School Violence and Threats Using Social Media Sites Off the Charts at the Halfway Point in September 2015
Posted by HCN on Monday, September 14, 2015
Finishing up the first two weeks of September, and in the wake of educator being shot in Mississippi this morning, nationwide, it is clear that the amount of school violence and threats of violence made on social media websites is absurd, a serious problem.
Here is a brief rundown of what has happened the past few weeks:
Professor Dead After Shooting at College in Mississippi
By JEFF AMY AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — Sep 14, 2015, 2:31 PM ET
"A professor was killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi, an official said Monday, and the campus remained on lockdown with the shooter still believed to be on the loose."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/active-shooter-reported-college-mississippi-33748512
>>
Northglenn teen might have stopped school shooting before it happened
Posted 11:07 pm, September 2, 2015, by Web Staff, Updated at 07:32am, September 3, 2015
"NORTHGLENN, Colo. -- An alert teenager in Northglenn might have helped stop a school shooting before it happened 800 miles away in Phoenix."
http://kdvr.com/2015/09/02/teenager-in-northglenn-may-have-stopped-a-school-shooting-before-it-happened-in-phoenix/
>>
BREAKING: Yik Yak School Shooting Threat
Patrick Martin, News Editor
September 8, 2015
"Florida Atlantic police have identified the anonymous user who is accused of making a threat using the popular social media site Yik Yak. The person is in custody, according to an @FAUPD tweet."
http://www.upressonline.com/2015/09/breaking-yik-yak-school-shooting-threat/
>>
Sophomore arrested after school shooting threats made on Instagram, police say
Tuesday, September 01, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --
"Fresno Police say the 15-year-old suspect, who allegedly made school shooting threats on Instagram, is in custody."
http://abc30.com/news/sophomore-arrested-after-school-shooting-threats-made-on-instagram-police-say/965026/
>>
3 suspects in custody after teen fatally shot in Sterling
STERLING, Va. (WUSA9) -- Three people are in custody in connection with the shooting death of a Sterling, Va. teen who was killed in a residential area on Friday, according to officials.
Detectives said a 17-year old, Henry Dominguez- Vasquez, 20, and Juan Aguirre-Zelaya,18, of Sterling were taken into custody by police.
The following incident might not have been on school grounds, but news stories mention the school:
Danny Centeno-Miranda, 17, a Park View High School student, was shot at least two times and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he later died. The shooting occurred about 8:30 a.m. Friday outside townhouses, which are east of Sterling Boulevard on E. Cornell Avenue.
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2015/09/05/3-suspects--custody-after-teen-fatally-shot--sterling/71766264/
[Due to the nature of the urgency of this situation, if there is a misspelling or word that got misplaced in this post, please excuse; the content has been proofread for consistency and no blaring errors are readily noticeable.]
Here is a brief rundown of what has happened the past few weeks:
Professor Dead After Shooting at College in Mississippi
By JEFF AMY AND EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSON, Miss. — Sep 14, 2015, 2:31 PM ET
"A professor was killed in his office at Delta State University in Mississippi, an official said Monday, and the campus remained on lockdown with the shooter still believed to be on the loose."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/active-shooter-reported-college-mississippi-33748512
>>
Northglenn teen might have stopped school shooting before it happened
Posted 11:07 pm, September 2, 2015, by Web Staff, Updated at 07:32am, September 3, 2015
"NORTHGLENN, Colo. -- An alert teenager in Northglenn might have helped stop a school shooting before it happened 800 miles away in Phoenix."
http://kdvr.com/2015/09/02/teenager-in-northglenn-may-have-stopped-a-school-shooting-before-it-happened-in-phoenix/
>>
BREAKING: Yik Yak School Shooting Threat
Patrick Martin, News Editor
September 8, 2015
"Florida Atlantic police have identified the anonymous user who is accused of making a threat using the popular social media site Yik Yak. The person is in custody, according to an @FAUPD tweet."
http://www.upressonline.com/2015/09/breaking-yik-yak-school-shooting-threat/
>>
Sophomore arrested after school shooting threats made on Instagram, police say
Tuesday, September 01, 2015
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) --
"Fresno Police say the 15-year-old suspect, who allegedly made school shooting threats on Instagram, is in custody."
http://abc30.com/news/sophomore-arrested-after-school-shooting-threats-made-on-instagram-police-say/965026/
>>
3 suspects in custody after teen fatally shot in Sterling
STERLING, Va. (WUSA9) -- Three people are in custody in connection with the shooting death of a Sterling, Va. teen who was killed in a residential area on Friday, according to officials.
Detectives said a 17-year old, Henry Dominguez- Vasquez, 20, and Juan Aguirre-Zelaya,18, of Sterling were taken into custody by police.
The following incident might not have been on school grounds, but news stories mention the school:
Danny Centeno-Miranda, 17, a Park View High School student, was shot at least two times and was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he later died. The shooting occurred about 8:30 a.m. Friday outside townhouses, which are east of Sterling Boulevard on E. Cornell Avenue.
http://www.wusa9.com/story/news/2015/09/05/3-suspects--custody-after-teen-fatally-shot--sterling/71766264/
[Due to the nature of the urgency of this situation, if there is a misspelling or word that got misplaced in this post, please excuse; the content has been proofread for consistency and no blaring errors are readily noticeable.]
