School Shootings

On May 24, 2022, an 18-year-old fatally shot 19 students and 2 teachers, and wounded seventeen other people, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States. Earlier in the day, he shot his grandmother in the forehead at home, severely wounding her.

There have been 119 school shootings since 2018, in which 88 people have died and 229 people were injured, according to Education Week.

San Diego is no stranger to school shootings. From the San Diego Union Tribune:

"In January 1979, a 16-year-old killed the principal and a custodian and injured nine others at the now-closed Cleveland Elementary School in the Lake Murray neighborhood. In August 1996, a master’s degree student shot and killed three San Diego State University professors on campus. In March 2001, there were two shootings: one in which a 15-year-old killed two students and injured 13 others at Santana High School in Santee, and another in which an 18-year-old injured five at Granite Hills High School in El Cajon."

And finally in 2010, 41 y.o. Brendan Liam O’Rourke entered Kelly Elementary School and shot at several children, striking two 2nd graders who fortunately survived after they were life flighted to a hospital. O’Rourke was charged with seven counts of attempted murder and seven counts of assault with a gun and prosecuted by our current District Attorney and guest, Summer Stephan.

Our hearts go out to the Uvalde community as they try to recover from this horrific tragedy.

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