Active Shooter - NYPD Shield

Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Unknown
Sources:
1. ABC News, “School Shooter: ‘I Didn’t Realize’ They Would Die,”
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=5040342&page=2.
2. Sam Howe Verhovek, New York Times, “Teenager to Spend Life in Prison for
Shootings,” November 11, 1999,
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/11/us/teenager-to-spend-life-in-prison-forshootings.html.
Case #192
March 24, 1998: Mitchell Johnson and Andrew Golden opened fire outside their middle
school, killing five people and wounding 10 others. Prior to the attack, Johnson and
Golden pulled the fire alarm, luring the students and teachers outside the building and
into the gunmen’s line of fire. The boys stole a cache of weapons from Golden’s
grandfather’s house. Reports state that the boys had warned classmates of the impending
attack.
Number of Attack Locations: 1
Location Information: Westside Middle School in Jonesboro,
Arkansas
Attacker Information: Andrew Golden (11/M); Mitchell Johnson
(13/M)
Casualties: 5 dead; 10 wounded
Number of Weapons: Unknown
Weapon Information: Rifle (.30-06 Remington); rifle (.30 carbine
Universal); handgun (semi-automatic); other
Closest Relationship to the Victim: Academic
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Force
Sources:
1. Rick Bragg, et. al., New York Times, “From Wild Talk and Friendship to Five
Deaths in a Schoolyard,” March 29, 1998,
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/29/us/from-wild-talk-and-friendship-to-fivedeaths-in-a-schoolyard.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all.
2. Kenneth Heard, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, “Public Defenders Agency to Pay
for Jonesboro Shooters Civil Case,” July 27, 1999,
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/1999/jul/27/public-defenders-agency-payjonesboro-shooters-civ/.
3. Rick Bragg, New York Times, “Judge Punishes Arkansas Boys Who Killed 5,”
August 12, 1998, http://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/12/us/judge-punishesarkansas-boys-who-killed-5.html?ref=andrewgolden&pagewanted=1.
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