Apr 17 Virginia Tech Shooter Identified as 23-year-old Student By PBS News Hour The Virginia Tech Police Department on Tuesday identified the gunman responsible for shooting 32 people on campus before taking his own life the previous day as a student at the university. Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch Shooting at Virginia Tech Deadliest in U.S. History At least 32 people were killed Monday during a shooting rampage in a residence hall and academic building at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Va. Two reporters give the latest on the situation. Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Essayist Gains Inspiration from the Amish Community's Ability to Forgive Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming reflects on the Amish community's ability to forgive the killer of the school-house shootings. She discusses how this characteristic is exemplary and should be practiced. Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Spate of Shootings Raises School Safety Concerns Three shootings at schools in the past week, including the attack on an Amish schoolhouse near Lancaster, Pa., that claimed the lives of five girls, have heightened concerns about school safety nationwide. A reporter covering the Amish shooting and a… Continue watching
Nov 10 Kip Kinkel Sentenced By PBS News Hour Kip Kinkel, the Eugene, Oregon teen who killed his parents and then gunned down two classmates last year, was sentenced Wednesday to 111 years in prison. Continue reading
Sep 16 Church Shooting in Fort Worth, Texas By PBS News Hour Seven people were killed Wednesday night when a 47-year-old Texas man opened fire during a prayer service for teen-agers at the Wedgewood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas. Continue reading
May 21 Shooting in Conyers, Georgia By PBS News Hour The student who opened fire on his classmates Friday in Conyers, Georgia reportedly got the guns by breaking into his parents' locked gun cabinet. Continue reading