A gunman opened fire in a downtown high school Wednesday before killing himself, and five people were taken to a hospital, authorities said. After the shooting, shaken teens called their parents on cell phones, most to reassure but in at least one case with terrifying news: "Mom, I got shot." picked by TraumaMamma 2 years ago

TUUSULA, Finland (Reuters) - At least seven people died when a gunman opened fire at a school in southern Finland on Wednesday, hours after a video was posted on YouTube predicting a school massacre. picked by smantyla 2 years ago

A lone gunman, not formally identified, has shot and killed at least 9 people in a school in Winnenden in the Rems-Murr district. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

Fort Lauderdale Police have Dillard High School on lockdown after a shooting on campus, leaving one person injured late Wednesday morning. picked by bellybombers 1 year ago

Erik Ayala, 24, was the lone gunman who opened fire outside an under-21 nightclub in Portland on Saturday night, killing two girls and wounding seven other people before shooting himself, police said. The shooting, the worst in Portland's history, was also an international tragedy, including six foreign exchange students among the nine victims. picked by muppet 10 months ago

Today at least one person has been killed in a school shooting in Tuusula, south-west Finland. A video named "Jokela High School Massacre -11/7/2007" was posted Tuesday on the video-sharing site YouTube. picked by kairo 2 years ago

Update: Later reports said victim and shooter were both students. picked by tomphoolry 3 years ago

ORLANDO, Fla. – Officials said at least eight people were hurt in a shooting at a downtown office building Friday and a gunman was on the loose.

People streamed out of the high-rise building around lunchtime and some told local television stations they had barricaded themselves inside their offices

Just what is the world coming to?

Edit: 1 Fatality, 5 injured... The shooter surrendered picked by soreen 3 weeks ago

Not too far from the site of the infamous Columbine school shooting, 6 students in a Colorado high school were held hostage at gunpoint. Motive still unclear as gunman committed suicide. As if kids need another reason to skip school. picked by ybne1else 3 years ago

Witnesses said a gunman killed two girls outside an underage nightclub Saturday night before shooting himself in the head.

b*****d survived. picked by muppet 10 months ago

A lone gunman, not formally identified, has shot and killed at least 10 people in Samson and Geneva near the Florida border. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

A GUNMAN holding students hostage at a high school in a small mountain town near Denver fatally shot a teenage girl. He then killed himself as SWAT members burst into the room where he was holed up, police said. picked by halvarado 3 years ago

A student recently charged in a robbery and suspended from school killed himself in front of about 150 classmates. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

A gunman walked into a training center dormitory for young Christian missionaries early Sunday and opened fire, killing two of the center's staff members and wounding two others. picked by ArchAngel 2 years ago

A veteran bus driver who drove his out-of-control student passengers to the police station for a dressing down has attracted widespread praise.

Police have called Westside Bus Company driver Graham King "brilliant", a school principal has commended him for his strict message to their students and the public registered support for him online in their hundreds. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

BART officials said tonight that they would investigate the actions of one of the transit agency's police officers after a new video surfaced showing the officer striking a passenger - apparently Oscar Grant - minutes before the unarmed young man was fatally shot by another police officer early on New Year's Day.
*this story only gets worse* picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

Finland will introduce health warnings on bottles of beer, wine and liquor, following reports that alcohol has become the country's biggest killer. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago

A gunman walked into a coffee shop and shot and killed four police officers Sunday morning in what sheriff's officials described as an "execution." Update:Suspect may have been killed picked by detectivebag 19 hours ago

A masked police chief planning to surprise Michigan high school students in a forensic science class ended up sparking a brief lockdown. picked by proverb 2 months ago

Finland has rated the DVD release of the much-loved children's television series "Little House on the Prairie" suitable for adult viewing only. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago