Title: 16 School Shootings That Took Place Before Columbine
Headings: 16 School Shootings That Took Place Before Columbine
Unspeakable Times
16 School Shootings That Took Place Before Columbine
The Enoch Brown School Massacre
St. Mary's Parochial School
South Pasadena Junior High School
Swarthmore College
Cleveland Elementary School (San Diego)
Frontier Middle School
The University Of Texas
Rose-Mar College
Olean High School
California State University, Fullerton
University Of Michigan
Cleveland Elementary School (Stockton)
University Of Iowa
Oakland Elementary
Thurston High School
Westside Middle School

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On April 17, 1981, psychology student Leo Kelly threw several Molotov Cocktails into Bursley Hall on University of Michigan's campus. This started several fires and set off the fire alarms, causing students to flee. Kelly got a shotgun from his room and began firing at fleeing students. Two students were killed in the shooting, and Kelly was later sentenced to life in prison. Cleveland Elementary School (Stockton)
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On January 17, 1989, a drifter named Patrick Edward Purdy fired an AK-47 into a playground during recess at the Cleveland School in Stockton, CA, shooting off nearly 106 rounds in four minutes. He murdered five children and injured 29 others and a teacher before turning the gun on himself. The murder victims and most of the wounded were all children of Southeast Asian war refugees. A former pupil of the Cleveland School, Purdy had a troubled childhood, a history of mental illness, and a long criminal record. His motivation?