The 2006 School Shooting Outbreak is a reference to the rapid rise in school shootings in the United States and Canada. All of these shootings resulted in deaths of students and staff.

Dawson College Shooting

The Dawson College shooting occurred on September 13, 2006 at Dawson College, a CEGEP in Westmount near downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The perpetrator, Kimveer Gill, began shooting outside the de Maisonneuve Boulevard entrance to the school, and moved towards the atrium by the cafeteria on the main floor. One victim died at the scene, while another 19 were injured, eight of whom were listed in critical condition with six requiring surgery. The gunman later committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, after being shot in the arm by police. Victims were treated at the Montreal General Hospital and other Montreal-area hospitals. It is the fourth fatal school shooting in Montreal, after the École Polytechnique massacre in 1989, the Valery Fabrikant shooting spree at Concordia University in 1992, and the murder at an immigration school in 1997.

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Platte Canyon High School Shooting

The Platte Canyon High School shooting was an incident that occurred at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Colorado on September 27, 2006, in which Duane Roger Morrison, a 53-year-old man, entered the school building, reportedly saying that he had a bomb. He was initially reported as a bearded 35-year-old man with a camouflage backpack and wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt who had taken six female students as hostages and released four of them while keeping the other two. One of the remaining hostages was shot, wounded critically and taken away by a helicopter. The other was not wounded. Paramedics at the scene confirmed that Morrison shot and killed himself. The hostage who was wounded, Emily Keyes, was pronounced dead at 4:32 p.m. MDT (23:32 UTC) at Saint Anthony's Hospital in Denver, Colorado after undergoing emergency surgery.

Platte Canyon High School shooting

Weston High School Shooting

On Friday September 29, 2006 around 8 am EST, a student named Eric Hainstock, 15, walked into Weston High School with 2 loaded guns. When school officials took away the first gun, Eric Hainstock pulled out his other gun. Principal John Klang, along with other staff and students, attempted to subdue the student. John Klang was shot 3 times. Klang, even though shot, managed to wrestle the student down and swept the gun away. He was shot in the head, chest, and leg. John Klang died the next day at the age of 49. As for the student Eric Hainstock, he has been charged with the murder of his former principal.

Amish School Shooting

The Amish school shooting occurred on October 2, 2006 when a gunman killed multiple students in Wolf Rock School, a one-room Amish schoolhouse in Nickel Mines, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Police report that the gunman, Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk truck driver who lived nearby, was killed during a hostage stand off in the one room schoolhouse. Police had to break in through the windows when shots were heard. The gunman apparently killed himself. Police Officials say that all victims are in critical condition. Reports have stated that the girls were shot execution style in the head with their hands and feet tied. Roberts appearently spoke to his wife while inside the school via cell phone and may have explained his motivations for the act, which are still unclear. Police have stated that it appeared to have been a revenge killing for an incident that occurred two decades before.

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Las Vegas Schools on Lockdown

On October 2, 2006, the same day as that an Amish School Shooting occurred, Two schools were locked down while police searched for a teenager who had been spotted on a Las Vegas high school campus with a gun. No students were hurt, and police said there was no initial indication that the teenager, who they said was not a student, had threatened anyone with the weapon. A handgun was found behind a nearby church, and both the high school and nearby Elizondo Elementary School were locked down while police searched the surrounding neighborhoods for the teen.

Other Threats

On September 21, three high school seniors in Green Bay, Wisconsin, were charged with conspiracy to commit homicide for allegedly planning to attack a school with guns and bombs.