Title: The 11 mass deadly school shootings that happened since Columbine - ABC News
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The 11 mass deadly school shootings that happened since Columbine
1. Virginia Tech – April 16, 2007 – 32 victims
2. Sandy Hook Elementary School – Dec. 14, 2012 – 26 victims
3. Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School – Feb. 14, 2018 – 17 victims
4. Santa Fe High School – May 18, 2018 – 10 victims
5. Umpqua Community College – Oct. 1, 2015 – 9 victims
6. Red Lake Senior High School – March 21, 2005 – 7 victims at the school
7. Oikos University – April 2, 2012 – 7 victims
8. West Nickel Mines School – Oct. 2, 2006 – 5 victims
9. Northern Illinois University – Feb. 14, 2008 – 5 victims
10. Santa Monica College – June 7, 2013 – 5 victims
11. Marysville Pilchuck High School – Oct. 24, 2014 – 4 victims

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The 11 mass deadly school shootings that happened since Columbine
There have been many more shootings, but 11 with four or more victims. By Meghan Keneally
April 19, 2019, 1:28 PM
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The 11 mass deadly school shootings that happened since Columbine
There have been many more shootings, but 11 with four or more victims. Mark Leffingwell/AFP/Getty Images
The images of teenagers running from their school with their hands up – as seen on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School -- has become a hauntingly familiar sight at subsequent school shootings. And for many, including eventual school shooters, there was something about the Columbine shooting that drew their interest. John Cohen, a former Department of Homeland Security official who led efforts to combat mass shootings, said that Columbine “absolutely” influenced subsequent shootings. “As law enforcement has studied the individuals who have committed school shootings and other mass casualty attacks, one of the common characteristics they’ve observed is these individuals tend to study past mass shootings,” said Cohen, who is now an ABC News contributor. ABC News
Deadly Mass School Shootings Since Columbine
“As it relates specifically to school shootings, we find that columbine seems to be the one incident hat school shooters look at. It seems to resonate with individuals that have the behavioral characteristics consistent with this type of attacker,” he said. (MORE: 20 years after Columbine, what's changed -- and what hasn't -- for school shootings in America)
“The people who conduct school shootings tend to be disaffected mentally unwell individuals searching for a sense of social connection and life meaning.