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☆ Apalachee High School shooting: How officials decide whether to reopen campus to students
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Nicole Chavez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Dianna Moreno was afraid walking into Apalachee High School to find the laptop and charger she left behind when she rushed to evacuate after two other students and two teachers were killed last week. People hold candles during a vigil following the shooting at Apalachee High School, at Jug Tavern Park in Winder, Georgia, on September 6. Mike Stewart/APKacy Shahid, a former principal at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Missouri, said she was the first school administrator to use the guide. In Florida, students returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School two weeks after the February 2018 massacre. In Texas, students at Santa Fe High School returned 11 days after a May 2018 shooting to finish the school year.

Persons: CNN — Dianna Moreno, “ It’s, “, it’s, Moreno, Elijah Nouvelage, ”, Michelle Kefford, Marjory Stoneman, Kefford, they’ve, Mike Stewart, Shahid, ” Shahid, Reggie Daniels, Eric Gay Organizations: CNN, Apalachee High School, Barrow County, Reuters, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Recovery, Bethlehem Church, Central Visual, Performing Arts High School, Robb Elementary School, Santa Fe High School, KHOU Locations: Winder , Georgia, Barrow, Parkland , Florida, Bethlehem , Georgia, St, Louis , Missouri, Uvalde , Texas, Florida, Texas

More than half a dozen others were injured before the police fatally shot the gunman in a third-floor room where he had barricaded himself. But Missouri is one of 29 states that have no background check requirement for private sales. So, Mr. Harris found a weapon by browsing the online site Armslist. Federal law requires background checks only for purchases made through the approximately 80,000 businesses that sell, ship, import or manufacture weapons licensed through the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Unlicensed private sellers, by contrast, can legally sell their wares at gun shows, out of their houses and, increasingly, through online platforms such as Armslist that match buyers with sellers.

Persons: Louis, Orlando Harris, Mr, Harris, Alexzandria Bell, Jean Kuczka Organizations: Visual, Performing Arts High School, of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives Locations: St, Missouri

☆ St. Louis school shooter obtained a gun after his family worked with police to have one removed from their home, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Months before a 19-year-old shooter opened fire Monday inside a St. Louis high school, his family told police he had a gun, and had it removed from the home, officials said Wednesday. "Every building has weakneses," Sack said, adding that sharing the specifics of how the shooter entered the school could adversely impact the school district. A photo of Alexzandria Bell sits among flowers and candles left as a memorial to the victims of a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School on Oct. 25, 2022, in St. Louis. Robert Cohen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via APShooter's mother wanted gun 'out of the house'The shooter's family was “aware” that he had obtained the gun, though it's not clear exactly when he got the weapon, Sack said. He said he believes the firearm the family contacted police about may have been the same AR-15-style rifle he used in the school shooting.

Gun violence happens so often that if it hasn’t affected you directly, it can be easy to become jaded by the horrific details that emerge after a mass shooting. I’m fighting to ban assault weapons because no ordinary citizen needs a weapon that is powerful enough to liquify a person’s organs. Because we did it before with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban of 1994. And the unfortunate reality is the network of mass shooting survivors is growing. You can help pass a federal assault weapons ban now by doing two things: calling your senators at 202-224-3121 to ask them to support a federal assault weapons ban and voting for gun-sense candidates who will vote yes to pass a federal assault weapons ban.

☆ St. Louis school shooter may have used gun that police confiscated months ago
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Dan Whitcomb | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"It could have possibly been this gun," Sack said, referring to the AR-15 style rifle used in Monday's shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School. Sack deflected questions about how Harris entered the school, which was locked at the time, saying only that he had used a "forced entry." After the St. Louis shooting, the suspect's mother told investigators that the family was aware of his mental health issues and had "done everything they possibly could" to get him help, Sack said. That process can be more difficult when a gun is transferred between individuals instead of sold by a licensed dealer. Investigators believe Harris targeted individuals at the school, Sack said, but declined to say if the gunman targeted the 61-year-old teacher or 16-year-old girl who were slain in the attack.

☆ St. Louis school gunman was armed with AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammunition, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | Mirna Alsharif Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The 19-year-old gunman who killed two people at a St. Louis high school Monday was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and over 600 rounds of ammunition, and left behind a note referencing mass shootings, police said. St. Louis Police on Tuesday showed an image of the rifle used by Orlando Harris, who died after exchanging fire with authorities. People gather outside after a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school in St. Louis on Monday. Jordan Opp / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via APA vigil for the victims of a school shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday. After a gunfight with authorities minutes later, the gunman was taken into custody and later pronounced dead, a St. Louis police official told reporters.

☆ St. Louis school gunman's note describes 'perfect storm' for mass shooting
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Oct 25 (Reuters) - The teenage gunman who killed a student and a teacher at a St. Louis high school left a note in his car saying his feelings of loneliness were "a perfect storm for a mass shooting," the city's police commissioner said on Tuesday. Describing the handwritten note as a "manifesto," Police Commissioner Michael Sack read a portion of the document to the media at a press conference on Tuesday. "I don't have any friends," Sack quoted the note as saying "I don't have any family. Sack said Harris may have suffered from mental illness and the note shed some light on his state of mind. The shooting is one of many school shootings that have left dozens dead and wounded across the United States this year alone.

☆ St. Louis School Shooting Leaves at Least Two Dead
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Scott Calvert | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Students stand in a parking lot Monday near the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School after a reported shooting at the school in St. Louis. A woman and a teenage girl were fatally shot Monday morning at a St. Louis high school, and the shooter died in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers, authorities said. Eight people, including the gunman, were taken to the hospital, St. Louis Interim Police Commissioner Michael Sack said. He said the injuries included gunshot and shrapnel wounds. He didn’t provide the conditions of any of those who were nonfatally injured.

☆ Three dead, including gunman, after shooting at St. Louis high school, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Mirna Alsharif | Mirna Alsharif Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Three people are dead, including the gunman, after a shooting at a St. Louis high school Monday morning sent multiple people to hospitals, police said. Students were evacuated, and parents were directed to Gateway STEM High School to reunite with their children. People gather outside after a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school in St. Louis, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. He was pronounced dead a short time later, after exchanging gunfire with police, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said during an afternoon news conference. Emergency personnel at the scene of a school shooting in St. Louis, Mo.

☆ St. Louis high school shooting leaves three dead, including suspect
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Entering the building, officers soon exchanged gunfire with the suspect, who appeared to be about 20 years old, fatally wounding him, Sack said. An adult female and a teenage female were killed in the shooting, Sack said. The doors had been locked at Central Visual, a magnet school attended by about 380 students, before the shooting, Sack said. Security staff identified how the suspect entered the building but he declined further comment on how the gunman got inside. The suspect in that case entered the school building through an unlocked door.

☆ Shooting at St. Louis high school leaves three dead, including suspect
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Oct 24 (Reuters) - At least two people were killed on Monday and six injured when a shooter opened fire at a St. Louis high school, according to St. Louis Police Commissioner Mike Mack, who said officers then fatally shot the suspect. Police responded to Central Visual and Performing Arts High School at 9:10 a.m. on a call of an active shooter. When police arrived, students were running out of the school and telling police officers that the shooter had a "long gun," Mack said during a news conference after the incident. Officers exchanged gunfire with the shooter, fatally wounded them, Mack said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Brendan O'Brien, Editing by Franklin Paul and Josie KaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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