Oct 01 10 dead in southwest Oregon college shooting, including gunman By News Desk A gunman opened fire on Umpqua Community College in southwest Oregon on Thursday, killing nine and injuring an additional seven. The shooter, who has been identified as 26-year-old Chris Harper Mercer, died after exchanging gunfire with police. Continue reading
Apr 22 Watch 4:32 These student whistleblowers spoke up to prevent a shooting By PBS News Hour One year ago, two students in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, began sharing plans to gun down their classmates. They may have gotten away with it had it not been for a group of students who alerted school authorities. Young journalists from NewsHour’s… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 4:36 Designing Hawaii schools that keep out danger and let in nature By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 07 Watch 6:29 How an elementary school moves on after a shooting By PBS News Hour In 2010, a gunman attacked an elementary school playground in suburban San Diego. Four years later, students from nearby Carlsbad High School visited the school to see how the community is healing, interviewing teachers and students on camera for the… Continue watching
Oct 24 Watch News Wrap: NYC police call hatchet attack a 'terrorist act' By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, a hatchet attack on four rookie police officers in New York is being labeled a “terrorist act.” The suspect, who was killed, was a recent convert to Islam but had no ties to international terrorism. Continue watching
Oct 24 Two dead following shooting at Seattle high school By Colleen Shalby A shooting was reported at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, north of Seattle. According to the Associated Press, two people have been airlifted to a nearby hospital. Continue reading
May 31 Watch Looking within the mind of a rampage killer By PBS News Hour What Science Can Tell Us About the Minds of Rampage Killers… Continue watching
Dec 14 Watch School resource officers and the quest for safer schools One year after the shooting at Sandy Hook, Kevin Quinn, president of the National Associate of School Resource Officers, talks about the growing practice among some schools of assigning police officers to guard schools full-time and what techniques and practices… Continue watching
Dec 13 Watch News Wrap: Colo. student shot two before killing himself at high school News Wrap: Colo. student shot two before killing himself at high school… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch NRA Group Offers Proposal for Armed Security Personnel at Every U.S. School NRA Group Offers Proposal for Armed Security Personnel at Every U.S. School… Continue watching