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How many school shootings have there been in the US in 2025?

Depending on the database used, there were between 8 and 146 incidents of gun violence at schools across the US in 2025.

Al Jazeera

What do we know about the Minnesota school shooting suspect Robin Westman?

Westman, 23, died at the scene from a self-inflicted injury after allegedly killing two children in an armed attack on Wednesday morning.

Euronews

Democratic leaders push for Congress to do more on school shootings: ‘Thoughts and prayers are not enough to prevent gun violence’

Democrats including Elizabeth Warren and Nancy Pelosi have called for urgent reform after two children were killed in Minnesota

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Trans Minnesota Shooter Says Lung Cancer Was Motive For School Shooting: 'I Want To Go Out on my Own Means'

Minnesota school shooter Robin Westman, 23, left a suicide note blaming vaping-induced lung cancer as the motive for fatally shooting two children and injuring 17 others during a Catholic Mass; the FBI labels the attack a hate-motivated terrorist act.

International Business Times UK

Father of Parkland school shooting victim pleads for gun reform after Minnesota: ‘predictable and preventable’

‘I think that President Trump can do this, and it’s coming from me,’ the father of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver said

The Independent UK

Minneapolis mourns traumatizing Catholic school shooting: ‘We’re so tied together’

Tight-knit community rallies around church where assailant opened fire, killing two children and injuring 17

The Guardian - US

FBI investigating US school attack as domestic terrorism – as it happened

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Minneapolis Catholic School Shooter Identified As Robin Westman

Law enforcement identifies shooter in Minneapolis Catholic school shooting, community comes together to support each other in the wake of tragedy.

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Annunciation Shooter Kills Two Children: How Many School Shootings Have Happened Since Columbine?

Two children were killed in the Annunciation School shooting, reigniting America's gun violence debate. The tragedy has drawn comparisons to Columbine, with fresh questions over how many school shootings have occurred since.

International Business Times UK

More records from Uvalde, Texas school shooting are being released after law firm error

Thousands more pages of records related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School massacre in Uvalde, Texas, were being released this week after the school district's lawyer said his firm mistakenly failed to make public all documents as promised in a legal settlement

The Independent UK

Thousands more Uvalde school massacre documents to be released after lawyer admits ‘mistake’

About 26,000 pages of records related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, which left 21 dead, are set for release

The Independent UK

Lawyer argues Meta can't be held liable for gunmaker's Instagram posts in Uvalde families' lawsuit

Lawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out

The Independent UK

Backlash After 'Interview' With AI Avatar Of US School Shooting Victim

Independent journalist Jim Acosta faced a torrent of online criticism Wednesday after he posted an "interview" conducted with an AI avatar of a US school shooting victim.

International Business Times

Teenager jailed for school shooting fantasy inspired by Columbine massacre

Felix Winter, 18, admitted two charges and was sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow.

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Teen who planned mass school shooting in Scottish city jailed for 6 years

A TEENAGER who wanted to carry-out a mass shooting at his own school has been locked up for six years

The Independent UK

Schools could soon deploy a ‘campus guardian angel’ drone defense system against shootings

The new drone technology could help prevent tragic outcomes in active shooter situations by deploying drones to schools in seconds

The Independent UK

Texas county votes to release Uvalde school shooting records, ending legal battle

Leaders of the county where 19 students and two teachers were killed in the 2022 shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, have voted to release records related to the massacre

The Conversation

School shootings leave lasting scars on local economies, research shows

Fatal school shootings don’t just devastate communities emotionally – they also harm their economies, new research shows. People eat out less, avoid public spaces and generally spend less money after a tragedy strikes a local school. This has real economic consequences for neighborhoods that are already reeling.

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The Independent UK

Lawyer argues Call of Duty maker can't be held responsible for actions of Uvalde, Texas, shooter

A lawyer for the maker of the video game Call of Duty is arguing that a judge should dismiss a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting

The Texas Tribune

Appeals court orders release of Uvalde school shooting records

Eighteen news organizations including The Texas Tribune have been seeking the records since 2022, when 19 children and 2 teachers were killed at Robb Elementary School.

The Independent UK

Austria's chancellor vows to toughen gun laws after a deadly school shooting

Austria’s chancellor says his country will toughen its gun laws after a 21-year-old former student killed nine students and a teacher at his school last week in what’s considered the Alpine country’s deadliest post-war attack

Evening Standard

King expresses sympathy for Austria in wake of ‘horrific’ school shooting

Ten people were killed in the shooting at the Borg Dreierschutzengasse secondary school on Tuesday

The Independent UK

Austria falls silent for victims of Graz school shooting

Austria fell silent for a minute on Wednesday in memory of the 10 victims of a school shooting in Graz that ended with the gunman taking his own life.

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‘A national tragedy’: Austria reels after Graz school shooting leaves nine dead

Police reports say around 30 more people were hurt in the attack

The Independent UK

Ten dead, a missed warning to the gunman’s mother and no clear motive: All we know about Austria’s worst school shooting

Gunman opened fire at a school in Graz on Tuesday before taking his own life in the toilet

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