This student was generally disruptive in class, but not known to be violent. We worked with the student on a regular basis to improve classroom behavior. This student displayed odd behavior for several years prior to this event…
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Six 7th-grade students were planning an attack in which they would cut the power lines and telephones to the school, and then kill students and faculty with guns and knives…
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Student reviews Columbine plans in depth, finds areas where they made mistakes, and plans accordingly to avoid making the same mistakes. Student recruits another boy to help in his plan….
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Authorities find hunting guns (a stolen scoped rifle and a stolen double-barrel shotgun), body armor, three knives, a machete and six Molotov cocktails…
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A U.S. home schooled student meets a Finnish boy described as an outcast, online through a YouTube video-sharing site. The two communicate online about the Columbine massacre….
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Police found a journal in his bedroom that listed about 20 people as targets, with the idea to “take out a school resource officer” first…
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Days before the averted attack, an anonymous person threatens via email to carry out a mass shooting at a school. The email, sent to several employees of various elementary schools, says the shooting will take place on Thursday….
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A 17-year-old suspect, sets off two pipe bombs. The suspect has eight more pipebombs in his vest. He also has a chainsaw, facemask, and a sword concealed in a guitar case with him, according to police…
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In 2013, according to suspect 1’s mother, she becomes obsessed with the Columbine shooting after seeing a movie about the tragedy….
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Two of the suspect’s classmates bully him excessively throughout school. He also allegedly keeps a “hit list” of people/students…
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The Averted School Violence Reporting System for law enforcement officers, school officials, and mental health professionals was modeled after the International Association of Fire Chief’s (IAFC) near miss reporting system. Initiated by the National Policing Institute in 2015, the database is now operated by Safe and Sound Schools. In 2013 the transfer, improvement in functionality and expansion of the Averted School Violence Database was made possible through Prevent 2 Protect, a Michigan Department of Education Pilot Project. Continued funding to maintain and expand the project is provided by the Motorola Solutions Foundation. The National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) and Safe and Sound Schools’ national community of school safety practitioners support the important work of the project.
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