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Former Student Commits High School Shooting in St. Louis

On Monday morning at 9:11 am, police received a call that a school shooter had entered the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Missouri. The assailant, nineteen-year-old former student and graduate Orlando Harris carried a long-range rifle and approximately six hundred rounds of ammunition before being gunned down by police in a gun exchange. Two individuals, one teacher and one student, passed away during the shooting and several were injured.

Tennessee Student Dies after Shooting Police Officer

Authorities said a shooting at a Knoxville high school resulted in one officer injured and one student dead Monday.Officers received reports of an armed student at Austin-East Magnet High School around 3:15 p.m. They found the student hiding in the bathroom, and when they ordered him out he started firing the weapon. According to CNN, at least one officer returned fire.

The Chardon Shooting: Nine Years Later

On Feb. 27, 2012, Thomas M. "T.J" Lane III took a .22 handgun to Chardon High School and shot six kids. Three of them died, two were in critical condition and one was paralyzed. Within a few hours, the entire community of Chardon, Ohio, was rocked to its core. Chardon was a place you took your kids to raise them. People waved to each other on the street and everyone knew each other. No one imagined that such a violent event could happen.