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Feb 19

Michigan State struggles with uncertain return to classes after deadly shooting

By Joey Cappelletti, Associated Press

The university confirmed Friday in an email to students and staff that campus operations would resume Monday, even as officials have faced pressure to delay the return. There will be no classes for the rest of the semester in Berkey…

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Feb 13

5 years after massacre, Parkland families continue honoring lost loved ones with charitable work

By Terry Spencer, Associated Press

After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago, their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved…

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Jan 23

2 students killed and teacher hurt in Des Moines shooting, police say

By Scott McFetridge, Associated Press

Police said was the targeted shooting occurred at a Des Moines school that is dedicated to helping at-risk youth. Three suspects were arrested afterward.

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Jan 18

How to talk to children about gun violence

By Nicole Ellis, Casey Kuhn

Recent news of yet another school shooting has left many parents and caregivers asking how it is best to discuss gun violence with young children.

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Jan 13

School official learned 6-year-old might have weapon before shooting, superintendent says

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

Administrators at the Virginia school where a first-grader shot his teacher last week learned the child may have had a weapon in his possession before the shooting but did not find the 9mm handgun he brought despite searching his bag,…

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Jan 09

WATCH: Police chief describes 6-year-old student’s shooting of teacher in class

By Ben Finley, Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

The 6-year-old Virginia student who shot and wounded his teacher pulled the handgun from a backpack and shot her while she was teaching his first-grade class, a police chief said.

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Jan 07

Local mayor says shooting of teacher by 6-year-old ‘a red flag for the country’

By Denise Lavoie, Associated Press

A Virginia teacher who was critically injured when she was was shot by a 6-year-old student in Newport News is showing signs of improvement as authorities struggle to understand how a child so young could be involved in a school…

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Jan 07

6-year-old student shoots teacher in Virginia classroom, police say

By Ben Finley, Matthew Barakat, Associated Press

A 6-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher at his school in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said.

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Nov 28

Mom of child killed in Uvalde shooting sues police, gunmaker

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The mother of one of 19 children killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against police, the school district and the maker of the gun used in the massacre.

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Oct 26

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St. Louis grapples with aftermath of school shooting and widespread gun violence

By Amna Nawaz, Gabrielle Hays

The city of St. Louis is struggling to cope with the aftermath of a high school shooting. On Monday, a 19-year-old gunman killed teacher Jean Kuczka and 15-year-old student Alexandria Bell and wounded many others. With residents still on edge,…

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