Active Shooter - NYPD Shield

Weapon Information: Rifle (.56-caliber); handgun (9-millimeter)
Closest Relationship to the Victim: Academic
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Suicide
Sources:
1. Robert Reinhold, New York Times, “After Shooting, Horror but Few Answers,”
January 19, 1989, http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/19/us/after-shooting-horrorbut-few-answers.html?pagewanted=all.
2. Time Magazine, “Slaughter in a School Yard,” June 24 2001,
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,151105,00.html.
Case #214
December 16, 1988: Nicholas Elliot opened fire at his high school, killing a teacher and
wounding two others. Elliot hid his gun in his backpack.
Number of Attack Locations: 1
Location Information: Atlantic Shores Christian School in Virginia
Beach, Virginia
Attacker Information: Nicholas Elliot (16/M)
Casualties: 1 dead; 2 wounded
Number of Weapons: 1
Weapon Information: Handgun (semi-automatic)
Closest Relationship to the Victim: Academic
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Force
Sources:
1. Erik Larson, The Atlantic, “The Story of a Gun,” January 1993,
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/01/the-story-of-a-gun/3531/.
2. Joseph A. Lieberman, School Shootings: What Every Parent and Educator Needs
to Know to Protect our Children (New York: Kensington Publishing Corp., 2008)
p. 336.
Case #215
September 26, 1988: James Wilson opened fire at an elementary school, killing two
young girls and wounding nine other people. Reports state that Wilson was angry about
being teased for his weight and for taking psychiatric drugs.
Number of Attack Locations: 1
Location Information: Oakland Elementary School in Breenwood,
South Carolina
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