{"id":272,"date":"2019-12-14T16:53:42","date_gmt":"2019-12-14T16:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/?p=272"},"modified":"2019-12-14T16:53:42","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T16:53:42","slug":"school-shootings-are-more-common-than-you-may-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/securityofbuffalo.com\/2019\/12\/14\/school-shootings-are-more-common-than-you-may-think\/","title":{"rendered":"School shootings are more common than you may think"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-av_section-bbedcb0fc457d4319fdb5e628441284c main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-272'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-1e26125d131ba13f1accaa8241be1528\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-1e26125d131ba13f1accaa8241be1528{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-1e26125d131ba13f1accaa8241be1528 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k45tgoqf-fb5ee33caa43df1909e7f1d59cdcbbad '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div class=\"Article__Headline\">\n<h1 class=\"Article__Headline__Title\">School shootings are more common than you may think: A look at the incidents that went under the radar in 2019<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"Article__Headline__Desc\">ABC News found that 57.6% of school shootings were at sporting events.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article__Header__Meta\">\n<section class=\"Byline flex items-center\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"Byline__AuthorRow\">\n<div class=\"Byline__ByCopy\"><em>By Christina Carrega<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Byline__TimestampWrapper\">\n<div class=\"Byline__Meta Byline__Meta--publishDate\"><em>December 13, 2019, 5:31 AM<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>School shootings are a nightmare scenario for parents, students and teachers alike &#8212; and a national scourge that seems to have no end.<\/p>\n<p>Since Columbine permanently etched horrific images into the national consciousness two decades ago, the scene has played out again and again. And school districts around the country have girded themselves against that dreaded scenario,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/safe-place-colorado-school-training-kindergartners-high-schoolers\/story?id=65123554\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">performing drills,<\/a>\u00a0hiring armed guards and preparing safety plans.<\/p>\n<div data-box-type=\"fitt-adbox-incontentTeads\"><\/div>\n<p>According to the FBI, there have been 42 &#8220;active shooter&#8221; incidents at Pre-K through 12 school grounds from 2000-2018, which the bureau defines as &#8220;an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a populated area.&#8221; These include the high-profile incidents like Parkland and Sandy Hook.<\/p>\n<p>But this definition obscures many school shootings &#8212; more than two dozen in 2019 alone, according to an ABC News analysis of incidents at K-12 schools &#8212; many of which pass under the radar, but impact the students, teachers and communities where they occur.<\/p>\n<p>School shootings represent just a tiny fraction of the firearm crimes in the United States &#8212; there were more than 185,000 aggravated assaults with a firearm in 2018 alone, according to FBI data &#8212; but their impact is &#8220;devastating for families, schools, and entire communities,&#8221; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And beyond any physical injuries suffered, children exposed to violence can suffer &#8220;a wide array of negative health behaviors and outcomes, including alcohol and drug use and suicide,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/pdf\/School_Violence_Fact_Sheet-a.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the CDC said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During the third week of November alone, officers responded to crime scenes on the East and West coasts: in Pleasantville, New Jersey, where a 10-year-old child was killed during\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/injured-shooting-jersey-high-school-football-game\/story?id=67062410\">a football game,<\/a>\u00a0and in Santa Clarita, California, where a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/couldve-imagined-hug-vigil-honors-santa-clarita-shooting\/story?id=67101906\">teen opened fire on his classmates<\/a>, killing two and wounding several more at Saugus High School.<\/p>\n<p>With no nationally accepted definition, sorting out what constitutes a school shooting is difficult. Everytown, an independent, non-profit group that studies gun violence, reports it has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/everytownresearch.org\/gunfire-in-school\/#13309\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tracked at least 99 incidents of gunfire<\/a>\u00a0on school grounds in 2019 alone (through Dec. 11), including three suicides and 63 injuries.<\/p>\n<p>The CDC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/violenceprevention\/youthviolence\/schoolviolence\/SAVD.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tracks &#8220;school-associated violent deaths,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0which it defines as &#8220;a violent death (i.e, homicide, suicide, or legal intervention) that occurs on school property, on the victim\u2019s way to\/from school, or at or on the victim\u2019s way to\/from a school-sponsored event.&#8221; In the 2015-2016 school year, there were 18 such deaths, the agency said.<\/p>\n<p>ABC News has reviewed the database from the non-profit Gun Violence Archives, and, for the purposes of this story, defined a school shooting as an incident where an alleged assailant steps onto the property of an educational institution &#8212; during school hours or during an extracurricular activity on the property &#8212; and fires a gun at another person, in order to present a fuller picture of violence at schools not covered by the FBI &#8220;active shooter&#8221; rubric.<\/p>\n<p>Based on news reports and data collected by the Gun Violence Archive, ABC News has found 26 such shootings since January &#8212; with half occurring on Fridays. The most violent month was in September, where seven shootings were reported at high schools in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. July was the safest month, according to ABC News&#8217; report.<\/p>\n<p>Among those more than two dozen incidents, six people were killed and 44 were injured. ABC News did not include the alleged assailant in its data.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis also found that the majority of incidents &#8212; 57.6% &#8212; were at the end of or during sporting events, specifically basketball and football games.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the incidents so far in 2019:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Jan. 25: Mobile, Alabama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At Davidson High School, a 17-year-old boy and a 20-year-old man\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2019\/01\/2-shot-at-high-school-in-mobile.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were shot and injured<\/a>\u00a0after a basketball game. Both of the injured did not have life-threatening injuries. The 15-year-old alleged shooter, who was charged as juvenile, and his 46-year-old mother, LaSandra Dortch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkrg.com\/crime\/mpd-mom-and-son-arrested-for-davidson-high-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">were arrested<\/a>. Dortch was charged with trying to hide her son from the police and her son was charged as the alleged shooter. The mother was in court on Nov. 5 and pleaded not guilty to the second-degree hindering prosecution charge, said Nancy Manlangit, a spokesperson for the Mobile County District Attorney&#8217;s Office. Information about the alleged juvenile offender&#8217;s case was not made public.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Feb. 8: Baltimore, Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neil Davis, the 25-year-old brother of a student at Frederick Douglass High School, allegedly shot Michael Marks, 56, a special education assistant, in the lobby of the building for &#8220;taunting&#8221; his 16-year-old sister, his mother told WBAL. Marks, 56, was shot twice and taken to the hospital in serious, but stable condition. Davis, 25, was arrested by Baltimore City School Police Department officers who were working inside the building at the time. Davis pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include attempted murder, according to court records. He&#8217;s expected back in court on Feb.18, 2020. Davis&#8217; mother\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbaltv.com\/article\/mother-of-douglass-high-shooting-suspect-neil-davis-speaks-out-saying-he-has-mental-illness\/26737556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reportedly said<\/a>\u00a0he suffers from mental illness and is not a &#8220;monster.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--full-width InlineImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper aspect-ratio--auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/stem-shooting-parents-01-gty-jt-191115_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><span class=\"Screen__Reader__Text\">A police officer hugs his kids after they were evacuated to the Recreation Center at Northridge after at least seven students were injured during a shooting at STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7, 2019, in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><em><span class=\"InlineImage--source-title\">Michael Ciaglo\/Getty Images, FILE<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Feb. 12: Kansas City, Missouri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After a girl&#8217;s basketball game at Central Academy of Excellence, 15-year-old Anjanique Wright was walking out of the building\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktbs.com\/news\/crime\/non-student-arrested-in-grambling-shooting\/article_eb52b0da-40f6-11e9-a6c3-13f2c2f84f9a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">when she was hit by gunfire<\/a>. Jamya Norfleet, 21 and Taylor McMillon, 18, were arrested for Wright&#8217;s murder. It is not clear if they entered pleas. Both are set to stand trial, according to court records. According to a spokesperson with the prosecutor&#8217;s office, Norfleet is scheduled to go to trial in October 2020 and McMillon is scheduled for trial in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Feb. 14: Rio Rancho, New Mexico<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 16-year-old student was charged with three counts of attempted murder after opening fire inside\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/1355858\/parents-indicted-after-son-fired-gun-at-school-ex-boy-16-also-faces-an-array-of-charges-including-attempted-murder.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sue Cleveland High School<\/a>, almost a year after threatening to commit a school shooting. No one was injured. The teen&#8217;s parents were also charged with with fourth-degree contributing to the delinquency of a minor. They were allegedly aware of his prior school shooting threat and did not properly secure their handgun from him. The student suffers from mental illness and has not been found fit to proceed with trial, according to a spokesman with the prosecutor&#8217;s office. His parents have filed motions to get their charges dismissed and to change the venue according to the spokesman. The parents have all entered a plea of not guilty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Feb. 26: Montgomery, Alabama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Michael Woods, 17, allegedly shot another 17-year-old student in the arm inside the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2019\/02\/student-shot-at-montgomery-high-school-reports-say.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gym of Robert E. Lee High School,<\/a>\u00a0which has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.myarklamiss.com\/news\/top-stories\/17-year-old-injured-in-school-shooting-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">metal detectors<\/a>. The school was placed on lockdown and police said the shooting appeared random. Woods was charged as an adult with attempted murder and weapons charges.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsfa.com\/2019\/03\/14\/montgomery-school-shooting-suspect-waives-preliminary-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Three other weapons<\/a>\u00a0were found in the building that same day. A spokesman for the prosecutors said that Woods&#8217; case is still pending and entered a not guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, April 1: Prescott, Arkansas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A dispute between two middle school students spilled into the hallways of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktbs.com\/news\/texarkana\/student-wounded-in-southwest-arkansas-school-shooting\/article_70e7fcaa-548e-11e9-b7de-ff637824e329.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prescott High School<\/a>\u00a0and one student shot another. A 14-year-old middle school student was shot and was airlifted in stable condition to a hospital in Little Rock. The school went on immediate lockdown and the alleged shooter was taken into custody. The middle and high school share the same campus. A spokesperson with the Nevada County Circuit Court told ABC News that juvenile cases are not public record.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, May 7: Highlands Ranch, Colorado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Devon Erickson, 18, and Alec McKinney, 16, allegedly opened fire into two classrooms inside STEM School Highlands Ranch. Kendrick Castillo, an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/police-respond-reports-school-shooting-colorado\/story?id=62885882\">18-year-old student died and eight other students were injured<\/a>. The school is located 7 miles away from the scene of the Columbine High School massacre where 13 were killed and 21 were injured in 1999. Both were charged as adults with murder and attempted murder and as of September, neither alleged gunmen have entered pleas.<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--full-width InlineImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper aspect-ratio--auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/stem-school-shooting-colorado-gty-jt-191115_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><span class=\"Screen__Reader__Text\">In this May 7, 2019, file photo, parents speak with a police officer at the scene of a shooting in which at least seven students were injured at the STEM School Highlands Ranch in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><em><span class=\"InlineImage--source-title\">Tom Cooper\/Getty Images, FILE<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, May 8: Chicago, Illinois<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 19-year-old student was shot in the neck and jaw as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/news\/2019\/5\/11\/18623582\/man-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-shooting-outside-back-of-the-yards-school\">he and his two friends were leaving school<\/a>. Andres Salazar, 18, was arrested and charged with attempt first-degree murder, aggravated battery and aggravated discharge of a firearm for shooting the student as he was driving by Second Chance High School.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, May 17: Jacksonville, Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With four minutes left in a high school football game between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/f8e42fd90c6548668872ebfc7372baac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Terry Parker and Raines high schools, shots were fired in the parking lot<\/a>. Shamon Micken, 16, a student of Raines High School was shot and 19-year-old Arthur Davin Jones III was arrested days later in Georgia. Jones III was charged with attempted murder and pleaded not guilty. He is expected in court on Jan. 15 for a pre-trial conference, according to a spokesman with the state&#8217;s attorney for Duval County.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 21: Flint, Michigan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a basketball competition inside the gym of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc12.com\/content\/news\/4-teens-face-weapons-charge-after-Carman-Ainsworth-shooting-511850251.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carman-Ainsworth High School a brawl<\/a>\u00a0reportedly ensued involving dozens of people. Shots were fired and 15-year-old Eithan Williams hit in chest, the report said. The bullet lodged to his lung and he was hospitalized for days.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc12.com\/content\/news\/15-year-old-lucky-to-be-alive-after-Carman-Ainsworth-shooting-511733401.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Williams&#8217; doctors told ABC12<\/a>\u00a0that he is &#8220;lucky to be alive.&#8221; Four teenagers, aged 14 to 16, were arrested.<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--full-width\">\n<blockquote class=\"Quote Quote--pull-quote\">\n<div class=\"QuoteBlock\">\n<p class=\"Quote-text\">ABC News found that 57.6% of the shootings were at the end of or after sporting events, specifically basketball and football games.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"Byline flex items-center\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Friday, Aug. 23: St. Louis, Missouri<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a football game at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kmov.com\/news\/gunshot-reported-during-multiple-fights-at-parkway-north-high-school\/article_837181ce-c60e-11e9-800e-23706c271ea8.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parkway North High School<\/a>\u00a0a series of fights broke out outside the school when a shot was fired. No one was injured and no arrests were made.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"CalloutLink\">\n<div class=\"CalloutLink-item\"><a class=\"AnchorLink CalloutLink-text\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/string-shootings-high-school-football-games-continues-teens\/story?id=65764590\" data-track-moduleofclick=\"Callout\" data-track-position=\"3\" data-track-ctatext=\"MORE-String-of-shootings-at-high-school-football-games-continues-with--teens-injured-in-Philadelphia\">(MORE: String of shootings at high school football games continues with 2 teens injured in Philadelphia)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Friday, Aug. 30: Toledo, Ohio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As spectators were leaving a football game at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.13abc.com\/content\/news\/Juvenile-shot-on-Central-Catholic-grounds-after-altercation-following-football-game-558889751.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Central Catholic High School<\/a>, a 16-year-old boy was shot by another teen. Neither of the individuals involved with the shooting attended Central Catholic of Springfield High School and there was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtol.com\/article\/news\/crime\/shootingnearcentralcatholic\/512-f4512289-4d9c-4bd4-b1dd-003ee93e9d91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no altercation before the shooting<\/a>, police said. No arrest were made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Aug. 30: Kinston, North Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As police were attempting to clear the parking lot of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kinston.com\/news\/20190831\/two-face-multiple-charges-after-kinston-football-game\">Kinston High School after a football game<\/a>, Ni&#8217;yon Lathon and Rahmel Gray allegedly fired shots into the air. Lathon, 17, and Gray, 19, neither of whom are students at Kinston, were arrested. No one was injured. Lathon was charged with possession of a weapon on educational property, discharging a firearm on educational property, possession of a handgun by a minor, going armed to the terror of the public, and possession of marijuana. Gray was charged with possession of a weapon on educational property, discharging a firearm on educational property, going armed to the terror of the public and possession of drug paraphernalia. Gray pleaded not guilty and is expected back in court in February, according to online records. Lathon pleaded not guilty and is expected back in court in January, according to online records.<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--full-width InlineImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper aspect-ratio--auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/santa-clarita-school-shooting-nc-jt-191115_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><span class=\"Screen__Reader__Text\">Saugus High School students reunite with their families after a mass shooting at their Santa Clarita High School that left two dead, Nov. 14, 2019.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><em><span class=\"InlineImage--source-title\">Sarah Reingewirtz\/Orange County Register\/ZUMAPRESS.com via Newscom<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Aug. 31: Mobile, Alabama<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Near the end of a football game at Ladd Peebles Stadium, shots were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc15.com\/national\/6-teens-shot-at-end-of-high-school-football-game-in-alabama\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fired and nine people were injured<\/a>. Police arrested 17-year-old boy for the incident that occurred after the LeFlore and Williamson high school match up. The teen&#8217;s criminal case is pending grand jury action, a spokeswoman with the Mobile County District Attorney&#8217;s Office told with ABC News.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Sept. 6: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With four minutes left in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/reports-of-shots-fired-at-jeannette-mckee-stadium-stadium-evacuated\/28946022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeannette High School&#8217;s football game<\/a>, Dameian Williams and Greg Harper reportedly got into a verbal altercation outside the stadium. The argument escalated to a point where 48-year-old Williams was allegedly shot in the chest by 40-year-old Harper after Williams allegedly punched him twice. Williams died at the hospital and Harper was charged with homicide and reckless endangerment. Harper is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/suspect-in-shooting-at-jeannette-football-game-claims-self-defense\/29234518\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">claiming self-defense<\/a>\u00a0and has entered a not guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Sept. 6: Bucks County, Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A bullet from a drive-by shooting after a football game at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/shots-fired-after-football-game-at-morrisville-high-school\/5521625\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Morrisville High School<\/a>\u00a0against St. Andrews High School, grazed a girl sitting in a car in front of the school. The alleged gunman fired three shots into the car and drove off. No arrests were reported.<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--full-width\">\n<blockquote class=\"Quote Quote--pull-quote\">\n<div class=\"QuoteBlock\">\n<p class=\"Quote-text\">50% of school shootings occurred on Fridays, according to ABC News&#8217; analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"Byline flex items-center\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Sept. 10: Aiken, South Carolina<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During an alleged physical altercation in the parking lot of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjbf.com\/csra-news\/authorities-searching-for-fourth-suspect-in-connection-with-disturbance-at-south-aiken-hs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Aiken High School<\/a>, Markael Khail Forrest allegedly fired a single shot, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aikenstandard.com\/news\/fourth-suspect-arrested-in-connection-to-disturbance-at-south-aiken\/article_30e2745a-d94f-11e9-988d-1bac13fbc81e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aiken Standard<\/a>. Forrest, 22 was arrested on Sept. 16. Forrest pleaded not guilty for weapons and a non-student interfering, disrupting, or disturbing schools charges. Initially three others were arrested, but according to online records those cases are not pending.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Sept. 13: Newport News, Virginia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.13newsnow.com\/article\/news\/local\/mycity\/newport-news\/newport-news-police-investigating-shooting-at-todd-stadium\/291-b37b4103-ff2b-4d38-ae3e-8d5bfb2ab212\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Woodside and Denbigh high schools finished a football game<\/a>\u00a0at Todd Stadium, shots were fired and three teenagers, ages 14 and 19, were injured. No arrest were made, but\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wtkr.com\/2019\/09\/20\/more-police-to-patrol-high-school-football-game-after-last-weeks-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">security was beefed up<\/a>\u00a0since the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Sept. 14: Fort Worth, Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a youth football game was happening at Eastern Hills High School,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2019\/09\/18\/fort-worth-police-arrest-woman-in-shooting-at-football-game-for-8-year-olds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parents got into an altercation and shots were fired<\/a>, according to the\u00a0<em>Dallas Morning News<\/em>. A woman was shot in the leg and her 12-year-old daughter was grazed by a bullet.<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--full-width InlineImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper aspect-ratio--auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/stem-school-evacuation-gty-jt-191115_hpEmbed_3x2_992.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><span class=\"Screen__Reader__Text\">Students and teachers raise their arms as they exit the scene of a shooting in which at least seven students were injured at the STEM School Highlands Ranch on May 7, 2019, in Highlands Ranch, Colorado.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><em><span class=\"InlineImage--source-title\">Tom Cooper\/Getty Images<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Friday, Sept. 20: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the second quarter of a football game between\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/2-teens-shot-at-philly-high-school-football-game-police-say\/5556789\/\">Imhotep Institute Charter High School and Mastery Gratz High School at Marcus Memorial Stadium<\/a>, multiple shots were fired. A 15-year-old was shot in the thigh and a 14-year-old was shot in the foot. Police said multiple shell casings were found but it is unclear if the shooting happened inside or outside of the stadium. The teens were in stable condition. No arrests were made.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Sept. 27: Richmond, Virginia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As spectators were leaving a football game at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/3-teens-wounded-in-shooting-after-de-anza-high-school-football-game-in-richmond\/5574912\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">De Anza High School<\/a>\u00a0against Pinole Valley High School, a fight broke out. When police arrived at the scene, shots were fired and three teenagers were injured. A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back of the head, 16-year-old girl shot in the upper torso and 17-year-old man shot in the leg, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/richmondstandard.com\/richmond\/2019\/10\/07\/3-arrested-in-connection-with-shooting-near-de-anza-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Richmond Standard<\/a>. No arrests were reported. Two of the victims were listed in serious condition at the time. One was treated and released, according to the report from ABC station KGO.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, Oct. 2: Atlanta, Georgia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a softball game between South Atlantic and Washington high schools, a fight broke out with several of the players and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/crime--law\/watch-gunshot-fired-amid-chaotic-fight-after-atlanta-high-school-softball-game\/p0v8LBThp4rgAVBGn057BM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0adults when one of the adults fired a shot in the air<\/a>, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The unnamed adult was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/gunshot-fired-amid-chaotic-fight-after-atlanta-high-school-softball-game\/993420513\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested and no one was injured<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, Oct. 22: Santa Rosa, California<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A pair of students had a verbal argument outside of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/1-student-hurt-1-custody-in-santa-rosa-high-school-shooting\/5638160\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ridgway High School that escalated to gunfire<\/a>. A 16-year-old student was shot in the stomach and a 17-year-old student, was charged as a juvenile with attempted murder. The campus, which also houses another high school and a junior college, was locked down for almost three hours. Police said pair have ties with local gangs and said the shooting escalated a weeks-long dispute that included\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pressdemocrat.com\/news\/10217548-181\/santa-rosa-student-charged-with?sba=AAS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">face-to-face confrontations outside<\/a>\u00a0the campus, according to the Press Democrat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, Nov. 11: Baltimore, Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Just before 2 p.m., a 19-year-old student was outside of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/news\/crime\/bs-md-ci-cr-teen-shot-20191111-wm5bwuneqfb3rdgaqf56qygz5a-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reginald F. Lewis High School when a masked gunman<\/a>\u00a0approached and shot him in the leg, according to the\u00a0<em>Baltimore Sun<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, Nov. 14: Santa Clarita, California<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A 16-year-old gunman\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/couldve-imagined-hug-vigil-honors-santa-clarita-shooting\/story?id=67101906\">opened fire inside Saugus High School<\/a>\u00a0killing 15-year-old Gracie Anne Muehlberger and 14-year-old Dominic Blackwell. Three others were injured. The shooter &#8212; who was not included in ABC News&#8217; analysis &#8212; killed himself.<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"InlineElement InlineElement--full-width InlineImage\">\n<figure class=\"Image aspect-ratio--parent InlineImage--image\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper aspect-ratio--auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/s.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/santa-clarita-shooting-01-nc-jt-191115_hpMain_16x9_992.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-mptype=\"image\" \/><\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><span class=\"Screen__Reader__Text\">Sheriff vehicles are seen at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, Calif., where a deadly shooting took place, Nov. 14, 2019.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"InlineImage--caption\"><em><span class=\"InlineImage--source-title\">Li Ying\/Xinhua via Newscom<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Friday, Nov. 15: Pleasantville, New Jersey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During a football game between Pleasantville and Camden high schools,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/injured-shooting-jersey-high-school-football-game\/story?id=67062410\">shots were fired in the stands, sending the players<\/a>\u00a0and spectators running. Micah Tennant, 10, was shot in the neck and died days later. Two others, including a 15-year-old boy were also injured. Alvin Wyatt, the alleged shooter, was charged with murder and attempted murder. Wyatt, 30, has not entered a plea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Article__Header__Meta\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":273,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>School shootings are more common than you may think STSBuffalo.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A look at the incidents that went under the radar in 2019. 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