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Evan Ramsey
Evan Ramsey
Born	February 8, 1981 (age 43); Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Criminal status	Incarcerated; Eligible for parole in 2066
Criminal charge	Murder, attempted murder, assault
Penalty	198 years imprisonment

1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting
1997 Bethel Regional High School shooting
	Location of Bethel Regional High School Location of Bethel Regional High School (Alaska)
Location	Bethel, Alaska, U.S.
Coordinates	60°48′08″N 161°46′14″W / 60.8021°N 161.7705°W
Date	February 19, 1997
Attack type	School shooting, spree killing, mass shooting
Weapons	Mossberg 500 12-gauge shotgun
Deaths	2
Injured	2
Perpetrator	Evan Ramsey
Motive	Retaliation for school bullying, psychological trauma

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The Bethel Regional High School shooting was a school shooting that occurred on February 19, 1997, at Bethel Regional High School in Bethel, Alaska. Sixteen-year-old student Evan Ramsey killed two people and wounded two people.

Prior events

Reports say in the two weeks before the incident, more than 15 students knew of Ramsey's intention to commit a school shooting, and two assisted him.^[1] One student, named James Randall, taught him how to load and fire a shotgun. Another student, named Matthew Charles, told him of the infamy that would come.^[2] Reports say that several students brought cameras to school on the day of the shooting and that many students were watching the shooting from a library balcony overlooking the student commons area.^[3]

Shooting

On February 19, 1997, Ramsey armed himself with a Mossberg 500 12-gauge shotgun and arrived at Bethel Regional High School by school bus. He approached the student commons area, brandishing the shotgun, and shot 15-year-old Josh Palacios in the abdomen. Palacios later died after emergency surgery. He then shot and injured two other students. Reyne Athanas, an art teacher, entered the commons area after hearing the gunshots. Athanas said she tried and failed to convince Ramsey to surrender. He then entered the main lobby, where he shot principal Ron Edwards twice, killing him.

Ramsey then retreated to the commons area, shooting once at police. An officer returned fire, but Ramsey was uninjured.^[4] Ramsey later placed the shotgun barrel under his chin, but then reportedly said, "I don't want to die," laid the shotgun on the ground, and surrendered without further incident.^{[citation needed]}

Motives

Ramsey was believed to be frequently bullied at school.^[5]^[6]^[7] According to his friends, Ramsey complained of being harassed and teased by other students, who he claimed only addressed him as "Screech", a character from the NBC TV series Saved by the Bell.^[6] In addition to being picked on by peers, Ramsey had a long history of abuse. His mother lived with a series of violent men who abused Ramsey and his brothers. He also was physically and sexually abused by an older boy in one of his foster homes.^[8]

Perpetrator

Evan Ramsey was born to Don and Carol Ramsey on February 8, 1981. When he was five years old, his father was imprisoned for ten years after a police standoff, and his mother developed alcoholism. Ramsey and his family soon after were forced to relocate to the Anchorage area after their house was set on fire. When he was seven, the Anchorage Department of Youth and Family Services removed Ramsey and his two brothers from his mother's custody and placed them in foster care. He was soon separated from his older brother and lived in eleven different foster homes in the three years between 1988 and 1991.^[2] Ramsey and his younger brother were allegedly abused by several foster parents. His younger brother claimed that their foster brothers would pay other children to beat Ramsey for their amusement.^{[citation needed]}

At age 10, Ramsey and his brothers settled in Bethel, Alaska, with their foster mother, who later became their legal guardian.^[9] Ramsey suffered from depression since early childhood and attempted suicide when he was ten years old.^[2]

Family

Ramsey was not the first in his family to take a firearm into a public place. In October 1986, his father, Don Ramsey, went to the Anchorage Times newspaper office armed with an Armalite AR-18 rifle, a revolver, and more than 210 rounds of ammunition. While inside the building, Don Ramsey began taking hostages and was involved in a brief standoff with police until he surrendered. His motive was that he was angered that the Times refused to publish a political letter he had written. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was paroled several weeks before his son perpetrated the school shooting.^[2]

A week before the school shooting, Ramsey's older brother was arrested for armed robbery.^[10]

Aftermath

Following his arrest, Ramsey claimed he did not understand his actions would kill anyone.^[1] His trial was delayed as prosecutors discussed whether Ramsey should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult. Prosecutors decided to try Ramsey as an adult in Anchorage. On December 2, 1998, Ramsey was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of first-degree attempted murder, and fifteen counts of third-degree assault. Judge Mark Isaac Wood sentenced him to 210 years in prison. On appeal, his sentence was reduced to two 99-year prison sentences.^[11] He was initially imprisoned at the Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward before being moved to the Wildwood Correctional Complex around 2017. He will be eligible for parole in 2066 when he is 85 years old.^[12]

On February 15, 2006, Ramsey participated in an interview with Anderson Cooper titled In the Mind of a Killer, in which his father, Don Ramsey, blamed the video game Doom for the shooting.^[13] His crime was also profiled on the Court TV series Anatomy of a Crime. Ramsey's actions were also covered in the program Kids Who Kill which also featured interviews with Ramsey.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "School shooter: "I didn't realize they would die"". Abcnews.go.com. June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Rage: A Look At A Teen Killer". CBS. March 7, 2001. Archived from the original on February 20, 2003. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
^ "School shooters usually tell friends their plans". Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ Baxter, Jenn (May 10, 2021). "Evan Ramsey: Alaska's First School Shooter". Medium. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
^ Bethel remembers and reflects on school shooting anniversary ^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ ^a ^b "/0,8599,127231,00.html Young Voices from the Cell". Time. Retrieved June 11, 2013. ^{[dead link‍]}
^ "Bethel works to prevent bullying". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
^ Langman, Peter. Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Pages 113-114.
^ "Evan Ramsey: Alaska's First School Shooter". May 10, 2021.
^ Langman, Peter. Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Page 115.
^ "Microsoft Word - Ramsey Resentencing 062104_1.doc" (PDF). Retrieved June 11, 2013.
^ "Twenty years after the Bethel School shooting". February 23, 2017.
^ "Video games cause school shootings". Salsa.net. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

External links

[would_die-1] "School shooter: "I didn't realize they would die"". Abcnews.go.com. June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

[rage-2] "Rage: A Look At A Teen Killer". CBS. March 7, 2001. Archived from the original on February 20, 2003. Retrieved April 16, 2024.

[plans-3] "School shooters usually tell friends their plans". Archived from the original on January 3, 2010. Retrieved May 11, 2014.

[4] Baxter, Jenn (May 10, 2021). "Evan Ramsey: Alaska's First School Shooter". Medium. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

[5] Bethel remembers and reflects on school shooting anniversary ^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[voices-6] "/0,8599,127231,00.html Young Voices from the Cell". Time. Retrieved June 11, 2013. ^{[dead link‍]}

[7] "Bethel works to prevent bullying". Archived from the original on May 16, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2014.

[8] Langman, Peter. Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Pages 113-114.

[alaska-9] "Evan Ramsey: Alaska's First School Shooter". May 10, 2021.

[10] Langman, Peter. Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Page 115.

[11] "Microsoft Word - Ramsey Resentencing 062104_1.doc" (PDF). Retrieved June 11, 2013.

[12] "Twenty years after the Bethel School shooting". February 23, 2017.

[13] "Video games cause school shootings". Salsa.net. Archived from the original on February 23, 2012. Retrieved June 11, 2013.

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-The '''Bethel Regional High School shooting''' was a [[school shooting]] that occurred on February 19, 1997, at [[Bethel Regional High School]] in [[Bethel, Alaska]]. Two people were killed and two people were wounded by 16-year-old student Evan Ramsey. Ramsey is serving two 99-year prison sentences and will be eligible for parole in 2066 when he is 85.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
+The '''Bethel Regional High School shooting''' was a [[school shooting]] that occurred on February 19, 1997, at [[Bethel Regional High School]] in [[Bethel, Alaska]]. Sixteen-year-old student Evan Ramsey killed two people and wounded two people.
 ==Prior events==
-Reports say in the two weeks prior to the incident, more than 15 students knew of Ramsey's intention to commit a school shooting, and two actually assisted him.<ref name="would die"/> One student, named James Randall, taught him how to load and fire a [[shotgun]]. Another student, named Matthew Charles, told him of the infamy that would come.<ref name="rage"/> Reports say that several students brought cameras to school on the day of the shooting, and that many students were watching the shooting from a library balcony overlooking the student commons area.<ref name="plans">
+Reports say in the two weeks before the incident, more than 15 students knew of Ramsey's intention to commit a school shooting, and two assisted him.<ref name="would die"/> One student, named James Randall, taught him how to load and fire a [[shotgun]]. Another student, named Matthew Charles, told him of the infamy that would come.<ref name="rage"/> Reports say that several students brought cameras to school on the day of the shooting and that many students were watching the shooting from a library balcony overlooking the student commons area.<ref name="plans">
 {{Cite web |url=http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/ntac/chicago_sun/evan16.htm |title=School shooters usually tell friends their plans |access-date=2014-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100103000215/http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/ntac/chicago_sun/evan16.htm |archive-date=2010-01-03 |url-status=dead }}
 </ref>
 ==Shooting==
-On February 19, 1997, Ramsey armed himself with a [[Mossberg 500]] 12-gauge shotgun, and arrived at Bethel Regional High School by school bus. He approached the student commons area, brandishing the shotgun, and shot 15-year-old Josh Palacios in the abdomen. Palacios later died after emergency surgery. He then shot and injured two other students. Reyne Athanas, an art teacher, entered the commons area after hearing the gunshots. Athanas said she tried and failed to convince Ramsey to surrender. He then entered the main lobby, where he shot principal Ron Edwards twice, killing him.
+On February 19, 1997, Ramsey armed himself with a [[Mossberg 500]] 12-gauge shotgun and arrived at Bethel Regional High School by school bus. He approached the student commons area, brandishing the shotgun, and shot 15-year-old Josh Palacios in the abdomen. Palacios later died after emergency surgery. He then shot and injured two other students. Reyne Athanas, an art teacher, entered the commons area after hearing the gunshots. Athanas said she tried and failed to convince Ramsey to surrender. He then entered the main lobby, where he shot principal Ron Edwards twice, killing him.
 Ramsey then retreated to the commons area, shooting once at police. An officer returned fire, but Ramsey was uninjured.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Baxter|first=Jenn|date=2021-05-10|title=Evan Ramsey: Alaska's First School Shooter|url=https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/evan-ramsey-ebc566cceccd|access-date=2021-08-21|website=Medium|language=en}}</ref> Ramsey later placed the shotgun barrel under his chin, but then reportedly said, "I don't want to die," laid the shotgun on the ground, and surrendered without further incident.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
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 Ramsey was believed to be frequently [[bullying|bullied]] at school.<ref>
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-</ref><ref name="voices">{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article |title=/0,8599,127231,00.html Young Voices from the Cell |publisher=Time.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-11}} {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>
+</ref><ref name="voices">{{cite web|url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article |title=/0,8599,127231,00.html Young Voices from the Cell |publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date= |access-date=2013-06-11}} {{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>
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 </ref> According to his friends, Ramsey complained of being harassed and teased by other students, who he claimed only addressed him as "Screech", a character from the NBC TV series ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''.<ref name="voices"/> In addition to being picked on by peers, Ramsey had a long history of abuse. His mother lived with a series of violent men who abused Ramsey and his brothers. He also was physically and sexually abused by an older boy in one of his foster homes.<ref>Langman, Peter. ''Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Pages 113-114.</ref>
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 ==Perpetrator==
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-Evan Ramsey was born February 8, 1981, to Don and Carol Ramsey.
+Evan Ramsey was born to Don and Carol Ramsey on February 8, 1981.
-When he was five years old, his father was imprisoned for 10 years after a police standoff and his mother became an alcoholic. Ramsey and his family soon after were forced to relocate to the [[Anchorage]] area after their house was set on fire. When he was seven, the Anchorage Department of Youth and Family Services removed Ramsey and his two brothers from his mother's custody and placed them in foster care. He was soon separated from his older brother, and lived in eleven different foster homes in the 3 years between 1988 and 1991.<ref name="rage"/> Ramsey and his younger brother were allegedly abused by several foster parents. His younger brother claimed that their foster brothers would pay other children to beat Ramsey for their amusement.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
+When he was five years old, his father was imprisoned for ten years after a police standoff, and his mother developed alcoholism. Ramsey and his family soon after were forced to relocate to the [[Anchorage]] area after their house was set on fire. When he was seven, the Anchorage Department of Youth and Family Services removed Ramsey and his two brothers from his mother's custody and placed them in foster care. He was soon separated from his older brother and lived in eleven different foster homes in the three years between 1988 and 1991.<ref name="rage"/> Ramsey and his younger brother were allegedly abused by several foster parents. His younger brother claimed that their foster brothers would pay other children to beat Ramsey for their amusement.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
 At age 10, Ramsey and his brothers settled in [[Bethel, Alaska]], with their foster mother, who later became their legal guardian.<ref name="alaska">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@jennbaxter_69070/evan-ramsey-ebc566cceccd|title = Evan Ramsey: Alaska's First School Shooter|date = 10 May 2021}}</ref>
-Ramsey suffered from [[clinical depression|depression]] since early childhood, and attempted suicide when he was 10 years old.<ref name="rage">[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/08/17/60II/main58625.shtml Rage: a look at a teen killer] (March 7, 2001)</ref>
+Ramsey suffered from [[clinical depression|depression]] since early childhood and attempted suicide when he was ten years old.<ref name="rage">{{Cite web |date=March 7, 2001 |title=Rage: A Look At A Teen Killer |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rage-a-look-at-a-teen-killer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030220042848/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/08/17/60II/main58625.shtml |archive-date=February 20, 2003 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |website=CBS}}</ref>
 ===Family===
-Ramsey was not the first in his family to take a firearm into a public place. In October 1986, his father, Don Ramsey, went to the ''[[Anchorage Times]]'' newspaper office armed with an [[ArmaLite AR-18|Armalite AR-18 rifle]], a [[revolver]], and more than 210 rounds of ammunition. While inside the building, Don Ramsey began taking hostages and was involved in a brief standoff with police until he surrendered. His motive was that he was angered that the ''Times'' refused to publish a political letter he had written. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison, and was paroled several weeks before his son perpetrated the school shooting.<ref name="rage"/>
+Ramsey was not the first in his family to take a firearm into a public place. In October 1986, his father, Don Ramsey, went to the ''[[Anchorage Times]]'' newspaper office armed with an [[ArmaLite AR-18|Armalite AR-18 rifle]], a [[revolver]], and more than 210 rounds of ammunition. While inside the building, Don Ramsey began taking hostages and was involved in a brief standoff with police until he surrendered. His motive was that he was angered that the ''Times'' refused to publish a political letter he had written. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and was paroled several weeks before his son perpetrated the school shooting.<ref name="rage"/>
 A week before the school shooting, Ramsey's older brother was arrested for armed robbery.<ref>Langman, Peter. ''Why Kids Kill: Inside the Minds of School Shooters''. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Page 115.</ref>
 ==Aftermath==
-Following his arrest, Ramsey claimed he did not understand his actions would kill anyone.<ref name="would die">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5040342&page=1 |title=School shooter: "I didn't realize they would die" |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=2008-06-11 |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref> His trial was delayed as prosecutors discussed whether Ramsey should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult. Prosecutors decided to try Ramsey as an adult in Anchorage. On December 2, 1998, Ramsey was found guilty of two counts of [[first-degree murder]], three counts of first-degree [[attempted murder]], and fifteen counts of third-degree assault. Judge Mark Isaac Wood sentenced him to 210 years in prison. On [[appeal]], his sentence was reduced to two 99-year prison sentences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.state.ak.us/pdf/press/ramsey_resentencing_062104.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - Ramsey Resentencing 062104_1.doc |date= |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref> He was initially imprisoned at the [[Spring Creek Correctional Center]] in [[Seward, Alaska|Seward]] before being moved to the [[Wildwood Correctional Complex]] around 2017. He will be eligible for parole in 2066, when he is 85 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/02/22/20-years-after-the-bethel-school-shooting/|title = Twenty years after the Bethel School shooting|date = 23 February 2017}}</ref>
+Following his arrest, Ramsey claimed he did not understand his actions would kill anyone.<ref name="would die">{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5040342&page=1 |title=School shooter: "I didn't realize they would die" |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=2008-06-11 |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref> His trial was delayed as prosecutors discussed whether Ramsey should be tried as a juvenile or as an adult. Prosecutors decided to try Ramsey as an adult in Anchorage. On December 2, 1998, Ramsey was found guilty of two counts of [[first-degree murder]], three counts of first-degree [[attempted murder]], and fifteen counts of third-degree assault. Judge Mark Isaac Wood sentenced him to 210 years in prison. On [[appeal]], his sentence was reduced to two 99-year prison sentences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.law.state.ak.us/pdf/press/ramsey_resentencing_062104.pdf |title=Microsoft Word - Ramsey Resentencing 062104_1.doc |date= |accessdate=2013-06-11}}</ref> He was initially imprisoned at the [[Spring Creek Correctional Center]] in [[Seward, Alaska|Seward]] before being moved to the [[Wildwood Correctional Complex]] around 2017. He will be eligible for parole in 2066 when he is 85 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2017/02/22/20-years-after-the-bethel-school-shooting/|title = Twenty years after the Bethel School shooting|date = 23 February 2017}}</ref>
-On February 15, 2006, Ramsey participated in an interview with [[Anderson Cooper]] titled ''In the Mind of a Killer'', in which his father Don Ramsey blamed the video game ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'' for the shooting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://salsa.net/peace/videoviolence.html |title=Video games cause school shootings |publisher=Salsa.net |accessdate=2013-06-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223223710/http://salsa.net/peace/videoviolence.html |archivedate=2012-02-23 }}</ref> His crime was also profiled on the [[Court TV]] series ''Anatomy of a Crime''. Ramsey's actions were also covered in the program ''Kids Who Kill'' which also featured interviews with Ramsey.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
+On February 15, 2006, Ramsey participated in an interview with [[Anderson Cooper]] titled ''In the Mind of a Killer'', in which his father, Don Ramsey, blamed the video game ''[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]'' for the shooting.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://salsa.net/peace/videoviolence.html |title=Video games cause school shootings |publisher=Salsa.net |accessdate=2013-06-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223223710/http://salsa.net/peace/videoviolence.html |archivedate=2012-02-23 }}</ref> His crime was also profiled on the [[Court TV]] series ''Anatomy of a Crime''. Ramsey's actions were also covered in the program ''Kids Who Kill'' which also featured interviews with Ramsey.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
 ==See also==
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 ==References==
-{{reflist|2}}
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20141021191956/http://www.sino.trellisinteractive.com/nfa/chronology.html Violence goes to School]
 * [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/reports/younglives/20010514-9999_mz1c15alaska.html Young lives at risk]
-* [http://google.com/search?q=cache:8sQmdLeZ63wJ:caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/alaskastatecases/2002/ap-1832.pdf+Evan+Ramsey&cd=14&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Court case of Evan E. Ramsey] {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
+* [http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/alaskastatecases/2002/ap-1832.pdf Court case of Evan E. Ramsey] {{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
-* [http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/04/27/broadcasts/main44660.shtml Portrait Of A High School Killer]
+* [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/portrait-of-a-high-school-killer/ Portrait Of A High School Killer]
+{{Mass shootings in the United States in the 1990s}}
 {{School shootings in the United States}}
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Bethel Regional High School shooting, 1997}}
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-[[Category:February 1997 events in the United States]]
+[[Category:February 1997 crimes in the United States]]
 [[Category:Mass shootings in Alaska]]
 [[Category:Murder in Alaska]]
-[[Category:School killings in the United States]]
+[[Category:High school killings in the United States]]
 [[Category:High school shootings in the United States]]
 [[Category:School shootings committed by pupils]]
+[[Category:Mass shootings involving shotguns]]

v t e Mass shootings in the United States in the 1990s
1990	Quitman County, MS (Feb. 2) Las Cruces, NM (Feb. 10) Jacksonville, FL (Jun. 17–18) Berkeley, CA (Sep. 28)
1991	Boston, MA (Jan. 12) Florin, CA (Apr. 4) Denver, CO (Jun. 16) Waddell, AZ (Aug. 10) Youngstown, OH (Sep. 2) Killeen, TX (Oct. 16) Iowa City, IA (Nov. 1) Royal Oak, MI (Nov. 14) Austin, TX (Dec. 6)
1992	Olivehurst, CA (May 1) Houston, TX (Jun. 20) Great Barrington, MA (Dec. 14)
1993	Palatine, IL (Jan. 8) Langley, VA (Jan. 25) San Francisco, CA (Jul. 1) Fayetteville, NC (Aug. 6) Garden City Park, NY (Dec. 7) Aurora, CO (Dec. 14)
1994	Bucyrus, OH (Feb. 13) Gadsden, AL (Apr. 16) Wickliffe, OH (Nov. 7)
1995	NJ & NY (Jun. 17–21) New York City, NY (Dec. 8)
1996	Moses Lake, WA (Feb. 2) Jackson, MS (Apr. 25)
1997	Bethel, AK (Feb. 19) New York City, NY (Feb. 23) North Hollywood, CA (Feb. 28) Detroit, MI (Mar. 11) Colebrook, NH & Bloomfield, VT (Aug. 19) Aiken, SC (Sep. 15) Pearl, MS (Oct. 1) Channelview, TX (Nov. 13) West Paducah, KY (Dec. 1) Bartow, FL (Dec. 3)
1998	Craighead County, AR (Mar. 24) Jefferson County, AR (Mar. 25) Edinboro, PA (Apr. 24) Springfield, OR (May 21) Tacoma, WA (Jul. 5) Washington, DC (Jul. 24) Muskegon, MI (Nov. 29)
1999	Columbine, CO (Apr. 20) Las Vegas, NV (Jun. 3) Atlanta, GA (Jul. 29) Los Angeles, CA (Aug. 10) Fort Worth, TX (Sep. 15) Honolulu, HI (Nov. 2)
Part of mass shootings in the United States by time period (1980s and before, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s)