 1993 Gary Scott Pennington East Carter High School Grayson, Kentucky
8 July 1993 Mark Duong Weber State University Ogden, Utah
17 September 1993 Kevin Newman Central Middle School Sheridan, Wyoming
16 December 1993 Steven Leith Chelsea High School Chelsea, Michigan
26 May 1994 Clay Shrout Ryle High School Union, Kentucky
20 October 1994 Phu Cuong Ta Brockton High School Toronto, Canada
7 November 1994 Keith Ledeger Wickliffe Middle School Wickliffe, Ohio
12 October 1995 Toby Sincino Blackville-Hilda High School Blackville, South Carolina
15 November 1995 Jamie Rouse Richland High School Lynville, Tennesee
2 February 1996 Barry Loukaitis Frontier Junior High School Moses Lake, Washington
13 March 1996 Thomas Hamilton Dunblane Primary School Dunblane, Scotland
15 August 1996 Frederick Davidson San Diego State University San Diego, California
17 September 1996 Jillian Robbins Penn State University University Park, Pennsylvania
19 February 1997 Evan Ramsey Bethel High School Bethel, Alaska
1 October 1997 Luke Woodham Pearl High School Pearl, Mississippi
1 December 1997 Michael Carneal Heath High School West Paducah, Kentucky
15 December 1997 Joseph Todd Stamps High School Stamps, Arkansas
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21 May 1998 Kip Kinkel Thurston High School Springfield, Oregon Eric Harris & 20 April 1999 Columbine High School Littleton, Colorado Dylan Klebold 28 April 1999 Todd Smith W.R. Myers High School Taber, Canada
20 May 1999 T.J. Solomon Heritage High School Conyers, Georgia
3 August 1999 Jonathon Horrocks La Trobe University Bundoora, Australia
6 December 1999 Seth Trickey Fort Gibson Middle School Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
10 March 2000 Darrell Ingram Beach High School Savannah, Georgia
26 May 2000 Nathaniel Brazill Lake Worth Middle School Lake Worth, Florida
5 March 2001 Andy Williams Santana High School Santee, California Bishop Neumann Junior-Senior High 7 March 2001 Elizabeth Bush Williamsport, Pennsylvania School 22 March 2001 Jason Hoffman Granite Hills High School El Cajon, California
16 January 2002 Peter Odighizuwa Appalachian School of Law Grundy, Virginia
26 April 2002 Robert Steinhäuser Gutenberg Gymnasium Erfurt, Germany
21 October 2002 Huan Yun Xiang Monash University Melbourne, Australia
29 October 2002 Robert Flores University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona Escola Estadual Coronel Benedito 27 January 2003 Edmar Freitas Taiuva, Brazil Ortiz 24 April 2003 James Sheets Red Lion Area Junior High School Red Lion, Pennsylvania
9 May 2003 Biswanath Halder Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
24 September 2003 John McLaughlin Rocori High School Cold Spring, Minnesota
21 March 2005 Jeffrey Weise Red Lake High School Red Lake, Minnesota
8 November 2005 Kenneth Bartley Campbell County High School Jacksboro, Tennessee
30 August 2006 Alvaro Castillo Orange High School Hillsborough, North Carolina
13 September 2006 Kimveer Gill Dawson College Montreal, Canada
27 September 2006 Duane Morrison Platte Canyon High School Bailey, Colorado
29 September 2006 Eric Hainstock Weston High School Cazenovia, Wisconsin
2 October 2006 Charles Roberts IV West Nickel Mines School Bart Township, Pennsylvania
20 November 2006 Bastian Bosse Geschwister Scholl Emsdetten, Germany
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3 January 2007 Douglas Chanthabouly Henry Foss High School Tacoma, Washington
16 April 2007 Seung Hui Cho Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Virginia
10 October 2007 Asa Coon SuccessTech Academy Cleveland, Ohio
7 November 2007 Pekka-Eric Auvinen Jokela High School Jokela, Finland
11 December 2007 Nicco Tatum Mojave High School Las Vegas, Nevada
8 February 2008 Latina Williams Louisiana Technical College Baton Rouge, Louisiana
14 February 2008 Steven Kazmierczak Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Illinois
23 September 2008 Matti Saari Seinajoki University Kauhajoki, Finland
11 March 2009 Tim Kretschmer Albertville-Realschule Winnenden, Germany
3 April 2009 Jiverly Wong American Civic Association Binghamton, New York
26 April 2009 O’Dane Maye Hampton University Hampton, Virginia
6 May 2009 Stephen Morgan Wesleyan University Middletown, Connecticut
17 September 2009 Georg R. Gymnasium Carolinum Ansbach, Germany
12 February 2010 Amy Bishop University of Alabama Huntsville, Alabama
23 February 2010 Bruco Eastwood Deer Creek Middle School Littleton, Colorado
8 October 2010 Brendan O’Rourke Kelly Elementary School Carlsbad, California
5 January 2011 Robert Butler, Jr. Millard South High School Omaha, Nebraska
8 January 2011 Jared Loughner Safeway Supermarket Tucson, Arizona
7 April 2011 Wellington de Oliveira Escola Municipal Tasso da Silveira Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27 February 2012 T.J. Lane Chardon High School Chardon, Ohio
2 April 2012 One Goh Oikos University Oakland, California
20 July 2012 James Holmes Century 16 Cinema Aurora, Colorado
14 December 2012 Adam Lanza Sandy Hook Elementary School Newtown, Connecticut
10 January 2013 Bryan Oliver Taft Union High School Taft, California
7 June 2013 John Zawahri Santa Monica College Santa Monica, California
21 October 2013 Jose Reyes Sparks Middle School Sparks, Nevada
13 December 2013 Karl Pierson Arapahoe High School Centennial, Colorado
14 January 2014 Mason Campbell Berrendo Middle School Roswell, New Mexico University of California at Santa 23 May 2014 Elliot Rodger Isla Vista, California Barbara 5 June 2014 Aaron Ybarra Seattle Pacific University Seattle, Washington
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10 June 2014 Jared Padgett Reynolds High School Troutdale, Oregon
24 October 2014 Jaylen Fryberg Marysville-Pilchuck High School Marysville, Washington
20 November 2014 Myron May Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida
5 February 2015 Sunghee Kwon University of South Carolina Columbia, South Carolina
1 October 2015 Chris Harper-Mercer Umpqua Community College Roseburg, Oregon
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