School shooting

A school shooting is when someone fires a gun at people in a place of education. (i.e. schools, colleges) Many school shootings have happened in the United States. Very often, the person who did the attack is a old student or pupil who had to leave the school. Most of the time, school shootings are planned attacks. When planning, the people either want to get a lot of media attention, or they want to kill or hurt as many people as possible. In most cases, the person/people will announce/leak the idea, either directly or indirectly. Some certain things or events trigger such a shooting: The person will react to these triggers with anger, frustration, or despair. The shooter will often commit suicide at the end, whether that be using the gun they have so they can take their life or they will plan the shooting out in a way where the authorities will shoot and kill them. Research has shown that the perpetrators either want to kill or hurt fellow students, or they want to hurt teachers/professors; cases where both groups are targeted are rare. Most of the time, there is one attacker. Cases where two or three people act together are rare.

Notable school shootings
Columbine High School massacre
Dawson College shooting
Dunblane massacre
École Polytechnique massacre
Erfurt massacre
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
University of Texas Massacre
Virginia Tech massacre
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Westside Middle School shooting
Belsan massacre 

Category:Educational institutions