US School Violence Fast Facts
Here is a list of incidents of elementary, middle and high school violence with at least one fatality, from 1927 to the present. Suicides, gang-related incidents and deaths resulting from domestic conflicts are not included. If a perpetrator was killed or died by suicide during the incident, their death is not included in the fatality totals.
Because there is no central database tracking school violence incidents, this list is based primarily on media reports and may not be complete or representative of all incidents.
US Timeline (selected only)
March 1, 2021 – Watson Chapel Junior High – Pine Bluff, Arkansas. A student is fatally shot, and a 15-year-old male suspect is arrested.
May 18, 2018 – Santa Fe High School – Santa Fe, Texas. Dimitrios Pagourtzis, 17, allegedly opens fire killing 10 and injuring 13. Pagourtzis is arrested and charged with capital murder and aggravated assault of a public servant. In November 2019, he is declared mentally incompetent to stand trial.
January 23, 2018 – Marshall County High School – Benton, Kentucky. Gabriel R. Parker, 15, allegedly opens fire killing two and injuring 18 others. The suspect is arrested at the scene and later charged with two counts of murder and 14 counts of first degree assault.
December 7, 2017 – Aztec High School – Aztec, New Mexico. William Atchison shoots and kills students Casey Jordan Marquez and Francisco Fernandez. Atchison, a former student at the high school, dies of what police believe to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Football coach, kindergarten teacher has legs amputated after hit and run
The accident happened Mardi Gras night at the Shell station off Tulane Ave. and Norman C. Francis Pkwy.
Lusher coach left for dead in hit-and-run crash By Olivia Vidal | February 23, 2021 at 5:48 PM CST - Updated February 24 at 2:07 PM
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A man and his friend were pinned against a Shell station in a hit and run on Mardi Gras night.
Adam Sivia and his friend were waiting to meet up with friends at the gas station when the accident occurred. Sivia recalls his friend receiving minor injuries, while he received two broken legs.
If there s anyone who can get through this, it s Adam, family says Author: Jade Cunningham / WWL Eyewitness News Published: 10:40 PM CST February 22, 2021 Updated: 10:40 PM CST February 22, 2021
NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS - The community is rallying behind two Lusher football coaches who were hit by a car on Mardi Gras. Pierre Warren and Adam Sivia were waiting on a friend at a convenience store when it all happened quickly. Sivia s family spoke with WWL-TV to shine a light on what happened. They say being so far away in Illinois, has made this difficult situation even tougher.
Adam Sivia has a love for teaching. He s a football coach at Lusher and a kindergarten teacher at Arthur Ashe Charter School.
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