<Tr> <Td> August 18, 1909 </Td> <Td> Bakersfield, California </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> After hunting doves, a group of six young men deliberately shot out the glass at the Fruitvale School . They also shot at the nearby residence of A.J. Hunter, narrowly missing several children in the rear yard . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> September 11, 1909 </Td> <Td> Gravette, Arkansas </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> John Butram, a student at the Bear Hollow School, told his fellow students that school was cancelled . The teacher A.T. Kelly insisted that the day's lesson was not over . When Butram drew a knife on his teacher, Kelly drew his gun and shot him . </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Injuries </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> January 12, 1910 </Td> <Td> New York City, New York </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> "A black bearded maniac drew an automatic pistol" and fired five shots into a crowd of boys at the Harlem School, who were taunting him . 6 - year - old Robert Lomas, was hit and died instantly; 6 - year - old Arthur Shively, was critically wounded . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March 10, 1910 </Td> <Td> Ione, California </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> At the reform school, known as Preston School of Industry, students Albert Brown and Eugene Griffin tried to escape, stealing a revolver from the school's bakery shop . They shot at Captain William H. White when he pursued them . No one was hurt, but the boys were transferred to the penitentiary, which held adults . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> August 16, 1910 </Td> <Td> Lexington, Kentucky </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>? </Td> <Td> A general fight broke out during school board elections . Lewis Napier was killed, and several other persons were hurt . Several were arrested . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 27, 1911 </Td> <Td> Manhattan, Kansas </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> During a school play rehearsal, a boy accidentally loaded his revolver . An 18 - year - old girl who was to use it in the play said she was afraid to handle it . The teacher said there was no need for her fear and pointed it at the girl, Pearl Reedy, squeezing the trigger . She was fatally wounded . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> January 31, 1912 </Td> <Td> San Francisco, California </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> During a stone throwing confrontation near the Oriental School on Clay Street, a group of white boys found themselves trapped between two groups of Chinese boys . In an attempt to escape, Jose Aguilar fired a BB shot air rifle twice hoping to frighten the Chinese . However, 10 - year - old Wong She had a gun and fired back . One bullet passed through Aguilar's coat sleeve as he ran and fatally struck 14 - year - old James Kane in the school's rear yard . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> February 16, 1912 </Td> <Td> Lagrange, New York </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 14 - year - old May McQuade was killed by classmate Raymond B. Carroll . Carroll alleged the shooting was accidental and he did not think the gun was loaded . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> November 19, 1914 </Td> <Td> Sayre, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> While walking to school, 14 - year - old Charles Listman killed 15 - year - old Andrew Milton over the affections of classmate 13 - year - old Minnie London . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> January 13, 1915 </Td> <Td> Vancouver, Washington </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> During a parent - teachers' meeting, 15 - year - old student Murlan Decker was accidentally shot by his younger brother, Luther . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> February 3, 1915 </Td> <Td> Jasper, Florida </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 20 - year - old Will Yates, teacher of Clear Pond school in Hamilton county, Fla., was killed in a fight with Claude Holtzendorff and his two sons . A whipping administered in school to one of the Holtzendorff boys started the trouble . After punishing the boy Yates armed himself, and when accosted by the Holtzendorffs, shot the father through the mouth . He was in turn shot through the body, dying an hour later . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> September 20, 1916 </Td> <Td> Bemidji, Minnesota </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Olga Dahl, the 19 - year - old teacher at the Round Lake District School, was found tied to a tree near the school, assaulted and shot twice in the face . She had been working late after school, and a man with a revolver entered the school house and ordered her to obey him . He raped and shot her; she was expected to live . All available men in Itasca County joined in hunting the assailant . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 26, 1916 </Td> <Td> Danville, Kentucky </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td>? </Td> <Td> During the Christmas tree celebration at the Harris Creek School, with a packed room of children and visitors, a fight broke out . William Benedict, Sr. was instantly killed, William Benedict, Jr. was shot in the ankle, Bourdon Galloway was shot in the right arm, and Mike Gaddis was shot in the leg . Many others were injured . The disturbance was said to be started by Thomas Thornton, who had been drinking and was told to calm down by Benedict . Thornton's brother George left the room and returned with a revolver . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> June 5, 1917 </Td> <Td> Harrisburg, Pennsylvania </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 16 - year - old freshman Earl Wolf was accidentally shot in the leg with a revolver around noon time, in the company of his classmates at the Central High School . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> October 28, 1917 </Td> <Td> Chicago, Illinois </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> Overnight two brothers, 16 - year - old William and 15 - year - old Ralph Carter, broke into the May public school, robbing the phone boxes and teachers' desks . Discovered by janitor Howard Parks and policeman Thomas Conway, a gunfight broke out . William was critically wounded and not expected to live; Ralph Carter was taken to jail . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> November 29, 1917 </Td> <Td> Manes, Missouri </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> At the Perkins school's Thanksgiving night pie supper, 21 - year - old teacher Joe Todd, was mysteriously shot . He was expected to recover . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> March 29, 1918 </Td> <Td> Jefferson City, Missouri </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> At the Lincoln Institute, State Negro Normal School, 31 - year - old Professor Romeo West, was killed in the dormitory by superintendent of school Theodore Martin . They were arguing over which dishes to use at a social . Martin said he shot in self - defense, fatally hitting West with three of five shots . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 6, 1918 </Td> <Td> Reeder, North Dakota </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> During the afternoon recess, a boy was looking over a 22 - caliber rifle; it discharged, striking the head of the Coyne boy in the seat to the front, killing him instantly . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> January 9, 1919 </Td> <Td> Monroe City, Missouri </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> While school was in session, Hugh Claggett shot through the school house's front door while on his way home from work . No one was hurt, and he was fined $20 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> April 12, 1919 </Td> <Td> Ogden City, Utah </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> During a high school assembly, six boys shot off their guns . Permission had been given in the belief the guns were loaded with blanks but they had live shot . Teacher Verna Davidson was shot in the foot . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> August 4, 1919 </Td> <Td> Berkeley, California </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Roger Sprague, an assistant in the department of chemistry at the University of California, despondent and desperate over his inability to obtain a position, slightly wounded 59 - year - old Professor Edmond O'Neill, head of department, and 37 - year - old Dr. Joel Henry Hildebrand, professor of chemistry, in the administration offices of Gilman Hall . He then went to California Hall and attempted to shoot 57 - year - old May L. Cheney, appointment secretary, but struck only one of her hair combs before he was subdued . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Deaths </Th> <Th> Injuries </Th> <Th> Description </Th> </Tr>

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