<Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Injuries </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001764 - 07 - 26 - 0000 July 26 , 1764 </Td> <Td> Greencastle , Pennsylvania ! Greencastle , Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Enoch Brown school massacre : Perhaps the earliest shooting to happen on school or college property , in what would become the United States , was the notorious Enoch Brown school massacre during the Pontiac 's War . Four Delaware ( Lenape ) American Indians entered the schoolhouse near present - day Greencastle , Pennsylvania , and shot and killed schoolmaster Enoch Brown and nine children ( reports vary ) . Only two children survived . However , this incident may only incidentally be considered a school `` shooting '' because only the teacher was shot , while the other nine victims were killed with melee weapons . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Injuries </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 000000001764 - 07 - 26 - 0000 July 26 , 1764 </Td> <Td> Greencastle , Pennsylvania ! Greencastle , Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Enoch Brown school massacre : Perhaps the earliest shooting to happen on school or college property , in what would become the United States , was the notorious Enoch Brown school massacre during the Pontiac 's War . Four Delaware ( Lenape ) American Indians entered the schoolhouse near present - day Greencastle , Pennsylvania , and shot and killed schoolmaster Enoch Brown and nine children ( reports vary ) . Only two children survived . However , this incident may only incidentally be considered a school `` shooting '' because only the teacher was shot , while the other nine victims were killed with melee weapons . </Td> </Tr> </Table>
when was the first mass school shooting in the us
when was the first mass school shooting in the us
July 26 , 1764
July 26 , 1764