<Tr> <Td> October 18, 1985 </Td> <Td> Detroit, Michigan </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Murray - Wright High School shooting: During half - time of the homecoming football game between Northwestern and Murray - Wright high schools, a youth opened fire with a shotgun, injuring six students with whom he had fought earlier in the day . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> November 27, 1985 </Td> <Td> Spanaway, Washington </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> 14 - year - old Heather Smith, killed 15 - year - old Gordon Pickett, who was her ex-boyfriend, and 14 - year - old Christopher Ricco, in the gymnasium at Spanaway Junior High School . She later took her own life . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 3, 1985 </Td> <Td> Concord, New Hampshire </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> 0 </Td> <Td> At Concord High School, Louis Cartier, a 16 - year - old dropout, entered the school with a shotgun and took students hostage, 18 - year - old Patrick Lena Lena and 16 - year - old Scott Hayes . Responding police officers fatally shot him after he aimed at football coach, Don LeBrun . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> December 10, 1985 </Td> <Td> Portland, Connecticut </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> After being suspended for refusing to take off his hat while at school, 13 - year - old student Floyd Warmsley pulled out a firearm at Portland Junior High School, shooting and wounding the 53 - year - old school secretary Lynn Haddad, and killing 36 - year - old janitor David Bangston . </Td> </Tr>

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