Active Shooter - NYPD Shield

Attacker Information: James William Wilson (19/M)
Casualties: 2 dead; 9 wounded
Number of Weapons: 1
Weapon Information: Handgun (.22-caliber revolver)
Closest Relationship to the Victim: None
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: No force
Sources:
1. Associated Press, New York Times, “Man Held in School Shooting is Depicted as
Jobless,” September 28, 1988, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/28/us/man-heldin-school-shooting-is-depicted-as-jobless-recluse.html.
2. Associated Press, New York Times, “Second Victim Dies after School Shooting
Incident,” September 30, 1988, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/09/30/us/secondvictim-dies-after-school-shooting-incident.html.
Case #216
May 20, 1988: Laurie Dann opened fire at an elementary school, killing a second-grader
and wounding five other students. Dann then shot a man in a nearby house. Prior to the
attacks, Dunn, who had a history of mental illness, lit a house on fire, attempted to
firebomb a school, and delivered poisoned snacks to people she knew.
Number of Attack Locations: 1
Location Information: Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka,
Illinois
Attacker Information: Laurie Dann (30/F)
Casualties: 1 dead; 5 wounded
Number of Weapons: 2
Weapon Information: 2 handguns (one .22-caliber semi-automatic
and one .32-caliber)
Closest Relationship to the Victim: None
Date Attack Concluded: Same day
Resolution: Suicide
Sources:
1. ABC News, “School Shooting Remembered 20 Years Later,” May 20, 2008,
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6154968.
2. Mark Walsh, Education Week, “Winnetka School’s Staff is Praised for Courage
Amid Shooting Spree,” June 1, 1988,
http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/19
88/06/01/x36nut.h07.html&destination=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/1988/
06/01/x36nut.h07.html&levelId=2100.
3. Jennifer Halperin, Northern Illinois University Libraries, “The Education of a
Crusader,” December 14, 1993, http://www.lib.niu.edu/1993/ii931211.html.
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