CHAPEL HILL, N.C. September 15, 2023 Sixteen days after a professor was shot and killed by a student, UNC-Chapel Hill went into lockdown again Wednesday following reports of an armed person on campus. The university sent an alert to students and faculty at 12:55 p.m. indicating an “armed, dangerous person” was seen on or near campus, […]
Washington DC September 14, 2023 The number of school shootings in the U.S. just hit a record high. Again. There were 188 shootings with casualties at public and private elementary schools during the 2021-22 school year, according to new federal data. About two-thirds of them caused injuries. Fifty-seven led to deaths. It’s the second year […]
Washington DC July 14, 2023 A 34-year-old Maryland man was shot to death on Howard University’s campus in Northwest D.C. Thursday morning, sparking a homicide investigation. Officers with the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the area of 6th Street Northwest and W Street Northwest after ShotSpotter, a gun detection system, alerted them to shots fired in […]
Charlotte NC Dec 27 2021 Threats of school violence continue to pour in, and officials are wrestling with how to best handle the influx. According to James Densley, a professor of criminal justice at Metropolitan State University and a co-founder of the Violence Project, a non-profit research center, more than 150 threats were made nationwide […]
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Dec 3 2021 Inside Iroquois High School on Tuesday, several students were recorded on cellphone fighting in the cafeteria. A Jefferson County Public Schools security guard and a student went to the hospital afterward. John Stovall, the union president that represents not only bus drivers but also about 160 JCPS security guards, said the […]
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. November 19 2021— Poughkeepsie High School will remain closed today as officials work to update the school’s security plan following a shooting. Gunfire was reported outside the school Monday around 3 p.m., reports Yahoo. Poughkeepsie police found shell casings in a grassy area in front of the school and vehicles with multiple bullet […]
FAIRFIELD, Iowa Nov 7 2021 The Jefferson County Attorney said Thursday that human remains discovered in a park in Fairfield, Iowa, belong to a woman who was reported missing Wednesday and that two teens have been charged in her death. County Attorney Chauncey Moulding said in a news release that the remains found in Chautauqua Park […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 4 2020 — A person died at the University of Memphis campus, and officials say it was accidental, a spokesperson said Wednesday. The university spokesperson said the death happened at Wilder Tower. The death is currently an active investigation, but the spokesperson said the death was accidental. The person who died was not […]
FREDERICK COUNTY, Md. Sept 6 2019– Three employees at a special education day school and treatment center in Frederick County have been indicted on child abuse and sexual assault charges against two students. On June 5, Frederick County Child Protective Services contacted the Maryland State Police Criminal Enforcement Division concerning allegations of child sex offenses […]
FAIRFIELD OH Jan 13 2019 A substitute Fairfield middle school teacher was arrested this morning after he was observed allegedly performing a sex act on himself in a classroom while students were present. Tracey J. Abraham, of Cincinnati, was charged with public indecency, a first-degree misdemeanor. A Fairfield school resource officer at Creekside Middle School […]