School ShootingsBy E ric Cantu

Why do Shootings Occur?

1. They want to get back at those who hurt the.

2. Other kids pick on them or bully them.3. They don’t value life.4. They have mental problems.5. Lack of counseling or moral support.6. They are victims of physical or mental

abuse.

Columbine School ShootingO Occurred April 20, 1999 in Littleton,

Colorado.O Two high school seniors Dylan and

Klebold and Eric Harris enacted an assault.

O Harris and Klebold left journals, notes , and video as evidence.

O They had no targets, they wanted to kill as many students as they can before committing suicide.

O They prepared pipe bombs, and detonated them in the cafeteria and shot students at point blank.

O 13 casualties

Sandy Hook ShootingO Occurred on December 14,2012.O Adam Lanza fatally shot 20

children and 6 adults.O Lanza’s motive was hate.O He went to the elementary wearing

black clothes and a military vest.O He had semi automatic weapons.O Lanza acted alone, and it prompted

renewed debate over gun control.

UT Clock Tower Shooting

O Occurred August 1, 1966.O After killing his wife and mother

Charles Whitman started shooting in the observation deck of the University of Texas at Austin.

O He killed 15 and wounded 32.O Shot dead by police.O Whitman motive was hate.

Are school Shootings Increasing?

O YES!O 30 shootings

have occurred around the nation since the massacre of Sandy Hook.

How to Prevent a ShootingO Take consideration of students

around you.O School should enforce counseling.O More police around campus.O Background checks on teacher and

principals.O Renew gun control policy.O Be aware of lockdown procedure.

Recommendations during a shooting

O Determine if you should hide and barricade yourself.

O Turn off the lights.O Listen to any school warnings.O Call 9-1-1.O Try to stay calm.O Consider playing dead if you can’t

hide yourself.

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Questions:O Give the name of a shooting in the

last two decades?

O How do you react in a shooting?

O What can be a motive of the aggressors/ shooters?

Work CitedO "About.com." Columbine Shooting.

2007: n. page. Print.O "About." Sandy Hook Elementary

School Shooting. May 10 2003: n. page. Print. <School shootings/Sandy Hook Elementary.com>.

O "About.com." Charles Whitman. 7 June 2003: n. page. Print.