Rutherford NJ June 16 2019 The principal of a New Jersey middle school was leading a graduation rehearsal Friday when student stabbed him in the chest multiple times, police said. The student, a 14-year-old boy who was not identified, ran across the gym at Union School in Rutherford, New Jersey, and attacked Principal Kurt Schweitzer with […]
BALTIMORE MD June 16 2019 Johns Hopkins University is warning the community about a man who was apparently brandishing a machete on the Homewood campus Wednesday, prompting a campus security officer to try to pepper-spray him. Baltimore police told the university that the man is now being held at a mental-health facility, and campus security is […]
Charlottesville VA May 30 2019 A 14-year-old boy has been charged with making an online threat targeting Charlottesville City Schools. In a 10 p.m. news release, the police department said there is no active threat and schools will be open Wednesday. The department learned of the threat Tuesday afternoon. The juvenile was later arrested and […]
Washington DC May 29 2019 As the debate continues on what constitutes an active shooter incident and whether these incidents are actually on the rise on school campuses, a public media reporting project on the role of guns in America threw its hat in the ring and did its own analysis of available data. While still […]
Kawasaki, Japan May 28 2019 — A man carrying a knife in each hand and screaming “I will kill you” attacked schoolgirls waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo on Tuesday, killing two people and wounding more than a dozen. The suspect was found at the scene with apparent self-inflicted stab wounds and died later […]
STOCKTON, Calif. May 27 2019 A high school in California was on lockdown Friday after an all-out brawl among students, teachers and police. A high school in Stockton, California went on lockdown after a brawl between students and teachers; a trash can was thrown at responding police. (Source: KTXL/CNN) The incident took place at Bear Creek […]
Orange County NC May 25 2019 A North Carolina teacher was charged Tuesday with threatening to “shoot up” an elementary school where she had worked, authorities said. Kristen Thompson abruptly resigned Friday from Pathways Elementary School in Hillsborough, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said in a new release. “This situation is being handled by law […]
Little Rock AR May 24 2019 Officers arrested a Little Rock student with a gun near the Little Rock Central High School campus Tuesday after he threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend, authorities said. Eron Jawunn Sims, 19, was in the Pulaski County jail Tuesday evening without bail after he threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend Tuesday and […]
PITTSBURGH PA May 23 2019 A woman is facing charges after police say she sickened several people on the University of Pittsburgh campus by releasing a spray used to keep away bears. The Hazmat incident happened around 12:40 p.m. Monday at the Eureka Building on Forbes Avenue. According to the criminal complaint, 28-year-old Mary Siegert is […]
MADISON WI May 22 2019 Madison Police arrested a woman who allegedly said she would shoot up a middle school among other threats, after being barred from entering the facility. Adrian L. Harris, 35, of Madison was stopped from entering Jefferson Middle School by staff Monday morning, according to a Madison Police Department incident report. Police […]